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How to disable the Found New Hardware Wizard in Windows XP
Disabling the Found New Hardware Wizard There may be times where you want to disable the Foud New Hardware wizard in Windows XP or Server 2003, either because the device in you system does not have drivers for Windows XP or everything is working f

Allway Sync is a free file backup utility for Windows - Synchronize your files one way
Working around NTFS Permissions When I first found this utility my plan was to set it up in a small business to back up a network share where users share and store files. I ran into problems with the NTFS permissions, if you want users to modify

How to configure iSCSI Target with Openfiler 2.99
What is iSCSI Target ? iSCSI is a SAN (Storage Area Network) protocol that uses TCP/IP to exchange SCSI commands. For a very basic explanation: it allows you to directly access a hard drive which is located across a network. It can be used as shar

Step-by-step guide how to set up SMB file sharing in Windows 7
Setting up and accesing an SMB share in Windows 7 There are a few ways that you can set up an SMB share in Windows 7. In this article I will show you how you can allow only authorized users to access a certain folder over the network Let's get sta

How to use iSCSI initiator to connect to an iSCSI share in Windows 7
Setting up an iSCSI initiator to connect to an iSCSI Target Before I begin I would like to explain a few things for those new to iSCSI, some of you might be wondering what the heck is an iSCSI initiator. In simple terms it is like a network share i

How to connect ESXi 5 to an iSCSI Target set up with openfiler 2.99
Setting up Openfiler 2.99 iSCSI Storage I have been playng around with ESXi lately and to take advantage of it's more advanced features I had to set up shared stoarge. I have hard good things about Opnefiler and they just released a new version 2.

How to manually create a Windows 7 bootable USB flash drive with Diskpart
Easy step-by-step guide to make a Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows Server 2008 R2 boot from a USB flash drive. Complete section I and II and anjoy your bootable USB flash drive. Section I (DISKPART): Click on the Start button and type in Diskp

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My pick of the top Windows run commands and keyboard shortcuts (Including Godmode)
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Boot Openfiler 2.99 from a USB flash drive
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How to fix a missing DLL or EXE file in Windows XP
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Step-by-step guide how to set up SMB file sharing in Windows 7
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How to connect ESXi 5 to an iSCSI Target set up with openfiler 2.99
Setting up Openfiler 2.99 iSCSI Storage I have been playng around with ESXi lately and to take advantage of it’s more advanced features I had to set up shared stoarge. I have hard good things about Opnefiler and they just released a new version 2.99 which is pretty simple to set up. In the below [...]

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How to set up an FTP Server on your own computer
I have been working on a little project recently where a client asked me if there was a program that would allow him to access his local files at the office remotely while on the road or from another location. The first thing that came to mind was that we can set up an ftp [...]

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How to install a Linux operating system and boot from a USB flash drive?
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How to disable the Found New Hardware Wizard in Windows XP
Disabling the Found New Hardware Wizard There may be times where you want to disable the Foud New Hardware wizard in Windows XP or Server 2003, either because the device in you system does not have drivers for Windows XP or everything is working fine and you just don’t care to install any new drivers. [...]

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