How To Plan For IT Emergencies

IT emergencies are inevitabilities in today`s technological world. Handling them will be critical to your IT business and maintaining a strong and loyal customer base. You have to achieve a delicate staff balance that allows you to meet the needs of existing clients and gain new ones.

What is XHTML?

The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is a markup language that has the same depth of expression as HTML, but also conforms to XML syntax.

How to disable the Windows Key at logon

The problem: There is a bug in Windows 95 that lets the user run Task Manager before logging on to Windows, by pressing the Windows key or Ctrl+Esc while the logon prompt of Windows is displayed on the screen. This can be a problem since Task Manager can further be used to run programs (including Explorer) before logging on… Read More »

How to Use a RAM Drive to Troubleshoot Memory

Windows 95 and Windows 98 use memory differently than earlier versions of Windows. If you encounter unusual random problems in Windows 95 that you did not experience in an earlier version of Windows, your computer may have faulty memory.

How to Defragment Your Hard Disk

Over time, files and applications become scattered in various places on your hard disk. Disk Defragmenter brings these scattered pieces together to improve speed and help prevent errors.

How to disable APIPA

A Windows-based computer that is configured to use DHCP can automatically assign itself an Internet Protocol (IP) address if a DHCP server is not available. For example, this could occur on a network without a DHCP server, or on a network if a DHCP server is temporarily down for maintenance.

What is the Microsoft Computer Browser service?

Microsoft Active Directory services in Windows 2000 replace the computer browser service used in earlier versions of Windows to provide the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) name resolution. The browser service in Windows 2000 is provided for backwards compatibility with client computers that are running earlier versions of Windows.