Archive for the ‘How Tos’ Category

How to install a router in your network: Linksys, Netgear, etc

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Linksys wrt54g wireless router

Adding a router to your network can be a good idea for several reasons.

First, it allows (more…)

Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V on Dell PowerEdge 2900

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Hyper-V

Here is what I learned during my Server 2008 with Hyper-V installation.

This is the hardware that I used:

Dell PowerEdge 2900 2 quad core Xeon Processors E5405, 2×6MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB

8GB 667MHz (4×2GB), Dual Ranked Fully Buffered DIMMs
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Connect your LG Voyager to gmail and Google Apps using IMAP

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

LG Voyager


Here are the instructions for connecting your LG Voyager phone up to gmail or Google Apps (AKA gmail for your domain) using IMAP. I have gotten this working successfully.
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ShieldsUP web based port scanner (test your firewall)

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Shieldsup web based port scanner

ShieldsUp web based port scanner can test the security of your firewall (more…)

Free computer certification training videos for Cisco, Microsoft, and CompTIA

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Train signal  Training

I recently came across a site with some great free training videos. These videos are a great way to start learning some of the more advanced computer skills that you’ve been looking for.
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Unlock the Full Potential of your Linksys Router Using DD-WRT

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Are you sick of the limited features your router offers? Well I was, that is, until I discovered DD-WRT. DD-WRT is a third-party developed firmware released under the General Public License for wireless routers based off a Broadcom chip reference design. This firmware offers many advanced features that are not currently available through the OEM firmware. (more…)

A note about Office 2007 compatibility mode.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Office Button
You may have noticed that Microsoft Office 2007 is saving in a different format than the previous versions. This may cause compatibility issues with users of older versions of office. I believe that the new XML format (more…)

Remove those viruses that your Anti-virus program couldn’t.

Monday, August 13th, 2007

ShellExView
Did you ever have a virus that you just couldn’t remove using your AV program? I have, so I know a few little tricks that I thought I’d share with you. (more…)

Adding YouTube videos and AdSense to your WordPress blog.

Monday, August 6th, 2007

While I was trying to figure out how to make YouTube videos and Google AdSense show in my posts, I stumbled across this instruction video that solved both issues for me.

Check it out it’s very informative.

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Fight spam while learning Linux

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Linux PenguinFedora Linux

Stopspam

If you’ve never heard of Linux, it’s a free open source operating system. Linux is very different from Windows, and a lot of the configuration is done by command line. While there are many many many different versions of Linux, I like to use Fedora which is one of the more mainstream flavors. The first thing I did to start learning Linux was (more…)