In larger corporations, PCs (otherwise known as "end user desktops") all have this stickers and/or metal badges with an numerical or alphanumerical sequence on it. This is called the asset tag.
When a corporation decides to get rid of computers as per the end-of-life cycle (anywhere between 3 to 5 years usually when the warranties finally [...]

When it comes to buying most software, you typically have the option of either going to a brick and mortal store and purchasing it or ordering it online. Obviously, going to the store gives you immediate gratification over ordering online, however more and more popular software titles are being offered online with the buy and [...]

While this tip will only scratch the surface if you are planning to deploy a common Windows ‘image’ to multiple machines, a tool which is absolutely essential is Microsoft Sysprep. In a nutshell, this program converts the current Windows installation (in this case XP) to a generic/template state. After running Sysprep, when the machine reboots [...]

If you work on a computer for a significant portion of the day, having a good chair is a must. It is best not to sit in a folding chair or anything else which is not designed for office use.
For some general advice on picking out a chair, this brief article offers some tips but [...]

CPU-Z is a freeware application for Windows that is as easy as it gets when it comes to getting quick - and useful - system information about your computer.
Let’s take a look (see screenshot below):

Above is a screen shot taken from my older Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. On the first tab, CPU, you’re told [...]

When you backup your data (if you are not currently, you should be) you should always place the backup files on a drive other than the source. The reason is simple, if your source drive fails you need to restore the files from another drive.
While you can use an external hard drive or dump the [...]

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It is hard for anybody to doubt the product marketing capability of Apple. They are about the best I’ve ever seen. That said, not everything they do makes sense to me. And one of the things which doesn’t make sense to me is the fact that their ONLY tower is the Mac Pro – a [...]

Windows ships with a very functional search tool, but to take advantage of its full functionality and speed you have to have the notorious “Indexing Service” running in the background. As you may know, this service can be a beast in terms of resource consumption. While disabling this service doesn’t break the Windows search functionality, [...]

Every week, I record the technology news for 820 AM WWBA here in the Tampa Bay area. My news is played here in the Tampa Bay radio market as well as in several other metro areas throughout the state of Florida. Rather than post audio recordings, I thought I would simply post my transcript.
You can [...]

The little orange guy in Google Maps as most people know is the character you see in the Street Views function. The recent update to the Google Maps service definitely puts greater emphasis on this.
For example:

The Street Views icon (i.e. the orange guy) is now directly on top of the zoom slider…
 
…and yes it’s [...]