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Who Says, “It’ll Cost You … to Take Your Home PC to the Next Level”?

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Certainly not Kathy and Paige! We’ve been around computers for a long time and have experienced the same daily frustrations you have. What we’ve discovered is that you don’t have to pay big bucks for a new PC to upgrade your PC. There are plenty of tools out there that can help you get the most out of your current system and guess what? Many are completely FREE!

We’ll share some of our favorites with you on Transformation Ed LIVE!

Enjoy Dr. King’s tour of this fantastic product - abundant uses for home, schools and small to mid-size businesses. Usually these products cost thousands of dollars.. now we found out you can get it free- no strings!

BTW, Dr King loves this as much as she does her Wii!

What a big hearted geek goddess she is!!

Join in as she tells us why this is such a great addition to keep track of computer needs if you have a home, school or business network…

So quit wearing out your Nikes(R) gathering all that info, click that mouse and use Spiceworks!

Tech Tip

 

Major Product Reviewed in this Episode:

  • Spiceworks

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    • ….Running on a PC. It discovers Windows, OS X, Linux and Unix but you need to run it from a PC on your network.We’ve packed a ton of features into this tiny 12 MB download but there’s room for more! Use Spiceworks and then tell us what new features you would like.

      • System Requirements
        • Windows XP Pro SP2, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server (latest service packs recommended)
          700 MHz Pentium class processor
          512 MB RAM
      • Browser Requirements
        • Firefox 1.5 - 2.0 or Internet Explorer 6.0 - 7.0

  • Helpful Reviews of Spiceworks–
    • From HelpDeskGeek
      • “There is a lot of great open source software out there that can help make the life of any IT Administrator easier and I’ve written about several like a, b, c. However, there are a couple of applications that stand out for their features, their ease of use, and their cost. Spiceworks IT Desktop is a free software application that combines several programs into one including network monitoring, network inventorying, Help Desk software, reporting, and troubleshooting. It’s a powerful tool that is designed for small to medium sized businesses….” [ check out the link]
    • From PC Magazine
      • “Spiceworks is a thoughtful piece of software engineering. It offers not just tools but surprisingly simple ease of use in a slick GUI you just won’t find in “techier” open-source network monitoring tools … So, whether you’re a network manager or just “the computer guy” at a really small business, you should head over to spiceworks.com and grab this software:
      • It’s a small download, it’s free, and full setup takes less than 20 minutes. There are no licensing headaches, no agents to deploy on networked devices, no reporting engines to configure. Just install, kick off auto-discovery, and check it out.” [ check out the link]

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