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TwitterWhen ever you try and install a new feature on Windows 8 it tries to connect to the internet to check what else it might need to download. But this fails if you don’t have an internet connection and then it won’t let you install the feature. To get around this you need to : [...]
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Installing features in Windows 8 without an internet connection
November 14th, 2011 
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How to Boot from VHD with Windows 8 Developer Preview
October 9th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers I downloaded the recently release Windows 8 Developer Preview and was trying to work out which system to load it on when i found this article. How to Boot from VHD with Windows 8 Developer Preview. All the steps seems to work OK for me, but then Windows 8 didn’t want to install. Not sure, [...]
BCDEdit Command-Line Options
October 9th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers The boot.ini that was used on older Windows systems to control which operating system you boot into on dual boot systems is handled by BCD or Boot Configuration Data in Vista and Windows 7. To edit the BCD you need to use BCDEdit. BCDEdit Command-Line Options. and here’s an FAQ with some nice examples. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721886(WS.10).aspx [...]
Secret Items on the Windows 7 Send To Menu
October 6th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers you can create shortcuts in the Send To folder. Just type the following into the location bar: shell:sendto And then drag shortcuts to your preferred folders into this folder. Stupid Geek Tricks: Secret Items on the Windows 7 Send To Menu – How-To Geek.
How To Use a USB Stick to Install Windows Home Server or anything else for that matter – Using Windows Home Server
September 2nd, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers How To Use a USB Stick to Install Windows Home Server or anything else for that matter via How To Use a USB Stick to Install Windows Home Server or anything else for that matter – Using Windows Home Server.
Old Application Downloads
May 26th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers 
I found a great site last night called OldApps.com. It keeps old versions of applications available for download. I was having trouble with the new version of iTunes (10.2.2), it seems to have broken the ‘organize media’ function. I was able to download 10.2.1 from this site. I uninstalled 10.2.2, installed 10.2.1 and the organize [...]
Global Hotkeys for iTunes
May 25th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers 
Fantastic app! Simply runs in the background and allows you to set/use short cut keys for controlling iTunes. http://code.google.com/p/hktunes/
Microsoft Sysinternals
April 2nd, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers 
If you need to find out what program are running when you start your computer, a great resource is Sysinternal at Microsoft. They have a program called Autoruns that shows you ALL the programs and DLLs that are loaded when your computer starts and allows you to disable what you need, or rather don’t need. [...]
Windows Multiple Remote Desktop MMC Snap-in
March 30th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers photo © 2007 Patrick Quinn-Graham | more info (via: Wylio) You can now get an Windows MMC snap-in that allows you to easily manage multiple remote desktop connections at once. However it can be a little tricky to find, especially if you are running Windows 7 The file you need to download is here : [...]
OnLine Digagrams with Gliffy
March 30th, 2011 Malcolm Chalmers I wanted to create a quick diagram of my home network that other and was stuck on how to do it. We use Microsoft Vision at work, but I can’t afford to to purchase it just for a simple diagram now and again. So I did a quick search on the internet and came up [...]
