Recent Posts By Ben Carigtan
Bridge Network Connections in Windows 7
January 14th, 2010 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows 7
Windows 7 provides the capability to connect or bridge two different network types through software. This can eliminate the need to buy a hardware device to connect two disparate networks. Here’s an example. Let’s say you have two networks: in one, the computers are connected with cables; and in the other, the computers are connected [...]
Join a Windows XP Computer to a Windows 7 Homegroup
December 24th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows XP Tips
After your network cabling and homegroup is set up, the next step is to fine-tune it so that all the computers can find each other. If your network contains computers running different versions of Windows, put all computers in the same workgroup. If computers running Windows XP are part of your network, it’s important to [...]
Should You Buy CAT6 cable?
November 28th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
Even though modern home networks are connected using wireless technology, there are cases when you will still need to use LAN cables. When a wireless signal can’t reach a portion of a house or an office, cables might be your only option. You’ll encounter several cable type designators with names like CAT5, CAT5e, and CAT6. [...]
How to Connect a Non-Wireless Ethernet Device to a Wireless Network
November 14th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
The trend with many consumer devices now have built in Wi-Fi connectivity. However, many network devices like printers offer only built-in Ethernet networking. A new breed of wireless devices, like the Acksys WLG-LINK shown below, enables you to connect any industrial equipment featuring a 10/100 Ethernet interface to a WiFi wireless network. As you can [...]
Transfer Files and Settings from XP to Windows 7
November 13th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows 7
Migrating a user account from one computer to another used to be a pain. If you have programs with settings stored in your Windows user profile, you can’t just copy the user folder from one computer to another – sure you can copy the pictures and videos but what about the program settings, Internet favorites [...]
Router vs Switch vs Hub
November 9th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Networking
You may hear the terms router, switch and hub used interchangeably. They look alike on the outside, but they’re very different on the inside. Hubs are dumb devices that simply repeat everything they hear. When one computer sends a signal to the hub, the hub sends the identical signal back out to all of the [...]
How to Configure a Windows 7 HomeGroup
October 29th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows 7
A homegroup in Windows 7 makes it easier to share files and printers on a home network. You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people in your homegroup. As a security measure, other people can’t change the files that you share, unless you give them permission to do so. When you [...]
How to Enable System Restore in Windows 7
October 26th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows 7
Before you install more programs and drivers on your newly installed Windows 7 PC, make sure you have System Protection enabled. System protection is a feature that regularly creates and saves information about your computer’s system files and settings. System protection also saves previous versions of files that you’ve modified. It saves these files in [...]
Prevent Windows from Turning Off USB Devices
October 3rd, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows XP Tips
To save power, Windows automatically shuts down the power to USB ports. It surely saves power but what if it is causing you problems with your auxiliary devices or if you simply need a USB device that is always powered? Power management is also a common cause of USB-connected device issues; if Windows is able [...]
How to Unload DLLs from Memory in Windows XP
September 30th, 2009 by Ben Carigtan | File in: Windows XP Tips
Have you experienced slow down in Windows XP after using a certain program? After closing the program, some DLLs could still remain in the memory caused by caching or a bug in the main program (i.e. memory leak). If those DLLs are significantly eating up your RAM, most likely you will experience a slow down. [...]
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