Recently, I’ve been purchasing a lot of things from my local Office Depot. The staff there are friendly and courteous, and their prices are pretty competitive. Plus it’s close to my home/office. Of course, I also love to price/review shop on the Internet prior to making purchases. Upon landing on the home page, they had a nice chair advertised on …
PBX System Information for Small Businesses
I’ve been working recently with a client on a web project (sales of digital art). As is typical of most of my projects, my expertise in other areas gets tapped – not just web development. After all I am an IT consultant. This client needed an inexpensive VoiP telephone solution for the online small business. She wants customers to be …
An Ubuntu Linux Experiment
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of teaching a basic computer course to 2 classes at a local career training place. The first class was really great as I had a group of students who wanted to learn skills to better themselves and their career choices. The only downside was that the IT guy for the company had unfortunately …
Dell Primary Drive Not Found
Recently, I had to work on a Dell Dimension desktop. Unfortunately for my customer, the hard drive had the “click of death” even though I tried everything, including tapping the drive with a hammer to free the spindle. Luckily, there was no important data so I simply replaced the drive. I kept noticing something odd that I had first attributed …
VZAccess Disconnecting – Linksys Print Server
For over a year now, I’ve been using Verizon’s Broadband Access which uses the EV-DO technology. It’s been pretty fast, and overall I’m a big fan of the service. It provides me a backup internet access if my cable connection goes down, plus with my business I need a constant connection. Yesterday, I attempted to connect while at a customer’s …
HughesNet and Bandwidth Caps
From email:————————-is it possible for use to put a password on our wireless hubs to block out some local hacker that is exceeding our bandwidth?————————- We’ve discussed this before – the issue is NOT a local hacker accessing the wifi. The problem is HughesNet gouging and screwing over their customers. While I’m a definitely an advocate of encrypting WiFi with …
iTunes and AAC
From an email: —————————–The thing that I am having problem with are those damn AAC tags… What the f*** are they, why the f*** are they, and why the f** can I not figure them out I think I understand they are away to control content.—————————– Well let me try to keep this fairly simple. AAC is a digital audio …
White Paper – Security Questions
This “white paper” was created to present to several clients of mine. I’m posting it to my blog so that it can be reviewed and maybe raise some questions as to how you handle your home and business information. PDF Copy Here Company policy concerning safety and security of data How important is your data? What is the company policy …
Changing Music Folder in iTunes
————–Question from email————– I just noticed that my C: hard drive is nearly full. I need to configure iTunes and DVDFab to save and run off of my D: drive. ————-Solution————- Here are the steps to move your mp3 files from one drive to another and configure iTunes: Copy your current music folder (typically “My Music”) to your other drive. …
Internet Interruptions
As taken from a recent email conversation with a customer: There are several issues that can cause internet connectivity issues. If Verizon says that their service is running smoothly, then typically they are correct – although I have seen cases where the ISP states that nothing is wrong with their service and there really is an issue. As I’m sure …