Over on makeuseof.com, they have an article on ways to reset forgotten Windows administrator passwords.

Of these, #3 is the easiest.  Not for the faint of heart, although not very risky, and a whole lot easier than reformatting the hard drive.

For all of you procrastinators out there, Dealhack has an extensive list of shopping and sipping deadlines for online purchases.

Michael Riggs from PC World has a HDTV Guide article on The Washington Post for those interested in making informed television buying decisions.

On the show we occassionally mention remote access products such as GoToMyPc and LogMeIn.  But out of all of them, Remote Desktop that is built into Microsoft Windows is by far the best, mainly because it is fast and free.

So I've written the "Complete Guide to Configuring and Using Windows Remote Desktop Services for Small Businesses" (and home users, too!) for users that want to setup their network to access remote desktops from anywhere.

The manual covers port forwarding for port 3389, which is the port used by Remote Desktop, setting up the Remote Desktop Server, and assigning static IPs from your ISP and the RDP Server.

I know that it might be more of an advanced topic, but some listeners (and Internet visitors will hopefully find the guide useful.

Please feel free to comment.  I've setup hundreds of these, but I might have missed something, so I plan on updating the manual as time goes on.

I will also be adding advanced information on how to configure multiple desktops on the same network using dd-wr, using IP reservations to make your life easier, and other advance topics.

Over on MakeUseOf, Tina has posted “5 Ways to Fix a Stuck Pixel On Your Screen”

Have you ever noticed a really bright red, blue or green pixel on your computers LCD screen?  Well, that pixel is either stuck or broken.  Sometimes, the pixels can be coaxed into normal function. 

Try these tools and techniques to see if you can revive you stuck pixels. 

My attorneys insist I inform you to use at your own risk.  :)

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Want to watch flu outbreaks as they develop across the country this season?  Google has it for you.

Ever wondering what hard drives sound like when they are going bad or have failed?  Head on over to DataCent where they have a collection of recordings of various makes and models of hard drives that are faulty.

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Check this out.  Incredible.

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Fort Smith and the River Valley’s latest source of news and information.  On The City Wire, you will find exclusive, locally written stories about happenings in the area, as well as business listings, restaurant reviews, classifieds, church listings, personal blogs and much, much more.

This is an interactive site, so your opinions and thoughts are welcome.

Give the gift of Gevalia this holiday season

If you are like me, you will do most of your shopping online.  One thing to remember is that finding coupons for the major sites is very easy.  So, the next time you are about to purchase something online, and the site has a “coupon” or “promotion code” box, do a quick search for “[storename] coupon”.  You might find a bunch of sites with coupon codes for the merchant.

Deallocker also keeps a comprehensive list of coupon and discount codes for hundreds of online merchants.

Check these sites for upcoming Black Friday ads to efficiently plan your Black Friday shopping

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As many of you know, when you open multiple Excel Spreadsheets, they have a tendency to open in the same window, so if you have multiple monitors, you cannot have each spreadsheet on a different monitor, because they are in the same window.  Of course, you can always open Excel on both monitors, and then position the spreadsheets in their own window within Excel, but that is not the best way.

One way to force Excel to open in different windows is to use the Send to submenu when you right-click of the file name.  To add Excel to the Send to menu, just go to C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo and add a shortcut to Excel.  Then, instead of opening the file, just right-click on the Excel spreadsheet and select Send to, and then click on Excel.

Over on makeuseof.com, they have a review of 8 great disk defragmenters to increase your PCs performance.

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$600 Off Sony Bravia 46'' Slim Design LCD HDTV with coupon code DV3X5W8JCP3640

I would think this is a good deal.

The History Channel has a website - “This Day in History”.  Guess what it is about?  Interesting.

I was interviewed by JR Davis of Fox 24/51 Wednesday about the iTunes “emergency” that could have happened on Thursday. 

The Copyright Royalty Board wanted to raise the fee from $.09 per song to $.15 per song sold in the iTunes Store.  Apple said the increase could cut into profitability, and iTunes is meant to be a profitable part of Apple, so… they might be forced to quit selling music online.  Apple is the number one music retailer in the world, responsible for 70% of all music sold online.

Well, of course, they gave into Apple, and did not raise the royalty rate.

So, if Apple is selling songs for at least $.99 each, what is $.15?  Well, besides the fee Apple pays to the Copyright Royalty Board, they also pay a staggering $.70 per song to the record labels.  Do the math, and you can see that would be a big chunk of change to eat.

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Imagine this:  You have set your laptop up next to your desktop monitor to use both computers.  Normally, you would have to switch back and forth between the desktop keyboard and mouse to the laptop keyboard and mouse, and, if you are like me, you find yourself typing on the desktop keyboard thinking that you are on the laptop, Synergy fixes this.

Just move the mouse over to the laptop, and the keyboard goes with it.  Seamlessly.

Network World has a set of slides that show what $700 billion dollars could buy.

Here it is.  Note:  We missed the last few minutes of the show - sorry.