Windows and Linux dual-boots can be painful and tricky, and always lingering with the threat of wiping out your previous set-up if you step in the wrong direction. Beyond GRUB and LiLo, you can easily setup a Linux dual-boot with your Windows machine using the Windows Boot Loader with Wubi. Using my fully developed (full-production) Windows Server 2003 desktop, I installed … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
nLite – Easily integrate drivers into Windows XP/Server 2003 install CDs
Using nLite, one can easily add drivers to the Windows installation CDs. This is particularly useful when installing Windows onto a RAID setup that requires a third-party RAID driver (press F6), but you don't have a floppy drive from which to load the drivers. _______________________________________________________________ Download nLite following the link at the bottom of … [Read more...]
4 Computers for 1 person… You might have a problem.
People will often ask IT folks for their opinion regarding what brand they should go with when buying a home machine. This is like asking a car dealer what their opinion is of X model. There's a wide variety of cars to drive and opinions are probably equally varied. I think the better question, would be "What are you driving?" or for computers "What are you running at home?". … [Read more...]
DLSG / KIC Scanner re-reviewed
The DLSG team has made massive improvements, in my opinion, since my original dialog was composed. I was contacted regarding an appointment for a time to upgrade. We scheduled a time at our combined convenience and I'm to receive an e-mail with a link so that I can download the setup file ahead of time. Also in this new versions, previous settings are automatically migrated … [Read more...]
Saved passwords in your browser, an interesting angle
Firefox can show your passwords unless you set a master password. Setting a master password then requires you to enter that password anytime any of your remembered passwords would be used. This is a convenience because it allows you to only have to remember one password, but it's still not as convenient as not setting a master password and then not having to enter a password … [Read more...]