Category: Windows

Feb/10

NFS Server

Filed Under Linux, Windows at 12th February 2010 10:40 by Danny

Tags: Linux, Mount NFS, NAS, Network Attached Storage, Network File Share, NFS, nfs client, Samba, Ubuntu, Windows, windows 7

Overview Network File Share (NFS) is a protocol for sharing storage. It is quite common in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and is a standard compared to Samba which is Microsoft specific but has been ported to Linux. Install NFS … Continue reading →

Feb/10

Change MAC Address In Windows

Filed Under Windows at 11th February 2010 13:52 by Danny

Tags: change mac address, cmd, DOS, ip address, ip change, ipconfig, Mac, MAC Address, Network, network adapters, network address, network interface, registry, spoof, Windows

It is possible to spoof the MAC address in Windows without going into the registry. The network will go down during this process so it’s best to stop or wait till all downloads or any other network related activity has … Continue reading →

Jan/10

Windows 7 Monitor Power Test

Filed Under Windows at 27th January 2010 10:28 by Danny

Tags: cmd, energy, Microsoft, microsoft windows, power, power test, powercfg, sleep mode, Tekzilla, Windows

There is a report generator in Microsoft Windows 7 which can help you track down what is being used in terms of power. The report tells you what is stopping the computer going into sleep mode (if sleep mode is … Continue reading →

Dec/09

My Windows 7 Shortcuts

Filed Under Windows at 1st December 2009 0:01 by Danny

Win + P – Sets the display. Useful for turning off my extended display when I want to play a game. Win + Left / Right Arrow – Docks the active window to the left or right side of the … Continue reading →

Nov/09

Windows 7 Monitor Calibration

Filed Under Windows at 24th November 2009 0:01 by Danny

Tags: calibration, dccw, dual monitor, monitor, monitor calibration tool, Windows

Windows 7 has a built in monitor calibration tool which isn’t too bad. Sadly it only calibrates one monitor in a dual monitor set up. To start the utility go to Start Menu and type dccw and walk through the … Continue reading →

Nov/09

Sync Mozilla Thunderbird Using Dropbox

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software, Windows at 16th November 2009 20:28 by Danny

Tags: Dropbox, mail folder, mozilla thunderbird, ubuntu linux

Overview I have had a Dropbox account for a while now but never really used it till now. There have been really good tricks and uses to Dropbox posted on the Internet and I finally decided to try my hands … Continue reading →

Nov/09

Valve’s Steam And Windows 7 Integration

Filed Under Games, Windows at 6th November 2009 21:12 by Danny

Tags: Steam, taskbar, Valve, Windows

Valve has done a great work integration Steam with Windows 7. The icon in the taskbar shows the download status of all the currently downloading items. This was demos in my case. I have the Steam icon in my start … Continue reading →

Oct/09

VirtualBox With Ubuntu Quick Review

Filed Under Linux, Review, Software, Windows at 19th October 2009 0:01 by Danny

Tags: fusion, iso image, Linux, Microsoft, physical computer, sun, Ubuntu, ubuntu 9.04, virtual environments, virtual machine, virtual media, virtualbox, vm, windows 7

Overview I found Sun’s VirtualBox and thought I’d try it out. As everything is going virtual and having used it in Mac I thought it was time to step it up in Windows so I can start running things like … Continue reading →