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Not Enough Server Storage on a Windows XPshare

Trying to access a shared documents folder over my local network, I came across a window with this error message – not enough server storage? What’s going on here? It’s a fresh install of windows and I had never seen it before. Fortunately, after a bit of research I found a solution that did actually [...]

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Alternative to Synergy to use with Windows 7

Synergy is a great program to control 2 computers with one mouse and keyboard. But it doesn’t appear to work with Windows 7. Is there any options? Well yes! I found another program that works well with Windows 7. It’s called Input Director and works quite well – in fact I think better than Synergy [...]

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Open Source Cisco router?

I have spent the last 10-15 years working in a predominantly Cisco environment. I think their products are great, but are not cheap. I think it comes down to the old line ‘you get what you pay for’, and Cisco certainly delivers. That’s at work….. At home I look at alternatives. So when I was [...]

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WRT54G history lesson

I thought I’d do a little research on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router, of which I own two of. I find them to be a very stable and reliable unit. The WRT54G, WRT54GS, WRT54GL, and WRTSL54GS are popular Wi-Fi router products from Linksys. The devices are capable of sharing Internet connections among several computers via [...]

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Home surveillance with Linux and Zoneminder made easy – Part II

My last post I gave a quick overview of my hardware (PC, camera and capture card) that I was using on my surveillance system. This post I will explain what OS and software I use. My operating system of choice for this ‘project’ was SUSE. The initial reason was that learning Linux is (in my [...]

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