Helping Computer Techs, Consultants, and IT Business Owners Succeed
Hard drive failures equal downtime and data loss. For businesses, this ultimately leads to loss of revenue. By using a SMART utility though, it is possible to prevent a catastrophic failure by giving you enough time to take action as soon as a problem is detected. In this article, I would like to share with you a few of my favorite SMART utilities and how to use them. If you are a consultant or managed services provider, these are also great utilities to add to your monitoring packages.
I originally wrote this article back in 2006 and it currently holds the title as my most popular post. Since hard drive recovery seems to be a hot topic, I decided to update it with all the latest and greatest hard drive recovery information. Enjoy!
If you are a tech, then you probably know that hard drive failures are inevitable. Chances are that sooner or later it will happen to someone you support or possibly even you. The good news is that there are lots of great recovery tools and methods out there and I would like to share them with you.
Manually migrating a user over from an old profile to a new one can be a huge pain. Not only do you have to track down all their old data and copy it to their new profile, you also have to reconfigure all of their programs and Windows settings to their liking. Microsoft offers no easy way to do this but luckily someone else has created a tool that makes this a fairly painless process. In the following article I would like to show you how to use it.
More and more companies are buying Macs. And even if you aren’t a fan of the platform, knowing how to support them can give you an edge in the marketplace. My IT consulting business landed several clients because of our ability to support Macs. Sometimes the clients had almost all PCs and only a few Macs but because we knew both platforms, they would choose us over our competitors. This is why adding Mac support to your portfolio can be a huge plus when trying to secure more clients or a new job. So if you are interested in supporting Macs but are afraid to take the plunge, I have put together this quick reference guide just for you.
With Windows 8 officially here it’s time to start thinking about the implications of moving your users or clients to it. Under the hood, Windows 8 is a solid OS but from a usability standpoint, some users are going to be frustrated. One of the biggest frustrations that they may experience is the lack of a Start Menu and the constant switching between the classic desktop and the new Metro Start Screen. The good news is, for these users, there is a way to add the Start Menu back and I would like to show you how.
