Technology Tutorials
Windows 7 Homegroup
Today I am going to show you how to setup a Windows 7 homegroup. The Windows 7 home group will allow you to easily share music, documents, pictures, videos and printers with the rest of your computers in your home network. Creating a home group is especially important if you want to allow Windows 7 printer sharing on your home network. In order to create a Windows 7 home group you will need to do the following. Continue reading
Western Digital My Book Network Hard Drive
In this post I am going to show you how to setup a Western Digital My Book World Edition network hard drive. The Western Digital My Book network hard drive is a cost effective solution if you need to be able to backup multiple computers on a local area network or you want to be able to store and share files with other pc’s on a network. The Western Digital network hard drive also includes Twonky media server, which will allow you to stream videos, music and pictures too many different media devices on your local area network.
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Subnet Class C Network
Subnetting is the process of breaking down one network, into many smaller networks. There are a few reasons you why you would want to implement subnetting on your network. One of the reasons you would want to subnet a network is to lower the network traffic load, resulting in increased network performance. Another good reason to subnet a network is because this allows you to administrate your network more easily.
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OSI – Open System Interconnection Networking Model
In a land a long time ago, actually in the 1970′s computer networks and devices had a hard time communicating with each other. Before the OSI model or the Open System Interconnection networking model was ever created there was only proprietary networking architectures such as IBM’s Systems Network Architecture (SNA) networking model. This meant that major computer vendors controlled the network market, since they produced and sold more devices.
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Convert Binary Ip Address to Decimal
Being able to convert binary ip addresses to decimal form or from a decimal ip address to binary is crucial in passing your Cisco CCNA exam. Binary numbers is the language of computers, which consists of ones and zeros. In a binary code the ones represent an on switch, while the zeros represent an off switch. The reason it is important to learn how to convert binary to decimal is because you will need this skill in order to pass you CCNA exam, plus troubleshooting subnets in the real world.
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GE Ethernet Wall Plate Wiring Diagram
Wiring a GE ethernet wall plate can be a very confusing and tedious task, but with the right directions and hints you will be able to install the network wall plates in a jiffy. Before we start wiring the Cat5 network wall plates, let me tell you a story. I recently installed a couple of GE ethernet wall plates with the coaxial connection for cable or satellite tv in my apartment, to bridge the gap between the walls between my two rooms.
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Convert Mkv to Mp4 with Mkv2Vob
Tversity and other media servers such as Mediatomb, and Fuppes don’t have really good support for the Matroska media container. The mkv file format can cause choppy video, screen freezing, and unable to rewind or fast forward your video. So what you need to do is convert your mkv files to mp4, so you will be able to eliminate this problem on your Xbox 360 or Ps3 media client. The program that I use is called Mkv2Vob, and it works great at transcoding and demuxing mkv files to mp4 file format.
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2wire Wireless Adapter
With all the way to connect your Dish Network receiver to the internet, how about connecting with a 2wire wireless gaming adapter. I will be using the 2wire wireless adapter from the 1022 At&t Homezone on a Vip 612 receiver.
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Dual Boot Ubuntu and Vista Netbook
Dual booting Ubuntu linux and Windows Vista on a Gateway Lt3114u network can be done pretty easily and within an hour. In this guide I will teach you how to dual boot Ubuntu linux and Windows Vista on a Gateway LT3114u netbook. The items you will need to dual boot Ubuntu and Vista:
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Fix Windows Pc Problems Using Chkdsk Commands
Occasionally your windows based pc might report error messages due to a registry problem or power failure. I have tried many different programs over the years trying to fix these types of computer problems. So far I have discovered that a built in program on Windows based pc will fix or eliminate most of these problems. The program that I use is called chkdsk. In order to use chkdsk, first you are going to want to open up the command prompt window. To open up the command prompt window click on the start button, then go to run.
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