I don't want to discuss your computer issues in the bathroom.
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View ArticleIt's about that time of year. Time for the "Daylight Savings Time" helpdesk...
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View ArticleThe single best change your IT department could make—what is it?
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I have been on here in the past praising my training environment but, it finally has failed me and now I am brainstorming. Current Setup: 14 Dell i5/4GB optiplexs loaded with Windows 7 64 Bit. We have...
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Where I work, bandwidth costs are an issue. Having every computer individually download Windows Updates individually can be a bit of bandwidth hog, especially when setting up new computers. I'm looking...
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