Mark Fry - Outstanding Service Award

Fry Technical Services of Corpus Christi Texas receives Tech-Army.org Outstanding Service Award for March 2007.

Mark’s work while partnering with CameraSecurityNow.com on installations of Geovision DVR's (CCTV Camera Security Systems) has gone above and beyond the call of duty and has resulted in the highest level of service and satisfaction for his customers.

The Tech-Army.org wishes Mark and his company continued success and with our strongest recommendation we urge our callers and web visitors in the Corpus Christi area to consider Fry Technical Services for all your CCTV Camera Security, Point of Sale, Computer Service and Installation Needs!

The Ultimate White Box builder and distributor

The Tech-Army Organization visits Computer Service Now near Cincinnati, Ohio. This video features Equus Computer Solutions, a nationwide ... all » white box builder and distributor.

See how Equus can benefit your computer operations.

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Fast Food Video - Drive-thru Security

Fast Food Video – Drive Thru Security
DVR - Digital Video Recording Computers are now widely found in fast food restaurants!


Here are some ways that a video surveillance system can help your fast food business work more safely and efficiently.

1. Security cameras record cars, colors, make and model.
2. Security cameras shows you how long the line is.
3. Security cameras record faces.
4. Security cameras record all of your cash handling transactions.
5. Security cameras show who vandalized the landscaping or menu board.
6. Security cameras of dumpster yields many surprises.

Security camera surveillance in fast food restaurants is on the rise for good reasons! Security camera surveillance is saving money, protecting employees, catching bad guys and deterring crime.
DVR Systems work best when configured with Microsoft Windows XP Operating system. Windows based DVRs, like GeoVision, offer the best quality at competitive prices.

GeoVision DVRs have Windows Compatibility for all recorded video.
Video to be easily viewed over the internet for remote viewing from home or anywhere. Best of all, Windows based GeoVision DVRs require no special software to play back the video (.AVI File). Anyone with a computer can play back the recorded video. Email the legal watermark video clip to partner, attorney and the police whenever necessary!

Where can you buy GeoVision Technology?
Camera Security Now (see http://www.camerasecuritynow.com) sells GeoVision DVRs for as little as $1000 for the 4-camera model. Cameras sell for as little as $75 for a durable business class bullet camera! There is even an option to display your cash register transactions right on the video!

Easy to Use, Learn
The GeoVision software is Microsoft Windows XP compliant, intuitive, and well-designed. Here are some testimonials:

"This is the easiest DVR software I have ever used, and I have tried many different DVR software applications." Andy Wendt, Camera Security Now

I like GeoVision Based DVR Systems. With the ability to manage 1 to 100,000 cameras Windows XP based GeoVision Systems come in models for budgets of any size. Bill Schiering, www.Tech-Army.org.

“With the Geovision DVR system, I have an extremely cost effective way to keep track of what is going on inside as well as outside of the office” Adam Lewis, Xponex Web & Media Services

For more information contact:
Camera Security Now
web: www.CameraSecurityNow.com
email: sales@CameraSecurityNow.com
Toll Free Voice: 877-422-1907x2

Network IT Service Nationwide

Nationwide IT Networking help now available.

Are you responsible for your Company’s Network? Have branch offices all over and looking for an easier way to support their technical needs?

Let me tell you a strory, back in the late 80’s and early 90’s we had branch offices in Columbus and Cleveland and Indianapolis. Managing the personnel was hard in itself, but keeping the network infrastructure up and running remotely was a nightmare.

The offices were staffed with sales and accounting personal. No one with a technical background was available. Having them log on to their own PC and use basic accounting/sales tracking packages was hard enough, let alone trying to talk them through a server problem. We spent hours on the road driving to fix a half hour network problem.

Now that we have closed the branch offices, Nationwide Networking IT Services are available through an army of technicians at ComputerServiceNow.com.

These guys are fast, efficient and affordable. Check out ComputerServiceNow.com, members of the Tech-Army.org.

Branch Office IT Nightmares

Are you responsible for your Company’s Network? Have branch offices all over and looking for an easier way to support their technical needs?

Let me tell you a strory, back in the late 80’s and early 90’s we had branch offices in Columbus and Cleveland, OH and one in Indianapolis. Managing the employees was hard in itself, but keeping the network infrastructure up and running remotely was a nightmare.

The offices were staffed with sales and accounting personal. No one with a technical background was available. Having them log on to their own PC and use basic accounting/sales tracking packages was hard enough, let alone trying to talk them through a server problem. We spent hours on the road driving to fix a half hour network problem.

Now that we have closed the branch offices, Nationwide Networking IT Services are available through an army of technicians at ComputerServiceNow.com.

These guys are fast, efficient and affordable. Check out ComputerServiceNow.com, members of the Tech-Army.org.

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We have 4 computers at the house. When my son comes home from college, all his cookies, history his home page shows up on all 4 our computers. How do I stop that from happening?

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Ghosting Vista

Can Vista configurations be ghosted on PC's to create a uniform installation on multiple pcs? Find out here...

The Vista Upgrade Question

Should I Upgrade to Vista?
From Computer Service Now Your Microsoft Certified Partner

As a Microsoft Certified Partner our goal is to help our clients find the right Microsoft solutions including the right Vista options to increase their profitability and decrease their business costs.

One common problem when considering the question of a Vista upgrade is where to start. We suggest that anyone thinking about a Vista upgrade start by taking these steps:

- Compare Vista features and decide which version is right for you.
- List the benefits you expect to receive from a Vista upgrade.
- List the systems you would upgrade and their current operating system.
- List the age of each system above and its expected reaming life span.
- Check each system and verify it's Vista upgrade path.
- Test each system for its Vista hardware compatibility.
- List the cost of any hardware upgrades necessary for Vista.
- List the cost of the Vista software.
- List the cost of any labor to perform the upgrade.
- Look closely at the per system cost and the age of each system.
- Consider the wisdom of each upgrade based on age and compatibility.
- Compare the total costs of the upgrade to the expected benefits.
- Consider the outcome above vs buying a new PC with Vista preloaded.
- Contact a Microsoft Certified Partner to Confirm your decision.
- Take action or postpone the decision until a hardware failure occurs.

For additional help with your Vista upgrade project contact us direct at:

CSN1 MS Licensing:
Bill Schiering 877-422-1907 x225
Andy Wendt 877-422-1907 x226

CONTACT YOUR CSN MICROSOFT LICENSING REPRESENTATIVE

To err is Vista, to be prepaired Divine.

The bad press on Vista continues this time with complaints of confusing and incomplete upgrade paths for existing Windows users.

A recent editorial in the April issue of Maximum PC describes on man's frustration with the upgrade process. Specifically how several logical upgrade paths simply do not exist but instead require a clean install with the purchase of a much more costly OS. (As upgrade versions are traditionally discounted when compared to any stand alone version.)

Blogs are popping up on a daily basis poking holes in the Vista PR machine. One post dated Feb 4 at the TechRepublic joked about the “Vista Ultimate Bill Gates Limited Edition” saying there are already enough versions of Vista without Bill Gates having his own.

To fight back Microsoft has put up a page to help explain the upgrade options and in the interest of the consumer CNet has compiled a nice chart of Vista features.

To make sure you are ready for all this fun Microsoft has a very useful Vista Upgrade Advisor to help determine if your system can run Vista in the first place.

For those of you in the SMB community that might be without a fully staffed IT department that has already issued an edict on the subject we would urge you to call an Authorized Microsoft Partner to better help understand your options and your need for Vista.

Andy Wendt is an IT Consultant and a Technology Writer for CSN1 Technologies

To read more Vista news visit my new Blog: Andy Wendt - Fun Technology

RentAComputer.com Selling Inventory of Sun Fire Servers

Sun Fire servers like the 280R,V480, and V880 come back from rental daily and finally the approval has been given to sell these units outright.

Check for Sun Fire Refurbished Deals at RentAComputer.com and watch the Tech-Army.org PX for other Just Back From Rental offerings that are soon to follow.

Andy Wendt
Network and Security Consultant
Helping Businesses Manage Technology
Toll Free: 877-422-1907 x226
andy@csn1.com