Category Archive: Software

Apr 22

Re-size Server 2003 C: Drive

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    Have you ever run into a case with server 2003 where you don't have enough drive space on your C: partition but you have space on your D: partition but without purchasing a 3rd party utility its not possible to re-size a live windows 2003 system drive.   Well that is until now, …

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Jan 16

Microsoft Security Essentials AV-Test certification Fails AGAIN!

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  Yet Again, Microsoft Security Essentials has failed AV-Test's antivirus certification, after not meeting the criteria to pass their December 2012 testing suite. AV-Test conducts antivirus software testing every month, pitting 25 programs against 0-day attacks and known malware while also testing the repair capabilities of the software and its usability. To pass certification, the …

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Jan 05

The Top Free Photo Editing Software Available on the Internet

    When you want to edit photos without purchasing traditional photo-editing software, there are alternative options that are free of cost and available by downloading and using the tools yourself online. Using free photo editing software is a way to easily manipulate photos, change colors and add special effects, regardless of the type of …

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Aug 10

Run Windows 7 Virtually on your Apple Macbook for free

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I recently aquired a macbook pro for my work and the first thing that came up is how do we still run windows on it? Yes, I said Microsoft Windows 7 because we have certain applications that still require that OS (for now).  I researched and remembered using the built in boot camp option but …

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Jan 02

IPAD Tip: Apps crashing try this!

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Do you experience a app that keeps crashing when you try to use it on your ipad?  A few things to try would be to close the app out and you can find out how to do that here.  The other thing to try would be to power the device off and back on.  Here …

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Dec 31

Microsoft PerfView 1.0

  PerfView is a performance analysis tool focusing on ETW information (ETL files) as well as CLR memory information (heap dumps). It can collect and view ETL files as well as XPERF CSV files. Powerful grouping operators allow you to understand performance profiles in ways other tools can't. PerfView is used internally at Microsoft by …

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Jul 13

Outlook 2010 No Autocorrect Options – Fixed!

Just found out if you recently upgraded to Outlook 2010 and no longer have the auto correct options.   All you have to do is copy winword.exe to the office14 folder. This may work with other office versions too but here is where it needs to be copied and stuff. Example: Copy Winword.exe from here C:\Program …

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Jul 01

Internet Explorer 8 Not getting group policy

Ran into this issue due to using the windows ieak toolkit for Internet Explorer 7/8 to compile a custom exe.  Well everything initially tested okay and after deployment we noticed that IE7 and IE8 was not operational anymore.  They would get a internal webpage but nothing else like the settings are being blocked from group …

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Jun 10

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Special  thanks to Santhosh Sivarajan's blog we have some free ebooks from Microsoft for anyone who wants to brush up on the latest they have to offer. Windows 7 Product Guide Download Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Download Introducing Windows 2008 R2 Download Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Download Deploying Windows 7 – Essential Guidance Download …

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Mar 28

Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals -March 2010

The Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals is a Microsoft Office Excel-based spreadsheet listing software applications which have met Windows 7 Logo Program testing requirements for compatibility with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, and have thereby earned the right to display the Windows 7 Logo Program logo with the application. These products are …

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