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Spam, spam, and more spam: it’s up to you to check
SPAM… emails you don’t want and haven’t signed up for. They’ll always be with us in huge volumes. But how do you make sure you get all the emails you want and none of the ones you don’t want? The … Continue reading
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Five ways to keep your PC in good working order: part three
In this third installation on how to keep your PC in good working order, we look at how to clear the history in Internet Explorer. Now why would I want to do that? Each time you visit a website, the … Continue reading
Five ways to keep your PC in good working order: part two
In last week’s post on keeping your PC in good working order, we showed you how to Empty the Recycle Bin on your PC’s desktop, and how to empty the Deleted Items folder in Microsoft Outlook. This week we’re taking … Continue reading
Five ways to keep your PC in good working order: part one
First Line’s customers often ask our engineers for simple advice on how to keep their computers and other systems running smoothly. We thought this would make a helpful blog post but it turned into such a monster, we’ve divided it … Continue reading
Leased line prices come tumbling down
A leased line is a fast, reliable private internet connection. They used to be something only large corporates could afford. But like all technology, as more and more people use them, prices are tumbling really fast. A 10Mb connection provides enough bandwidth … Continue reading
Plug into the internet by plugging into the mains
Yes, you did read that correctly. I’ve just put a device in my house which turns a mains power socket into a computer network socket. The devices come in pairs: you plug one into your router and into a mains … Continue reading
A great new way of connecting to the internet via 3G
One of the problems John Crozier and I have been wrestling with over the last couple of years is how to get a good internet connection while on holiday, so we can keep in touch with the business. Also, because … Continue reading
What happens if your staff get snowed in?
During last winter’s freeze, lots of local companies found it difficult to keep doing business because staff weren’t able to get into the office. Here at First Line our services ran as normal and our staff just worked from home. … Continue reading
Working remotely? You need RPC over HTTP
Way back in August 2007, we wrote a technical bulletin about ‘RPC over HTTP’, a convenient way of connecting to your Microsoft Outlook when away from the office. Fast-forward by nearly two and a half years, and we thought it … Continue reading
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