I need to lock my Windows desktop screen at work every time I walk away from my computer. What do I normally do? I hit Control + ALT + Delete and lock my screen and sometimes I hit the Windows key + L but they still require some interaction with the computer. But what if [...]

It’s time once again for our featured Movers and Shakers post. Each week, we take one software category and list the top ten most downloaded free apps. This week we will be covering Home Inventory Applications. These are the applications that help you keep track of what you own. Maybe it is your DVDs or [...]

Last week we asked you what version of Windows you are running. We had 1,394 responses. I was shocked at the results! It looks like 47% of you or 652 readers are using Windows 7!  Windows XP came in second place with 36% or  500 votes. I had expected Windows XP to still be in [...]

I have recently covered how to create your own Windows domain and how to push out group policy to your domain computers. Today we will visit how to remote install Windows software on your domain computers using group policy. In the past I have had to install applications directly on each user’s computer. This was time [...]

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me why they could not edit a block of text in Microsoft Word I would be rich. A lot of times people will include images of text within their document. Maybe they took a screenshot of a block of text or they inserted an image [...]

Welcome to the wonderful world of domains and active directory. I recently wrote a post about pushing out Internet Explorer parental control settings, using group policy. Group policy is great but when combined with Active Directory it becomes so much better! Active Directory is centralized network management at it’s best. There are lots of reasons [...]

In this article I’m going to detail how to set up Wi-Fi to play networked games.  I have some friends that live in my apartment building. They wanted to set up a LAN so that we would be able to play games together without having to play over the Internet. We love playing fast paced [...]

It’s time once again for our featured Movers and Shakers post. Each week, we take one software category and list the top ten most downloaded free apps. This week, we are looking at system utilities. These are the apps that can be used to help manage your Windows system. We will see utilities that help [...]

Last week’s poll asked you if you used Google Wave. There was a lot of hype after the invites started going out. Some of you said that you have not used it because you do not have an invite. I have 17 left in my account so if you want one, leave a comment with [...]

I have used OpenDNS in the past for monitoring children and employees. Now I am here to tell you how important it is to safeguard your children online. I have also said in the past that the Internet is a great place for kids to learn and a computer can be their best friend. See [...]