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January 2009

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• 01.22.09
  Move Vista Sidebar gadgets to the desktop! Computers | (1) | By: Mitchell

   There is a feature in Windows Vista that I didn't know existed. The ability to have your sidebar gadget float anywhere on the desktop. These cool gadgets are no longer bound to the small sidebar, this really helps out when you have a small screen like the 12.1" on my dell D430. I found out about this feature when people were showing Windows 7 doing it, so I thought  I'll give it a try. Boom! I was able to do it and I have been using Vista back in beta 1 days, and did not know that existed. Well if you ...
• 01.20.09
  Sort Windows XPs Start Menu in Alphabetical Order … Like Vista Computers | (2) | By: Mitchell

  If you are like me, you use Vista at home but then you are stuck using XP at work or with an older computer. Now whatever you view point on vista is, there are definitely some features that Vista brings that would be nice to have in XP. Now I can't solve most of those, but one of them is small and painles. XPs start menu was always a little wacky, everytime you installed something it basically stored them in order of install date .... most of the time. Vista's start menu, if you use it, has all the folders ...
• 01.18.09
  Turn a Dell Optiplex SX280 Business PC into a Windows Home Server & Media Center PC on the Cheap Computers | (9) | By: Mitchell

    I recently just wrote a  post about why I switched from my engineering based PC to a Windows Home Server PC. I will now explain what I did to the little dell and how to maximize usage to fit your server needs. In the previous article I mentioned that I was looking at the Atom based Eee box, but wasn't too sure of the performance of the device. I also wasn't looking to spend too much money therefore I researched other PCs. I always look for business based PCs because you can find them off lease for very cheap and ...
• 01.18.09
  Why I opted to replace my Vista Desktop PC for a Windows Home Server PC Computers | (2) | By: Mitchell

    Up until recently I have primarily used my laptop as my everyday pc and my desktop as a file server, print server and heavy computing when needed. My previous desktop was an IBM Intellistation Z Pro which is a workstation and almost a server. This bad boy had dual Xeon HT processors, 2GB Ram, 500+GBs of HD space, DVDRW and DVD drives. This machine was powerful and it actually was the type of machine that I used at one of my Engineering jobs for CAD applications. The problem with this machine is that it is very loud, and warm. I ...

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