Ronald Pacchiano

I found your article helpful in understanding some of the nuances involved in configuring a wireless print server. I’ve often thought about purchasing one, but have held off due to my lack of technical expertise. After reading your article, however, I think I should be able to get it configured without too much of a […]

Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed a dramatic decrease in my system’s performance. It’s actually gotten so bad that I’m starting to think that it somehow became infected with a virus or some other piece of spyware. Proceeding under that assumption, I verified that my anti-virus definitions were up to date and ran a […]

I’m a new SMB owner with two employees. We have three PCs in our office along with a printer/fax machine connected to a second phone line. I’ve just started this business, and I’m trying to keep costs down, so I don’t have a high-speed cable modem or DSL line, which means we’re using a dial-up […]

My sister just got a DSL line for her house and asked me to set up her computer. I had an old NetGear FV318 router lying around my office that we didn’t need anymore and installed it at her location. For the most part everything seemed to be working fine. I could cruise the Internet […]

I run a small business out of my home, and I thought videoconferencing would help me provide my clients, two of whom live out of state, with more personal service. We all have high-speed cable modems and access to videoconferencing software from Microsoft’s NetMeeting. I did some research and came across an article that said […]

I recently replaced all of the PCs and printers at my small company with new systems, and I’d like the employees to be able to use the older hardware at home if they’d like. With this in mind, I tried setting up one of our old HP LaserJet 4050 printers with built-in network capability. I […]

I just purchased my first wireless router and it works great. While setting it up I noticed something that I was curious about. One of the configuration options asks you to specify what channel you want to use with your wireless device. By default, it was set to 6, but I noticed that there were […]

I have a pretty active schedule, so I don’t get to spend a lot of time at home. So when the time came for me to get a new computer, I opted to get a really powerful laptop: a Dell Inspiron 9100 running Windows XP Professional and equipped with all the bells and whistles. Since […]

For years now I have resisted the temptation to get a high-speed Internet connection for my home. I couldn’t really justify the extra money when my dial-up connection was more then adequate for my needs. However, the primary reason that I didn’t get it was simply because I was concerned about my computer being connected […]

I have my own real estate business with a few employees, and I typically maintain our company’s computers and network equipment myself. Now I might not be the best IT person, but for the most part I’ve been able to handle the majority of our network problems. The other day while setting up some network […]

I just purchased a new Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop computer. The system is top of the line with Windows XP Professional, an ultra high-resolution LCD display (1900 x 1200), 1GB of memory, 80GB HD, 3.2GHz processor and an integrated wireless LAN adapter. I absolutely love this system, and it is without a doubt the best […]

The other day, my boss, who was visiting from our California office, asked if he could use my notebook to check his e-mail. Naturally, I said yes. As soon as he started to type in the URL for his mail server, up came a list of some of my personal Web sites. I have to […]