My Windows Home Server (WHS) laptop comes equipped with a 100 GB hard drive. The installation creates two partitions: System and Data. The system partion is automatically configured at 20 GB and the remaining 80 GB is for data. If you decide you need more disk space, you can simply plug…
Archive for January 30th, 2008
Jan30
Does your help desk need to stock up on Windows XP licenses?
Nobody has hired skywriters yet, but Microsoft intends to pull Windows XP from retail channels this June. We’re not using Vista right now, so I’m considering laying in some spare XP licenses. Should you stock up, too? If your office is anything like mine, you’ve decided to…
Filed in: Software
Jan30
Real World: Using Windows Home Server
I recently purchased a copy of Windows Home Server in order to take advantage of the functionality. I loaded Windows Home Server on a spare laptop as opposed to a server in my home office to be more “GREEN”. I simply added a couple of USB drives to accommodate for backups…
Filed in: Software
Jan30
New Apple Website Feature: Find Out How
Apple has added to its website with a new subsection dedicated to video tutorials called “find out how.” The section includes video tutorials for Mac OS X, Photos, Movies, Web, Music, and Documents.
In all, over 30 sho…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan30
Apple Updates iWeb to 2.0.3
Apple appears to be trickling out their software updates, with another update issued through Mac OS X’s software update today. iWeb 2.0.3 is now available through your Mac OS X Software update and is simply described as addressing compatibility with…
Filed in: Apple/Mac
Jan30
Change Management - a critical IT skill
When I interviewed for my current position as the IT Manager for a small business with less than 100 users, I was asked very specifially how I would handle difficult employees. Sensing a potential problem I clarified the question asking if they had experienced problems with employees not embracing new…
Filed in: Software
Jan30
Installing company software on employee laptops
While I was out of the office today, a Vice President walked into my assistant’s office and demanded a copy of MS Office to install on his new laptop. The laptop in question is not company property. It is a recent purchase for home personal use, probably for his daughter. The VP…
Filed in: Software
Jan30
IBM packages virtualization for SMBs
IBM is prepping its System I and P servers with virtualization software PowerVM to compete with the x86 servers in the market. An excerpt from InformationWeek: PowerVM is IBM’s established server hypervisor and related software that subdivides physical servers into LPARS or logical partition units,…
Filed in: Software
Jan30
Microsoft’s Ozzie is on the Mix ‘08 agenda, after all
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie will be speaking at the Microsoft Mix ‘08 conference, after all.
Filed in: Microsoft
Jan30
10 dumb things users do that can mess up their computers
We all do dumb things now and then, and computer users are no exception. Inadvertently pressing the wrong key combination or innocently clicking OK in the wrong dialog box can change important settings that alter a computer’s behavior or even crash the system. Nervous newbies are often…
Filed in: Security
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