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Continue reading →: Attempting to Restore an eMachine Using a Copy of the Recovery Partition
My wife’s older computer is an eMachine T3958. It hasn’t been used for a long time and is several years old. It was her primary desktop and eventually became my first home automation server. I moved on to other hardware so it’s been sitting unused for some time. I decided…
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Continue reading →: Using OS X Screen Sharing with a Mac Not Listed Under Shared
In some situations you may not see the target Mac listed under Shared in the finder. In addition, this tip is specific for situations in which the Screen Sharing service is known to work. Connecting is similar to accessing a Samba network share. In this example the target machine’s IP…
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Continue reading →: Accessing Network Shares from OS X (Prior to Lion)
Updated 08/15/2011: Based on the my blog stats it looks like many of you are hitting this page while searching for information on connecting to Windows shares from OS X Lion. I’ve found another resource that may be of assistance, though I can’t verify it: Access PC Windows 7 Files…
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Continue reading →: How I Made the Airport Extreme Base Station “Play Nice” with an ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router
A while back I discovered that the Airport Extreme Base Station wouldn’t properly handle an incoming PPTP VPN connection. Recently, because I moved my home automation setup to an ASUS EeeBox PC, I decided to switch back to PPTP by using an ASUS wireless router. My goal was to have…
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Continue reading →: Migrated from Mail 4.5 (Snow Leopard) to Outlook 2011
I’ve use a Mac as my primary desktop computer for several years. During that time I’ve stuck with using Apple’s Mail.app. Overall it’s been a good e-mail client. However, it hasn’t changed much since I started using it in OS X 10.4 (Tiger) up through 10.5 (Snow Leopard). It worked…
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Continue reading →: Mounting an ISO Using SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive (Windows)
Earlier today I needed to install some Windows software from an ISO image. The ASUS EeeBox PC doesn’t have a built-in CD/DVD drive. Rather than hook up an external drive I decided to look for a tool that could mount an ISO as a CD/DVD disc. It didn’t take long…
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Continue reading →: Text-to-Speech Voices for Windows
Over a year ago, when I was using a different Windows system for my home automation server, I purchased a third-party voice pack. The cost was around $90. I recently installed the voice on the new ASUS system I’ve started using. There’s not much to this post – it’s just…
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Continue reading →: Where Can I Find ImageX for Windows 7?
It seems that the imagex tool is only available as part of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). For Windows 7 the kit is an ISO disc image available for download from Microsoft. The Website reports that the download size is 1 GB, though my download currently shows that the…
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Continue reading →: Upgrading the RAM in the ASUS EeeBox PC (EB1006)
The ASUS is running Windows 7 just fine with only 1 GB of RAM but considering all of the various tasks I have this system handling I figured it would be best to max it out. This ASUS model supports a maximum of 2 GBs on a single stick. After…
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Continue reading →: I Can’t Upgrade to Lion (But I’m OK with It)
Updated 10/13/2011: Then again, maybe not… When Lion was released I was initially dismayed to learn that my iMac wasn’t compatible since it has an Intel Core Duo processor. However, the more I read about problems with Lion the more I think I’d be experiencing flashbacks of difficult Microsoft Windows…
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