Local vs. Network Diagnostics by Sarah Lake
Obviously anyone who maintains PCs, whether local or on a network, is bound to be familiar with the demands of getting the offending machine back up and running as quickly as possible! Most have experienced the frustration of trying to pin point the problem, which could even boil down to being... The bootable operating system that comes with MicroScope bypasses all of that OS interference, but it also bypasses the network configuration, protocols, NIC drivers and other parameters that are unique to each networked system.

Windows, the Disposable Operating System by Peter Blue
I guess most of us have know this for many years but now even the creators of Windows have admitted it - Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible "When you are dealing with rootkits and some advanced spyware programs, the only solution is to rebuild from scratch. ... I expect many people reading this would regard it as just another PC problem but I have been using Linux and BSD for about three years now and have yet to see anything like this, although Linux isn't without its problems too.

Configuring NTP On Your Linux Server by David Evans
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) defines a set of algorithms for the dissemination of time across the Internet. The NTP protocol can be used to synchronise the system time on your Linux Server with a highly accurate Internet time reference. This article describes how to configure the Network Time... A port is also available for Windows platforms, but the primary development platform for NTP is the Linux operating system. ... A number of Linux based operating systems such as Mandrake and Redhat offer NTP as an installable RPM package.

Professional Software Icons For Your Standalone Application by Juan Pablo Sarmiento
User interfaces and accessibility are some of the most important aspect of an application. It can have a million features, it can do a thousand things once, but if it doesn't look quite right then it will be a disaster. Take Linux for example. This open source (free) operating system has been... Most developers have found it very efficient to replace the operating system's stock icons with their own custom-made icons. ... This major improvement has brought in a whole new class of users, and the popularity of this operating system has increased considerably.

Do We Really Need Windows Vista? by George Lunt
Microsoft has just released its Vista operating system. There are many other analysts that will tell you that Vista requires new equipment and more memory to run efficiently and that it may have problems using current XP hardware or software. However, in this article I'll look at whether we... Do you really need the operating system telling you that "You have unused icons on your desktop?" To make more money from its XP Operating System, Microsoft introduced activation. ... Think about it, people are not given a choice to install an open operating system like Linux.

NTP Server Systems-The Network Time Protocol by David Evans
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is utilised by NTP Server systems to distribute accurate time information to network time clients. The NTP protocol is widely used throughout the Internet to provide synchronisation of computers and processes. This article discusses how NTP server systems utilise... NTP primarily runs on LINUX and UNIX platforms including Free-BSD but has also been, in part, ported to Windows operating systems. ... Dedicated NTP server systems generally utilise the LINUX operating system.

Looking for an Alternative to Microsoft Office? You Should Be! by Greg Diehl
Now is the time to look at an alternative to Microsoft Office. Are you locked into using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? Are you spending extra because you need a database, and Access does not come with the basic Office package? Well, the time has come to look at alternatives, or at least... You may have heard of the Linux operating system; it is still the most famous open source collaboration. ... Just as RedHat and SuSE, among others, take Linux and add tools to make it easier to use, Sun Microsystems has StarOffice available starting at $79.95.

Stop Spyware before It Gets a Chance to Infect Your Computer by Jason Frovich
Free spyware stoppers are programs capable of stopping harmful software programs known as Spyware from infecting your computer. If your computer becomes infected with a Spyware program, the Spyware will send information about you and your computer habits back to the Spyware owner, without you... If you experience problems with your free Spyware stoppers, you should take advantage of the fact that they are free and simply choose a new one among the many free Spyware stoppers that are available today.

Why I Hacked My WEP Wireless Router by Paul McGillivary
Part of securing your network must include looking at your wireless access points. Wireless access can be dangerous to your network. Most people don't even know how easy it is to exploit wireless access points. Let me illustrate my point. I went out one afternoon and took my trusty laptop with me. ... Linux is just an alternative operating system to Windows. ... This particular Linux distribution, or flavor of Linux, was a security edition. ... I fired up my linux laptop. ... A typical hacker will have all of these free tools at their disposal.

Learning Photoshop Basics for Free by Mario G. Churchill
Adobe Photoshop, called simply Photoshop by most, is a leading graphics editor developed by Adobe Systems. It is used to create and manipulate images, both for personal and commercial use. Photoshop can be used in multiple operating systems, including Microsoft, Macintosh and Linux. ... Also, some websites offering free Photoshop tutorials advertise that their tutorials are free when, in fact, they aren’t. ... Using a search engine, you can find numerous websites offering free Photoshop tutorials.