AMI-BIOS: For most versions, managing a PC’s boot device sequence appears under the “Advanced BIOS Features” menu If your PC has a relatively new motherboard, its BIOS will already include the functions necessary to support USB-attached boot media. If so, you need only make the right selections in that BIOS menu to boot from a [...]
Entries from March 30th, 2010
Set The System’s Boot Device Sequence
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, How To Setup, Tips & Techniques
Tags: Advanced BIOS Features·BIOS·BIOS Configuration·BIOS Setup·BIOS Setup Guide·Boot Sequence·Managing Boot Sequence
Troubleshooting a DHCP Server
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, How To Diagnose, Tips & Techniques
If you use DHCP servers to automatically configure the TCP/IP settings for workstations in your organization, a DHCP failure can lead to a major disruption in service. After all, if a workstation is not able to acquire an IP address, then it will have no way of accessing any of the resources on your private [...]
Tags: Causes of DHCP Failures·Common DHCP Server Problems·DHCP Failures·DHCP server·Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol·internet·IP·IP Address Conflicts·IP Address Problems·Solving DHCP Errors·Troubleshooting DHCP Server Errors·Web
Making a LCD/Plasma HDTV comparison
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Comparisons, Technology
Designers have taken advantage of the physics that cause the liquid crystals to pass or block light as they twist internally. This is one of the main advantages and at the same time a disadvantage for the manufactures attempting to produce great pictures at affordable prices. The rectangles making up the screen are arranged in [...]
Tags: HDTV Comparison·LCD·LCD Comparison·LCD TV·LCD vs Plasma·LCD/Plasma Comparison·LCD/Plasma Difference·LCD/Plasma Similarities·Plasma·Plasma TV·Television·TV
HDTV Buyers Guide – Making Informed Decisions
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, How To Buy
Ready or Not… The picture on your family’s TV – that ’27-inch-set’ you bought over ten years ago – has finally become so dim, it’s beyond being an annoyance. And perhaps you’ve noticed how each visit to your optometrist results in a stronger prescription; you can’t put it off any longer… Its time to buy [...]
Tags: audio·Direct View·HDTV·HDTV Buyers Guide·HDTV Checklist·HDTV Guide·Projection·resolution·Screen Size·Television·TV
VOIP in the Enterprise
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Technology
This article provides an overview of VOIP technologies, protocols and solutions and how they can benefit an enterprise. The article also discusses Microsoft’s impending entrance into the VOIP arena and its possible impact in the marketplace. According to recent surveys of Chief Information Officers (CIOs), VOIP is top of the list as far as enterprise [...]
Tags: IMPACT of VOIP·Voice over IP·VOIP·VOIP Benefits·VOIP Importance·VOIP Protocols·VOIP Technologies
How can I disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature on my Windows Vista computer?
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · How To, Tips & Techniques
Windows Vista has the built-in ability to automatically reduce the potential of security breaches in the system. It does that by automatically enabling a feature called User Account Control (or UAC for short). The UAC forces users that are part of the local administrators group to run like they were regular users with no administrative [...]
Tags: disabling Windows Vista UAC·How to disable UAC·Steps to disable UAC·UAC·UAC Guides·UAC Methods·User Account Control·Vista·windows vista
Using Remote Desktop with Windows XP Professional
March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Setup
In this article we will cover the use of Remote Desktop, a tool that once mastered can help you to connect over the network to remote servers to perform maintenance or to launch tests from. This article will cover the basic setup and use of it. This will be important when we talk about Windows [...]
Tags: Remote Desktop·Remote Desktop Assistance·Remote Desktop Connection·Remote Desktop Guide·Setup Remote Desktop Connection·Using Remote Desktop·Win XP Remote Desktop
How do I defragment the Active Directory to make it smaller in size?
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Maintain, Q & A, Technology, Tips & Techniques
The size of NTDS.DIT will often be different sizes across the domain controllers in a domain. Remember that Active Directory is a multi-master independent model where updates are occurring in each of the domain controllers with the changes being replicated over time to the other domain controllers. The changed data is replicated between domain controllers, [...]
Tags: Active Directory·Active Directory Defragmentation·Defrag Active Directory·Defrag NTDS·Defragging the NTDS·Defragmentation·NTDS Defragmentation Process·Offline Defragmentation