Month: October 2001

MacOS Time Machine is a backup utility included with MacOS. Generally, you’ll have a connected drive that Time Machine can save its backups too. However, if the drive is unavailable,…

Scheduled backups Mac OS Scheduled backups can be performed by the built in Time Machine application on MacOS. Time Machine was designed to provide hourly backups for the past 24…

The BIOS allows you to enable or disable network adapters.

QoS stands for Quality of Service. You’ll generally only find QoS on high end routers. QoS enables busy networks to prioritize traffic. You can prioritize based on MAC address, IP…

When troubleshooting network adapter issues, you’ll usually be asked what the link speed and duplex is for your connection. Windows settings must match the settings on the switch that you…

Exceptions To create a firewall exception to allow an app to communicate through the Windows Defender Firewall, open the Windows Defender Firewall applet from the Control Panel. Then select Allow…

In Windows 7, the Network and Sharing Center applet of the Control Panel allows you to set a network location which determines the computer’s security levels. The network location options…

• Always needs a server (on the system you want to access) and client program (on the system you use to access the server). Remote Assistance is generally found in…

Remote Desktop Connection is used in non Home editions of Windows. Remote Desktop Connection is used when continual access to a remote system is needed. For example, a Help Desk…