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Exchange 2007 has a built in anti-spam filtering module that just needs to be enabled.

Here are some simple instructions to get going with it. (more…)

In my journey as an IT professional, I’ve had to contact Dell many times for warranty replacement hardware. In my experience, it’s very time consuming to contact Dell via phone.

Here’s how I get it done quickly.
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Microsoft Exchange service pack two is now available for download. (more…)

Untangle is a free open source network gateway, not entirely a managed services platform but it does fit its way in there.

It’s all about how you package it. If it had backup, monitoring and billing, we would be all set wouldn’t we?

I’ve built the spam filters from freespamfilter.org, Untangle does what I need and more.

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Using NSLOOKUP, telnetting, and other command line tools can be a pain sometimes, (more…)

A while ago I thought about starting an after hours helpdesk site. I did some searching and found Supportspace.com. Supportspace is a website that is bringing together techs which they are calling “experts” and customers. SS offers (more…)

TechSack.com recommends Firefox

The main reason that I use Firefox is that the browser feels so much lighter than Internet explorer. When I launch the Firefox browser even with a number of plugins it loads very quickly and once it’s running it doesn’t use as many resources as IE. I started using Firfox for it’s tabbed browsing which IE7 does offer. Firefox has cool built in features like an RSS reader, spell check, and a download manager to list a few.
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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…)

What does web 2.0 have to do with you and me? Web 2.0 is the phrase that is used to define the new internet. web 2.0 is (more…)

I think the whole web 2.0 thing is great but not everyone knows what a web 2.0 site is or where to find it. Web 2.0 is (more…)