Yesterday, I wrote about an old game that was a favourite of mine back in school, WinTrek as well as some nostalgia from that time of my life. Anyway, with games written for really old operating systems like Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 you might need to tweak things a little bit to get these …
Category Archive: Windows Server 2008 R2
Jul 31 2011
Learning About Application Compatibility Mode in Windows
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
Apr 05 2011
Reclaim Space by Emptying the Recycling Bin or Trash
Flash, Hard Drive, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
Here’s a quick tip. While some of us may think this is a very obvious tip others may not have any idea about the concept of the Recycle Bin (or simply “Trash” in Mac OS X) and the fact that stuff that’s in there still chews up hard drive space. Sure, these days with drive …
Tags: Hard Drive, Mac OS X, recycle bin, solid state drive, trash, Windows
Mar 29 2011
Diagnose Dataflow Problems: The Traceroute
Communications, Connectivity, Email, Gaming, Microsoft, Skype, Technology, VoIP, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
Leading on from yesterday’s post about how to do a ping test we move on to another test which might uncover more information about where dataflow problems may be occurring. In a nutshell, a traceroute shows you all of the various entities (also known as “hops”) on the Internet that sit between you and a …
Feb 25 2011
Open a Command Prompt Quickly in Windows 7
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
by Boyd Chan
Particularly for those of us who work a bit with a command line it can often be a pain to manually change directories if you want to wade more than about four folders deep. Luckily, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 contain a handy little feature to get to a folder quickly. Simply hold …
Feb 23 2011
Reclaim Space – Remove Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Backup Files
Flash, Hard Drive, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
by Boyd Chan
One of the hot topics today is the general release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 to the public. Whilst it isn’t a ground breaking update in terms of adding new features to Windows 7 (a lot more of the action is related to Windows Server 2008 R2) it does contain a few important …
Jan 15 2011
Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Release Imminent
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, Technology, Windows Phone 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
Just a quick update for this evening. The rumour mills are in full swing with reports of the first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released very soon. Furthermore, there have been leaked copies of pre-release builds of the unified service pack floating around on the web. As a …
Nov 09 2010
Turn Your USB Drive into a Bootable Windows Medium
Flash, Interfaces, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, USB, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
If you have a netbook or a more sizeable notebook that does not come with an optical drive you may find yourself in a quandary when attempting to reinstall Windows from scratch. When I bought my netbook it came with Windows XP which made me feel like crying until I worked out how to put Windows 7 …
Mar 29 2010
Find Software on the Cheap
Have you ever wanted a piece of software but have been left wanting because of the cost? Microsoft software, in particular, can be quite expensive to acquire legitimately but there are legitimate ways to get your hands on their software. If you are studying at TAFE or a university, you may be eligible for a …
Tags: AlternativeTo, DreamSpark, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, SQL, TAFE, TechNet, university, Visio, Windows, Windows 7
Feb 16 2010
Windows 7 – No Worries Mate!
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows XP
by Boyd Chan
I thought I would post about Windows 7 given that in two weeks time, the Release Candidate version (which I happen to run on my desktop) will start shutting down every two hours until it expires on 01/06/2010. I backup my computer daily so for me to format and reinstall isn’t such a big deal …
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