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Webmin for Ubuntu Server 10.04

For Ubuntu Server amateurs, Webmin is a web management application that can greatly simplify administration tasks.  Below is a step-by-step guide to installing this handy tool.   1. From your command prompt, edit the APT sources.list file:     sudo pico /etc/apt/sources.list 2. In the editor, add the Webmin source and save the file:    deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge [...]

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Google Voice Invites

I have been extremely impressed with the functionality of Google Voice.  For those of you not familiar, Google Voice is simply a free internet phone service.  You receive your own phone number, voice mail box and a myriad of features that are both powerful and super cool.  There is one caveat, however; you need to [...]

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How-To: Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services

This is a step by step explanation of what I have done to setup Windows Deployment Services(WDS) in my work environment.  I have generalized a few steps to make it generic enough to work in any environment with a few tweaks here and there.  In this post, I assume you have Active Directory and a [...]

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Windows 7 – XP Mode – Configuring Applications

The final step in getting XP Mode working is to configure your applications in the Windows XP virtual machine that was installed in the previous post.  I will refer to the process we will be using as publishing because technically, we are publishing the application to Windows 7 via Windows XP.  The cool thing about [...]

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Windows 7 – XP Mode – Installing

Now that you have prepared your PC for XP mode, it is time to install it.  There are two pieces of software you will need to download first: Windows Virtual PC Beta - This is the virtualization software that is going to contain the Windows XP virtual machine that powers XP Mode. Windows XP Mode Beta [...]

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