Category Archives: Informational

How to get a Cisco 7941/7961 Message Indicator light working in asterisk!

I recently had the pleasure of trying to make the message indicator light work in several of our asterisk boxes for our Cisco phones. Chances are you may share the same frustration of trying to get this seemingly simple feature … Continue reading

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The Importance of IT Infrastructure and Your company’s professional image – Part 2

In the last part, I covered the basics to having a clean web image. Having your computer infrastructure clean an organized with the latest technology and software overall, helps keep your company running as efficiently as possible. A clean infrastructure is … Continue reading

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The Importance of IT Infrastructure and Your company’s professional image – Part 1

Many people think Computers and IT are just one part of the company, and isn’t part of their company’s image. These days that is not true at all! Having a proper network and computer set up is not only essential … Continue reading

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Microsoft Surface With Windows RT vs. Apple iPad – Specifications and Comparison

Microsoft is challenging Apple for it’s mostly dominant position with the iPad.  Microsoft is doing so with its Surface tablet, Windows RT.  Windows RT is appealing to iPad users, with a sleek design, touch driven operating system, and a new television ad filled with snazzy colors and eye candy to lend the new … Continue reading

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Why is my internet so slow?

The Internet is a wonderful, magical and useful thing.  The internet connects us to the rest of the world.  The Internet has enough throughput to support a wide variety of tasks from sending emails to streaming videos.  We depend on the Internet to be fast … Continue reading

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Microsoft discontinues SBS (Small Business Server) and offers Server 2012

Microsoft is discontinuing their SBS, short for Small Business Server, and offers Server 2012 as a replacement. Microsoft’s Small Business Server is a suite of Microsoft Server products and programs that are very useful.  SBS budled these products at an incredible value.  … Continue reading

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Dell E6410/E6420/E6510/E6520 – Unknown Device Driver – SMO8800

When deploying our new Dell Latitude E6420 laptops this evening we reloaded the included 32 bit Windows 7 to Windows 7 64 bit. For those of you with x32 who would rather run x64, you may do so by reinstalling … Continue reading

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Simple Windows Tips to Avoid Viruses and Increase Security

I’m so eager to give you the #1 most helpful tip for making your computer more secure and less vulnerable to viruses and malware that I’m just going to jump right into it //#1: Logon as standard user account that does not … Continue reading

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SBS 2008 – Setting an Out of Office auto-reply in Outlook Web Access (OWA)

To set your Out of Office auto-reply in Outlook Web Access on SBS 2008 platform.  SBS 2008 uses Exchange 2007 so these directions work with OWA 2007 as well. Log in to your Outlook Web Access portal.  In Small Business Sever … Continue reading

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Windows 8 Uncovered

The 8th version of Microsoft Windows is scheduled to be released to the masses in the last week of October 2012. In the world of technology, things are constantly changing. Windows 8 is bringing about some sweeping changes, mostly to … Continue reading

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