Business | Technology for the Masses

Tethering: Use Your Cell Phone Internet for your Laptop

9 March 2010

Glad to have you back! Hope you enjoy the following article... So you’re on the road and you do not have Mobile WIFI for your laptop – or you just straight-up want to get Internet off a device bigger than 3 inches! I understand. You’re already paying your cell provider for Internet access – wouldn’t [...]

How to detect rogue DHCP servers on your network

8 February 2010

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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.

Cloud Computing Nirvana

12 December 2009

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“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 [...]

Order Windows 7 Now!

1 July 2009

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In my previous article, I told you to skip Vista and wait for Windows 7. Guess what? It’s here for Pre-order! As an IT professional and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, I can tell you wholeheartedly that Windows 7 surpasses Windows Vista by a long-shot. If you’re worried about compatibility for your XP business apps or [...]

Easy Remote Access with LogMeIn

25 May 2009

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Don’t run away just cause you saw the word “Remote Access”! Remote Access is a method used to connect to and use your computer from anywhere – remotely. For any IT Professional, this is the main method we use to fix computer problems and diagnose issues. Do you think we want to actually get up [...]

Imaging a computer with Norton Ghost

20 May 2009

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Automating the installation of Windows XP (or even Vista) can save any technician a lot of time. Typical installations from scratch can often take a couple of hours. Who has this much time when you have computers lined up. Not me, that’s for sure. The conventional, Microsoft approved method of automating installation is to use [...]

Just Wait for Windows 7! Forget Vista.

16 May 2009

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That’s right, I said it. After many hours of teaching myself Vista in personal and business environments I’ve almost given up. I really wanted to like Vista. It had a clean looking interface and looked modern. However, this obviously is at the expense of real processing power. Over time, the more you use a [...]

Benefits of using PDF (Adobe PDF Files)

14 May 2009

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The majority of us are use to using Microsoft Office for word processing and creating our documents that way. This is all well and good, but something many newbie’s or even experienced computer users may not be aware of is using the .PDF format. This is probably the most well known digital archiving and published [...]