This section contains general information, tips and tricks, light reading, entertainment and other general fodder. Enjoy!
The use of social media has its supporters and critics when it comes to your business. We recently found the lists below of companies that have successfully used social media to better their business and enhance connectivity to their customers. At the end of the day, it is all about return on investment (ROI). We […]
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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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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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ZoomIt is a utility for the public speaker in all of us. When presenting information, sometimes it is helpful to show a certain area of the screen magnified to call attention to a dialog box or other item. This is what ZoomIt does in a nutshell. When configured, it will integrate with PowerPoint to allow
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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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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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In this article we will show you how to secure your home network in a great way using IP Addressing. By making some simple changes to the way you address the home or small business network, you can easily provide visitors with Internet access, without exposing your own computers, appliances and servers to them. By
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The following lab exercise is how to create an IPsec VPN. We originally created this lab as part of one of our courses, and we hope you find it useful. Lab Preparation This lab is designed to help you learn the basics of IPSec VPN’s and how Service Providers uses IPSec to provide VPN
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This article discusses our tips on “Parenting the Internet”. What we mean is, that parents must carefully control the Internet usage in the home, especially when minors are involved. The Internet must be actively parented as we will discuss further. Also look for additional information in the following two articles: Using your router to clock
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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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Let’s answer the question, but before I do, you can watch my ARP lesson on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/aD_caJxD7nY and look at the lessons in the playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-nDeWT9WTjFT1syEIGsLTObjkx4XDOUt Check out some further ARP Resources: Our free ARP course at Udemy Our ARP custom profile for Wireshark Our chapter on ARP at the Online School Reference Library OK – let’s
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If you have a web/email server connected to the Internet that you want other to reach, that server must have a public IP address. Most Internet users don’t even try to remember the IP addresses of sites they use, instead they use the Universal Resource Locator system of typing www.cellstream.com or something like this into
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Here are some fundamental PC Troubleshooting Tips. We cant cover everything here, but if something below helps, great! PC Won’t Boot Into Windows Try “Safe Mode” First When your PC just won’t boot into Windows at all, you’ll probably want to start off with Safe Mode—use the F8 key right when the system starts
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Here is a good question: At a recent POTS to Pipes you told us of the story of the customer that was upset with his local telephone company due to his internet being really slow, etc., and you had went through some steps that you could use to verify how many appliances a person actually
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We recently received the following query via email (some content edited): I heard you speak a few weeks back and have a few questions regarding the “How to Parent the Internet” segment of your presentation. Is there a certain software required for blocking offensive content? Also, is there a standard way to block most or
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