Maybe you have a camera or a usb device that isn’t supported by Windows Vista but you want to sync it with your Vista PC. Here’s how to do it: Download Synctoy from Microsoft itself and kiss those Vista sync problems away. It supports syncing to removable drive and network shares.
There are new sources of […]
Wireless connections are all the rage now, from Coffee shops to malls offering some form of wireless connectivity. But while connecting to such networks is definitely convenient, is your system secure from prying eyes while using them?
Remember, most public hot spots are not secure, so anything you send or receive over the Internet can be […]
Netgear Wall-Plug XE104 delivers powerline web connectivity!
Wireless connections are such a hassle these days, especially with new security alerts arriving with alarming headlines about wireless vulnerabilities. Wireless is so convenient that it’s tempting to throw caution to the wind and just do it. Well, now you don’t have to go wireless; you can achieve […]
Many users behind corporate firewalls have to endure the hassles that are proxy servers. Proxy servers sit between the end user and the internet, routin (and generally logging) traffic going back and forth. The easiest way to set proxy settings in Internet Explorer is to open Internet Options, selecting the Connections tab, clicking on the […]
Every once in awhile, the files that control Windows ability to network goes a little wonky. These files, collectively, are known as the TCP/IP stack because they allow the computer to communicate over TCP/IP, grab an IP address, collect name resolution information for DNS, etc.
In order to rebuild your TCP/IP stack, issue the following command […]
Accessing Network shares in a networked environment is common place. Often groups of people need to be able to access the same files and resources simultaneously so a server admin might designate a portion of a server as a network share.
In Windows, you can access this network share by typing the sharepoint into the […]
Windows has two modes of operation - Workgroup and Domain. Depending on the environment that your computer is in, you will be running in one of these two modes. Most home and small business environments will be Workgroup, and most mid- to large businesses will run in domain mode. There are different features […]
Buried deep inside of Windows are gold nuggets that are extremely powerful and useful. One such nugget is the network shell, or netsh. To give you a good idea of what tasks can be accomplished with this command:
C:\Documents and Settings\Aaron\Desktop>netsh
netsh>?
The following commands are available:
Commands in this context:
.. - Goes up one context level.
? - Displays […]
If you’re in the web development or systems administration world, you are no stranger to DNS. DNS stands for Domain Name Service and is usually something that clients have no need to understand. By clients, I mean workstations, laptops and everyday users. But sometimes DNS is something that you may need to […]
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