Symantec’s Spyware/Adware Classifications

Symantec’s Spyware/Adware Classifications

Most people who use a computer and have an Internet connection has either experienced or at least heard of spyware. But all of these people may not know exactly what is meant… Read More
Diagram showing a VPN network

How a VPN (Virtual Private Network) Works

In today’s fast paced mobile society everyone is connected to everything at all times with their laptops, tablets and smartphones. It’s almost like if you aren’t “connected” 24/7 you are doing something… Read More
Comodo Security Spyware Scanner

Comodo Cleaning Essentials Security Spyware Scanner

When it comes to the never ending battle against security breaches and spyware infections you can never have enough protection. There are many security spyware scanners out there but the thing to… Read More
ManageEngine endpoint

ManageEngine Desktop Central Windows Tools

As computers and networks get larger and more complex the need to be able to remotely manage systems becomes more important. And with this growing importance comes an ever growing amount of… Read More
Serial Attached SCSI diagram

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

There are many types of hard drives that you can use for your workstation or server computers such as IDE, SATA, SCSI, Solid State (SSD), and now SAS or Serial Attached SCSI.… Read More
OpenVPN vs. PPTP

OpenVPN vs. PPTP

What is PPTP? The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is method of connecting private networks. It provides access to a server over a secure connection via the internet for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).… Read More
Command prompt window

Helpful Command Line Commands

Everyone has computer issues at some point and it’s great when you can click around your menus and open other programs to help figure out the problem. But not all problems can… Read More
NTFS Permissions Reporter Console screen

NTFS Permissions Reporter

If you work in the IT industry and use Windows for your servers and or workstations then you most likely know what NTFS is. NTFS (New Technology File System) was introduced by… Read More

Add Grid Lines to the Left Side of your Project Gantt Chart.docx

Get those gridlines back in your Microsoft Project files If you are a Microsoft Project user and like to have grid lines on your sheet to the left of your Gantt chart… Read More
File open error message

Action Can’t be Completed Because the Folder or a File in it is Open in Another Program

Computers are always renaming, moving and deleting files and most of the time the process goes pretty smoothly. But sometimes there are reasons why you can’t do this, for example if you… Read More
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