What is RAID 10, 0, 1, 5 and 6?

This document is reprinted from “Intel:Build a Real Server” section of a Microsoft “How To Technology Fair” handout dated Aug 2000. Updated by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technologies on August 28 2010 to include RAID 6. We also have a very simple explanation of SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FiberChannel updated […]

Invisible File Extensions in Windows

Invisible file extensions on Windows By Floydman, Bachelor in Computer Sciences floydian_99@yahoo.com Floydman@hacker.am May 7th, 2001 Abstract The goal of this paper is to present the research I made on invisible file extensions on the Windows operating systems. After I published my initial research material on various places on the […]

Windows 7: Whats New From Beta to RC to RTM Video

Click the following link for an excellent 10 minute brief on Windows 7 changes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/dd758778.aspx?ITPID=tnflash Also, MS has produced a small (and very incomplete) set of pages explaining some of the enhancements in 7. What’s New in AppLocker What’s New in Biometrics What’s New in Certificates What’s New in Deployment […]

Managing Mac’s in Your Windows Network

There are two EXCELLENT articles from Microsoft’s December 2008 Technet Magazine on how to manage Macs. These articles are excellent because they are relatively brief, include useful screen shots and seem to encaptulate about 80% of what has taken me 3 years to learn! Managing Macs in Your Windows Environment […]

4.1 GHz Dual Core at $130 – Can it be True?

TomsHardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/ ED: The following is a summary of a 45 page document with excellent detail and graphics …The basic stats for this insignificant-seeming budget processor read as follows: Pentium D 805 clocked at 2.66 GHz, equipped with two processor cores both with 64 bit support. At your friendly neighborhood […]

Office 12 Preview Program Registration

microsoft.com Register for the free public beta HERE Command Tabs The traditional menus and toolbars have been replaced by a set of Command Tabs. Presented graphically, Command Tabs display the commands that are most relevant for each of the task areas in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Access. For […]