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How To Troubleshoot Any Networking Problem

Mark Minasi has published more than two dozen "rules of network troubleshooting." This is an excellent resource when your network stops working.

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Free High Speed Wireless Internet

This simple guide describes tools that are helpful to logging into wireless networks whether they have encryption on our not. Want to get free Internet service in your new apartment? Chances are you can by using the tools described here!

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Track your FedEx, UPS or USPS Package

Here is a neat application! Package Mapper shows you a map of your FedEx, UPS or USPS package routes. Enter a carrier and a tracking number to see your package's progress plotted on the map. Best of all, it's free.

Package Mapper is available at http://packagemapper.com

Hard drive recovery utilities: when you can't afford to lose that data

Just imagine this: you've been working on that important paper for the past 2 weeks, and you are just about to finish it. The deadline is in a few days. You save your document, go for a coffee and when you get back, your screen is black. Your computer rebooted itself automatically and is now stuck in the bootup process with a message similar to this: No boot device, please insert a bootable media. You try to restart your computer a few times, but it does not fix your problem. At this point, it's important do stay calm, don't PANIC! There may hope yet!

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How to Make a Category 5 / Cat 5E Patch Cable

Tony Casazza has made an excellent "how to" guide for making your own cables. He includes information and wiring diagrams of "straight through" and "crossover" (cross-pinned) patch cords.

You can read his article and look at the diagrams here.

PING Command Parameters

PING is one of the most useful commands in determining network connectivity with another IP host. Simply typing PING followed by the specific IP address at the command prompt will immediately tell you whether there is connectivity between your computer and the other host.

There are also a number of options that you can use with the PING command. The available options are listed below.

Brush Up on your Photo Editing with 4 Free Programs

Most digital cameras come with basic software that helps organize and manipulate photos. But those programs tend to be limited. Before you spend a fortune rectifying the problem, check out these free programs in Kim Komando's article in USA Today. Some are excellent.

Click here to read the article.

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Sell Your Old Cell Phone

Do you have an old cell phone lying in the drawer unused? Now you can sell it and earn a few dollars. Best of all, it is easy to do so.

Receive All Your Voicemails in E-Mail

I find it easier to check my e-mail than to check my voicemail. Now a company has just the solution that I need: my voicemail messages get sent to my e-mail address with attached MP3 audio files of the voice messages. It even will check multiple voicemail accounts and send all the messages to your one e-mail address. Cool!

ZipCentral - a free ZIP File Tool

There are a number of ZIP and unZIP programs around that will handle .zip files. In fact, Windows XP will create and extract ZIP files automatically. However, anyone using earlier versions of Windows will need to obtain a program to handle ZIP files. Even Windows XP's built in ZIP file manager will not handle all the options available in the other programs, such as extensive encryption capabilities, the option to span multiple disks when creating ZIP files, etc. XP users may wish to obrain a more powerful program to replace Microsoft's anemic version.