How to Set Up Your Own Instant Messaging Server
Instant messaging is not just for personal use. It is also a great way for employees to communicate with one another in the corporate world. If you are in IT, then setting up an instant messaging server can be a great benefit to your company. And the best part is that you can set one up without spending a dime. In the following tutorial, I would like to guide you through the easy process of installing my personal favorite IM server software, Openfire.
How to Automatically Remove Preloaded Software From a New Computer
As a tech, I am constantly setting up new computers. I wish setting them up was as easy as just plugging them in and turning them over to the user but, unfortunately, it’s not. Before I can do this, not only do I have to install all of the typical company software, but I also…
How to Permanently Wipe All Data from a Hard Drive
My previous job was at a state university. Before sending our old computers off to auction, we had to wipe all hard drives according to Department of Defense 5220-22.M standards. This was to ensure the next owner would not be able to recover any sensitive files that were stored on the computer even through forensic…
How to Automatically Back Up Your Hard Drive
How to Back Up Your Computer – for Free with Comodo Backup! Just follow these steps to achieve a Comodo backup free. If you support users like I do, then you will know how frustrated and upset they can get when their hard drive fails and they have no backup. Loosing valuable files and data…
Easily Repair a Corrupt Internet Connection
Have you ever come across a computer that wouldn’t connect to the Internet after removing spyware or other network related software? Or maybe you can connect, but you can only visit certain sites while others time out. This problem is associated with winsock corruption in Windows XP. At this point most people reload the machine.…
How to Host a Web Site from Your Computer
How to Host Your Own Website! In the following article I am going to show you how to host a website from your own computer. Why would you want to do this you might ask? Well for one, it’s free. It’s also great for hosting small web sites or sharing large files with friends. I’ve…
Remote Administration Made Easy
Over the years I have used many different types of remote administration utilities to manage my remote workstations and servers. Some of these utilities have worked great and others not so great. For the past year or so I have been using a free utility that I feel has surpassed all of the rest. It…
18 Portable Apps that Every Tech Needs
Portable Apps for Computer Techs I am a tech and I have found all of these portable apps to be very useful so I thought I would share them with you. All of them can run directly from your USB flash drive. I hope you will find them useful too.
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