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Installing Windows 8 from scratch

In this post, I will not bore us with the concept and history behind Windows 8 but like some of us who are like me , I just want to go straight into the installation of Windows 8… “Brilliant ”. Setup...

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Install Windows Server 2012 on VMware Workstation 9

To kick start straight away the installation of Windows Server 2012 RTM on VMware Workstation v9, you will need to have had the following in place: - Installed VMware Workstation 9 - Downloaded copy of...

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Windows Server 2012 Launch Event Slides

This is a copy of the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 launch event slide show. Link to this post!

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Install Windows Server 2012 on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

In one of my recent posts I was able to install Windows Server 2012 on VMware Workstation v9. Now its time to test run the installation on Hyper-V. I will be enabling the Hyper-V role on Windows Server...

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Free Microsoft eBooks

Eric Ligman, Microsoft’s Director of Partner Experience posted a large collection of Free Microsoft eBooks which includes but not limited to: - Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - Programming...

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Assign a static IP Address to Windows Server 2012

Sequel to the installed Windows Server 2012, we need to assign a static IP Address in preparation for the installation of the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). - Log onto your newly installed...

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Adding Windows Server 2012 DC in an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 DC

As part of the series of Windows Server 2012 deployment, I will be showing us how to promote a Windows Server 2012 member server into a domain controller in an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 domain....

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Enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2012

To enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2012 for ease of remotely managing the server, the steps below is a quick outline on how to do this. Steps: - Log onto your Windows Server 2012, click on...

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Install IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012

This post is simply to show us how to install IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012 using the default settings. Steps: - Start the Server Manager - Click Add Roles and Features from the Manage Menu - On Add...

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Sysprep Windows Server 2008 R2

To sysprep a Windows Server 2008 or 2008R2, simply execute the sysprep file that comes pre-installed with these server of Windows located in Windows\System32\Sysprep. Steps: - Open windows explorer,...

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Add monitor for mission critical application service in Zabbix

If you are running a service based mission critical applications on a Windows server and you would like to be notified immediately when the application service(s) goes down, then this post is for you...

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Install Windows 8.1 on VirtualBox

With the recent release of Windows 8.1 preview by Microsoft, I have been privileged to be amongst the first to test run the Operating System and have a feel of what it offers. Since this is a preview...

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Installing Andriod Phone Emulator on Windows 7

If you are looking to test a mobile app and would like to test run it on an emulator, one of numerous options available is to use the Android SDK virtual mobile device emulator which runs on a Windows...

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Install Windows Server or Instance on Amazon EC2

In this post, I will be showing you how to spin-up a Windows Server machine on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). This post will get you started on how to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)...

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Install and Configure SMTP relay service on Windows Server 2008

There are 3 or more ways that can be followed to successfully install SMTP service on Windows Server 2008 R2. Most administrators use the ‘Server Manager’ GUI to achieve this. In addition to the GUI,...

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Download PopcornFx – Realtime Particle FX for games

PopcornFx is a realtime particle FX middleware for games. It’s made of a dedicated effect editor and a multiplatform runtime integrated into the game-engine. PopcornFx’s architecture and scriptable...

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Espera 2.12.4 Media Player for Windows released

Espera 2.12.4 recently released, is an open-source media player that plays audio files, YouTube videos, SoundCloud songs and has a special “party mode”. It comes built-in with some amazing features,...

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Atom 0.181 Hackable Editor released

Atom 0.181 just recently released, is a hackable text editor for the 21st century, built on atom-shell. Like other desktop apps, Atom Text has its own icon in the dock, native menus and dialogs, and...

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DigiKam Software Collection 4.8.0 released

DigiKam Software Collection 4.8.0 recently released, is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux, Windows, and Mac-OSX, which makes importing and organizing digital photos a snap....

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PhoneGap Desktop App 0.1.2 Beta released

PhoneGap Desktop App 0.1.2 Beta recently released, is an Open-Source framework for building cross-platform native applications using standard web technologies such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML),...

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