Daily Blog November 6th 2013

Task about a crazy network server thing.
          For that crazy setup that was our task, It would be way better to go Virtual because it takes up waaaay less power, you don't have to maintain hardware and its all on one or two computers! But you better have a decent running rig to handle all of it. But if you do, its better to maintain and handle.

Daily Blog November 4th 2013

List of Policies I'd use:
1. Password Age. Have to reset after certain amount of days. (Account policies, password policy, Password Age.
2. Firewall. Inbound rules.  get there from windows firewall.
3.Account Lockout duration. Get there from account policies then account lockout policy
4. Software restriction Policies. Get there from the file of the same name
5. System Audit Policies.(can put in DS access) Get there from advanced audit policy configuration.

Daily Blog October 16th 2013

I made this

Daily Blog October 18th 2013

Display Power point on one screen and notes on the other:
1. Plug in second Display
2. Right Click desktop, go to Resolution
3. Position second Display in any position
4. Drag Power Point to second Display
5. Start Slideshow

Daily Blog October 24th 2013

Hey, Heres a Video Corey and I made involving Windows UAC

Daily Blog October 28th 2013

Hey, Check out some term I described involving the World Wide Web.

Daily Blog October 30th 2013

Two below blogs are the other two assignments: WEP/WPA and Choosing a Chat Program

WEP WPA

Source:http://www.howtogeek.com/167783/htg-explains-the-difference-between-wep-wpa-and-wpa2-wireless-encryption-and-why-it-matters/

Choosing a Chat Program

IP Static/Dynamic

Static is good for servers if you want to always only need to look in the same place without having to constantly look for a different one
Dynamic is good to keep your identity safe

There is a picture showing you with the ISP TekSavvy, with any plan, you can add on a static IP for and extra 4 dollars.

Network Models

Peer to Peer Network:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q69GQDdR4w0

Client/Server:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfmk0GtANNs

Homegroup stuff

You cant do homegroups on non windows 7 computers. They don't support it.

You want Proof about my NIC? You can't handle the proof!

How to flash BIOS September 16th 2013

How to Flash your BIOS:

1.      Check Motherboard Manufacturer website for BIOS Updates

2.      Read the documentation about your Motherboard included with the system

3.      Update your BIOS

a.      Download Update from Motherboard website.

b.      But it on a disk or let it run from a disk.

c.       Let the computer do the rest.

d.   Reboot computer.

Database Reasons

     Why track contact info in a DB instead of a spread sheet?

-Because with Access, you can put the Data into a report and sort your contacts by any way you'd like

     Describe 2 ways that you expect to retrieve the data when you need to run a report and when you need to search a table

-One way would be using a Query and the other would be building a form.

Daily Blog September 10th 2013

Hey there,

Today we did a goldilocks powerpoint that I would like to share with you

Daily Blog October 15th 2013

    Evening all,

    Today in class we started lesson 7 of our IC3 booklet and grinded through some more A+ notes. Our IC3 lesson was about Windows Common Features.we did stuff like Customizing preferences in all the office apps and messed around with the Program Defaults.

     A+ notes were about Windows Troubleshooting and Fixing Hard drives. After that, Tyler and I began a new task. To load Windows Vista onto our dual boot computer and make it triple bootable! We have just finished partitioning the drive and will update on it as we continue the task. For your guys' A+ snack, I found a forum about someone who triple booted Vista, XP and Mac OS Leopard. Give 'er a read.

     Thanks,


     Quinn

Daily Blog October 11th 2013

Evenin' all


     Today was all stuff on IC3 and our IDS prep.

     We finished the first part of our IC3 textbook, so we did a practice test. I BARELY failed which disappoints me greatly because I thought I knew what I was talking about in that quiz.

     After that we spent time working on our post course Resumes and cover letters as well as do some more practice calls. I'm glad we do these exercises because even tho I am an actor and have no problem talking in front of people, I do still have a hard time talking over the phone. I think I'm gonna nail that phone call when I have to make it.

     That was pretty much it for today, night.


     Quinn

Daily Blog October 10th 2013

Howdy,


     Today started off with some IC3 talking about boot processes aswell as some mild troubleshooting and cloud storage comparisons. Check out my previous posts involving unresponsive mice and a comparison table talking about Skydrive, Google Drive, Lenovo Sugar Sync ad Ubuntu One.

     After that we spent the rest of the day wiping hard drives and (starting from scratch might I add) successfully install Windows 7 and a LINUX distribution and then be able to properly dual boot. Needless to say, Tyler and I got it working after one retry. (also the first ones to do it)

   Thats it for today,


     Quinn

Daily Blog October 9th 2013

Hey Guys,

     Today in class we spent most of the day doing IC3 stuff. Our A+ Material consisted of Registry Notes. I found some stuff talking about registry if anyone is interested in learning more about the subject.

     part two of the day was me being the first one to successfully Dual-Boot Lubuntu and Ubuntu 10.0 alongside eachother. Not without my share of errors tho. But still successful in the end!.  

     I recomend Checking out Lubuntu if you have even a mild interest in LINUX based Operating Systems. It's fun to use and can be good for many things

Thanks all,

    Quinn

Daily Blog October 8th 2013

Greetings Earthlings,

     Today we did some more IC3 Stuff. Today we started Lesson 4: Control Panel.
     As a take away thing, don't buy those "clip" USB flash drives if you plan to use them to boot a computer with as they wont work. (this was my problem)

We did a couple of different things including Changing Displays, Customization and messing around with Screensavers. Pretty simple and straightforward but still fun.

     After that, we spent about an hour on booting up our USB Drives that we slaved over all day yesterday. I Finally went out and bought another USB drive and finally the I got the damn thing to work. I successfully installed windows and got the drivers installed and walked away with a finished product.

These are the suckers.

That's all folks.

Quinn

Daily Blog October 7th, 2013

Hello there,

     So today our main focus was to get Windows XP to boot from a USB drive. The damn thing wouldn't work on my USB drive, and after much trouble shooting I determined that it was my flash drive just wouldnt work for it. So because of it, I dont have much to day today. HOWEVER for anyone still having trouble or people you know haing trouble trying to boot XP off USB, this guide should help

     Untill tomorrow,

     Quinn

Daily Blog October 4th 2013

Hey there,

 Today we did a small bit of IC3 but mainly did A+ involving troubleshooting our own rigs. Mr McNeil gave us a couple set of things to try out involving taking certain parts out of the computer at a time and documenting what happened every time we turned it on.
 That, and we still grinded away at bootable USB drives

Thanks.

Quinn.

Skydrive VS. Google Drive VS. Sugar Sync VS. Ubuntu One

Unresponsive Mouse Flow Chart

Daily Blog October 3rd 2013

Hello All,

     Today we took a break from A+ to start our IC3 textbooks witch took us through a very simple guide to operating systems. What informed me the most from today actually was the info we got on linux based Operating Systems. Now I have a general knowledge on Linux OS' but I took this after school time to really get into looking at UBUNTU specifically. So in my journey through the world wide web, I am sharing this In Depth Look At UBUNTU. This was really cool to read and I am for sure going to get into more Linux based stuff. Expecially cause it's open source.

     For all you gamers out there or people who are interested (and hopefully if you havent heard about it already): I present to you, THIS! the best and most relevant part about it? Its Linux Based!!!

     See ya tomorrow,

     Quinn

Daily Blog October 2nd 2013

     Oh! I didn't see you there,

     Today we focused on Troubleshooting PC problems from video cards to speakers with a little hint of CD cloning to cap off yesterdays storage topic. Anyways, Troubleshooting. We took many notes on how to address the customer as well as on how to find the problem. We then looked up flow charts and made them on what specification we chose. I chose Speakers. Now to be honest, I didn't finish my flow chart and got frustrated and scrapped it. HOWEVER, I found this one that I thought was pretty good:

Now satire asside, it is pretty accurate.
   
     Later on in the day, we made a powerpoint talking about 5 common questions to ask to a customer when they're in need of IT support


There you go. Now if I were to add some advice, really, just dont be mean to whoever needs help. It means you can get the job done quicker and more efficiently and potentially bringing in new business.

     That's all folks!

     Quinn.
   

Daily Blog Oct 1/2013

Evening all,

     Today we focused on the A+ section of our course and talked about secondary storage involving CDs DVD's and I guess Hard drives but we've already talked about them earlier in the course.

     I was browsing the internet looking for things to add to my notes and I came across This link explaining the differences between primary and secondary storage. Its a nice little read.

 Unfortunately thats all I got for today.
,
     Until Tomorrow,
     Quinn

Daily Blog Sept 30/2013

Well today was filled with many tasks and many a laugh

     To start off the day we dove right into A+ talking about Adapter cards involving display and audio output. This was particularly fun for me seeing as I pose a high interest in the latest Video Cards and how nice I can get my picture to look all while retaining optimal performance. For all you people looking to get out in the video output world or upgrading an older machine here's a Link showing you a 6 step guide(With pictures!) to chosing the right video card for you!
   
     In one of many tasks we had to perform, we did a little shopping to see what we could get Video Card wise on a 400$ budget, then on a 700$ budget. My results are as follow:




Complete with links on where to buy them.
Next off We had to do a flyer on a touch screen plasma display:

Note: This is my first time using MS Publisher so don't expect an amazing flyer just yet
   
     Thirdly, we had to use MS Paint to make a purposely bad 7.1 souround sound livingroom setup where it can be viewed Here or just on my blog.

     Next we did a colab word document on the differences and similarities of CRT, LCD and LED monitors:

     Lastly we downloaded an audio editing software called Sony ACID. I'd never heard of it before till today and man, no wonder I havent heard of it before. Lets just say it's no Pro Tools. Back on topic, we were supposed to make a quick 1 minute clip of music with provided samples and I came up with this (extremely simple but still fits the criteria) doo hicky:


        Like it? I hope so but I wont be upset if you don't. Its my first day!

     But yeah, this post is chock full of stuff and hope you enjoyed it or even if you lightly skimmed through it, that's okay too!!
 Lets see what tomorrow brings us
    Peace!

7.1 Surround Sound Setup

Daily Blog Sept 26/2013

Well today marks the day I officially hate excel.

     Today we messed around in excel quite a bit trying to finally get our GANTT charts working which was excruciatingly painful and frustrating. I think Thomas and Corey were the only ones to actually get their charts working without too too much hick ups. Mine however had this weird problem where it kept on staying on a date waaaaay before the date I wanted the axis set at. Not even McNeil know how it happened. (stumped the teacher. score!) However I got the jist of the chart completed and if it wasn't for that weird axis problem, I probably would of had it done. But not without this video that I watched while making it during class.

This is what got me as far as I did today. (this is our little secret. no one else is supposed to know about this video)

As for A+ subject today, we went over on how to be a proper and efficient technician looking at the do's and don'ts which followed the filming of a 2 minute video on how to be a good technician that we spit out in 30 minutes. 

That's pretty much it for today. 

Until tomorrow,

Quinn

   

Daily Blog Sept 24/ 2013

Well hello there,

   Today being a half day, we focused mostly on A+ stuff involving the last bit of CPU info and a lot on power supplies. With the CPU info we mainly focused on the FDE cycle which stands for Fetch Decode Execute. All aout how the CPU grabs data, reads it and executes the command that was read. Here is quite an in depth video on how this works

 After a bit we started on Power Supplies. I was surprised on how much I actually knew on PSU's and how i wasn't completely lost while taking notes. We learned the do's and dont's of power supplies as well all the electrical specs. We also learned about UPS's and how bloody expensive they are. But definitely the most important part about today's power supply lesson was don't try to play god with electricity or THIS will happen. And you don't want that.

See you tomorrow,

Quinn

Daily Blog Sept 23/ 2013

Well Hello there,

     Today in class we mostly did a lot of work in excel learning more functions and formulas and how to execute them. Things like the confusing VLOOKUP and the easier SUM option that does exactly what it's called. The most frustrating thing was this next thing we did was to make a GANT chart. its a sideways chart that constantly updates when you input data. Trying to do this truly made me want to throw my fist through the screen.

     In the afternoon we got onto the A+ topic of the day, the CPU. It was a lot of notes talking about the different functions of the CPU and how they effect your computer and its performance. We also learned ow to propperly apply Thermal paste. Which McNeil wasnt lying that you can find almost everyone making a video about how to do it.
     This one is pretty straight forward and of the most home video quality.

Until the eve of moro,

Quinn

Daily Blog Sept 18/ 2013

     Oh boy what a day.

     First and foremost, I am terrible with Microsoft excel. Which is exactly what we were learning today for our IC3 section today. We learned all about how to make something like a purchase order in the program.  And man, was I ever lucky to get that done. Excel is definitely not my forte. That's why I was looking around the web to see if I could find some help with my lack of spreadsheet knowledge. I came across this Guide all about excel. It's really good and I would recommend looking at it if you're anything like me when it comes to the program.

     Later on in the day we got to our A+ stuff for the day and it was all about RAM. From how it works to the specks and pin numbers for specific types. My notes were filled to the brim with numbers, clock speeds and anagrams like nobody's business. Looking up some more RAM info I found a site talking about a special type of RAM we didn't learn about in class today. Small little read but definitely worth checking out.

    Time for bed,


   Quinn.

Daily Blog Sept 17/2013

Evening all,

     So today we learned about the mother of the whole computer. Conveniently named the Motherboard. We learned about all the different types as well the history of the form factors and how they got smaller and smaller. As well as the functions with relaying power to one section to another. Looking up online, I came across this neat little Trivia site about motherboards and related subjects. I did alright at it. 

     Think you got what it takes to be the Mobo trivia master? Check it out if you have time

   Thanks again

         Quinn

Daily Blog Sept 12/ 2013

       Today we started to dive into the beginning of the A+ program. We started to talk about the ins and outs of Hard Drives. What they do, how they do it, the different kinds of Drives. Many things in such a short amount of time. However I'd like to talk about a certain thing that was brought up in class today.

       I learned something about hard drives that I didn't know about. In a hard drive, I learned that Data is stored in a flux. A tiny magnetic Field. This sparked my interest and I decided to dive more into this form of data storage.
I came across this Link.

       At this website, it talks about the history of magnetic storage and what it can do today. It also taught me how magnetic storage works. For example it talks about how the Read/Write arm is shaped in a U shape representing the different magnetic polarities, and how the data jumps from one end to the other and data is transferred and written that way. It's very interesting and I hope everyone takes a look at it.

Until Tomorrow,

Quinn.

Sept 12

Oculus Rift thing!

Plagiarism detected
read it up!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wZzf5uQJrJM8jFICNBdjN_950DnknG7kY-dys3NGVFI/edit?usp=sharing

Holy Beans!!

I guess this will be the beginning of my IT journey Blog. Stay Tuned.