The Value of Enterprise Process by Jonathan Coupal
With enterprise process, common processes are established to ensure that servers, workstations, and applications are not changed unless agreed upon by the IT organization. It ensures that lessons are learned only once, that employee tasks are documented, consistent, and repeatable, and that ad... Documenting server hardware and software configurations can be as simple as capturing screens with a screen capture utility and placing images in a Word document. ... For workstations, standard system builds or images with commonly used software should be established for groups of users.

Basic High Availability - An Introduction To RAID by Brian Stoffer
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (other definitions may vary). In practice it is two or more hard disk drives configured for use by a single computer system. The configuration varies by intended use, but the most common use for RAID arrays is for high-availability installations. ... Many RAID 5-capable hardware configurations contain a “hot-swappable” disk drive chassis, which allows administrators to replace and rebuild failed drives while the system is running, with little-to-no effect on the operations of that system.

WinXPDisableZeroConfigation.exe or WinXPDisableZeroConfigation by John Hutchison
Well that's a long process name! Having just upgraded my network to a 11g network I found that my computers CPU usage was up from around the 3% mark it was now using about 55% some other people have reported much more cpu use than that!. What the heck was going on! ... Once windows loads it gives a message saying You have used the System Configuration Utility to make changes to the way Windows starts. ... Basically put a tick in the tick box and the message will not show again unless you use the System Configuration Utility again for some reason.

3 Steps for Proper Windows Registry Maintenance by Wayne Wu
Since I'm going to talk about the Windows registry, it's better to give you a big picture of what it is before delving into the details. Let me put it this way, the registry is a hierarchical database in the Windows operating system, where configuration settings related to hardware, user... Fix a damaged registry: For Windows XP users: Restore to a past restore point by clicking 'Start', pointing to 'All Programs', 'Accessories', 'System Tools', and then selecting 'System Restore'. ... Click 'Start', point to 'All Programs', 'Accessories', 'System Tools', and then select 'System Restore'.

Windows Startup Errors: How To Fix Them by Gary Bracken
Windows Startup Programs Can Slow Down Your Computer: Almost all software programs you install using the default installation usually decide that they should start-up every time Windows starts. If not kept in check, you can end up with a situation where your computer will slow to a snail's... You can bring up your System Configuration Utility by clicking Start then Run. ... For Win9x/Me/2K/XP users: You can use the "System Configuration Utility" (MSCONFIG) to locate and identify windows startup programs.

Review of PC Diagnostic Shareware by Natalie Aranda
Although, the most popular operating system at the present includes a sort of Computer diagnostics tools, such as PC Health, Dr Watson, and others, those applications are not exactly what the consumer expects from a full PC diagnostics suite to protect their costly equipment an the invaluable... Hardware is considered among the most advanced PC diagnostics system information programs on the market, made for both the beginner and the expert user. ... Some of those PC diagnostics applications offered under this mode are: TuneUP Utilities Computer diagnostics applications provided by TuneUp...

Debugging NTP Server Installations by David Evans
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a standard protocol for the transfer of time across the Internet and computer networks. The NTP protocol source code is ‘open source' and can be freely downloaded from the NTP web site. The NTP primary development platform is LINUX but ports to Windows are also... Using ‘ntpq' – The NTP Query Utility The ‘ntpq' utility is run from a Linux command prompt. ... The utility can be used to inspect NTP Server system variables to verify correct operation. ... Run the ntpq utility with the –p option, thus: >ntpq –p 192.168.0.1 # where 192.168.0.1 is the IP address...

Important Linux Directories by Bernard Peh
There are many variants of Linux used in different computer systems today. Luckily, most Linux developers employ a common naming and utilization scheme that makes different variants of Linux easy to use and maintain. This article will discuss some important and common directories in many popular... For example, startup configuration scripts are found in /etc/rc.d and network configuration scripts are found in /etc/sysconfig. ... /home Each user of a Linux system is assigned a special directory, called "home" direectory, that represents their private space on the system.

Spyware Can Cause You And Your System Irreparable Damage by A Singh
Spyware can be described in simple terms as software that performs certain functions covertly on your computer such as collecting personal information, changing the configuration of the computer, and advertising. Spyware is often associated with advertising software or software that generates... However, all Spyware do make changes to the system and cause the registry to grow substantially and ultimately cause the system to slow down to a crawl. ... Use Spyware Removal Tools Often Spyware removal software should be run of the system at intervals of two to three weeks manually to clean...

Remote Access Programs by Josh Riverside
Remote Access Programs are one of the leading examples of the advancement of information technology. Their basic aim is to keep the offsite people linked to the office. In today’s scenario of tight schedules and tough competition, more and more entrepreneurs work outside the office premises. ... This saves you the time and hassle of going to the remote user's location to make configuration changes. ... Remote-node systems contain file transfer utilities that allow you to transfer files directly to and from any networked PC's hard drive.