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The Rule of 3 for Data Backup

The Rule of 3 for Data Backup

You're never really sure whether or not your data is safe unless you're backing it up multiple times. The computer backup rule-of-thumb is three - your magic number to ensure that your data will really last. Known as the Backup 3-2-1 rule, saving your data in...

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USPS Reduces Stamp Prices

USPS Reduces Stamp Prices

As of April 10, the United States Postal Service is required to reduce certain prices of it's stamps. A standard First-Class stamp now costs $0.47. This price drop is the first in 100 years and will account for a net loss of approximately 2 billion dollars. There...

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My Internet stops working when I connect using my VPN

When using split tunneling and you are using Microsoft's PPTP or IKEv2, sometimes during the setup of the VPN, the "Use default gateway on remote network" is enabled on teh VPN adaptor (this option actually disallows a system to use split tunneling). All you have to...

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Activating Your Windows 10 Product Key

Activating Your Windows 10 Product Key

Windows 10 free upgrade product key and activation: If you upgraded your PC to Windows 10 from a genuine copy of either Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 7, your license will be tied to the hardware you upgrade on, not your Microsoft account, and you won’t get any new product...

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Fortigate netscan 100% CPU Utlization

If you have a Fortigate with a file scanning subscription, like a 200B/D, you will find that it's not powerful enough to handle the task and your CPU will be running at 100% utilization, your firewall is unresponsive, network throughput is down etc. You can turn it...

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