Our poll this month was ‘where do you access Facebook?’ Bosses pleased to see that most people are checking their facebook pages at home rather than at work with a staggering 47% just viewing it from home. Second up was people viewing their pages from both home and work. (Click on the image to enlarge)
21% [...]
People are forever asking us ‘What’s new about Windows 7 Professional?’ Here’s a few of our favourite Windows 7 Professional features!
Windows XP Mode
Run many older Windows XP productivity applications in Windows XP Mode
Domain Join and Group Policy
Easily and more securely add windows 7-based PC’s to a domain network. With Group Policy customers can [...]
I think it is safe to admit that I am not the only one who has a wordpress blog, facebook account and a twitter profile, all of which get updated from time to time. Some more regularly than others and some with the same info!
In fact I have three wordpress blogs! Brandstar, PCToolbox and a [...]
Over the next few weeks we are going to run a series of comparisons between different Anti-Virus Software. In these comparison post’s we’re going to show you the main features that the two products provide and then tell you which we think is better through our rating system. Our ratings are worked out by the [...]
We came across a problem today that we have come across before, but each time forget the solution, so…time to document it!
Scenario – new machine to add to the WHS network. Shoved the connector disc in and follow it through, but after entering the password we get the message “Can’t find the windows home server” [...]
Here are our Top 3 ADSL Wireless Modem Routers:
Linksys WAG160N – This is the ‘new’ type of wireless technology. The router is excellent, easy to setup, and made by Cisco so has bags of features if you need to do things like VPN pass-through or just want to set it up to be able to [...]
At the end of last year we mentioned that we would be writing a range of posts about Microsoft’s Windows Home Server and I thought that a good place to start would be recommending some books.
There are two that we suggest you start with, your experience with networks and servers will depend on which one [...]
For the past couple of months here in the office we have been testing Microsoft’s Windows Home Server and we are very impressed! So much so that we plan to run a whole bunch of tutorials, reviews and tips in the new year for this!
We’ll be covering things like –
What Windows Home Server (WHS) [...]
This is the third and final step of the Beginners guide to wireless network planning, and this step is an optional one. So far we have looked at:
Equipment Required
Security
If you find that your wireless network doesn’t stretch as far as you need it to then you can extend it!
Firstly, it is good to use equipment [...]
In Step 1 we looked at the equipment you require, in Step 2 we are looking at Security, this is something I often find people don’t bother with! Not Good! If you don’t secure your network you are risking the following:
People logging onto your broadband connection and using up all your bandwidth,
Accessing inappropriate sites over [...]
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