Apr 10, 2008 | Apple, computers, Microsoft, network, remote, SBS
Microsoft has updated its Remote Desktop software for Macs, allowing them to connect to a computer running Windows XP Professional or Vista Business and control the Windows computer just as if sitting in front of it. Remote Desktop has been so thoroughly optimized on...
Apr 10, 2008 | computers, domains, SBS, Vista
Microsoft has a special price of $99 for an upgrade to Vista Ultimate on PCs purchased from Best Buy, Staples, Circuit City, and Amazon through June, according to Paul Thurrott, normally a well-informed source. (I can’t find any reference to it on the Microsoft...
Apr 9, 2008 | backup, computers, domains, hardware, network, SBS
Network Attached Storage devices (“NAS”) are starting to appear regularly at small businesses. An NAS device is a small box with one or more hard drives and a simple operating system that can add huge amounts of storage space on a network just by plugging...
Apr 8, 2008 | computers, Microsoft, security, Vista, WinXP
Your computer will restart tonight. It’s Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month, when Microsoft releases security updates that will be automatically installed overnight. All of you have upgraded to Microsoft Update so you get patches for Office programs...
Apr 6, 2008 | computers, hardware, software, video, Vista
Wrestling with a black screen drew my attention to the world of video cards and computer graphics. Vista’s pretty visual effects – translucent borders, 3D flipping through windows, live thumbnail previews of windows from the taskbar and the like –...
Apr 4, 2008 | computers, hardware, video, Vista
Spent a few hours chasing down a problem with my office computer last night. It’s just remarkable how many ways our computers can go wrong, isn’t it? Honest, I would gladly give up much of my job security if it meant our technology would work more...
