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3CX Phone System

3CX was founded in 2006 to provide all Windows based platforms with a open standard PBX (Private Branch Exchange) so customers can make calls straight from within Windows. The 3CX Phone System software was initially offered as an open source free product in 2006. Not long after, in 2007 the first major commercial version was […]

Solid State Drive – SSD

Solid State Drive’s (or more commonly abbreviated to SSD), are one of the biggest technology advancements in recent times for speeding up the modern PC. Their name is a little incorrect in describing what they actually are as they in actual fact don’t contain any mechanical disks or drives like the more commonly used and […]

Microsoft Windows XP : End of Support.

August 24th 2001 saw the release of Microsoft’s most popular operating system to date, Windows XP. If you’re still not sure what the letters XP stand for, even after all these years, Microsoft in a press release said its simply short for the word “eXPerience”. Microsoft has set April 8th 2014 as the last day of […]

Stubborn printer drivers in Windows – Driver in use

Since the introduction of Windows Vista, through to Windows 7 and Windows 8, I have encountered an issue where certain printers along with the printer drivers cannot be uninstalled or removed completely. To keep users from accessing old printers, to keep a lean and efficient network and most importantly to stop printer driver errors, it […]

Network Attached Storage – NAS

Network Attached Storage – NAS The NAS device has become a essential part of the networks that A&STech manage, implement and install. A&STech uses NAS devices to perform whole network backups for all our customers’ throughout the greater Brisbane and Gold Coast area. We use NAS devices instead of DAS (Directly attached storage) as it […]

Ninite – Web based automated application installer and updater

Have you recently purchased a brand new PC? Or inherited a non tech savvy family members’ old PC that is barely chugging along? Or people, who know you, always seem to call you when programs are just not running right or for application updates? Then undoubtedly Ninite is for you. http://ninite.com is a web based […]