I finally got my Canon iP1600 printer that's connected to my Server 2003 x86 machine via USB to work from my Server 2008 x64 machine and wanted to note how I did this in case I need to do it again in the future. From Canon's PIXMA iP1600 page select the Drivers & Downloads tab. From the OS drop down...
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Here's a question that I can't find an answer to. I've found a PCI bus card (TV tuner) on Craigslist that I want to buy. The seller says that they've got rid of their PC and now have a Mac and so don't have a need for this card. How can I find out if this card is working without lugging a PC around to...
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Over the weekend I was trying to install a few things on my Vista and Ubuntu Linux virtual machines. Both are 64bit VM's runing under Server 2008 x64 with Hyper-V. I ended up in the situation where the Vista machine lost its network connection and then wouldn't power down. It got to the point of almost...
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Notes about setting up Vista x64 as a guest virtual machine on my Windows Server 2008 x64 machine. The installation ran relatively smoothly. I pointed the Hyper-V wizard at the Vista x64 iso and the installation happened. The only tricky part was getting the network connection up and running. On Hyper...
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I've just built myself a new computer. It has 8GB of RAM, a fast processor and plenty of fast disk space and is running Server 2008 Enterprise. What I'm doing here is recording how long it takes from power on to windows loading to the sign-on screen. Because the system is new and fresh this time should...
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When someone asks me how long it will take me to do something my brain immediately gives me the best case scenario. If I'm being realistic I double that because of all the unforseens that make it longer. Last Saturday I went to Fry's Electronics with Rob and bought all the parts for a new computer. My...
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We've been having a problem that's been plaguing us for weeks and today we finally solved it. We have 4 Windows Server 2003 machines running a handful of web sites in a cluster being accessed through a non-sticky VIP (Virtual IP). Some of the web sites allow uploading of files to the server which saves...
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