The best way to recover from unexpected data loss is to be properly prepared. With one of the following tools on hand, you’ll always be ready to save your data from the Reaper. While the best defense against data loss is redundant and real-time backup, we understand that sometimes data loss sneaks right up on […]
Firefox 3.0.10 Released, Fixes Major Stability Issue [Updates]: “ Firefox may have updated to 3.0.9 just last week with a few critical security fixes, but the folks at Mozilla are already pushing out 3.0.10—this time fixing a major stability issue and one security fix. Seems like a little bit of a bungle on Mozilla’s part […]
One method to setup a Windows drive letter mount on is to use the command line interface. Â The Net Command controls a large number of windows functions, including File Share (Net Use), Printing (Net Print), Time Syncronization, Â Account information, and much much more… For our purposes the Net use command, would look like this: net […]
What’s the fastest way to shut down Windows? With a mouse, it takes at least two clicks, plus the time required for the various menus to appear. The quickest Windows-shutdown technique I know of is to create a shutdown shortcut and then assign the shortcut a keystroke combination. Start by right-clicking the desktop or any […]
The DNS protocol has been around for decades and is a stable and reliable protocol. Even so, DNS does occasionally have problems. These problems might stem from a loss of connectivity, an invalid DNS record, or a number of other issues. When a DNS server doesn’t behave in the way that it is expected to, […]
Tidbits has an article on Five Tips for Reading Apple Security Articles. My own view is that almost every situation we have heard about, what has infected the macintosh has been a trojan. Not a computer virus… But the Tidbits article does point out items which you should be aware of when reading Computer Security […]
MacJournals News : Legal Copy We had planned on including the transcript of the HD screen full of tiny disclaimer text in Apple’s new ‘Legal Copy’ television ad, featuring Justin Long as ‘a Mac’ and John Hodgman as ‘a PC,’ in the next issue of MDJ. Honestly, though, once we got it entered, we realized […]
Periodically, I have needed to change the settings for Windows CD Autoplay… Feel free to offer a more streamlined suggestion, or anything else in the comments… Windows XP Open My Computer or Explorer Highlight the CD-ROM drive, right-click the CD-ROM drive and click properties. Click the AutoPlay tab. Within this section you will be able […]