How many times have you forgotten something you needed in your home computer? How much time, productivity and money have you lost because of this? What if you could connect to your home computer from work? (or anywhere for that matter). You probably already thought of the idea but discarded it as being too complicated, time consuming or expensive. What if I tell you that all you need is a $60 router and simple instructions?. In this project I will teach you how to create your own home virtual private network (VPN) connection with method that will work better than even the best remote access software. A connection you will have at your service for free, 24 hrs a day and without the need of having a computer or a server on all the time consuming power. Everything will be done with the help of a simple but wonderful router and free, open source software.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could install your printer drivers directly from the CUPS server, just like you would with a Windows print server?, rather than having to install them manually for each workstation? Getting CUPS and SAMBA to push print drivers to Windows PCs could be a real pain, especially when there so little information on the web, and the few that exists leaves important details out, making you spend hours and even days trying to figure out what you are doing wrong. I went through this myself; that is why I decided to write this tutorial. Please don’t rush though it, follow it step by step and make sure you don’t skip anything.  This tutorial assumes that you have all printers already setup in CUPS.  I will be using Ubuntu 10.04 as my print server. The method is same for any other Debian based Linux distribution, but you might have to change some commands for other distributions.

By now you should all know that even the best spyware removal software protects, but seldom removes spyware once it has infected the computer. The main reason for this is that once your computer is infected, the spyware loads itself in memory every time the computer is started. In Windows no program that is actively running in memory can be erased from the hard drive; it has to be stopped first. This is where all antivirus tools fail. Another reason is that the spyware disables most antiviruses and system tools that pose a threat to it, like for example the Windows task manager.

Lately I’ve discovered a technique to remove almost all malware infections. A technique that has been working reliably for me in a surprisingly vast majority of cases and that can be followed step by step and can be replicated for almost all types of adware or spyware. A technique that will work better than any spyware removal tool you can find. This technique works for all versions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The pictures that you will see in this article are from Windows XP, however, the steps are similar for all other versions of Windows.

Why is my computer slow? Being a computer professional I cannot remember how many times I’ve been asked this question. It is probably the #1 question in the computer world, and just as other common questions this one does not have only one answer. A wide variety of conditions can cause a computer to lose speed over time. Most of these conditions can be resolved by any user with little computer knowledge. In this article I will list most causes and solutions to this common problem, making you aware of things you probably never realized and guiding you by the hand to help you get the most out of your computer.

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Are you wondering what to do with that old computer? Well, I will start by skipping the usual… I will not talk about the obvious uses which you probably already know like: “Sell it on eBay”, “Cannibalize it”, “Give it to the Kids”, “Donate it”, “Recycle it” etc. If you wanted to do any of those you wouldn’t be reading this article in the first place, would you? Or other uses that are simply not practical for 99.9% of us… Like building a cluster… That is, if you have more than one old pc, and are prepared to spend more on electricity than what these computers are worth. I am going to give you real no-nonsense uses, which will save you money, make your life easier, and will be plain fun. I will provide you with links that will help you and not just leave you with empty-handed suggestions. Furthermore, I am limiting the applications involved in these projects to the most important, that way you will not loose time trying software not backed by good community-based support.

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Lets face it, the iPod has helped Apple a great deal getting the company were it is today. But is the iPod everything that the company would like us to believe? Mmmm… lets see… Yes, the iPod looks nice, and yes it has good sound quality. Is it the best-looking mp3 player out there? Well, like they say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Is it the best sounding one? Who knows… but its hard to believe when there are competitors out there like Sony and Creative, which have excellent sound quality ratings and have been on the sound business for years. Is this another of Apple’s myths? Judge for yourselves…

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If you are reading this article you are probably desperate, but before you panic let me tell you that there is hope, and there is probably more hope than you think…. Even if your hard drive has an internal mechanical malfunction, data can be recovered without having to send the hard drive to a data recovery service. Yes! you heard right, I’m sure you have come across articles that will tell you how to recover data from a damaged partition, you will find a ton of those on the web, but when your hard drive starts malfunctioning none of those articles are going to help you solve your problem, This article will.

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Worrying about a bunch of external drives, on your floor that you inadvertently stumble upon and kick? Tired of wasting time looking for data, not knowing in which drive it resides? Tired of having to transport these drives from computer instead of having them accessible to all computers all the time? Have you been thinking of buying a NAS but the available choices do not meet your criteria for Data Safety, Space Utilization, Cooling, etc? or, if they do they are not on your price range? If you answered yes to any of those questions or you are looking for an entertaining project, then this article is definitely for you. This article will teach you how to build your own RAID 5, 1 Terabyte NAS (Network Attached Storage) using very reliable and inexpensive components.

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