By default, Vista doesn’t install the Telnet client. The client is for text-based communication with remote systems. You can install it by following these steps: 1. Click Start then select Control Panel. 2. Select Programs and Features. 3. Select Turn Windows features on or off. 4. Select the Telnet Client option. 5. Click OK. 6. [...]

This tutorial will show you how to run a trace route on a Window operating system. If you are unable to reach the server your site is hosted from because of networking issues, this is the best diagnostic tool that can be run easily from your computer that will show where your connection to the [...]

From time to time you may need to perform an operation called “TELNET”. You can use TELNET to check connections to certain ports on a server. To begin you press the “START” button on your browser taskbar, (found in the lower left corner of your browsers screen). This should bring up your Start Menu. Find [...]

The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to do a ping. Pinging is a command which tells you if the connection between your computer and a particular domain is working properly. There are a couple of different ways to get to the Command Prompt screen. In Windows, select the Start button, usually [...]

This tutorial will assist you with clearing your cache, which will help your computer run better. If you are using Internet Explorer 6: Open Internet Explorer 6 and go to Tools. Then select Internet Options, and select General. Click Delete Files. Check the box next to Delete all offline content in the window that opens [...]

This tutorial will show you a few of the most common error codes a server may return. There are many different error codes that a server can deliver,some even for the same error. These are probably the most common ones that a visitor might see, and ones that you might like to build custom error [...]