Disabling Balloon Tips In Windows

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 [...]

A Handful Of Security Tips

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 [...]

Remotely Enable Remote Desktop On A LAN

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 [...]