I set off on a quest to get the home backup / media server / remote access solution Windows Home Server with Power Pack 3 running inside of VMware Fusion 3 running on top of Apple OSX Snow Leopard (10.6).
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Free Ebook – Windows Vista Resource Kit Second Edition
As part of Microsoft’s 25th anniversary, the Windows Vista Resource Kit, 2nd Ed. PDF (covering Vista SP1) download, is being offered as a free download for a limited time. Shame we don’t get the accompanying CD, but all the same, this is a very good book (coming from someone who uses the first edition). Download …
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g4u and Virtualization
A quick note about g4u – g4u (Ghost for you) is a hard disk imaging tool similar to Norton Ghost, but without the cost. g4u allows you to image hard disks to both files and physical media. This can be accomplished within a physical machine, a virtual machine, or by using an FTP server on …
Riverbed to Acquire Mazu
Riverbed has announced that it will acquire Mazu Networks, NBA masters and creators of the CMDB tool Mazu Profiler. Full report at Mazu Networks’ site, and Riverbed’s.  I have a pretty strong feeling that this will make clients of both happy.
Right Click Using Your Keyboard (Windows)
Here’s a quick tip: You can right-click just as if you were using a mouse, but without using your mouse, using the shift and F10 keys together. For example, if you’d like to extract a .RAR in a directory, simply press END, cursor up, then shift+F10 and extract! Voila! Easy as pie extract in every …
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GRID Cheat Codes
Note that while these cheats may unlock cars that you want to own, the only one I would recommend is the Pagani Zonda R, for use in your first season. Here’s why: much of the money you get from this game is through sponsors. When driving any of these cars, you will not get any …
You have not chosen to trust Equifax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1
Though the Citrix client comes as part of the default install on SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, unfortunately the root certificate is not installed for the Citrix ICA client, and furthermore requires an extension that is slightly different than the certificate vendor’s version. When attempting to access a Citrix secure web gateway on SuSE Linux Enterprise …
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CONTEST – Call of Duty: World at War Beta Code
OK here goes, IÂ have a Call of Duty: WaW beta code that I don’t need. I’m going to do a random draw from the first 25 responses, then give it away! So far, the beta is awesome. This isn’t CoD4, but pretty darn good just the same. Just so you guys know I’m not pulling …
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Songbird Beta Released (finally)!
We’re excited to announce that Songbird is now in public Beta! This update to Songbird includes a new default look and feel, several new features, performance gains, improvements to stability and additional playback capabilities. New Features A New Look We’ve completely redesigned Songbird to make it simpler and more intuitive. We’ve improved drag-and-drop throughout the …
Install Mac OS X Leopard on a G4 800mhz Quicksilver
If you have an old G4 sitting around that’s at the 800mhz mark, you probably should try installing Leopard, because most people agree it actually runs FASTER than Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Weird, huh? I guess they’ve optimized the code pretty well. However, when you try to install the operating system, you are warned …
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