The Problem of Spam

Spam can be a lot more damaging than you might think. Obviously, they are the most annoying thing that you can receive through your inbox, but it goes deeper than that. If you are like the millions of other internet email users, you know that sending and receiving email is a free service that comes with your internet… Read More »

RAID Basics

Technology, how we love it until something goes wrong and we end up yelling at our computer screens. If you’ve ever lost data, you know how much time, money, and headaches it can cost you to retrieve it, especially if you are a company. Data recovery doesn’t have to be worrisome.

Hide the desktop icons

In some environments, such as an assembly line or production facility, you may want to present an ultra-clean desktop to your users.  By hiding the icons, all that is visible on the desktop is the task bar, and whatever wallpaper you have set as the background.

Setting Up Your Own Webcam

Setting up your own web camera is easy: all you need is a computer, the cam itself, webcam software which will do the broadcasting, and an Internet connection. Streaming Video vs. Still Images The first decision you have to make before putting your camera live is if it will show streaming video or still images. If you have… Read More »

Give Vista the Windows 7 Task bar

One of the cool new features of Windows 7 is the task bar.  The clean appearance is mainly due to the lack of text describing each button or icon on that task bar.  

How to Create a Windows 7 Recovery Disk

In the event that something happens where Windows 7 will not start properly, it’s quite useful to have a Recovery Disc available. It can be used to solve common problems that cause Windows 7 to fail during the boot process.