Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Beginner, Security, Software, Support | No Comments »
My friend Dan over at Outsmart Technology wrote a fantastic article about choosing the right antivirus package. As a followup to Dan's article and my own article yesterday explaining what ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Beginner, Security, Support | 3 Comments »
It happens at least once a week: a client, friend, or relative calls me in a panic and proceeds to explain, often in colorful terms, that their computer is acting ... Read more..Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Expert, LAN Administration, Networking, PostgreSQL | No Comments »
I've been using PostgreSQL for years as the back-end database for my company's intranet, and though I haven't had to reinstall it once in the past five years on the ... Read more..Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Beginner, Hardware, LAN Administration, Support, The Basics | No Comments »
It's a sad fact of life that, as an unrepentant geek, it's not always possible for me to balance my love of technology with my desire to keep the natural ... Read more..Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Beginner, Networking, Support, The Basics, Videos | 2 Comments »
This video is a visual guide through my previous tutorial about locating your network settings in Windows XP. It also happens to be my first attempt at creating a video ... Read more..Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in Site News | No Comments »
If a picture is worth a thousand words, I'll soon stop writing altogether! I'm trying something new for the Reich Consulting blog: along with the articles, tutorials and tips that ... Read more..Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Beginner, Internet, Networking, Support, The Basics | 3 Comments »
Eventually while using your computer a situation will arise when you may need to know a little information about your network connection. You may need this information for a ... Read more..Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Expert, LAN Administration, OS Deployment, Software, Support | No Comments »
Since Vista's release Microsoft has provided a variety of tools for deploying their operating systems. One such tool is Business Deployment Desktop which Microsoft describes as "the best-practice set ... Read more..Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in Intermediate, Software, Support | 3 Comments »
CCC Pathways is an estimating application for auto repair and and appraisal businesses and is commonly installed as a client/sever package. I work for a technical school and have ... Read more..Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in Intermediate, Software, Support, The Basics | No Comments »
Much to the displeasure of everyone the IT industry, some software companies still insist on utilizing floppy disks. Rarely are floppies used to distribute software, but they are used ... Read more..