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Content Filtering

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Mark

As more kids get to have their own computers in their rooms, I wonder how many parents actually control what they see.  A very simple way of controlling content is to set up parental controls on the router itself.  The … Continue reading →

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Autorun PDF

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Mark

I was asked the other day about making a PDF automatically start up when a CD or USB stick is inserted into the computer. When you want to make something autorun, you need to create a file called autorun.inf and … Continue reading →

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Living in a multi-computer world

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Mark

There used to be a time when we lived in one-car households and with just one TV set – for those younger than 40: really it’s true, we really did live like that. Then the 80s came, and that all … Continue reading →

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