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Windows 7 and Ubuntu….

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:23:42 +0000

Weird combinaton eh? well I have recently configured a few dual boot (and some quad boot) Win 7 and Ubuntu systems, both operating systems are quite nice. Win 7 is a superior system for almost anybody I find it robust full featured stable and very friendly, none better out there on any platform. One feature is gthe on the fly disk image tool in the maintenance area of Win 7, this is what should be in the MS advertising ! a HUGE breakthrough, we geeks have had some toold for years for disk imaging most of them a pain to use that we have never gotten users to actually use but this is superb! My Ubuntu experiments prove out that open source is getting much more friendly and less reserved for us Penguin heads, I have maintained a flavor Linux in some for on several machines for years but this one is easy to install for an average user and very robust, as always it’s not soon going to take over the corporate office but it will definately find a place it it. I have switched my network diagnostic laptop to include Ubuntu as a choice along with SuSe and Win 7 and Win XP.

Email and Your ISP

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:11:47 +0000

Many folks are convinced that their email has to be something@isp.com etc and that they must use the ISP email when connected through them. We reccommend actually staying away from that, for home users using your ISPs email as provided means if you change internet companies then you have to change email. For Business its unproffessional looking to have an ISP email rather than your own domain. For our business customers we can get you a domain, website and full featured email. For our home customers we can get you a nice email address that you will never have to change with access everywhere on the globe. We even have a work around for ISPs that try to block the mail ports in order to try to force you to use theirs!

Disks and Printers

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:43:09 +0000

Now you all should know by now we are the founders of the “Refuse to Print Club” !! But for your photo printers and rare special documents we all have to have a printer around. When you buy a printer the first thing you will want to do is THROW OUT THE CD ! , yup, toss it! Many many times they are out dated before you even get the printer and almost always they are loaded with poor quality software that changes your settings and interferes with your workflow. Simply go to the manufacturers website and look for the latest “driver only” and use that. Trust me…. ask us for more help if you need it or have us proffessionally install your printer or other systems.

Disks and the Internet

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:37:04 +0000

Did you know that unless you do not have network jack on your computer that you should NEVER need a disk or software to get internet from any company? Lots of ISPs try to force “branding” on you or change your settings and slow you down by telling you that you need a disk or software, NOT TRUE! The same for many hardware companies Like the makers of routers or switches. The ONLY thing that will need a driver is a network card and most of them don’t unless you have an older operating system. So remember THROW OUT THE DISKS ! ask us for more info on how to set up a “clean” network and ISP.

Stay Safe while social networking !

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:55:36 +0000

Social Networks are great for business and friends but they can contain some things that are bad for you or your computer ! We can help you stay safe and if you have trouble we can help get you back on track.

We are creating a new interior kit for the mobile bus!

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:50:57 +0000

It will be specialy designed for sound work. We have done 4 gigs in the rain recently:-) we are also looking to get the bus painted !

Welcome To FT News!

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:34:12 +0000

Hi All ! We are joining the social networking craze in FT style (our own News area)