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My Mac fails to resolve internal DNS at times

When your Mac is configured to use an external DNS server, it will typically try to resolve domain names using that server first before falling back to the internal one. This behavior is normal and is designed to ensure that your Mac can reach external resources on the internet quickly and reliably. If you want…

Local printer is not detected when using Remote Desktop

Let’s face it, the RDP isn’t as terrible as it once was with printing. Having said that, there are still instances when putting the checkmark next to the printer won’t work. Update both computers to the latest Windows 10 as a start.

Contingency Plan and remote access

Contingency plans Most firms have business continuation plans and contingency plans in place in this day and age. We are in a much better place than 10 years ago. Recommendations for remote access

Windows 10 Slow keyboard

We’ve come across enough emails to warrant looking into the problem of sluggish keyboard response. It happened to us recently and we had a hard time understand what what the cause.

Windows Server time is drifting fixed in three easy steps (using NTP service)

So you keep noticing that your network time is drifting. Users are complaining. You should have to keep changing the time every other week. The fix is relatively easy. You need to make sure of the service which does it automatically.

Windows 10 has high disk usage 100% after update

Windows 10 has high disk usage 100% after update This issue has come up on a variety of hardware from multiple vendors. At first we tried the usual things. Make sure it isn’t an application that is synchronizing or using the drive Dropbox Outlook Windows Updates Anti-virus scan Try to disable indexing on the drive…