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I work as an IT Manager at a company, and we have a mixed Novell/Microsoft network. We are slowly phasing out the Novell portion of the network, and are dealing more and more with Microsoft permissions. The permissions options used to be complicated, but as new generations of server operating systems come around, things get …
I work as an IT Manager at a hospitality company. As is the case with many companies, IT is seen as an expense. We make money from the attractions, restaurants, and hotel. The less money that is spent on IT, the better. Well, thankfully there are sorts of free/open source options out there. One that …
We are in the process of moving, and renting out our existing house. We have been measuring rooms, windows, trim, etc, and I wanted to do up some basic drawings. I searched online, and there are all sorts of options. I haven’t decided on the best one (this isn’t a review), but I figured I’d …
If you work at a company with a more than a few computers, you are probably familiar with Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Connections. This is a way to connect to computers (workstations/desktops/servers) from another computer and control them as if you are in front of them. With Windows XP, Vista, and 7, the consumer …
NetWrix is a company that makes utilities for comporate network management. Most of the utilities have to do with Active Directory. You may not have to worry about this if you just look after your computer at home, but if you do look after some computers on a network, then there might be some here …
One of the blogs I follow is the Workers’ Edge blog by Dennis O’Reiley of CNET News. Dennis offers “tips and tricks for the cubicle-dweller”. I don’t work in a cubicle, but I do appreciate some of the productivity software tips he gives. A couple of the most useful Outlook tips were: Remove the attachments …
I’m still a pretty big Windows XP fan. I like the look and feel of it, and it does what I need it to do with minimal interruption. However, that doesn’t mean it is perfect. Here is an older PC World article that shares a list of features that would be good to have: Some …
Recently at work we installed Windows 7 Professional on our first PC. The user has one piece of software that won’t run in Vista or 7, so we are using Windows XP Mode. I was logged in as administrator and had everything working fine, but when the other user logged in, the Windows XP Mode …
Once or twice a week when I’m at work I need to connect to my home computer to look something up. I have my router configured to let my RDP session in, but if my wife or children are using the computer, I end up kicking them off. If it’s my children, they don’t know …
I don’t do them much anymore, but over the years I’ve done quite a lot of software reviews. I’ve tried several different screen capture utilities with varying degrees of success. Sometimes I find myself using a computer that doesn’t have any such utility installed, so I use the old PrintScreen button to take a screenshot. …