Here's Jim Collison's announcement of this Public Google Hangout Event at 9pm Eastern on Thursday, June 20 2013. The Hosts of Home Tech take a look at the New Preview of Windows 8.1. We will have demos and live screens shots with discussion around the new updates to the OS. h…
I've completed my initial testing of Windows 8.1 Preview, and I'm happy to say the installation was rather straight forward, seen in video below. As far as the actual procedure? Just be sure to chose Windows 8 64 bit as your OS for the VM, and it'll work just fine as-is, even the VMware Tools…
Here's Jim Collison's announcement of this Public Google Hangout Event at 9pm Eastern on Thursday, June 20 2013. Windows Home Server MVP John Zajdler and Paul Braren of TinkerTry.com, WHS Addins, Windows Server 2012 Essentials and R2 – HT123 You know any time we have Microsoft Windows Home Server MV…
Update Rollup 1 came out in February 2013, and I closely documented my experience with it. But there was a gotcha. I had used the method of connector installation where you skip the domain join. So, with the June 13 2013 release of Update Rollup 2 that I applied tonight This update rollup contains …
Given how much I've come to rely upon Windows Server 2012 Essentials for my daily PC backups, it was good to see the product line not only being continued, but growing in breadth and capabilities. And a bit of Hyper-V related news too, giving us a glympse of Microsoft's strategy going forward. We…
Why would you want to encrypt the directory where Windows 8 keeps its big honkin' Windows.edb file and index files? That directory is where the very handy "Windows Search" function keeps it stuff. And searching around for a bit on Google, I noticed there's little information about whether…
If you're looking to avoid domain joins, I have a write-up on the connector installation, Windows Server 2012 Essentials – Connector installation followed by this fix, Windows Server 2012 Essentials remote client loses its Internet connection, here’s your DNS-related fix and optionally, the icing on …
Wondering how long an overnight backup took? Or how it works, exactly? Dive in with me for a look under the hood, and you'll resurface with a better understanding of exactly how these backup tasks are handled. This sort of deep dive became necessary for me to understand how things were working, …
Whatever backup software you use, start by checking if you have a valid backup, from back when your Chrome bookmarks, cookies, plugins, and other "personality" settings were working, just the way you liked them. My own recent saga features another valiant rescue by Windows Server 2012…
"A problem well stated is a problem half solved." - Charles Kettering, inventor, engineer Itay, a fellow enthusiast and TinkerTry follower, and currently the top commenter at TinkerTry (click Activity here), sent in this interesting story. Itay tells the tale of how he solved his …
Usually, the server versions of Windows require a centrally managed antivirus solution. That also usually means the considerable cost that comes with such enterprise solutions. But what if you just want to find a basic antivirus solution that works on any of these 3 generations of products: …
On the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard, you can view the items in the DEVICES tab to quickly determine which of your overnight backups succeeded, and which failed. Despite how handy the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Health Report Add-in is, it doesn't tell you how many backups finished. S…
I've been looking for a way to avoid Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard warnings, nagging me about my Windows Defender definitions getting out of date on the dozen client PCs backed up daily. Fixing this, with automatic download and install of these definitions, could have the side-benefit of a …
Had an infuriating bug bite me recently, on my primary Windows 8 Pro 64 bit system. Get this. Desktop apps ran fine, including those that access the web, such as browsers. Very fast, quick start-up times, instantly online. Helped by a fast SSD like my 256GB OCZ Vertex 4. Here's the twist. Running a …
Forefront, remarkably, has worked nicely on Windows Home Servers since 2007. How to install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server v1 TinkerTry.com/antivirus4whs How to install Microsoft Forefront Client Security Antivirus on Windows Home Server 2011…
This article has been largely replaced by Dec 11 2013 improved version: How to make Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials client connector install behave just like Windows Home Server. Original article appears below. Here's a look at the installation of the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Connector,…
Today, Microsoft had some new Windows Updates, including the automatically downloaded bundle, announced at Microsoft Support: Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is available Article ID: 2781267 I've been heavily testing Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials and earlier …
It's been a busy month, with a tough, manual migration from an old-school Windows 7 32 bit ThinkPad T61 laptop, to a very new touch-enabled Windows 8 64 bit Lenovo Yoga 13. Given the Yoga has no Ethernet port in its slim, essentially sealed SSD only design, backup and bare-metal restore testing…
I've been given the opportunity to be a guest author over at IT Pro Guru Blog, by Systems Management Expert Dan Stolts of Microsoft. I've gotten to know Dan from the variety of virtualization user groups in the Boston area he and I attend, including Virtualization Group - Boston that he helps lead, …
Aug 26 2015 Update - Still works with Windows 10 running Outlook 2016 in both the preview and the released version, phew!), see details below. Nov 15 2021 Update - Still works with Windows 11 running Office 365 with Outlook Version 2110 (Build 14527.20234), see details below. Original article…
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller(s) + Wireless Gaming Receiver for Xbox 360 = PC gaming fun If you have an Xbox 360, you probably have extra Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers that you can pair with your Windows 8 system, for some fun. Read more about Apple Mac Mini macZilla and Lenovo Yoga…
There are a few applications and emulators that suffer a noticeable performance impact when you leave the Windows 7 or Windows 8 Power Plan at the default "Balanced" setting. I use a simple way to change my power profile to "High performance" for just such applications,…
Santa arrived a day early, with a Yoga joining our family of zillas today, ordered on Nov. 24, but arriving on Dec. 20, weeks ahead of the Jan 2013 expectations. Let's call it yZilla. It's really called a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13, which is really a convertible Ultrabook/tablet at 13.3" 1600x900 …
If you're lucky enough to have a laptop with a combined eSATA/USB port, aka eSATAp, then this $19.95 cable from Amazon might be of interest to you. Especially if you temporarily wish to try another operating systems on your laptop, without affecting the primary operating system in any way. Shared…
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After 6 successful years testing then shipping well over 1,000 Xeon D Bundles, Wiredzone had to stop selling them in mid-2021 due to cost, supply, and logistics challenges. So far, Xeon D-1700/2700 (Ice Lake D) was a minor refresh for 2023, with Xeon D-1800/2800 (Granite Rapids D) refresh looking a little better for 2024. More cores, but still just PCIe Gen4 and DDR4. Looking ahead, I'm glad it's Pat Gelsinger at Intel's helm. I'm also grateful to have had the honor of working at VMware when Pat was the CIO there. I'll leave it at that, given the whole Broadcom thing.
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