Jim Becher

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool

Microsoft released a few new tools recently – this one is a malicious software removal tool. This will scan your system for nasty virus’s like Nachi, Sassier, and MyDoom. You can obtain it here http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

IIS Reporter project

The other day I was administering some of our web servers at the datacenter. I ran into an issue I had no good way of knowing how many people were on the webserver before issuing an iisreset. The iisreset command restarts the web service and kicks all active users off. Currently on windows you can open the performance monitor and check …

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Movies to Watch list

1. Every which way but loose – 1978 – IMDB LINK 2. Smokey and the Bandit – 1977 – IMDB LINK 3. Smokey and the Bandit II – 1980 – IMDB LINK 4. The Cannonball Run – 1981 – IMDB LINK 5. Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man – 1991 – IMDB LINK 6. The Goonies – 1985 – IMDB LINK …

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Old Movies

I was watching AMC and had a thought. There are so many older movies that I enjoy watching that I have either forgot about, or not seen in ages. The particular movie that was on was Every Which way but Loose with Clint Eastwood. And I decided to make a list of movies that I enjoy and others that I would …

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Usenet Time Line

Google has a great time line of Usenet Notice the “rumor of mac” and “first mention of Microsoft” http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html

Welcome to Jimiz.net

I finally got around to updating my site. I decided to go with WordPress blog software as the backend application. As usual the site is running on a LAMP configuration – Linux / Apache / MySql / Php. Have fun and drop me a line.

Jim Becher on the Web

Welcome to the home of Jim becher on the web. This site is dedicated to Family, friends, career and fun. Topics like: Computers, Soccer, Games, Technology, projects I am working on. Feel free to drop me a line – [email protected]