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Server 2008 BIOS Install issues

December 15th, 2009 · Comments Off

Well, it was bound to happen. The week before Thanksgiving our shop was building a Windows 2008 server. The technicians and I could not get past the Intel POST screen, the one with the Intel logos only. We removed and tested hard drives. They keyboard and mouse would just not respond and leaving it alone [...]

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Tags: Hardware · Soap Box · Software

Windows Home Server

November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I have been personally using Window Home server for about a year now. What is Home Server you ask, good question. Windows Home Server is an Operating System that allows one computer to become a hub of sorts. Not a hub like a switch but a media hub. It is designed to store all of [...]

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Tags: Backing up · Entertainment · Software

Vista, Linux and Android

July 8th, 2009 · Comments Off

I have been working on an article to “deal with” the whining of people about Vista. During that process I found various other writers who were in the same boat as I am. Yes, Vista is not perfect, yes Vista is stable, yes I use Vista.
During my research I came across the PC Magazine article [...]

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Tags: Purchasing · Soap Box · Software

Vista, Windows 7 and more

June 4th, 2009 · Comments Off

With the upcoming release of Windows 7 on October 22nd 2009 I felt this article was about 4 months overdue.
Over the last 18 months or so, several readers have asked me my opinion on Vista and or if I was going to write any tips about it. My personal responses have varied but were basically  [...]

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Tags: Software

Shared Calendar Programs

November 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Howdy and welcome back to another fun and exciting adventure with The Weekly Geek!
Well, you would think I was back in college with all of the research I have been doing lately. In this weeks fun and exciting column I want to talk about the latest project I have finished, calendar sharing programs. Since a [...]

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Tags: Software