Adding a sensor to the PRTG network monitor is the most basic task and it’s super simple.
Once you have PRTG correctly installed, you’ll want to go and connect to it through the web interface. After logging in, it’s a simple case of going to Sensors and Add Sensor
Since PRTG will automatically add the server it [...]
I’m sure you have some kind of network set up in your home, or maybe you manage a network somewhere else. Many networks today have a server on them, or maybe more than one. Perhaps you manage multiple servers around the world. Wouldn’t it be great if you could monitor all of them from one [...]
If you use mIRC as either your IRC client or for an IRC bot, then you’re likely collecting log files from each channel you’re in. With mIRC Stats you can turn those log files into visual stats and have them automatically uploaded to your website via FTP. You can see an example of the results [...]
I bet you have a lot of media on your computer. Media can be in a variety of forms, such as photos, music, video, etc. Often, however, it is only on our computers, because, often, is is difficult, or impossible, to get all, if any, of our media onto our portable devices. The solution is [...]
Installing Windows on a Mac is just wrong, but unfortunately, not every program on the planet is Mac compatible. Luckily, installing Windows using Boot Camp is really easy. It creates a separate partition on your hard drive but doesn’t need to reformat the whole thing (it’s magic)!
In a comparison of boot times between an HP PC running Windows XP Media Centre Edition, an emachines PC running Windows XP Home edition and an Apple Mac mini running OS X 10.5 Leopard, you would expect the fastest computer, the HP, to com first, followed by the Mac mini and then the slowest of [...]
Keyboard Pros:
Function Buttons can be useful in Vista
Keyboard Cons:
Stupid Shape
Hard to type on
Too big to fit on a desk
Rating: 1/5
Mouse Pros:
Very Comfortable
Extra buttons on each side
Accurate
Mouse Cons:
Scroll wheel is useless at scrolling sideways
Rating: 5/5
Before I got my Apple Keyboard and Mouse, I used a Microsoft Wireless laser Mouse and Keyboard 5000. Rather than type a [...]
Something every computer user, or at least every Windows user, needs is security software. But what is security software, how much does it cost and how do you get it? Although computer shops, especially PC World, always try to sell you Anti Virus software with new computers, saying it’s cheaper than usual, you can get [...]
This is the unboxing of a new product called Papershow. I’ve received this product to review and must send it back in 3 weeks, so don’t think I’m getting free things. It’s worth £100 and all I have to do is write a review on it :-)
Papershow is like a small interactive whiteboard, but you [...]
Whatever OS you use, whether it’s Windows, Mac OS X or a distribution of Linux, you’ve probably come across things you would like to change about the operating system. Well if you’re using Windows XP, then you’ll be happy to know about Windows PowerToys available to download from the Microsoft website. Adding functionality to the [...]
