Free alternatives to commercial NAS solutions

In one of my previous posts I've wrote about few things to watch for when buying your first NAS device. But what I haven't described in detail is that you don't always need to buy a new NAS, there is a way to turn your old (OK not that old) desktop PC into fully featured NAS and all that for FREE!

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Few tips for choosing appropriate NAS solution (for newbies)

In this post I'll share few basic tips for all newbies looking out to get into the world of NASes for the first time. I'd be more than grateful if I had an opportunity to get few basic tips what to observe when buying an NAS for the first time. So just to make things clear now - this is a newbie oriented post, but who knows maybe some experienced user might find it useful too. Also information presented here are intended for home users mostly, but can be useful for small and home offices (SoHo) too. Most of you probably heard of NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems and why are they so handy. When I for the first time decided to buy NAS I was doing it with two main objectives - for DATA BACKUP and MEDIA STREAMING. Maybe the second option was even more important to me.

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How to Fix ‘Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user’ Error

If you ever encountered problems with accessing your network shares and got message ‘Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user’ while trying to do so, here is a solution how to fix it.

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Windows 7 Network Activity Indicator - Can You Animate It Please?

So, you're a Windows 7 user which knows it's way through Windows 7, right? But as Windows 7 might be by now most advanced Microsoft's operating system, it is just (to keep it low profile) funny how few (more or less) important things feel like unfinished in Windows 7. And I'm talking about things which have been implemented much earlier in previous versions like XP! By now you must be asking what I'm blabbering about, right? OK ...

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