Help Desk Geek – Help Desk Tips For IT Pros

If you have a large music library, you know how time consuming it can be to keep your tags updated. iTunes has limited tag information and cover art, because it is limited to what Apple has in its catalog. If you have ripped a lot of CDs or purchased music elsewhere, chances are your tags [...]

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Temporary files scanning, free space checking, and updated driver testing; these are just a few of the several important areas of your computer that one must check on periodically.  Other aspects, such as virus and spyware scanning, should be run more on a daily basis.  If you stop to examine and crate a list of [...]

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Microsoft has just released a public beta of their new anti-virus and anti-spyware program called Microsoft Security Essentials. This program will be free and replacing the defunct Windows Defender. So what’s the big deal? It’s actually really big! Basically, Microsoft will be competing with the likes of Kaspersky, Norton, and other major anti-virus players. They [...]

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Ever come across the situation where you had to view a Word doc or Excel spreadsheet on a computer that didn’t have office? Sadly, this happens often! Personally, I’ve gone to a client location to give a presentation and the computer I ended up using didn’t have Office installed! Great! Now what do you do? [...]

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As an IT professional, you have probably debated whether defragmenting a hard disk really helps or not. I, for one, never defragmented my computer using the built in Windows tool or using a third-party program. Then one day I read a post on a technical site that actually gathered data and statistics on several different [...]

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There are many software suites out there that can scan your entire network for security vulnerabilities, but they are mostly very expensive. Recently, while testing software, I came across another program that provides solutions for computer security, application security and network security all in one package for a cheap price. GFiLANguard is an award-winning software [...]

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