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Group Policy Essentials

Group Policy provides a convenient and effective way to manage computer and user settings. With Group Policy, you can manage settings for thousands of users or computers in the same way that you manage settings for one user or computer and without ever leaving your desk. Group Policy is a set of rules that you can apply to help you manage users and computers. Group Policy is a twofold idea. First, without an Active Directory, there's one and only one Group Policy available, and that lives on the local Windows...

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ITUNES, VERSIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

ITunes is a copyrighted digital media player software application developed by the Apple Inc Corporation. The iTunes application was developed for the first time in the year 2001. The iTunes application is primarily used to organize music and play videos. There have been several versions of this application since its’ first release. Each version was made to incorporate a new feature or to solve shortages of the version that was before it. All versions of iTunes from versions 1.0 (released on January 2001) up to version 8.2.1(released on august 28, 2009) are supported by all MAC...

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Various Tips On Windows Vista Operating System

Windows Vista is one of the latest Operating Systems that is easy to use and occupies less space on the computer hard disk. It has several features that distinguish it from other Operating Systems. But some of the features are found on Operating Systems that came after it. Here are some of the isolated tips about Windows Vista and above platforms. 1. Windows Vista contains snipping tools that are used in capturing a small portion of the screen. The snipping tool is located in the accessory directory.

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Out of Office Rule in Microsoft Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2003 allows users to set rules and run them according to requirement. Some of the rules are conditional while some are used regularly. “Out of Office” auto reply is one of the rules that the users can customize as per their requirements and apply them to respond to the emails while they are unable to access email or they are out of office.  Below is the procedure to set up out of office auto reply rule using Microsoft Outlook 2003. Creating a template In order to create an auto reply, the...

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Best Free 5 Digital Image Viewers

What are Digital Image Viewers and why do we need them? As the name suggests, digital image viewers are image viewing applications which comes with various capabilities depending on the manufacturer. There are situations when you need to view, resize, recolor, edit or rename and when tired, delete images. This is when Digital Image Viewers come in handy.

What Are The Best Free Digital Image Viewers?

Digital image viewers come with different functions and have different capabilities. And 5 particularly stand out from the rest.

PhotoScape 3.5

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5 Audio & Video software

XMedia Recode XMedia Recode is a user friendly All-In-One audio and video converter tool. Convert DVD, AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MKV, etc. Applicable on most devices like iPod, iPhone, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Zune, PSP, Blackberry, LG, etc. Plus English language setting available. It could be a tool for re-ripping BR sources down to a better size. Some features:

o        Ability to device profiles

o        A user friendly interface.

o        Videos could be previewed prior to encoding.

o        Custom profiles

o        Increased speed

o        Frequently updated.

o        Free of...

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What is Virtual Private Network (VPN)?

VPN enables you to connect network resources from one network to another. Through VPN, we can create a secured link between a private network (such as corporate office's network) through a public network (Internet). It uses particular TCP/IP protocol called Tunneling method, which provides similar protection and characteristics with a private network through Internet or through another public network. The information is transmitted using a routing infrastructure. Using VPN and Internet connection, you can login to your secured private network anywhere. VPN also allows companies to link to other company’s network or to its...

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DHCP Server on Windows Server 2008

What is DHCP Server Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server, when deploy on the network, automatically assigns IP address to clients computers. Through DHCP option, we can provide additional configuration parameter such as DNS servers, WINS servers and routes information to client’s computers. Why to use DHCP? All computers, systems and network devices on the TCP/IP network that interact to each other require an IP address. System administrator then can assign an IP address to each network resources manually. If your organization is large enough and having multiple geographical presence, then it would be a nightmare...

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Server Roles on Windows Server 2008

A server; whether member or domain-based server, can play different roles depending upon the requirement in a corporate environment. Servers can be configured as an Active Directory server, DNS, and DHCP server for administration and securing AD structure, or configure it as a Web server for hosting different sites. Windows server 2008 provides a single console from where we can install, configure, or uninstall various server roles. Server Manager (installed by default when you install the OS) provides the single point console for configuring server roles and features on the server. Why use Server Manager? Server...

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What is Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)?

The Windows Internet Service (WINS) works the same as DNS to resolve computer NetBIOS name into IP addresses. While DNS is a universally accepted methodology, WINS is designed for Windows server to add some extra functionality with DNS. WINS is designed to provide NetBIOS name resolution information in a TCP/IP network. All Windows OS flavor support DNS names in addition to NetBIOS names and WINS support clients that use NetBIOS. How WINS works?
  • Client computer sends a request for a name resolution to the WINS server. If the WINS server has its information stored in...

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