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We all have email and sometimes it’s hard to know how to set it up. What follows is a basic tutorial on how to setup your email using Post Office Protocol 3 (POP) on Outlook 2013. POP is useful for its simplicity. Mail is downloaded from the server onto your device and deleted off the […]

We all have email and sometimes it’s hard to know how to set it up. What follows is a basic tutorial on how to setup your email using Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) on Outlook 2013. IMAP has some distinct advantages over POP mail, the most significant being where your mail is stored. With POP […]

I’ve been meaning to do this how-to since 2017 – but other things came up. I always seemed to have either the time or the motivation – but never both at the same time. With COVID-19 in full swing and me in lockdown (along with the rest of the country), I’ve finally managed to find […]

TeamViewer is a great program receiving remote assistance when you are out of your depth and need a helping hand. It allows another party to access your desktop as if they were sitting in front of it. This mean that so long as you have an internet connection you can get assistance (if you have […]

Download & Install the client Go to the OpenVPN’s Community Downloads page, and download the version appropriate to your version of Windows. Once downloaded, install the OpenVPN Client.  Confirm any User Account Control prompts you receive. Double click the OpenVPN installer. You will be presented with the Welcome to OpenVPN Setup Wizard welcome screen. Click […]

Configure the OpenVPN Client and Connect to your OpenVPN Server Once the client is installed, navigate to c:\Program Files\OpenVPN\Config. Your OpenVPN server administrator should have provided you with the required certificates and config file to connect to the OpenVPN server, they should include files like the ones in the screenshot below. The .ovpn file is […]

Important: You need to have a server that is already configured to accept L2TP connections and have a suitable active profile. Virtual Private Networks (VPN) allow you to connect securely to a server for either private or business usage allowing you to connect to resources such as mail or internet securely when you are in […]

Step 1 – Check that that your Router is on and connected. Step 2 – Check that your PC / Laptop is connected to your router. Step 3 – Check that your machine can communicate with your router. Step 4 – Check that your machine can communicate with the internet. Step 5 – Check that […]