There is no longer a need to spend minutes, hours, or days looking for a misplaced file. Now there are powerful solutions that may be able reduce the time spent looking for a Word Document, PowerPoint, Excel file, Bookmark or Email. It’s called “Desktop indexing,” which allows you to search for files on your computer with the speed and relevancy of a Google or Yahoo web search.

This technology allows you to not only search for titles of documents, but also words within the document. It will work with virtually every file on your computer, and will display the correct results almost instantly. Think about the possibilities with a Google search on your computer. You no longer need to remember where you put a file, nor what you called the file. All you need to remember is a few key words that the file contained, or even the date the file was last worked on.

The limitations of traditional voicemail can be frustrating to users who use voicemail frequently.

The number of people who are doing business while on the go is exponentially increasing. This means that it is crucial for people to be able to have access to their voicemail at all times, whether it be for family, friends, or clients. This is challenging because of the current voicemail standards. Google and several other providers now offer services that change the way we know voicemail today. With these services, voicemails don’t have to be deleted after 90 days, stay with your phone provider, and only be accessible with your phone.

Here are some features that these voicemail services offer:

* Listen to voicemails on your computer

* Listen to voicemails on any mobile phone

* Take your voicemails with you when you change phone providers

* Get Email alerts with new voicemails

* Get text message alerts with new voicemails

* Forward voicemails to friends, family, or co-workers

* Read voicemails from your Email

* Read voicemails from text messages

* Listen to only sections of a voicemail

* Search an index of voicemails from the web

* Keep voicemails long as you like

Think about the opportunities a new type of voicemail service provides. You no longer need to step out of a meeting when your kids, your spouse, or your boss calls. Instead, you can read their voicemail without disrupting everyone around you. If you want more information or are interested in using this service, please contact ServNet LLC today.

Do you rely on smart phones in your daily activities?

When you get a new phone, it can be time consuming to re-enter your contacts, calendars, and Emails. Similarly, many people find it time consuming to delete Emails off their phone and then again on their computer. This is especially true if an individual relies on their smartphone’s calendar features while on the go or for work. It can be painstaking to either manually duplicate every entry, or to physically plug in the device to a computer and hit all the right buttons/keys to sync calendars, contacts, and Emails.

There are many free and paid solutions that synchronize contacts, calendars and Emails across multiple phones, computers, and Webmail devices, without your repeated manual labor. This means that if you add an appointment on your phone’s calendar, it will instantly add events to the calendar on your computer.

Upon proper setup, your BlackBerry, iPod, iPad, work computer, laptop and webmail should all contain your Emails, Contacts and Calendars while wirelessly communicating, updating, and adding items, so you don’t have to.

If you are interested in getting one of these solutions to work for you, please contact ServNet LLC.

Microsoft Windows has many built-in shortcuts such as cut, copy and paste. To utilize these tools in an efficient way, two keys need to be pressed simultaneously. CTRL+X for cut, CTRL+C for copy and CTRL+V for paste. Next time you have to cut, copy or paste, try using the shortcut commands.

If the font on a webpage is too small, press the CTRL and + symbol at the same time. To decrease the font size, simply press CTRL- simultaneously. When using Internet Explorer, you can also select “View” from the navigation menu and then select “Text Size.” In Internet Explorer 7+, select “Page” and then “Text Size.”

First, know this: NOTHING is safe on a public Wi-Fi network. Second, only do what you wouldn’t mind having someone else see. Opening an Email from Grandma should be fine, probably browsing the web too, but anything that requires a password or sensitive data (e.g. financial statements) is a big red flag and best left for a secured private network. Windows Vista and 7 now display a warning message if you connect to an unsecured network, but for Windows XP and Mac OS X, you can tell if a network is secured by the little padlock icon next to the network name when connecting. If you want more clarification or help learning about Wi-Fi security, contact ServNet LLC today.

Your computer contains a wealth of sensitive information that can compromise the security of your identity if stolen. With the popularity of wireless networks, it is extremely important that you secure the network. Hackers can easily intrude into your unsecured or poorly secured network and make off with all of your sensitive data, without you knowing it ever happened. Even worse, hackers can delete data, destroy files or turn your computer into a spam-producing machine that they have control of. By using WPA or WPA2 encryption, you can make your wireless network secure. Ask ServNet LLC about how you can do this today!

An alarmingly large amount of computer users place a great deal of strain on their wrists. This stress has been proven by medical associations to lead to a painful condition known as carpal tunnel syndrome. This condition can be detrimental to your health and your productivity. In order to reduce the effect of carpal tunnel syndrome, either purchase a wrist brace that provides support to raise your hands off of the keyboard, or purchase a wrist support that is placed in front of the keyboard. ServNet LLC can help you find the right solution to keep your wrists healthy.

As Smartphones become more like computers, it becomes more and more important to backup your phone’s data. ServNet LLC can help you backup and synchronize your phone’s valuable data via USB cable or wirelessly in real-time.

According to the American Chiropractor’s Association, one in two Americans complain of back and neck pain costing over $50 billion annually. An easy way to help reduce the pain is to minimize the use of a laptop and increase the height of your desktop monitors so that the middle or lower portion of the screen is eye level. ServNet LLC can help you find an ergonomic computer solution that will help to preserve a good posture.