I decided to take some time off this week to work around the house and finish things I have neglected at home. We have one area of our yard that has underground sprinklers, but they need to be manually turned on. This is because it is difficult to get a wire to the controller – […]
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Over the weekend I helped my friend upgrade his small network of computers to Office 2013. He is one of those people who loves to run the latest and greatest. Unfortunately Microsoft has decided to heavily push the cloud features of Office 2013. This means that every time you launch Word, Excel, etc you get […]
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Today we are releasing the final beta of Enterprise Remote Control. What is it? It is web based remote control that makes it easy to support users over the Internet. Most solutions like this require a monthly fee. It is understandable. Someone needs to run those servers, maintain them, and hide the complexity from you. […]
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I came across a very well thought out eBook that explains how to lock down Google Chrome using group policy. If you want to deploy Google Chrome, but are missing the control you had with IE…you will want to give it a read. It was written by an organization you may have heard about in […]
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We just finished the first draft of the users guide for Enterprise remote control. Enterprise Remote Control allows you to: -Control Computers from anywhere -Easily find users on your network by name -Jump into RDP sessions, without searching for the server they are on -Control the entire setup. No third party servers, or monthly fees […]
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This week I came across a free tool I think you might like. It is called RD Tabs. I know you always have a bunch of Remote desktop sessions going at the same time – how else could you get your work done? RD Tabs allows you to more easily access those open Remote Desktop […]
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We are happy to announce the Enterprise Remote Control beta is now available for download. Enterprise remote control allows you to easily access computers inside and outside your network, without the monthly fees. -You can find computers based on user name -You can ‘jump’ into active RDP sessions (Even ones with multiple monitors) -You don’t […]
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There are lots of remote administration solutions out there. If you want to easily control computers outside your network, it always includes an annoying monthly fee. It is understandable. Someone needs to run those servers, maintain them, and hide the complexity from you. You are different. You are smart enough to run your own server. […]
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I got a question from Elizabeth this week: “Hi Steve. I am a big fan of all the tools you have, especially Network Administrator. We are going to have an IT audit next month and I want to get this network I inherited in shape. Mostly right now I want to get a complete list […]
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In July of 2012, Andrew asked us a question: “Hi Steve. I have been looking for a really simple utility. I am always on the phone with users, and sometimes it takes forever to walk them through and have them find their IP address or host name. I remember your post about BGInfo, but that […]
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