The Tech Empire

Emptying the SMTP Queue, With a Quickness

TheEmperor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:04 +0000

Sorry for the long delay, occasionally the many demands that life makes on a person with my varied skills overrun the amount of time available in the day and my dialogue with my loyal subjects suffers. To make up for that lapse I have three tasty pieces of knowledge to impart. The first you will [...]

Spiceworks: Spicey Spicey Network Management

TheEmperor — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:05:08 +0000

I’ve been on the hunt for an agentless Network Management tool for a LONG time now. So imagine my consternation when I literally stumbled across Spiceworks this is quite literally the most useful piece of software a Network/Systems Administrator can have that won’t cost you as much as your house. In fact, it won’t cost [...]

Revisiting TV On The PC

TheEmperor — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:17:47 +0000

With the demise of Stage6 and the changes to Megavideo that severely limit content availability I frequently get asked, “My Liege, how is it that I might watch television on my pc with the greatest of ease?” I generally have the impudent questioner beheaded, but this time I will make an exception. If you are willing [...]

MaxTo: TO THE MAX! UPDATED

TheEmperor — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:50:53 +0000

You may be thinking to yourself, “What in the world is he babbling about? This isn’t the 80s anymore. No one says ‘To the max!’” , and you would be right. No one says that anymore. But that’s not important. What IS important is MaxTo which is one of the coolest little widgets I’ve run [...]

The Only Online Virtual OS That Matters

TheEmperor — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:47:11 +0000

If you’ve ever felt the need for an online Virtual OS, maybe because you own a netbook and don’t want to weigh it down with office apps and whatnot then I’ve got the THE solution for you. G.ho.st is pretty much the slickest OVOS around. It offers a ton of apps including an office suite, [...]

ActiveSync Error 0×85010014

TheEmperor — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:48:56 +0000

There are a lot of troubleshooting articles out about the 0×85010014 error. Chances are, one of them will fix whatever problem you’re having that has resulted in the error. However if after trying all of the regular troubleshooting you still can’t get the phone to sync then I just might have a solution for you. After [...]

TeamViewer – A Superior Remote Support Tool

TheEmperor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:49:27 +0000

In my never ending quest for the best, most versatile, most useful, most simplistic remote support tools I’ve finally come across a shining jewel amidst all of the dross. TeamViewer is the best free support tool I’ve run into in a long time, and if you keep reading you’ll find out why. I gave TeamViewer a [...]