Technology for the Masses

DHCP – There can be only ONE!

Well not really, there can be others but that out of the “scope” of this article. Once in awhile a problem comes into the network, either through a hacker or uneducated user, that they add a device (router, personal server, Linksys wireless router, etc) to the network. What happens then is a conflict between your original DHCP server and the newly added device.

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Ever had someone call you and explain their computer problems or the series of events that led to some kind of error?  Of course if you’re in IT support most problems are explained like this: “Nothing is working!”.  Kind of [...]

Today on Tech for the Masses we start the “Innovative Finance Series”, and we’ll jump into how to automate your personal finances.  If you’re like most people you probably live paycheck to paycheck with little concern on where it all goes.  When the money is gone, you have to stay in.  Using this method means [...]

There always comes a time when you’re ready to switch to “new digs” in a new area, neighborhood, or city.  Personally, I find it as quite a task to go through a sea of rental websites then, another sea of neighborhood statistics sites as well.  Recently, I’ve been recommended to check out Rent Jungle [...]

Say what? Pandoras Box?  That’s right.  While in Puerto Rico a friend of mine turned me onto this free Internet radio service called Pandora.  Pandora Internet Radio isn’t like most online radio stations.  It’s different in that you can customize the radio stations to your preference.  Lets just call it Smart Radio – it [...]

“What is cloud computing?” will most likely be your first question and a justifiable one.  Cloud Computing refers to computing on the Web and not your PC.  The Internet is also known as the Cloud to many IT Professionals.  Still not clear?  Thought so.  See, most people use their computers resources/hardware to run things like [...]

If you’ve logged into Facebook recently you’ll see that they changed the Privacy settings – again.  Obviously, this has caused a great deal of confusion and complaints from many Facebook users.  It’s really Facebooks attempt to reconfigure your settings to be more optimal for their marketing needs.  If you are like most people, you probably [...]

If you are like most people, then you were more then happy clicking around Office 2003 menus without a problems.  Then along came Microsoft Office 2007 to throw you off the horse!  This change in the user interface was probably felt all around the world as numerous people complained about the new and improved “ribbon” [...]

I’m not typically a fan-boy poster, but I have to give credit where credit is due.  I’ve recently installed and started using Google Chrome and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised.  Although being in IT, I know all the little trinkets and do-dads of Firefox and Internet Explorer – the truth is [...]

INSTALLING A HUSBAND
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0 .
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as * [...]