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 Newsletter #14 - Road Worrier Part 2 Today's Road Warrior |
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While above is just a joke, you better believe that those who create
viruses are desperately trying to write one that will run in your email Preview
Pane. Meaning, you don’t have to open an attachment to start it… you don’t even have
to open the email. So far, all attempts at this have been countered by Microsoft…
so keep those patches up-to-date! One more word about Microsoft patches. Critical Updates and Drivers should all be regularly installed, but other updates should only be installed if you have a specific reason to… they can cause more problems than they solve. Select the updates like this:  |
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The thing is -- you NEED this. You don't want it. You NEED it. Power... power to find anything at the drop of a hat. Power to be in 100% contact with clients and co-workers all the time. That's the power of the today's road warrior. Say, I'm a real estate agent, sitting in my car, in front of a potential client's house. I need comparables. What to do? A: Take address back to the office and hit the MLS or B: Log on to the MLS and do a search from my car? The correct answer is... How much do you want the new client? What about loan approvals? Credit Reports? Detailed maps and directions? Instant messenger. Interested? Here the scoop. Most cell phone providers offer a data option. This is usually rather slow and inexpensive in small quantities. Requires a compatible phone and special cables to hook your laptop to the cell phone. Verizon has this really nice broadband solution. It requires special hardware and a new separate account from your regular phone account. Then, of course, there are the remote / home offices that can utilize more mainstream ISP's like DSL or Cable. Once your connected to the Internet, you'll need a way to access data that resides on the corporate network. For this you will need a VPN (Virtual Private Network) solution. Windows servers come with several VPN options. The most common and reasonably secure solution is PPTP. Your Windows laptop probably already has everything you need. Another very nice way to achieve reasonable remote performance even over dial-up lines is WTS (Windows Terminal Server). This allows you to connect to a server on your corporate network. Your local machine sends only keyboard keystrokes and receives video images, however all the heavy lifting (number crunching and disk access) is done by the machine on your corporate network. Your corporate router must be configured to support this new traffic. Seek professional help for this part. Then you can have access to everything in your office while your out on the road or with clients… just like your competition. |
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That's all there is to it, Bob |
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