One of the things that I get called about frequently here at my job (despite not really being in technical support), is people saying that their internet is down and can I help them get back on. The main complaints are that either ‘I cannot…
Wireshark – Network Traffic sniffer
A network sniffer is an essential tool for any system/network administrator. The famous Ethereal used by the Linux has now a nice GUI (also for Windows), a different name and a new company behind it. Wireshark works by catching all the traffic on one or…
Schedule a Windows 2003 Server Restart
While doing a Service Pack Update on Symantec Backup Exec on our main Windows Server 2003 file server I was told that I needed to restart the file server to complete the update. Since this is the file server for our entire office shutting it…
How to Install Free H.323 Conferencing Client for Windows XP
Unknown to most people Windows XP already has a free H.323 client loaded and ready to run. It’s the conferencing application called Netmeeting. To get Netmeeting running as your free H.323 client in Windows XP just follow the following steps: 1: Click START then RUN…
Xerox Error Code 016-757
After walking from the building I am working in across the field to the building where the printer is I was unable to pick up my printing, instead I found a screen on our Xerox Printer giving me the error code 016-757. The 016-757 error…
Efficient Browsing
Google has this online tool http://google.com/gwt/n that automatically strips any given website down to a minimum (text and a few images- if you want them). So if you are browsing from a mobile phone or a connection where you pay per megabyte – it is…