Archive for the ‘CSS Tech Blog’ Category

How to Leverage AD GPOs, Online Training

Posted on July 6th, 2010 by by Steve Schulte

Sign up for our next Webinar on July 21   Register for our Online Training and leverage the power of AD and Group Policy objects (GPO’s).  Microsofts has many powerful tools for today’s administrator.   Much of the tools are not widely used but can save IT staff a huge amount of time when setting up new workstations, [...]

Take a sneak peak at Microsoft Office 2010

Posted on February 15th, 2010 by by Steve Schulte

Take a sneak peak at Microsoft Office 2010 Download the eBook, First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 by Katherine Murray, which offers 14 chapters of early content. The book introduces you to the changes in Office 2010 and shows you how you can make the most of the new features to fit the way you work [...]

Good artical on Remote Access from iPhones, Mac, Etc called “How to keep Mac users happy with desktop virtualization”

Posted on December 16th, 2009 by by Don Thompson

This article came from Brian Madden, one of the most respected people when it comes to virtualization.  The article outlines the many ways users can assess their PC’s and Macs from your PC, Mac or iPhone.  Users are asking for mobile access more and more so it is good to know what options IT has.  [...]

Windows 7: It Just Works!

Posted on December 14th, 2009 by by Steve Schulte

You may be asking yourself – why all the hype on Windows 7 (after the, ahem, lukewarm reception of Windows Vista)? That is until you experience Windows 7 and the doubts easily melt away.   CNS was part of the Beta test for Windows 7 and most of  our tech’s have been using it since Q1 2009. According [...]

First Look at Windows 7 and much more

Posted on November 13th, 2009 by by admin

Capital Network Solutions will be speaking at the New Horizons “First Look Event” on Thursday November 19th. Topics include First look at Microsoft Windows 7, how MS 7 works better together with Windows Server 2008, MS Data Protection Manager and other exciting technologies that effect your business. Register for this event When: Thursday, November 19th [...]

Already Thinking About Windows 8

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by by Michelle Egan

Windows just introduced their newest version, but some are already thinking ahead to Windows 8  and the features it should employ. Check out this forward-thinking blog post on Technorati by Mark Underwood – Seven Wishes for Windows 8. Here’s a sample from the post… “The Microsoft Technet Borg Collective thought they’d help us all out a [...]

pci.sys errors when installing Windows XP

Posted on September 20th, 2009 by by Kerry Kier

When booting from XP Disc at the time of driver installation it received a BSOD Stop Screen showing pci.sys error I then reseated all devices except the CPU  – Did not work I then tried to create a bootable floppy and attempt to copy the SATA Drivers to another floppy as suggested by MOBO docs [...]

Removing Microsoft Applications Completely

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by by Kerry Kier

Ever have an issue with a Microsoft application that just wont work, so the first solution most people turn to is removing the application and then reinstalling it.  This sometimes does not resolve the issue because there are traces of other apps related to it or the MSI is not setup to remove it completely or [...]

VMware Needs to Take Microsoft More Seriously

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by by Don Thompson

Here is an article that I feel is right on the mark as Microsoft takes aim at VMware.  The artical came from a Windows IT Pro.  I have re-posted it as many will not have access to the site and was written by Paul Thurrott Years ago, I spoke with VMware’s CEO at the time, [...]

Password Manager Tool

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by by Kerry Kier

Are you like the millions of people that have about 5, 10, even 20 different password and log ins?  Do you have them on a piece of paper in your top drawer, or on post its?  This kind of defeats the purpose of all those passwords.  Well there is a free tool from roboform that [...]