Yearly Archives: 2013

Windows 8.1 preview is here!

  Windows 8. is a free update to Windows  and is coming later this year.  The pre-release version is available now to try. Windows 8.1 has new ways for you to personalise your PC and includes a wave of new apps and services.   http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/preview   Windows 8.1 Preview Product Guide

How to Find Your IP Address on a Mac

Click the Apple in the upper-left corner of the screen. Select About This Mac. Click More Info. Select Network on the column to the left. Find your IP address. It will be in the upper-right portion of that window.

Category: MAC

How to uninstall SonicWALL SSL-VPN NetExtender

The NetExtender utility is automatically installed on your computer. To remove NetExtender, click on Start > All Programs, click on SonicWALL SSL VPN NetExtender, and then click on Uninstall. You can also configure NetExtender to automatically uninstall when your session is disconnected. To do so, perform the following steps: 1. Right click on the NetExtender… Read More »

Office 2013 is now transferable!

  Based on customer feedback Microsoft have changed the Office 2013 retail license agreement to allow customers to transfer the software from one computer to another.   This means that customers can transfer Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they get a new one.   Previously, customers could only transfer their… Read More »

Telnet commands to test SMTP connectivity

EHLO or HELO server.server.com MAIL FROM: test@test.com  (This determines the address to which bounces are sent.  This is not the same as the from header, which is the email address shown in an email client) RCPT TO:  recipient@recipient.com  (This command tells the SMTP mail server to who the message should be sent.  This can be… Read More »

Office 2013 Suites Comparison

Microsoft Office 2013 (formerly Office 15) is the latest version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Microsoft Windows and the successor to Microsoft Office 2010. Office 2013 includes extended file format support, user interface updates, and support for touch.  Office 2013 is suitable for IA-32 and x64 systems and requires Windows 7, Windows Server… Read More »

How to us the PING command on MAC OS

Click on Go >  Applications > Utilities > Network Utility.              Click on the Ping tab and specify a host. You can type a specific IP address or a website. For example, to ping the eBay’s main web server, type ping www.ebay.com. To have your Mac ping itself, type 127.0.0.1. Hit Ping. If the site/host… Read More »

How to find the MAC address on a MacBook?

Click the top menu Apple icon. Click ‘About This Mac’ Click ‘More Info…’ The next click depend OS with OSX you are using- In Mountain Lion, Click ‘System Report’ then click ‘Network’ and ‘Ethernet’ The MAC address will be next to Ethernet in the lower right pane. In other OSX versions, Click ‘Network’ and the… Read More »