I ran across this article on PCMech, I thought it was quite interesting as it's a common problem that we run into all the time...

You can read the article at http://www.pcmech.com/article/keeping-email-synced-on-multiple-computers/

It mentions all the basic ways that this issue can be resolved and includes one method that is unique (yet, too much administrative effort for my taste), suggested by Jeremy Johnstone however, what struck me is that they failed to mention the simplest way to resolve this issue!

First move your Outlook.pst file from the default location (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook) to a network shared folder on your main computer or server if you have one available.

Now your emails are accessible through any computer on your network, just open Outlook and go to Tools > Account Settings and click on the Data Files tab, click Add... Click OK to select the default file type and open the Outlook.pst file from your network shared folder, make it your default data file by clicking Set as Default and optionally remove the old one if it exists. Now go to the E-mail tab, click on your account and click the Change Folder button on the bottom left, make sure the Inbox folder of your new data file is selected, click OK, click Close to close the Account Settings window and your ready to go! Repeat these steps once on every machine you want to access your emails from and thats it!

You can also use a freeware utility called SyncBack created by 2BrightSparks that works great and you can set a schedule to sync the .pst file on your laptop and vice versa so you can work on the go and always keep all your emails in sync. There's really so much more you can do if you just use your imagination! That's the way we've been doing it for years and it works out well for us...

Many people always complain that their internet connection is too slow... The fact is that 9 times out of 10 your DNS is slowing down your connection.

When you go to a page from your browser it sends a request to your ISP's DNS server and resolves the IP of the site you want to go to. Unfortunately, your ISP's DNS servers may not be the most suitable for you to use. However, it's easy to re-configure your settings and find the best DNS server with the fastest response times for your location.

First you'll have to navigate to http://www.dnsserverlist.org/ and scroll down a little until you see a box containg a list of 3 IP addresses. These are the top 3 DNS servers based on your location.

Now simply open your Local Area Connection properties (open Network and Sharing Center and click on Manage Network Connections in left pane > right click Local Area Connection > click Properties)

In the list of protocols click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click the Properties button.

On the General tab, at the bottom section choose the radio button that says "Use the following DNS server addresses:" and place the first 2 ip addresses from http://www.dnsserverlist.org/ in the boxes available below.

Click OK and click OK again to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.

That's it!

Alternatively, you can also set your DNS for your network via your router if you use a wireless router like Linksys, D-link, Belkin, etc... This method will allow all devices on the network to automatically configure the DNS and share the same settings. For specific instructions on how to do so you should consult your routers manual. If you need assistance feel free to ask us!

Ever noticed a zombie user logged into a server?

Or maybe you just want to force a user to logout...

You can use the “who” command in a command prompt to see which users are logged in, like so:

who -u

Then use the pkill command to force them out.

pkill -KILL -u “username”

Pop in a particular username and boot them out the door.

IF you're not using it, it's just wasting resources! Most Linux distro's today come packaged with BIND and run DNS services by default however, if your organization uses an ISP's DNS servers for name resolution or you have other dedicated DNS servers it's very easy to shutdown BIND and free up approximately 10 megabytes of memory on your server, here's how to do it:

NOTE: If you are serving zones from your server directly do not follow these steps!

service named stop

Stopping named:                                            [  OK  ]

chkconfig --level 3 named off

You'll also need to ensure your /etc/resolv.conf has the following lines:

nameserver 64.79.200.111

nameserver 64.79.200.113

If there are any lines referencing 127.0.0.1 be sure and delete them.

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