Information technology, computing and related
Netgear DG834N issues I tried a lot of faffing about I finally detected the culprit – and it wasn’t the WN311b adapter which has given me more than few problems in the past… J’accuse VOUS Netgear! The problem was a fault with the DG834N – several faults actually. Despite being only 18 months old – […]
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Netgear DG834N issues My thoughts on this hardware combination: (Insert strings of your worst expletives) Yep, that about sums it up. Darned thing has been flaky from the first day I got it, lately though it’s really starting to hack me off. The router itself is great. The problem is the wn311b – and it’s
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Keeping your mailbox clean 1) Always have an up-to-date anti-virus package and ideally use at least one spam filter. 2) Don’t accept mail with attachments even from relatives if you can help it (unless you are specifically expecting something) – and not ever from strangers! 3) Use different emails as appropriate: One for family and
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These a cursory reviews of several books I was reading at the time, as I did a module on Visual Basic during a HNC in Computing and Software Engineering Visual Basic Controls in a Nutshell By Evan S Dictor ©1999 O’Reilly & Associates: ISBN 1-56592-294-8 In a nutshell, it’s an excellent resource. That’s a posh
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Windows 2000 Server for Dummies by Ed Tittel with Mary T. Madden, James Michael Stewart ©1999 [ www.idgbooks.com ] IDG Books ~Dummies Press ISBN 0-7645-0341-3 Actually I’m quite a fan of the Dummies range which can be quite enlightening at times. The sometimes irreverent cartoons are always good too. One thing that intrigued me though
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Networking 3rd edition By Chrispher Negus & Bill Wagner Que Publishing: ISBN 0-7897-2469-3 Not a bad little book, especially for beginners wanting to set up a small network for their home or office or as a stepping stone / aid to networking courses like HNC, NVQ and even Network+. Coverage
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Microsoft Office User Specialist – Microsoft Excel 2000 – Cheat Sheet by Rick Winter Published by [ www.quecorp.com ] QUE (ISBN 0-7897-2116-3) Didn’t realise it at the time when I picked it up, but this book is actually aimed at professionals wanting to prepare for the MS MOUS exam. Apparently the book is approved
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Letts Revise A2 Computing by Roger Legg Published by Letts (ISBN 1-85805-910-0) Picked up this book by mistake actually, but I must say I like it. Any course that throws the student into the deep end with low-level assembly programming gets my vote. If I didn’t have all my other courses plotted out I’d
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