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I haven’t had a home phone in about 6 years, since I went completely to using my Moble phone as my one and only phone.  I don’t miss having a home phone, but now that I have started to really use Skype (www.skype.com) I have really gotten into having a “home” phone again.   I know [...]

Been running off and on for a couple of years with an iPod.  Never have been impressed.  I always have experienced a rhythmic loss of treble as I run.  It sounds similar to when I used to run with a cheap Walkman playing cassette tapes. Yesterday, I finally broke with what seemed like an unbreakable [...]

In the space of a week I noticed three different laptops and a desktop (all different brands, and all with XP) that appeared to be off and then without me doing anything they turned on!  I thought there must be some new Microsoft update that must be causing this odd behavior.  After a bit of [...]

I’m embarrassed to report that I fell for a Phishing email a month ago. It happened when I signed up for a new Yahoo! Search Marketing account. I signed up for the account and ten minutes later I had an email similar to the following email in my inbox: There is an obvious part of [...]

How to quickly access Network Connection properties When you’re looking for the Network Connection Properties and you get the Network and Sharing Center, don’t throw your computer on the floor and stomp on it. There’s is an easy way to find it and make a shortcut to it! 1. Click the Start button and in [...]

This article is meant to be an overview of how to provision Polycom IP phones. I will assume that you alreay have or know how to configure both a tftp server as well as a DHCP server. I will provide example configuration files that you can feel free to modify to fit your environment. I [...]

Here are a couple of questions from clients regarding Windows Vista this past week. “Im having trouble getting connected to wireless out in public (coffee shops, libraries and some airports). I have a relatively new router at home that works fine. What can I do?” If you’re having problems connecting to public wireless, it may [...]

If you have ever seen the Mac commercial were PC has upgraded to VISTA and has to go through his security guard for every request, then you know how true that is with VISTA’s UAC.  It is relatively easy to disable this feature, and can help cure that sense of panic when the screen starts to darken and you think “Oh no what [...]

Back in the “good old days” of XP, you could open the Task Manager by pressing the Control + Alt + Delete keys on your keyboard. In Windows Vista, you’ll open what’s known as the Secure Desktop with that key combination. If you want to open the Task Manager directly, press Control + Alt + Escape (CRTL+ALT+ESC). Presto!

How to create an administrative command prompt shortcut In Windows Vista, if you are logging in to your computer using a limited user account (which is great for security reasons) and you want to run something from the command prompt that requires administrative credentials, you have to open the command prompt as an administrator. You could [...]