I’ve been a “full time” Mac user for over two years now. Around a year ago, however, I purchased an OEM copy of Windows XP and installed it in bootcamp. I never really used it. Of course, the occasional program that wasn’t available for OS X and didn’t have any alternatives, but not many of [...]
Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Apr 2010
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A Browser for the Big Screen
It’s not uncommon to connect a computer to a TV to use as part of an entertainment or media setup. If you try to use such a setup to browse the web, though, you may find it difficult to use a standard desktop web browser from across a room. This is where Kylo comes in! [...]
Mar 2010
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How to Rip DVDs to Your Computer
I’m sure you have quite a large DVD collection and I’m sure you would like to be able to transfer those DVDs onto your computer, either as a backup or to then move onto a portable device such as an iPod Touch. HandBrake is a cross platform, open source solution which will let you rip [...]
Mar 2010
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PRTG Tutorial – Adding Sensors
Adding a sensor to the PRTG network monitor is the most basic task and it’s super simple. Once you have PRTG correctly installed, you’ll want to go and connect to it through the web interface. After logging in, it’s a simple case of going to Sensors and Add Sensor Since PRTG will automatically add the [...]
Feb 2010
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How to Monitor a Server
I’m sure you have some kind of network set up in your home, or maybe you manage a network somewhere else. Many networks today have a server on them, or maybe more than one. Perhaps you manage multiple servers around the world. Wouldn’t it be great if you could monitor all of them from one [...]
Feb 2010
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Create Visual Stats from mIRC Logs
If you use mIRC as either your IRC client or for an IRC bot, then you’re likely collecting log files from each channel you’re in. With mIRC Stats you can turn those log files into visual stats and have them automatically uploaded to your website via FTP. You can see an example of the results [...]
Dec 2009
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How to Stream Media from your Mac or PC
I bet you have a lot of media on your computer. Media can be in a variety of forms, such as photos, music, video, etc. Often, however, it is only on our computers, because, often, is is difficult, or impossible, to get all, if any, of our media onto our portable devices. The solution is [...]
Jul 2009
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How to Install XP with Boot Camp
Installing Windows on a Mac is just wrong, but unfortunately, not every program on the planet is Mac compatible. Luckily, installing Windows using Boot Camp is really easy. It creates a separate partition on your hard drive but doesn’t need to reformat the whole thing (it’s magic)!
Oct 2008
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Mac vs PC Boot Time Comparison
In a comparison of boot times between an HP PC running Windows XP Media Centre Edition, an emachines PC running Windows XP Home edition and an Apple Mac mini running OS X 10.5 Leopard, you would expect the fastest computer, the HP, to com first, followed by the Mac mini and then the slowest of [...]
Sep 2008
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse and Keyboard 5000 Review
Keyboard Pros: Function Buttons can be useful in Vista Keyboard Cons: Stupid Shape Hard to type on Too big to fit on a desk Rating: 1/5 Mouse Pros: Very Comfortable Extra buttons on each side Accurate Mouse Cons: Scroll wheel is useless at scrolling sideways Rating: 5/5 Before I got my Apple Keyboard and Mouse, [...]
