Work instruction Creating a WLM Contact List Introduction WLM, although being a very good tool for communication, suffers when it comes to adding multiple contacts. In a corporate environment where everyone relies on WLM, it is not useful to have to add each person in your address book one by one in WLM. There is [...]
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TeamViewer Quick Support
Were you ever; Stuck away from home, desperately needing access to that critical file for your meeting? Trying so very hard to explain how to set up a network printer over the phone, but getting no-where? Perhaps doing a little surfing that you didn’t want your company to see? Wanting to share a presentation in [...]
Skype servers, the permanent free communicator
Searching for a feasible VoIP solution isn’t always easy. Hidden costs, unreliable services, fixed contracts, there are plenty of downsides. Even using Skype becomes a task when your computer needs to stay on to have the “always available” service that would be associated with a normal telephone line. Skype offers this service, but you will [...]
Devcon Uses in the Workplace
Introduction Devcon is a command-line utility designed to interact with hardware (via drivers) on a machine. There are many uses for Devcon, I am only describing one simple use for it in combination with creating an executable file. If you are new to Devcon and wanting to learn more about it, I suggest the following [...]
Incorporating WLM into a corporate environment
Technology has brought us many, many different tools to help make our day to day lives just a little bit easier. Be it a quick message to a friend across the water, the latest music at our fingertips, 500watts of Microsoft Office (or Open Office for some!) simply begging to spruce up presentations etc. There [...]
Upgrading Head Office Computers
Company name removed for anonymity My company have been using the Dell Optiplex 280 for a number of years. They’re slow, a little unreliable (in some cases), and generally no longer up to the demands of the companies needs and requirements. Due to updating to newer tools and corporate applications it was a good idea [...]