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Ambit modem usb drivers

May 3rd, 2009

I had a really hard time finding this gem for a client who recently had their motherboard’s ethernet port fry on them. This created quite a quandary for me. I could have installed a new ethernet card, reroute the modem to USB, or tell them to buy a new machine. I chose the USB route. They had Vista and the disk that came with the modem was very old. I searched up and down only to find sites that wanted me to install some sort of driver helper to detect my driver. This is just another spyware ploy and should be avoided.

Here is the link you’ll need.

http://www.softwaredriverdownload.com/download_ambit_usb_cable_modem_driver.html

I can’t actually point you to the exact download link because it changes from time to time to keep people like me from doing this. Therefore just read down the page and find ‘download ambit USB cable modem driver’. Click there and you should be greeted with a dialog box asking where to put usbdriver2.1.zip. Of course trying this on the machine that can’t get on the internet due to the problem in the first place posed a problem… ;/

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Create PDF files for free!

May 3rd, 2009

Whether you’re on your laptop at the beach or at your house with a printer that is out of paper, haven’t you ever wished you can turn what you’re doing in pdf format to print later? Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on Adobe (not the reader which is free), you too can print to pdf with this great program. It installs in a flash and you’re off making pdfs. This is great for the enviroment and keeps your existance clutter free. Here’s how.

1. go to http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp and click on ‘free download’ on the left side.
2. save the file to your computer or click on ‘run’ after downloading
3. it will install to the default location and also ask you to install a free open source back-end called Ghostscript. This is the real workhorse of the program and is the reason they can give this program away for free.
4. when it’s done installing you will now have a new ‘printer’ called ‘cutepdf printer’ in your printer settings.

Now when you’re ready to print to pdf, click on the pulldown menu to select a printer and choose the new pdf printer. You will be greeted with another dialog box asking where to put the file. That’s it! You’re now on your way to a paperless existance. (Please make good backups with this new power or your virtual filing system can vanish into data oblivion)

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