Successfully connecting your Apple iPod Touch to a WiFi wireless network can be a real challenge.
Many owners find the process difficult and frustrating. This is mainly due to the abundant choices available for wireless standards and security protocols that can be used for setting up and securing networks.
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Have you ever wondered about the capacity and performance of your hard disk drive.
Typically, the average desktop computer has a capacity of 50 or more gigabytes stored onto the hard disk.
All of this information is stored in the form of files, also known as a collection of bytes-which is all a file is at its core. Bytes can be stored in many ways depending on the data contained inside the file for use by the computer.
read more: How To Check Your Computer Hard Drive Capacity And Performance
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Ever have a computer name that you did not like or decided down the road you want to change it's computer name on your Windows XP or Vista system?
If so, you can easily change it to a more friendly name. Doing so can have many benefits, especially on a home network.
Instead of connecting to a system with an ugly name such as D2347TB998, you can change it to JOEPC or DUDE if you want and easily identify whose PC you are connecting to without guessing.
read more: How To Rename (Change) Your Computer Name in Windows XP Or Vista
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When it comes to networking, knowing your IP address can be essential with troubleshooting problems.
For any Window user who is new to Ubuntu and Linux, more than likely the first problem you will encounter is making sure your Ubuntu computer has been configured with an IP Address if you run into network problems.
On Windows computers viewing the address is a simple task…while finding your IP address in Ubuntu is just as easy using a built-in graphical tool or a terminal window.
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Email bounce messages vary in format and wording; some are geeky and difficult to understand, while others seem like a short story telling you that you probably mistyped an email address.
Regardless, it's important to read through the bounce message, looking for key phrases and error messages that describe the problem if you're to have a chance of resolving the issue.
read more: Common Error Messages In Email Bounces And What To Do About Them
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Ever wonder what people are searching for on Google today?
With Google Hot Trends you can find out quickly, and be surprised as to what the heck people are looking for!
Some of the searches are predicable, while others are…well you'll just have draw your own conclusions.
read more: Find Today's Hot Searches On Google With Google Trends
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With the release of Firefox 3.5, comes some new features and some annoying ones.
One annoying feature is wasting un-necessary real estate to include a new tab button on the tab bar.
All the button does is add a new tab when clicked, which is really not needed since you already have three options to add another tab, with the easiest method by pressing CTRL+T on the keyboard (the other two ways are double clicking on an empty tab bar area or right clicking on the tab bar and selecting New Tab).
A fourth method is not needed (yet another reason why Firefox is bloated).
Fortunately Firefox is customizable and removing the tab button requires a simple fix.
read more: How To Remove The New Tab (Plus) Button In Firefox 3.5
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In a previous article, I showed you how to view and kill processes on remote Windows computers.
One drawback to killing processes on a remote computer, is if the process was started by a service, once it's killed it's no longer running anymore.
NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with Windows Services, see the following article on services.
Being able to restart the service again, remotely, may be necessary with out rebooting the remote computer, especially if the service is needed by the user.
One of the best utilities to accomplish this, is to use Sysinternals PsService tool.
read more: How To Stop And Start Services On Remote Windows Computers
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