Firefox 3.6.7 was just released and addresses a number of security and stability issues. You can update to this latest version by going to Help, Check for Updates... or by downloading the latest version from the Firefox site. While security issues are always good, a number of people have visited 404 Tech Support and commented that they were experiencing stability problems with … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Disabling Stationery in Outlook 2007 & 2010
This post is brought to you by that person (or persons) who use the stationery in Outlook to gussy up their e-mail messages. I'm sure you all know one or two. So, here's how they can turn it off and how we can prevent Outlook from showing it to us. Stationery in your e-mail looks something like a hideous 80s wallpaper is on the background of your e-mail, like this: Some … [Read more...]
Deploying Skype to Your Organization via Group Policy
I was unfortunately given the task a while ago to deploy Skype to select computers within my organization. I say 'unfortunately' because I've heard many instances involving Skype that make me cringe with my network administrator hat on. Skype has a 'feature' that takes advantage of its P2P nature that it calls becoming a supernode. A supernode is just a computer that has Skype … [Read more...]
Onto the Next Theme
All weekend, I've been tinkering with a new theme here at 404 Tech Support. If you've visited over the course of the weekend, you've definitely seen it (and I apologize if my tinkering disrupted your visit). I've still got a small handful of changes I'd like to make but the majority of the installation is done. I'm enjoying it because it has made my site more responsive and … [Read more...]
Woopra Provides Real-Time Site Use Tracking
Woopra does for your website the same thing that Google Analytics does, it provides insight to your visitors and audience helping you learn how they ended up on your site and what they're hoping to get out of it. By using analytics, hopefully you can tune your website to give your visitors what they're looking for more easily. I've tried Google Analytics before but somehow … [Read more...]