Category: How To
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Debunking AI Myths: The Truth Small Businesses Need to Know
As a business owner, I understand the challenge of keeping up with technology while juggling daily operations. AI is one of the most misunderstood tools out there, and many small businesses hesitate to embrace it due to common myths. Let’s set the record straight and explore how AI can help small businesses grow. Myth 1:…
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AI Event: Why Your AI Isn’t Delivering the Results You Need—And How to Fix It
AI is a game-changer for small businesses—but only if used correctly. Many business owners and professionals expect instant value from AI, only to be met with generic, uninspiring, or off-target results. The problem isn’t the AI—it’s how it’s being used. At jIT Solutions, we’ve developed the jIT AI DEEP Methodology—a structured, step-by-step process to refine AI-generated responses and transform them…
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Backstage of “Going DEEP with AI: How Small Businesses Can Use Iterative AI to Unlock Better Results” (Part 2)
Backstage of Going DEEP with AI—Go behind the scenes and see exactly how we built the article “Going DEEP with AI: How Small Businesses Can Use Iterative AI to Unlock Better Results” using AI, with jIT’s AI DEEP methodology including the precise prompts, refinements, and lessons learned.
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Why Your AI Isn’t Delivering the Results You Need—And How to Fix It (Series Index)
The Going DEEP with AI Series: Mastering AI Through Iteration Many small business owners turn to AI expecting instant value, only to be met with generic, uninspiring, or off-target results. The problem isn’t AI—it’s how it’s being used. If you’re not refining your AI interactions, you’re leaving massive potential on the table. This two-part article…
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Empowering You and Your Business with AI and IT Solutions That Work
It’s been a while since I last shared a post here—before COVID. The world has changed dramatically, as has how we work and solve problems. That’s why I’m reintroducing myself, my mission, and the powerful tools you can use to achieve more faster. From now on, I aim to make every moment you spend here…
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Azure Getting Started via PowerShell
I have done hundreds of events and there are always obstacles to onboarding the attendees/students. I decided to create a succinct help document. I hope this helps PowerShell Everything after a “#” pound sign is a not and can be ignored; no need to paste that into the PowerShell window. Run PowerShell as an Administrator…
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How To use PowerShell to Install and Import Modules and Connect to Azure–Step by Step
<# ========= Connect-AzureRm.ps1 ======================================= Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: Use at your own Risk!…
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How To use PowerShell to Install and Import Modules and Connect to Azure–Step by Step
<# ========= Connect-AzureRm.ps1 ======================================= Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: Use at your own Risk!…
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Step-By-Step How to change the Date and Time of a Meetup Event
I struggled a bit today trying to find out how to change the date of a meetup. I needed to postpone an event and the edit event page would not allow me to make changes to the date field. The date field is there but when you click on it you cannot change. The…
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How to Connect and Edit Configuration Files for WordPress Running on Linux in a Docker Container Includes Changing Site URL
Here are the steps. 1) ssh to the linux host (using SSH or Putty, or whatever) change to Super User sudo su enter su credentials if required. If you cannot switch to su mode, then just add sudo in front of all the below commands. 2) confirm docker is running… Display a list of all…
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Connect-AzureRm from Powershell HOW TO installing & import modules, authenticate (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Step-By-Step
Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: Use at your own Risk! See details…
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Connect-AzureRm from Powershell HOW TO installing & import modules, authenticate (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Step-By-Step
Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: Use at your own Risk! See details…
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Deploy SQL Server 2014 VM on Azure Cloud and Configure with Adventure Works DB–Step-By-Step
Part 1: Creating SQL Server Virtual Machine on Windows Azure (using the new portal) Step-By-Step 1. Login to Windows Azure Portal 2. Click New in the lower left corner 3. Click SQL Se3rver 2014 Standard 4. Enter Host Name, User Name, Password (Host Name must be unique system wide, username cannot be “admin” password…
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Download Windows Server 2012 or 2012 R2 (includes Hyper-V) Free
Launch the FREE Trial Preview Page for Windows Server 2012 To request a FREE Windows Server 2012 Trial with the appropriate evaluation resources, launch the FREE Trial Preview Page using the link below: DO IT: Launch the Windows FREE Trial Page for Windows Server 2012 If you happen to be doing this from Windows Server…
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NVIDIA display driver stopped responding and has recovered, here’s a simple fix that’s worked for many
Ah, the dreaded “Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” message, aka, TDR error. The story: Last summer, I bumped into a Windows 7 video driver problem that was particularly difficult to cure. Moving graphics cards around and upgrading drivers didn’t fix the issue. The whole saga turned out to be a bit complex, but in…
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Virtual Memory Management: Dynamic Memory-Much Different Than Memory Over Commit – Become a Virtualization Expert (Part 3 of 20)
Hyper-V 3 which is built into both the Free Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 (Standard and Datacenter) which you can evaluate for free (free ISO, free VHD), has some really awesome capabilities. You can read more about Hyper-V in the overview of the Server Virtualization Series: Hyper-V Basics. In this article, we are…
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Solution To UEFI issue Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 installation may fail with error message The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key (Unable to install OS)
In the coming weeks, I will add step by step instructions and a video walk-though as well as more information as to what is going on and why. For now, I just want to get the information out in the wild. The quick fix to this problem is use Evaluation media which can be…
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Windows Task Manager auto-started as an effective CPU monitor in your system tray
Overview: You can use Windows Task Manager as an effective CPU monitor left running in the system tray as a notification icon. It’s light on system resources, and safe to leave running full-time. Discreetly shows you how busy your system is, at-a-glance. Moving your mouse cursor over the icon provides a surprisingly handy pop-up view of…
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Setup A Windows Azure Web Server For Your Windows 8 Privacy Policy in Five Minutes (or Less)
One of my friends on the developer side of the house created an outstanding post on how to create a Windows Azure website to host a privacy policy for a windows 8 application. Jim really made this very complex problem a super simple 9 step process. See his post Set up Your Windows 8 Privacy…
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Microsoft Office 1 Cambridge Center Directions and Logistics – Cambridge, MA 02142
Are you attending an event at the Microsoft Office at 1 Cambridge Center? Here are the details you will need to get there. Most events are on the 4th floor in the Multi-Purpose rooms (MPR). However, some larger meetings are on the second floor. If not otherwise stated, it is usually a safe assumption that…