Best Windows 8.1 UEFI/GPT partitioning scheme. In this post, I will assume that you wish to deploy Windows 8.1 (or newer) to your UEFI computer on a blank GPT Hard Disk in the best possible manner. “Best” is a highly subjective topic of which you can write bibles and treaties about. My vision of “best” mainly (not always!) revolves… Read More
[SOLVED] How to correctly integrate Google Drive with "My Documents". Today I was messing with Google Drive and the Windows Libraries. My idea was to integrate both products so I could access my data from everywhere. If you want to skip the details and jump to the conclusion, please refer to the heading named SOLUTION (or How to correctly integrate your "My Documents"… Read More
2 Free Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Antivirus Solutions. By default, Windows Server 2012 comes without a security solution. This is especially important if you use 2012 as a robust workstation OS for your studying needs. So, to protect your time-consuming lab-rat experiments, you might feel left "high and dry". 'Though not everything is lost, since there are 2 hacks you might wish… Read More
5 steps to upgrade Windows 8 x64 to Windows 8.1 x64 for free. Microsoft-mas gifts. Microsoft was so happy about the Windows 8 success that they choose to gift us all with a new, improved Windows (or should I say Tileows?!) 8.1. If you are the lucky owner of a genuine Windows 8, you are entitled to a free Windows 8.1 upgrade from the Windows Store. … Read More
wuauserv, wuauclt, BITS & svchost.exe. An article that explains the meaning of the wuauserv, wuauclt, BITS & svchost.exe services.… Read More
How to overcome 2 Thunderbird naggies. Thunderbird Options: How to Open messages on a new window AND how to Enable in-body reply and forward.… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.5. [Bonus]: INDEPENDENT VMs! Once you decide your Child VM is "mature enough" to stand on its own (i.e.: you want to separate your Child VM from your Father VM, such as to create an "independent" VM), you can simply create a new "traditional" vhd, plug it into your Child VM, then a simple dd-magic command… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.4. Hi, hope you've followed my previous articles (over the last couple of days I've been pretty busy...), since this article builds on the previous ones. Just in case you missed them, here, have a look: The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1 - A Summary. Download the programs needed. Create the… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.3. Now it's time to create the Father Virtual Machine, install CentOS-minimal, then install the "Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V" component on it. First you'll have to create a New Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk Drive (the VHD), then a New Virtual Machine, based on your New Dynamic VHD Drive. New Father Dynamic VHD. From the Hyper-V… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.2 Assumptions. This guide is built assuming the following software: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled. CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso. Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V 3.2. Download CentOS-minimal. The first thing to do is download an updated CentOS-minimal distribution. I suggest you get the x64 build because Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 works natively on… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1. Intro. This article series is related to my latest speech at the Linux SA Meeting on Tuesday May 15th, somehow related to my previous post about CentOS Networking configuration ([SOLVED] CentOS 6 networking and Hyper-V) and to my recently released VHD/Virtual Appliances (New Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal Hyper-V VHD - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance… Read More
How to manually Enable System Restore on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Detailed guide on how to manually Enable the missing System Restore feature on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.… Read More
Howto SSH from Windows to Linux without Password by using PuTTY. Very easy guide on how to access a generic SSH Linux server from Windows without having to type a Password and by using PuTTY.… Read More