Looking to get hooked up?  A guide to VGA, DVI, and HDMI cables

April 4 2008 | Filed under: Gadgets & Accessories

If you go to plug in your monitor and are perplexed by multiple ports on the back of your PC, you’re not alone. Monitor connectors, like most things PC, are …

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Upgrading to Vista:  Why it’s a spendy proposition

April 2 2008 | Filed under: Business Matters

What makes upgrading your existing systems to Vista an expensive project?

1. The upgrade itself.

An upgrade license (from XP Pro — anything else is more complicated) can be had …

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Should you switch to Vista?

April 2 2008 | Filed under: Business Matters

Why mess with a good thing?

That’s what businesses are asking as they ponder whether to have a go with Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows Vista, for their workstations. …

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Managed services:  A shift in thinking

April 2 2008 | Filed under: Business Matters

Over the last few years, a tectonic shift has reshaped the norm for how IT services are delivered. It’s called “managed services.”

Traditionally, businesses have viewed IT like having …

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Changing the POP3 Banner in Exchange Server

January 30 2008 | Filed under: Tips & Tricks: How to..., Getting Technical: Systems

WARNING: If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can …

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