Category Archives: Tip

Create a backup plan

Your company’s data may be its most important asset. Imagine a large corporation with millions of dollars of account receivable and account payable data stored on their network. A fire causes massive data loss. How much work would be required to re-create the lost data? Without backups, the company may not survive the disaster.

Accessing your PC from the road

Have you ever sat in front of your computer and wished you could show someone else what appeared on your screen?  Maybe you were experiencing a problem, or couldn’t figure out how to make something work, but you knew if someone else could see what was happening on your screen, they could help you fix the problem immediately.

What is in the Tech Toolbag

If you fix computers regularly (or you’re the type that often fixes computers for friends and family), you’ve likely developed a collection of software and tools to help you fix things more efficiently.

Ever Think About Online Backups ?

Backing up and protecting data should be something that every business or individual strives to do.  Data is very important, especially for businesses or individuals who make a living using their computers.  If you have never looked into backing up your files or haven’t backed them up before, you should really look into it before it is too… Read More »

Webcam Setup Overview

These days, web cameras are everywhere. Your friends have one, maybe your office or the university that you study in also do. So, you decided to finally go with the crowd and get a camera. Now that you have it at home and connected to your computer, you probably wonder: “How do I make this thing show a… Read More »

Some DVD Burning Tips

CD and DVD replication is a process that works by creating discs from scratch.  Not to be confused with duplication (the act of burning information onto readymade, commercially available blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs), replication relies on the use of molds to produce actual discs that already contain digital data.  It is the preferred and recommended mode of mass… Read More »

What is StickyKeys?

Keyboard shortcuts are not just for use by our differently-abled friends. They can be quite useful for those of us who have all of our digits. Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time by putting files or commands you use often right at your fingertips.

Turn off the Click in Windows Explorer

Click, click, click. Tired of hearing that while cruising around the file system? Save your sanity with this simple fix. For quite awhile now, one of the novelties of Windows is the ability to tie in sounds to system events. For example, your computer could make a “whoosh!” noise when you minimize or maximize a window, or it… Read More »

Save Bing Pictures to Your Desktop

I’ve been using Bing quite a bit lately, and I really like some of the backgrounds that they use on the main page. The really cool thing is that the background changes daily! And if you really like the image being presented, you can easily save it to your own desktop. Open Bing.com. In the top right part… Read More »