Command to Locate your Computers Service Tag

There are plenty of occasions when you need the exact model number or serial number for your computer. Perhaps you need warranty information, drivers or hardware upgrades. Regardless of why you need the information you’ll typically find it on a sticker somewhere on your device. Unfortunately, those stickers can get damaged or torn right off […]

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How to Update your Mac

If your running an older Mac its important to update the mac with the latest patch’s and Versions. Apple Provide these Updates free as long as your mac can support the update. Make sure that you’re on a trusted network such as your home or work connection. Back up your Mac using Time Machine or […]

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How to configure a distribution group to receive external emails in Exchange

If you want to set up a Distribuition group to receive emails from external email addresses. Open Exchange Management Console. Navigate to Recipient Configuration>Distribution Group and then right click the distribution group that needs to receive external emails, and go to properties. Mail Flow Settings tab>Message Delivery Restrictions>Properties, uncheck “Require that all senders are authenticated”, […]

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Moving the Pagefile to another drive.

running out of drive space on your root drive?  Check to see if your Pagefile.sys is eating up all space!  First grab this handy utility :Tree Size which will tell you what is taking up space and where on your hard drives.  In many cases the Pagefile.sys (a file windows write memory to) will be […]

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How do I repair TCP/IP Stack

At times it is necessary to repair TCP/IP stack because the links between the layers may become broken. When you try pinging an address, you get a response but still cannot connect to your network or the internet. Start > All Programs > Accessories and right click on “Command Prompt”, select “Run as Administrator” to […]

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How to See if Your Hard Drive is Dying with S.M.A.R.T.

Hard drives use S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) to gauge their own reliability and determine if they’re failing.  You can view your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. data and see if it has started to develop problems. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t have an easy-to-use built-in tool that shows your hard disk’s S.M.A.R.T. data.  We will need a […]

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Ping Command

  PING is a utility that allows us to check if a specific IP address is online or accessible and therefore used to help troubleshoot network (or internet) connections. It works by sending packet(s) of data to the IP address and checking the response time. Although there are various programs that will PING an IP […]

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How To Forward Ports on Your Router

We cover a lot of articles that feature accessing files and features from inside and outside of your network. This usually entails forwarding ports, something that may seem daunting for beginners, but it’s actually pretty simple to do. There are plenty of projects we’ve covered that use your computer as a server for other devices. […]

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Create a Restore Point for Windows 7 or Vista’s System Restore

If you are thinking of installing an application but aren’t quite sure what it’s going to do to your computer, I would absolutely recommend creating a restore point before you install that application, and here are the steps to do so. Note that most application installs automatically create a restore point, but you can do […]

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