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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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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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Windows 7 – XP Mode – Preparing Your Computer

Before you can run XP Mode on Windows 7 you must determine if your PC’s CPU supports hardware virtualization.  Securable is a handy dandy tool you can use to find out.  After downloading the tool, simply run it (no installation required) and it will tell you what you need to know. If Hardware Virtualization says [...]

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