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When the troubleshooters don’t solve the problem, it might be time to dig deeper into the Windows toolbox. Windows 7 contains an assortment of utilities you can use to diag¬nose, monitor, and repair network connections. Here are some of the more useful networking-related command-line utilities in Windows 7 and a summary of how you can use each. To learn more about a utility, including its proper syntax, in a Command Prompt window type the executable name followed by /?.

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The Windows 7 driver store includes a small collection of drivers for legacy devices, mostly older printers, modems, scanners, infrared ports, PCMCIA controllers, and other oddball devices that don’t use Plug and Play connections. As you might suspect, Windows will not automatically set up such devices, and you’re rolling the dice if you find one of these old but still worthwhile devices and try to install an old driver.

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What is GRC's DNS Benchmark?
GRC's DNS Benchmark performs a detailed analysis and comparison of the operat… Continue

By Mark Gibbs , Network World , 12/03/2009


Some things are not what they appear to be. They look innocent, devoid of power or danger, and then when you least expect it, pow! They show themselves to be much more. Such is the nature of this week's find: The Pogoplug produced by Cloud Engines.

At first glance the second generation of the Pogoplug, launched in November, a… Continue

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By Samara Lynn, ChannelWeb
11:51 AM EST Wed. Nov. 11, 2009
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