TightVNC
Like most computer-obsessed users I have a home server running at home. It handles my internet connection, stores my files and hosts my web, FTP, email, Certificate and VPN servers. No matter where I am I like access to my…
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Select “No To All” in Windows
You’re copying data over and don’t want to delete any existing: of course the dialog box doesn’t have a “no to all” button, so you click no about a thousand times. Or follow this trick: hold down SHIFT and click…
Email Opt Outs: Penton Media
I was a subscriber to Windows IT Pro magazine since it was Windows NT. Recently, as have quite a few print publications, Windows IT Pro and their publisher Penton started soliciting their subscribers with a ton of crap, all from…
Living with Vista x64
I’ve just finished six months of dual booting my PC with Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista Ultimate x64 (the 64 bit version of Windows). Please peruse my initial installation here if you haven’t already before continuing. Let me start…
Asus A8V-E SE
I picked this board up as I had a socket 939 Athlon x2 3800+ processor and needed to use it somewhere. I checked around for a “cheap and cheerful” motherboard; something around $50, which usually means a Via chipset and limited…
Get real control of shares in XP
I’m from an admin background and love the granular control of shares and security that come with Windows Server products and Windows 2000 Professional. In Windows XP Microsoft wanted to simplify the process with Simple File Sharing. To turn this…
Antec Atlas 550
Being a fan of computer cases, especially Antec cases, last year when I was building a new system I came across an excellent price on an Antec Atlas 550. For reference I suggest reading my original review: for this piece…
SME Servers: RAM
This one will be short and sweet with three options available for RAM: ECC (or parity), buffered (or registered), unbuffered. First step is to match the RAM to your motherboard, so use SDRAM, DDR, DDR2 or FB-DIMM. You don’t get…
Microsoft Windows Home Server
I signed up for the Microsoft Windows Home Server beta program early in the year and have been impressed and completely satisfied with the product. The final release came out a while ago, but my Microsoft PR contact never came…