Connecting my PC from France into Dad’s PC in the UK via his TalkTalk ISP

This was (finally) a successful connection allowing me to use MS Remote Desktop from our Windows 7 machines to take full control of his PC. Our system setup: Windows 7 pro installed on both machines 2nd PC available at my end to allow for searches, testing of settings, etc TalkTalk router is a D-Link 3780… Continue reading Connecting my PC from France into Dad’s PC in the UK via his TalkTalk ISP

Recovering from a Seagate Central failure

So I currently manage a dozen or so PCs and iPads in this household – plus a couple more at my parents on ‘remote support’ when Dad has exhausted the first few levels of debug and problem analysis. This means that we have an ever increasing quantity of data to back up – both professional… Continue reading Recovering from a Seagate Central failure

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