I found a problem with Hamachi. It makes my pc's disappear from my "network places" or "network on Vista.
I found that the Hamachi network "adapter" is still enabled even if you are not running the client. So I disabled it (on all pc's) and that seemed to work. Now every pc seems to be appearing where it should and not disappearing.
Granted this may be a problem with an old version of Hamachi. But I don't need to run a vpn so I will simply keep the "adapter" disabled on all PC's.
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** Oh and in case anyone wants to know, I don't do corporate IT work. **
talk soon,
Monday, November 12, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Saturday
My New Smartphone/PDA
I recently bought a Motorola Q smart device. I had been looking at the UT-Starcom 6700, and of course blackberries and Treos. I settled on the Q for a couple of reasons. First, I think the blackberries(while excellent email devices) are not really web surfing machines. Second, Treos are garbage. They constantly break, freeze up, and any number of other things. Their service records are poor. And the 6700 has an equally bad service record.
So I bought the Q. It is working fine. I have all my email id's hooked up. I can surf the web at high speeds. I am a happy camper right now. I have unrestricted email and web access on my belt.
The Q was easy to configure for the most part. The only wrinkle I had was the new Daylight Savings time thing. But it was mostly a problem on the PC side (the O/S and outlook). Once I applied the software patch from Motorola, it appears to work fine. At this point, I'd highly recommend the Q. Let's see how I feel 6 months from now.
Vista
I got a look at Vista on a friend's laptop. I had that laptop for about 3 weeks helping him configure it. Vista is "quirky" in some respects. I also feel there is no over-riding factor that demands everyone rush out and buy Vista. If you buy a new machine and Vista comes with it then fine. But don't go out and buy the upgrade just so you have Vista. XP works fine and will continue to do so for a long time. If you have XP machines and are happy with their performance then continue to use them. During this time, hopefully most of the kinks will be worked out of Vista. Just my opinion.
Have a good day,
Dave
I recently bought a Motorola Q smart device. I had been looking at the UT-Starcom 6700, and of course blackberries and Treos. I settled on the Q for a couple of reasons. First, I think the blackberries(while excellent email devices) are not really web surfing machines. Second, Treos are garbage. They constantly break, freeze up, and any number of other things. Their service records are poor. And the 6700 has an equally bad service record.
So I bought the Q. It is working fine. I have all my email id's hooked up. I can surf the web at high speeds. I am a happy camper right now. I have unrestricted email and web access on my belt.
The Q was easy to configure for the most part. The only wrinkle I had was the new Daylight Savings time thing. But it was mostly a problem on the PC side (the O/S and outlook). Once I applied the software patch from Motorola, it appears to work fine. At this point, I'd highly recommend the Q. Let's see how I feel 6 months from now.
Vista
I got a look at Vista on a friend's laptop. I had that laptop for about 3 weeks helping him configure it. Vista is "quirky" in some respects. I also feel there is no over-riding factor that demands everyone rush out and buy Vista. If you buy a new machine and Vista comes with it then fine. But don't go out and buy the upgrade just so you have Vista. XP works fine and will continue to do so for a long time. If you have XP machines and are happy with their performance then continue to use them. During this time, hopefully most of the kinks will be worked out of Vista. Just my opinion.
Have a good day,
Dave
Thursday, March 8, 2007
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To introduce ourselves, we are a small IT Services firm concentrating on home users. We provide computer, networking, and software help for the home computing market. We are specialists in providing training and assistance to active seniors and retirees.
Call us at 732-568-4943 and arrange an appointment today.
Welcome to the Pickel Associates LLC Blog. We'll be providing information about us and the services we offer on an ongoing basis.
To introduce ourselves, we are a small IT Services firm concentrating on home users. We provide computer, networking, and software help for the home computing market. We are specialists in providing training and assistance to active seniors and retirees.
Call us at 732-568-4943 and arrange an appointment today.
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