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October 1, 2010  7:27 PM

USB Storage & Windows 7 ReadyBoost



Posted by: Nathan Simon
microsoft, paging file, RAM, ReadyBoost, usb 2.0, Windows 7

Windows 7 has a performance feature called ReadyBoost. This feature enables the use of a USB storage device instead of the slow paging file on your hard disk when you're low on physical memory (RAM). The logic is simple - the USB storage device is faster than your hard disk drive. In order for...

September 28, 2010  10:15 PM

TeraCopy – a Simple Copy/Move Utility



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Full Unicode support, microsoft, schedule, Shell integration, TeraCopy, unstoppable copier, Windows, Windows 7 x64

I have used TeraCopy in the past, since I enjoy using it I checked to see if there was an update. Sure enough there was. They are at version 2.12. You have to try this program out. TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user...


September 11, 2010  6:11 PM

Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle



Posted by: Nathan Simon
eweek, hdmi, internal flash memory, Kinect Adventures, Kinect Bundle, microsoft, release date, technology news, touch sensitive, WiFi N, xbox 360, Xbox 360s

Who all out there has the new Xbox? I bought one on the day of release, it was a huge step for me as i had the original Xbox that "R.O.D'd" three times on me, no HDMI, 20GB Hdd that could fit one game, it was pretty bad. So for all you guys out there that have been waiting for the Kinect Bundle,...


September 7, 2010  9:33 PM

Systinternals Update



Posted by: Nathan Simon
live.sysinternals.com, microsoft, procdump, process monitor, sysinternals, Windows

Here are some updates as of August 30th 2010... ProcDump v2.0 This major update to ProcDump, a tool that captures process dumps based on process CPU usage, memory consumption, and other behaviors, can...


September 7, 2010  9:23 PM

Acer and its iPad Crushing Plans



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Andoid, Apple, Channel Insider, Chrome OS, expandability, google, hdmi, Ipad, microsoft, SD, tablet, USB, Windows

Acer is planning on releasing many new tablets over the next year. Acer will be able to make a tablet in a variety of operating systems like Windows, Chrome, and Android. These Tablets will also have much more expandability, like usb,SD card slots, and HDMI out, the list goes on. We all know that a...


August 30, 2010  4:21 AM

Sysinternals : TCPView Update



Posted by: Nathan Simon
awesome apps, live.sysinternals.com, microsoft, sysinternals, tcpview, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

TCPView has been updated a few weeks ago, if you haven't checked out what's new, I suggest you do! TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows...


July 30, 2010  1:40 PM

SysAdmin Day!



Posted by: Nathan Simon
administrator, microsoft, Sysadmin, system administrator, vmware

Hey everyone, if you an IT Administrator of any kind, its SysAdmin Day! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/udhd9fmOdCs" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] So grab yourself a coffee, sit back, and administrator something technical! :)


July 13, 2010  3:09 AM

Update on Systinternals Website!



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Active Directory editor, measuring the memory usage of applications, memory analysis, microsoft, systinternals, teched, TechEd US 2010, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista

One of my all time favorite application suites is Sysinternals. Here is what's been updated in the recent past. Mark’s TechEd Talks Available Mark delivered four top-rated, top-attended sessions at TechEd US 2010 in New Orleans and they, along with all the TechEd sessions, are available for...


June 30, 2010  4:58 AM

Windows 8? Maybe…



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Aero, boot times, facial recognition, leaked images, leaked powerpoint, login credentials, microsoft, web camera, Windows 7, Windows 8

I stumbled upon this while searching for blog worthy news...

A set of PowerPoint slides that appear to contain details about the next version of Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows operating system surfaced Monday. The slides indicate that Microsoft plans to tackle the long-running...


June 25, 2010  2:29 AM

Bing isn’t that bad after all…



Posted by: Nathan Simon
BING, Google Search, Internet Explorer 9, microsoft, Windows

I stumbled upon this blog while surfing the net and thought I would share this users story. He used Bing for one full week, but ended up using it for two weeks and didn't really notice....

I switched the settings on my browser toolbars to make Bing the default and promised to spend...