Logging on a Verizon MI424WR-GEN2 Router

The Actiontec MI424WR-GEN2 router/firewall provided by Verizon to business clients has a system log that is viewable by logging into the router and also supports sending logging information to a syslog server. The steps to view the log and/or set the device to send information regarding connections through the firewall can be found here.

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Opening a file in Chrome

If you need to open a file on your hard drive in Google's Chrome browser, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-O, i.e., by hitting the Ctrl and O keys simultaneously. Or, if you want to open a file on drive C: on a Microsoft Windows system, you can put C:\ in the browser's address bar. The address will change to file:///C:/, i.e., the word "file" followed by a colon and 3 forward slashes and then the drive letter specified, colon, and forward slash, which conforms to the standard file URI scheme for accessing file-based URLs. You can then navigate to the file you wish to open in the browser. Or, if you know the full path, you can put it in the address bar, e.g., c:\users\jdoe\documents\index.html.

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Turning McAfee Total Protection Real-time protection off

Sometimes you may wish to temporarily disable the antivirus software on a system in order to scan the system with other antivirus/antispyware software. If you are using McAfee Total Protection as the antivirus software on a system, instructions for turning off its real-time scanning feature are listed here.

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