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I recently completed a Lunch & Learn on how to EASILY take any number of still photos / graphics and add it to video clips to make a single video using just FREE Microsoft software. The primary tool is Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 and this course covers: preparation adding Read more…
Originally, this post was titled: “If you are planning on putting a couple of SSD drives in a RAID 1 (Mirror), don’t.” but after many more hours of calls to Intel and pages of reading I can safely say: “If you are planning on putting a couple of SSD drives Read more…
Intel recently released the new NM10 chipset which enables the newest Atom CPU’s, the dual core + dual hyperthread N550, which support 64 bit Windows. I already own an LG x110 with a very nice Atom 270 (roughly the same performance as the Atom 450) and I wanted to know Read more…
To be direct the answer is disable Samsung FAST START program. Samsung’s own software overrides Windows 7 POWER OPTIONS settings and greys out several options, including: REQUIRE A PASSWORD ON WAKEUP POWER BUTTON AND LID LID CLOSE ACTIONS POWER BUTTON ACTIONS SLEEP BUTTON ACTION FAST START is enabled by default Read more…
Seagate does not sell a 3TB external drive (as of December 2010) but I needed one. The only other drive today is Western Digitals 3TB but it is slower, and I am not a fan of Western Digital… oh ya, and the Seagate 3TB EXTERNAL was $40 LESS expensive that Read more…
Win 7 comes in many different flavours but in North America there are only 5. Quick Notes: If you are using Windows 7 Starter, about the only things you will find annoying is the inability to change wallpapers and that lack of Aero (the glass like window frames in 7) Read more…
Aero is the name for the Windows 7 interface (GUI) and Snap is the feature which resizes windows when you drag them to the edge of a screen. Personally I like most of the AERO SNAP features but I don’t like the one that kicks in when you drag a Read more…
This is the complete virus cleaning guide. There are many ways to clean a virus from your computer and I will list them in from the easiest to the most complex. Contrary to commonly held beliefs, there are MANY nasty virus’ for Apple Mac’s, iPhones, Linux and Unix, however this Read more…
by Ian Matthews – September 13, 2010 REQUIREMENTS: This will only work if your domain is running at Server 2008 R1 (with any service pack). If you have R2 of 2008, then you already have this policy templates and so this is a waste of your time. If you have Read more…
By Ian Matthews – September 13, 2010 BRIEF HISTORY: Under XP there was limited security on print driver installation by restricted users. Under Vista there were serious limitations put on Restricted Users which you could resolve easily via Group Policy. Under Windows 7, the same restriction applied but the security was Read more…
By Ian Matthews January 22, 2009 NOTE: The author will not accept responsibility for damages as a result of following the suggestions below. They are provided “as is” and you need to verify these facts with your Microsoft licence in your country Since the new licencing model release in January Read more…
UPDATE: SEPT 20, 2019 – We have a refreshed version of this article available: How To Control What is Starting Up Automatically In Windows We have a related article: Control What Programs Are Starting Up Automatically Using New Free Program From Microsoft Prepared by Ian Matthews June 6, 2010, updated Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews June 23, 2010 – Last Updated May 10, 2011 MARCH 2014 SEE: http://www.urtech.ca/2014/03/solved-how-to-add-drivers-in-wds-windows-deployment-services/ This is the followup to how to add drivers to a Windows PE 2.0 (Vista) .WIM file. Today I needed to add a network driver to a Windows 7 PE 3.0 Boot Image Read more…
Prepared by Ian Matthews Sept 6, 2007, Last Updated Dec 15, 2008 MARCH 2014 SEE: http://www.urtech.ca/2014/03/solved-how-to-add-drivers-in-wds-windows-deployment-services/ This is the shortest documentation I could create on how to inject drivers into Win PE2.0 (or Vista WIM file). The screenshot beside STEP 5 displays the 3 critical commands I used to Read more…
I created the following two courses for some of my clients in 2007 and revised them in 2008 and recently decided to make them available for free. Note that I am not a professional trainer although I have provided dozens of semi-formal “lunch and learn” type courses since the mid-1990’s. Read more…
By Ian Matthews December 10, 2007 If you have noticed that your Windows 2000, XP or Vista PC is running slowly and that SVCHOST.EXE is taking 100% of your single core CPU system (or 50% of your dual core CPU system), this is the article for you! SVCHOST.EXE is a Read more…