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These instructions show how to connect two computers for the purpose of sharing data. This will let you share files and folders, printers, play network games, etc. These instructions create a private network of only two devices. For an expanded understanding the private network concept, visit How to Set up a Private Network after reading this article. Steps 1. Choose a Network Address * Any network address will do for this purpose, so long as you understand the basics of how IPv4 works as explained below. * IPv4 (IP ver. 4) addresses are written like this: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (four numbers separat...

Do You Feel Used by Computers? A look at second-user computer equipment. Let’s dispense with the myths first. I’m NOT talking about the sort of second-hand computers you get from some high street junk shops, or the sort you can buy from free ads newspapers. These are the types that get used computers a bad reputation since there are many dodgy deals to be had! I’m talking about a different breed altogether, the sort of used computers you’d be proud to own and feel safe buying because they have proper and lengthy warranties on each and every one of them and have b...

There was a time when I didn’t think I’d ever be a “computer” person. I was in the seventh grade, taking a class in MS-DOS and learning some program called Turtle. (I know why they called it Turtle. It was pretty darned slow.) I had to key in about 50 commands just to draw a half-inch line. I wasn’t all that skilled at doing this. One little typo, and my line was going in the total wrong direction. I got a C+ in the class. Today, I’m something of an unofficial computer geek. I can pretty much learn any graphics, word processing or utilities program on...

Awhile ago I was researching a topic on the Internet, and found several psychologists saying that extended time spent on the Internet led to depression. Something didn’t resonate with me when I read that. I spend a lot of time on the Internet and it energizes me. But then I’m more of an introvert. But I’m only more of an introvert than an extravert, as I spent years in the effervescent fields of marketing and P.R. How so? According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (M-B), extraverts prefer to interact with people and the outside world. They tend to enjoy the high-energ...

It has happened! Computer games have started to control my life on and off the screen. No complicated games like Age of Empires, just the simple one of Tetris. You know the one, where different shaped and colored bricks fall out of the sky and you have to arrange them in nice lines at the bottom? Hopefully with the end result of all colors matching in straight lines so that they can be removed and point gained. Crazy really, it first happened many years ago when I had this stupid bet that I could get more points than the next guy. What that really means is that, “I am going to be ...

Adware, software dedicated to displaying advertising, can really slow down any business that depends on computers. Adware promoters use some cunning tricks to get you to install their software on your machine. Here’s what to look out for. Adware is, by definition, something reasonable people don’t want on their computers. That’s why adware can’t just come out and ask people to install it. Often, the computer owner is completely unaware of it being installed. But not always. When adware doesn’t want to sneak in through an open window, it will try to trick you...