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You can use the remote desktop utilities built in to most "professional class" operating systems and access it using any other computers compliant remote desktop program and your IP address. This, however is a tremendous pain in the ass if you're behind a router. I personally use the free version …

The setting for paper type is in the settings of the software you're using. look around in your word processing program and it should have an option for envelope printing. You can also do this manually in less feature software (notepad) by manually setting the paper type to the right …

Usually I'd say a defective mouse, since the random clicking, is common behavior for broken mice, and poor reception is pretty standard for a failing wireless. But the screen flashing makes me think it might be a software issue. If you have an old mouse to plug in for a …

Theres a program called laplink PC mover. I've used it a couple times with good luck. It will move your programs and settings from one PC to another. It's not free, so it's probably not worth the trouble unless you have a lot of software, or an expensive program, but …

Since you're looking at smaller local shops you'll have a hard time finding information online. If you have a particular shop in mind you can google the name and see if you get any reviews online (this could also point you at a good site for shop reviews). Personally I …

That process would work fine, you could also: Use your partion softwares boot cd to create the two partitions in advance. Use the Windows CD to create an instaltion partition leaving the desired space. The one question I have is why you would want this boot scheme? Windows 2003 is …

The switch manages network traffic by sorting packet destination. If a packet is labeled to go to another system on the network a switch will direct it locally through the intranet, if it's labeled for WAN the switch will direct it to the appropriate gateway, which will then handle the …

The problem with this is that the hardware that your virtualization software will emulate would be different from what the OS on the partition is expecting, so it might not work properly. I know that there are virtualization programs that can run an existing partition, but I don't know one …

I couldn't tell you how to configure the router to bridge, but if it is possible it would be a matter of the bios software on the router, so pursue it on that end. My suggestion for you: You're an electrical engineer. Enhance the antenna on the USB wifi adapter! …

I would share it through wifi instead of bluetooth. You'll have better range and all around better support/functionality, but you shouldn't have to remove the dongle, just connect over the network rather than directly via bluetooth when setting up the printer on his laptop. How old is this printer? Vista …

I'm putting a network infrastructure in at my families home. Most of the buildings that need to be connected are within about 300 feet of the central structure where the patch panel is installed, but I need to run one cable to a cabin that's roughly 700 feet away. This …

What kind of server do you need? You can buy a whole server operating system and start from scratch if you need something serious, or install a third party application on top of an existing operating system. If you have a good mind for compuers and want to build a …