level_15_access Issue When Logging Into Your Router?

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level_15_access Dialog

The most popular posts on Technically Easy has to do with resetting a wireless router, and securing a wireless router. Securing a wireless router can be confusing and difficult, and can provide a few headaches. Many people have e-mailed me, or left comments, regarding problems that they have had when securing their router. While I try to answer all, there are a few that I have trouble finding a solution for.

My New UPS: APC Back-UPS RS 1300VA

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My New UPS: APC Back-UPS RS 1300VA

I have written many posts about security and archiving. Mostly I talked about backing up data, and securing a router. Today I’m going to talk about my new toy: a UPS. I have discussed UPSs in my post titled What is a UPS?, but in this post I will talk about the one that I … Read more

Free Software that can Replace Your Expensive Software

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There are many great software packages on the market that can help you do pretty much anything you need with a computer. The problem is that the software can cost anywhere from $100 to over $1000 dollars, depending on the software.

While the software you purchase will do what you need, many people don’t realize that there is similar software you can download online. The best part about this software is that the price is great: free. This post will provide a list of some software that you can use to replace some of the more expensive software for free.

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Router Settings to Secure a Wireless Network

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Two of the most popular posts on Technically Easy has to do with securing two different wireless routers: the Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G router and the D-link DI-524 Wireless router. At this time I only have those two guides available on securing wireless routers.

For those with other wireless routers, I decided to outline some of the security settings you can enable, if available, on your wireless router to make it secure.

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Scanning Old Photos? Get VueScan

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VueScan

I have been archiving some of the old photos, negatives, and slides that are lying around my house. As with most people, many are located in unlabelled boxes that are not organized in any way. Besides being unorganized, the other issue is that there are no safe copies of the originals, so if I was to lose my house for some reason, such as a fire, then all these memories would be lost.

I decided to scan in as many of these originals as I can, and then back them up as I have done with my digital photos. Unlike digital photos, however, scanning, the photos, slides, and negatives takes more time and effort than simply taking a picture. For the scanning process, I use a tool called VueScan.

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How to Share a Printer in Windows XP

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Printer Sharing

I recently wrote a post that outlined how to connect to a network printer. The post, however, didn’t talk about how to setup a network printer at home so that any computer connected to your network can use the printer. In this post I will explain the steps involved to setup a network printer so … Read more

What Firefox Add-ons Do You Use?

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I don’t write many posts about Firefox, mainly because there are many posts written on other blogs that do. In my post titled Examples of Colour Management I provide examples of how colour management affects the displaying of images. For those examples I used the Firefox web browser.

Also within that post I talked about a Firefox add-on called Colour Management. This is only one of possibly thousands of add-ons that you can install for the Firefox browser. In this post I will list the add-ons that I currently use, and have used in the past, and would like to hear which add-ons you currently have installed.

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Examples of Colour Management

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I have previously talked about colour management in the past, and those who are serious about digital photography will need to know about colour management. While it can get technical, colour management is simply the process of ensuring an image is display/printed properly from one device to another.

It can be difficult to explain, but with some of the newer browsers, it is much easier to show how it can affect the look of an image. In this post I’ll show how colour management can change an image, and what you should do about images on your web site/blog.

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