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Shared file or database stopped working? HOSTS may be the quick fix

April 22nd, 2021 · No Comments

Did you ever show up one day and one, two or half the computers in the office won’t connect to a share on another computer, server or NAS? Welcome to the wonderful world of technology.This seems to go in spasms and through different clients. Sometimes it is on a peer-to-peer network, other times it is […]

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Cannot see all computers on your network? Here is the possible fix.

August 16th, 2018 · No Comments

Do you have computers that do not show up under your “Network” or Network Neighborhood? Or in reverse, do you have snoopy employees that don’t need to “see” all computers that are online? There are lots of articles on how to share a folder or drive and they have it 90% correct. There are times […]

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Got Questions? Ask away!

September 16th, 2014 · No Comments

Do you have a Technology. Computer, Server, Network or Security Question and don’t know who to ask? Jump on over to Ward Computers LinkedIn account, follow us and ask away! https://www.linkedin.com/company/ward-computers?trk=nmp_rec_act_company_name

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Tags: Backing up · E-Mail Issues · Hard Drives · Hardware · Internet · Malware · Networking · Optimizing · Purchasing · Security · Software · Speeding Up · Trojans · Virus · Wireless · Worms

Got Tech Questions?

September 3rd, 2014 · No Comments

Do you have a Technology Question and don’t know who to ask? Jump on over to Ward Computers LinkedIn account, follow us and ask away! https://www.linkedin.com/company/ward-computers?trk=nmp_rec_act_company_name

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Tags: Backing up · E-Mail Issues · Hard Drives · Hardware · Internet · Malware · Networking · Optimizing · Purchasing · Security · Software · Speeding Up · Trojans · Virus · Wireless · Worms

Enable Mapping To C$ In Windows 7

March 26th, 2014 · No Comments

People who have been using Windows for years, likely know about the administrator share (C$) built into Windows file sharing. You open Windows Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer),type in the computer name followed by the “/” and then “C$” (//MyOldPC/C$) and you could access almost if not everything on the computer. No, you could not ‘run’ […]

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Tags: Backing up · Hard Drives · Networking