by Joseph Forbes | Jan 22, 2017 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, INTERNET
Building the local area network that’s right for you Computer networks for the home and small business can be built using either wired or wireless technology. Wired Ethernet has been the traditional choice in homes, but Wi-Fi and other wireless options are...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog Entry
Most computers on TCP/IP networks that need name resolution support use the Domain Name System (DNS). Setting up DNS on client devices requires identifying the DNS servers to use. Network administrators (on the Internet, service providers) install and maintain these...
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by Joseph Forbes | Jan 17, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA
If you want to completely erase a hard drive, it’s not as easy as deleting everything on it. To truly erase hard drive data forever, you’ll have to take some extra steps. When you format a hard drive you don’t actually erase the hard drive of data,...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 16, 2017 | Blog Entry
You need to format a hard drive if you plan on using it in Windows or Mac, or Linux… To format a hard drive means to delete any information on the drive and to set up a file system so your operating system can read data from, and write data to, the drive. As...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 15, 2017 | Blog Entry, DATA
The first thing to do after installing a hard drive is to partition it. You have to partition a hard drive, and then format it, before you can use it to store data. To partition a hard drive in Windows means to section off a part of it and make that part available to...
by Joseph Forbes | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Do you have a wireless router that has been quietly serving Wi-Fi to your household for many years? Does it have a thick layer of dust on it? Chances are, if you answered yes to either question, you may not have upgraded your router’s firmware in quite some time. If...
