From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Free Tool – Suspend from the command line

September 22, 2009

I have a system task schedule that wakes up my system at night, runs a few backup processes…and then shuts the computer down.
What I really wanted it to do was to suspend, or hibernate. That way I can get back into my computer quick when I come back in the morning.
After searching around, I found [...]

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Get Windows Update on a DVD

September 16, 2009

I was reading an article at PCMag about PatchMateXP. They have had all the patches for XP on one convenient CD.
Unfortunately for PatchMateXP, this breaks a license with Microsoft and they shut themselves down before they got into legal trouble.
This got me thinking – is there a way to get MS Updates on DVD or [...]

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Windows XP vs Windows 7 – Who Won?

September 10, 2009

I installed Windows 7 on my ASUS Atom N270

Before I did that, I recorded how long it took to do a few things:
-Copying a 45 MB file over the network
-Boot Time
-Shutdown Time
-Memory used at idle, after startup
-IE Launch time
Then, after I installed Windows 7, I did the same, and recorded how long it took. [...]

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Network Administrator 3.0 Beta

September 2, 2009

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We have been hard at work building a new version of Network Administrator, and have been taking many suggestions from you.
Here is [...]

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Install Windows 7 from a USB Memory Stick

September 1, 2009

About a year ago I purchased a nice little machine from ASUS.
It is an Atom N270:

When I opened the box, the machine was preloaded with Windows XP. It performs well with XP, and has 1 GB ram, and a 160 GB hard drive. A big mistake I made was installing Vista on it – Very [...]

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