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Have you ever opened up your web browser and seen the “The page cannot be displayed” or “unable to connect to server” message? Having internet connectivity problems can be frustrating. Here is a guide to help you get through them.

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I recently had a Fedora server with an LVM filesystem on the root partition. Since you can’t run fsck on a mounted disk and you can’t unmount the root file system, (more…)

The Intel Core i7 CPUs are out! That’s right the new Intel Core i7, built on the new Nehalem architecture, sports some cool new features such as (more…)

Backing up the data that is stored on your computer is very important for several reasons.
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There are plenty of guides out there for installing Exchange server 2k7 so I thought I would provide tips that I found useful instead of writing a complete guide.

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Here is a list of some of the most useful tools that I use on a daily basis as an IT professional.

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Spiceworks is a free IT management software that includes things like (more…)

Ever wondered how fast your internet connection is? Ever wondered if your really getting the 30mb FIOS connection that they say you are? Here’s how to tell. And some tips to improve your connection speed.
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Adding a router to your network can be a good idea for several reasons.

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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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Power cycling your network equipment can resolve many internet connection issues. (more…)