Computing Notes

[...] gets them. (More specifically, the community, the web hosting provider, has to install an operating system, set up IP addresses, etc. so they can create lots and sublots to lease out to people who [...]

[...] , and dealing with all the various issues that came up.  Upgrading hardware and operating system were easy.  It’s dealing with the diddly details that takes time—more on those [...]

[...] with any kind of “malware” (spyware, virus, scareware) is to have both an anti-virus program and a malware blocking program. For anti-virus, I generally recommend Microsoft Security [...]

[...] in Tucson.  Here’s hoping it keeps working. With the Epson Workforce now serving as a backup printer, we have less need to connect the Epson R280 to the network. So, all is working well, at [...]

[...] cartridge, but it looks worse than that. So I break out the Epson Photo R280 as a backup printer.  Works fine on my machine but I can’t install it as a network printer on Teresa& [...]

[...] .  I needed to scan lots of documents after our return and this was a lifesaver. The Dell U2711 monitor is now working perfectly after its long rest while we were in Tucson.  Here’s [...]

[...] a Dell Optiplex 990 with an i7-2600 processor).  Another mystery, needing research time. My Dell U2711 monitor is beginning to fail.  But first I had to work with Dell to transfer ownership from the [...]

[...] We are in the process of creating a new web site for Guy Scharf Consulting and Guy’s Computing Notes blog. Guy & Teresa Scharf’s personal web site is [...]

[...] to the user. You’ve also given your building a “friendly” name (Guy Scharf Consulting) and written a description for it. Various yellow page services (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) [...]

[...] data on a nearly full 1 TB data drive. For the type of restore described here, you need an image backup program.  These programs make an “image” of the entire hard drive and write it to a [...]

[...] (pages) with different content and colors. You adjust the experience in each room using WordPress plugins and other customization techniques. When you enter your building using your master key ( [...]

[...] case, I make an image backup of the C: and a relatively small E: drives nightly.  I use a file backup program, SyncBack Pro, to back up data on a nearly full 1 TB data drive. For the type of restore [...]