Basic Initial Enterasys Switch Configuration
For those of you who may be replacing your old switches with new switches from Enterasys, you may be wondering as to how you go about accomplishing basic switch setup…
How to find your Windows 7 version
In helping many people with problems with their computers at home, one of the first questions that you find yourself having to ask them, is what version of Windows they…
How to add a static route in Windows 7
There are times when you need to add a static route in Windows 7. One example in particular is that you have two network cards that are connecting you to…
DFS Installation on Windows Server 2008 R2
Distributed file system allows for highly available access to files and folders through a type of replication that is Wide Area Network friendly. This feature is ideal for administrators that…
Print job is stuck on a workstation
Have you ever had a problem printing on a workstation and have the documents stack up in the queues – all documents will delete except one? This is an age…
Finding Global Catalog Servers in Domain
Have you ever been in need of identifying all the global catalog servers in a Windows domain? What are the ways we can determine which domain controllers house the global…
Cyanogenmod promises to never include apps like Carrier IQ
Our friends at Cyanogenmod have vowed to never include spyware apps such as Carrier IQ in their distributions of Cyanogenmod. We are huge fans of Cyanogenmod here at Computer-howto and…
How to Compact Active Directory Database
In order to compact the size of the Active Directory Database you need to stop Active Directory Domain services. If you are running Windows 2008 and above you can simply…
Android Wifi Tether Installation and Configuration
One of the coolest things that you can do once you have rooted your Android device is install Wifi Tether software which allows your phone to become a mobile hotspot…
Outlook 2010 Public Folder Performance Problems
If you are running Outlook 2010 and notice that you are having performance issues with Public folder performance, you need to install Service Pack 1 for Office 2010. The service…