Reverse Image Lookup
A few years back I found myself wanting to know where a digital picture originated and I found there were no tools to do such a thing. Then came Tineye.com. They developed a search function that could identify parts of your image, the “likeness” if you will, and then compare it to other images on the Internet. By their own description “TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ for it, then compares this fingerprint to every other image in our index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even...
read moreWhy the cloud is killing Windows
I’ve been watching an interesting development in the business IT world, our customers gradually moving to Linux OS for workstation desktops. This has been happening on the server level for a long time, but now desktops as well. The benefits/downside of a Linux desktop are fairly straight forward. Linux is free, doesn’t get viruses (yet…some argue once market share is high enough viruses will come) and takes much less horsepower to run. On the downside, it won’t run most Windows based programs. There are myriad other...
read moreUnderstand the difference between Registrar, DNS and Website Hosting
DNS – Domain Name System: DNS is the glue that makes the web work. It translates a name (www.InterlinkSpokane.com) to an IP address that tells which web server is hosting the website. It also tells other email servers where to send email for a domain name using what is called the MX record. Without DNS, when someone types in www.InterlinkSpokane.com in a web browser, there is no conversion of the name to an IP address and your web browser will return an error. Even through your website may be running fine, without DNS the web browser...
read moreConverting a Windows network to Linux and Thin Clients
We have a customer who works in the home care field, they have caregivers who visit residential homes and provide non-medical in home care. In total there are 70 people, about 10 in their corporate office and 60 caregivers in the field. We are dealing exclusively with their office network and those 10 users here. Current Problems/challenges: 1.Constant virus and malware issues 2.Aging computers 3.Multiple versions of Windows (XP, XP Pro, Vista Pro, Vista Home, Vista Media Edition, Win 7 Home, Win 7 Pro) 4.The CPA who works on their...
read moreInterlink expands technology presence
Interlink, a technology leader in Spokane has now expanded its service capabilities by partnering with Switch Up Web, a new web development firm opened in Summer 2011. The web firm will specialize in communications and audience assessments, design, and detailed programming. For more information visit www.switchupweb.com Kirt Runolfson is President of Interlink and CEO of Switch Up Web. Jennifer Ferrero is President of Switch Up Web.
read moreWelcome to Interlink’s new site
October 24, 2011 Switch Up Web has launched a new website for Interlink Advantage today. Interlink Advantage, has now changed their name to Interlink, provides Information Technology support to the region. Switch Up Web is Interlink’s web development partner that shares a common CEO. The new site is focused on key services most useful to Interlink clients. “We hope that the service listings will provide customers with a robust view of our offerings,” says Kirt Runolfson, president. The site is modern and more graphic than the...
read moreOpen Office – spell checker not working
Using Open Office has saved our company thousands in licensing fees. Everyone in our organization uses it and we have yet to run into a compatibility issue when sending files to our clients. Sometimes we’ve found that the spell check doesn’t install properly initially and it is necessary to manually set it up. You’ll need to install the dictionaries and ensure spell check is enabled. Here’s what we did to get it going. Note: You will need to be connected to the Internet so the dictionaries can download. 1. Go to File...
read moreKonica Minolta bizhub 350 won’t scan to share after server password change. ED09C7
We recently ran into this issue at a new customers location. On our initial site discovery we changed the administrator password on the windows server. Standard procedure when changing IT companies. Later that day the client discovered that the scan to network share function was broken on their Konica Minolta Bizhub 350. Well we assumed that it had to be because we changed the password. No problem right? Right, if your a printer tech for an office equipment firm. Well we went out there and logged into the administrator management to find the...
read morePC performance boost
Yesterday we talked about cleaning out your temporary Internet files. Today we’ll look at preventing unnecessary programs from loading at start up. These programs load into memory and can cause your computer to be slow and sluggish. 99% of these programs do NOT need to load on boot. Adobe updater does not need to load. Quicktime does not need to load. All those Dell support programs, yeah, definitely don’t need to load. All these programs that load on boot can be launched by you when you need them. It’s not necessary for the...
read moreMy computer is slow….
Do you find yourself frustrated rather than enjoying your computer time? Does opening Word, your digital camera software or your favorite application take forever? We hear that a lot. There are a lot of factors that can cause a PC to perform sluggishly. More often than not it’s due to an infection of some sort. A virus, malware, spyware, etc… is eating resources causing the PC to seem slow for no reason. There are things other than viruses that can cause sluggishness. Have you cleaned your temporary internet files lately? 80% of...
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