A Drink of Technology for the Thirsty Mind
On Windows To automatically start your computer up at a specific time of day, you’ll actually need to edit your BIOS settings. To do this: Boot up your computer and enter your BIOS setup. Usually this involves pressing the Delete key as your computer boots (your computer should say Press DEL to Enter Setup or something similar as you turn […]
Read moreThis post will show you how to block websites, without the installation of website blockers or other programs to block websites. Fortunately, all desktop operating systems (Windows, Macintosh OS X, Linux) have a built-in mechanisms that make it very easy to do. Blocking Websites with the Hosts File The hosts file contains a shortcut list for assigning name addresses (such […]
Read moreTell me if this sounds familiar. You come into work one day and your boss calls you into his office and says he got a new laptop. You arrive at his office door and realize your boss bought a Mac. He wants to be able to access all the company files stored on your Windows domain from his new Mac. […]
Read moreCoRD is a program for Mac OS X that allows a user to connect to a Windows server via Remote Desktop. it tends to be more reliable and is supported on the latest builds of Mac OS X whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Client is not. To connect to a Windows server with CoRD, follow the instructions below. Download CoRD from […]
Read moreLots of people say “ Don’t worry about viruses, just get a Mac.” Is this advice on the level? Let’s take a look at the history of Macintosh security, and learn what we can from the Mac. Today we’ll be talking about a lot of the myths and realities of security and viruses on the Mac platform. We’ll also be […]
Read moreIn Entourage 2008, each time a public folder/calendar is chosen, it will completely repopulate itself as if it had never been viewed. The way to avoid this is to subscribe to it. This allows a cache of that folder/calendar to be built, and subsequent views will only need to update information added/changed since the last viewing. With Entourage 2008 open […]
Read moreIMPORTANT: In order to access an Exchange shared mailbox, the manager of the shared mailbox must have granted you permission to it using the Manage Group Membership button on the Online Toolkit. If the shared mailbox has just recently been created, please wait at least two hours before you use these instructions to setup access to it. In Entourage 2008, […]
Read moreMounting the Windows Share When you are in Finder you can click Go and Connect to Server or you can type Command + K to get to the same menu. In Server Address you will need to put the location of you Windows share with this format smb://server/share where server is the name or IP address of your Windows machine […]
Read moreIf you frequently access a file server from a Mac it’s pretty helpful to map the network drive to your desktop. There’s two ways to do this, one method is just mapped for one time use and will reset after a reboot, and another method is a more permanent route that allows the mapped network drive to always appear and […]
Read moreConfiguring Entourage 2008 to Connect Exchange Server To configure your Entourage 2008 mail client to connect to your mailbox on Exchange Server, follow these instructions: 1 Log in to Control Panel. 2 If you have several Subscriptions, select Subscription, which includes your Exchange Mailbox. If you have only one Subscription, ignore this step. 3 Go to Hosting > Configuration & […]
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