Vista 30 Day Free Trial

Microsoft this week announced that a free 30 day trial of Vista will be available to download from their website.

The download will be in a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format and will require one of the Microsoft VirtualPC products, also free to download, to take advantage of the Vista trial.

The VHD will require 10GB of disk space and about 1GB of RAM. The only client software supported for the trial will be Windows XP.

To learn more about this free trial or to ask about upgrading your office to the latest Microsoft software contact Computer Service Now, your Nationwide Microsoft Solutions Provider.

Using Remote Desktop With Multiple Monitors

Remote management of your XP Pro system just got easier.

Revised Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) software will allow you to use it from your multiple monitor system and span the multiple monitors of the remote client being monitored.

It's as simple as it sounds with only two things to consider: Your local monitors must have the same screen resolution as the monitors you are connecting to and resolution on the remote monitor must be less than 4096x2048.

To read more follow the above link to the Tech-Army Forums.

Everything is a Computer - Bill Gates Video

Bill Gates gives a brief interview where he talks about his vision of future computer technology.

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What's a CAT 5e Network Cable?

Network cables, also known as Cat 5e, twisted pair, connect PCs in an Ethernet network, so they can share data and resources like printers and Internet access.

Reduces Crosstalk
Category 5 cable includes four twisted pairs in a single cable jacket. This use of balanced lines helps preserve a high signal-to-noise ratio despite crosstalk interference from both external sources and other pairs.

For Networks, Cat 5e is Best
Cat 5e cable is an enhanced version of Cat 5 that adds specifications for far end crosstalk. Computer Service Now and the Tech Army Organization specify Cat 5e for all network jobs.

Note: Cat 5e cable does not enable longer cable distances for Ethernet networks: cables are still limited to a maximum of 328 ft (100 m) in length.

Get your office cat 5 connected with a service request today!

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Conserving Laptop Battery power

If your in a situation where you have no power source or adapter for you laptop, its important to have a good reliable battery. You don't want to be in the middle of typing up a big report and then have your battery die and leave you with unsaved and unfinished work.

Typically a laptops battery will last anywhere from an hour to two and a half hours, depending on the laptop and the programs it is running. If your fully charges battery is not lasting more than an hour without power then you may want to have it checked out. Computer Service Now can make sure your laptop and battery are working to its full potential.

Here are some tips to keep your battery lasting as long as possible:
1. When you get a new battery make sure to fully charge it before its first use. On its first use be sure to discharge the battery fully before recharging. Recharge fully and repeat for the first few times.

2. When your trying to conserve power close any unused programs or applications. This will reduce energy use.

3. Use the laptops power management system. This application will help optimize power usage.

4. Try to avoid using graphic intensive applications. This reduces high performance usage which saves battery life.

5. Remove and disable PC cards, USB devices and other network adapters like Bluetooth and wireless LAN. These devices use battery energy even when they are not being used.

6. Try not to do things that require the use of your optical drive, like watching DVDs or listening to CDs.

7. Turn down the brightness on your display. lower brightness conserves more energy and it even conserves your human energy by causing less fatigue and eye strain.

Also keep in mind that having more system memory reduces the energy use because it takes less energy to store data on the system memory rather than on the virtual memory in the hard drive. So increasing system memory will reduced battery energy consumption.

If your laptop or its battery are having issues then call Computer Service Now at 877-422-1907 and get your laptop back to running at its full potential.

Tech Travel Agents Recommend Computer Service Now News

We here at Computer Service Now try to post stories to our blog that help the average business better manage technology. So it was nice to see the Tech Travel Agent Website post up an RSS Feed of the Computer Service Now news.

It appears that Tech Travel agents share our common sense approach and help their clients in much the same way we do. The Tech Travel agents however specialize in supplying short term computer equipment why Computer Service Now deals with the much broader needs of the IT market.

So if you have a short term need for some computer hardware, or just want to take a glance at a good source for computer news, check out the Tech Travel Agents Recommended IT News.

WiMax - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access

With WiMAX on the horizon we once again find ourselves with the hope that a new technology will revolutionize the way we use computers. WiMAX brings with it the promise and potential of fast, reliable, and affordable internet across multiple platforms, across the country and even across the world, all on one account. Scheduled to hit the big time in 2008, WiMAX will be available to over 100 million subscribers and will have a significant international WiMAX presence.

With backing from many major retailers WiMAX has an extremely strong future. As said by an IT Consultant - " Within a very few years we will wonder how we ever coped without high speed wireless access to the internet in the first decade of this century".

Read more on WiMAX at Computer Service Now