Microsoft Exchange ships with a web feature called Outlook Web Access that allows users to check their email remotely from any computer with an internet connection.  However in Exchange 2007 Microsoft has taken steps to help protect users from well… themselves really.  In so doing they have provided administrators the ability to lock down the [...]

Most people recommend using different passwords for all the sites and items that require passwords.  I also find that most people in corporate and home environments alike tend to find managing all these passwords cumbersome.  Therefore – most people tend to come up with a small set of user name and password combinations that they [...]

Throughout my day I tend to use several free pieces of software for various tasks and have also started using some of them on my home PC.  I use some of the software to clean up machines, some to increase security and some to even keep my personal computer from getting all cluttered up.  Here [...]

Keyboard
Originally uploaded by orangeacid
When it comes to working with a computer there are a couple types of people that I primarily divide into mouse people and keyboard people. I am a keyboard person. While some tasks require reaching for the mouse there are many others that keyboard shortcuts exist for.  I find that [...]

One of my personal annoyances is all the little pop -up notifications coming from the system tray in the lower right hand corner of Windows computers.  These little pop-ups are called balloon tips and can give you notification for almost anything (my favorite is the ever popular: “You just printed something!”).  Anyway – my first [...]

Interesting approach to computer security
Originally uploaded by formalfallacy @ Dublin (Victor)
One of my clients at work recently had a security breach in which their corporate server was compromised.  While many large corporations have a full time staff to ensure network and computer security many small to mid sized businesses lack the IT resources to effectively [...]

Working remotely from client sites I frequently need access to their desktop to repair or review items.  There are many different methods I use to connect with most clients including remote desktop (RDP) connections and frequently WebEx.  While WebEx works well for interacting with the user there are situations where I will need to make [...]

Hello and welcome to RandomPCTips.com.  I have just launched this site and am looking forward to developing the content based on pretty much anything computer related on my mind in a given day.  As I noted in my About Me page, my name is Matt and I currently work as an IT management consultant.  My [...]