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Usually these have to do with how to do this or how to change that. The subjects are fairly broad when it comes to networking and we encourage both your feedback and contributions by adding comments and extending any of the tips.  If there is something you need help on or something you would like to see added here, just drop us a line from the “Contact Us” link and we will be glad to try and help.

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Shutting down a computer that appears unresponsive

Sometimes Microsoft Windows will do something crazy and you can no longer get the Start > Shutdown process to work.  Most will push and hold the power button until the system halts, then restart.  There may be two other things you can do: Use the shutdown.exe command: This utility will send a remote (or local)

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Blocking Certain Sites Using Your Home Router

Aside from the challenges of blocking offensive content (see the separate article on that subject), you may desire to simply block access to certain sites.  A common question I am asked is how can I block my kids from using Facebook and other similar social networking sites when they are supposed to be doing homework? 

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Clean Up the Startup Folder with Autoruns Tool

Malware sometimes likes to invade the startup folder and other locations on infected systems. Seems that these are the hardest things to find and get rid of when trying to clean up spyware/malware/ infections. Autoruns can help with that. It looks through all possible locations where applications can be listed to automatically start when Windows

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A better view of Processes and Internal Operations

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.  We love the tool! The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes,

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Sharing your desktop and allowing a user to control your PC

There are a number of great options for accomplishing this task such as GoToMyPC.com among others.  But usually these are pay sites after a free 30 day trial. One that I used recently with a Microsoft Support Engineer was www.zolved.com.  It was as easy as pie, and it cost nothing! Here is how to use

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What is the ‘netstat’ command, and what can it do?

Netstat is a useful tool for checking network and Internet connections. Some useful applications for the average PC user are considered, including checking for malware connections. To execute netstat on windows, you must execute a START> RUN> CMD.  The command syntax is netstat [-a] [-b] [-e] [-n] [-o] [-p proto] [-r] [-s] [-v] [interval] Switches

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