Cannot see all computers on your network? Here is the possible fix.

Posted on August 16, 2018 by The Weekly Geek

Do you have computers that do not show up under your “Network” or Network Neighborhood? Or in reverse, do you have snoopy employees that don’t need to “see” all computers that are online?

There are lots of articles on how to share a folder or drive and they have it 90% correct. There are times when you make the share, however when you open up your “Network” the computer does not appear. This requires you to use an UNC path such as “//computername” to get to it compared to just clicking on the computer in your network.

If you have a peer-to-peer network this is the easy fix to finding missing computers not listed under your “Network”. Continue reading →

2017’s Office Safe Halloween Costume Ideas

Posted on October 30, 2017 by The Weekly Geek

This year, I got started posting costume ideas late, I apologize. If you followed @WardComputers on Social Media, you would have been seeing these all along.

Here are this years ideas: Continue reading →

I Always Wondered Where Food Came From

Posted on August 31, 2017 by The Weekly Geek

This week we have another fun article from our friend Dan owner of Cartridge World located at 3656 S. Campbell, Springfield, MO 65807. (417) 823-9990

My wife is ill so I’ve taken over the cooking duties, a skill previously unknown to me. For the last 65 years, at mealtimes—poof!— it never failed—food magically appeared on my plate. So I assumed food was a biblical manna thing, or maybe it came from some kind of a government airdrop.

A B-24 Liberator on a pork chop and mashed-potato run over my neighborhood. Evidently, this never happened. Continue reading →

The hard drives we use, and why

Posted on June 22, 2017 by The Weekly Geek

In continuing with why I use the parts I do series, in this article I want to cover the hard drives I use and why. Yes I used the plural in hard drives.

Unlike my exclusive use of ASUS motherboards, Crucial RAM and Intel processors, I use three different brands of hard drives. Continue reading →

Why I use ASUS Motherboards

Posted on May 10, 2017 by The Weekly Geek

Continuing on with the “Why I use the parts I do”, this article I wanted to cover the motherboards we at Ward Computers use for desktop computers and workstations. Interestingly, my first technology review back in March 2005 was of a Tyan motherboard. That article has since gone dark and is only in the bowels of my hard drive.

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