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    GCS Tech Tip #452: Computer startup

    GCS Tech Tip #452: Computer startup

    Something that could cause your personal computer to not start up after sleeping or hibernating is a power setting that turns your hard drive off. There are just a few rare situations when you would want a hard drive on a business workstation to turn off after a certain amount of time. If you experience your PC not starting up quickly (or coming out of sleep mode) check this setting on your computer.
    GCS Tech Tip #451: Backups

    GCS Tech Tip #451: Backups

    "I’ve seen this multiple times. People leave their external backup drive connected to their PC and it runs continuously forever then dies after a year or 2. You should only connect it when you want to backup your files then disconnect it." -GCS Engineer
    VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Phones

    VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) Phones

    VOIP phones are being adopted for business in increasing numbers recently and we want to share some strategy and knowledge we have gathered over the years: There are two major directions (currently) for selecting VOIP phones: Internet Hosted phones and locally hosted phones. We have seen both work and both fail. Failure shows itself in distracting line drops, hiss and echo. The challenge we see in IT is that the failure is typically jumbled in an office computer network. This
    GCS Tech Tip #450: WAP

    GCS Tech Tip #450: WAP

    Think about the separate Wireless Access Point rather than the more common Wireless Router. Very often you see retail quality wireless access integrated into the router and firewall, as a result they seem to stay on the site too long and their signal strength is low. The price is right but the service is poor! Wireless routers have come to mean the fully integrated product and Wireless Access Point describes the dedicated Wireless Point we prefer and think will provide a bett

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