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An UltraVNC Server has many applications and can save you incalculable headaches by allowing you operate computers from a distance, administer networks or the servers of clients. VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing and UltraVNC is way of creating a virtual desktop to represent someone else’s. Armed with such a tool, you can operate a computer remotely as though it’s right in front of you. This means that if you setup a VNC server on your computer that can connect to the computer you are trying to interact with, then you can provide technical support without needing the person you are trying to help to act as an intermediary.

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Any workman knows that it is important to use the right tool for any job, both for the sake of the tool and the efficiency of your work. If you’re using a vice grip as a hammer, you’ll likely be disappointed with what it does to the nail and whatever you driving that nail into. [...]

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A CVS server is a tool for managing large, collaborative projects. The underlying Concurrent Versions System (CVS) operates in a way that is somewhat analogous to the way Microsoft Word allows you to track changes in a document. If you have ever worked on a project that has gone through multiple versions, revisions and adaptations, [...]

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Any machine, whether a personal computer or a server, opens itself to significant risk by being exposed to Internet traffic. The first line of defense against the dangers that abound on the Internet is usually a firewall: a device designed to filter the connections made and data sent and received over networks to reduce the [...]

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The Internet has always used specific languages like HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and, as is evident in the vast popularity and common use of the Internet, has always been accessible to a large number of users. That said, things [...]

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The Internet is one of the great marvels of human achievement. That may sound overly grandiose, especially considering the amount of spam we all get trying to sell us garbage, the commandeering of useful keywords that makes it more difficult to find specific information and all the other clutter we all come across on a [...]

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We spend a lot of time here at GoodHost.org thinking about hosting and all the stuff that goes along with that from applications to servers and server software. Our attention tends to be focused on maintaining webpages and domain names, but there are a lot of reasons you might be looking for a host. Maybe, [...]

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