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Website Grader: Free Website Analytics and Traffic Measurement Tool

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

How attractive and effective is your blog or website? How competitive and how popular is your website compared to other websites which have similar content? Looking for a way to improve the volume and quality of traffic to your website or blog via algorithmic search result? A new website measuring tool, Website Grader, can do the measurement work and assist you to improve your website.

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How to Bridge Virtual PC 2007 to Use Host Computer Wireless Network Adapter

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (update to Virtual PC 2007 SP1) allows the guest operating system in virtual machine to bridge its network connection with host computer existing network connection to connect to external local area network or Internet. The bridged network allows virtual machine to share the host’s network adapter to connect to local area network or Internet as if it’s using its own Ethernet or Wireless (WiFi) network card.

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Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) 2007 SP1 Free Download

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

With the release of Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP SP3, the free virtualization software from Microsoft, Virtual PC 2007 (VPC 2007) has also been updated and upgraded to SP1 version, a Service Pack Update release. Virtual PC 2007 allows a single computer to run one or more virtual machines each with its own operting system, giving user flexible and convenient way to maintain the compatibility to run legacy and custom applications in virtual machine with older operating system.

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Workaround to Run VMWare Server on Windows Vista

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

VMWare Server does not officially support installing on host operating system which is Windows Vista. The lack of support applicable from VMWare Server 1.0 to latest version 1.0.5 or VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 or later. However, the installation of VMWare Server can run and complete successfully. And more importantly, users can add, create, run virtual machines (VM) successfully. So do functions that associate with virtual machines, such as CD-ROM/DVD-ROM mounting, memory allocation, keyboard and mouse integration, and etc.

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User Name and Password Access Denied or Failed When Running VMWare Server 2.0 in Windows Vista

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The free virtualization software, VMWare Server 2.0 can be installed on Windows Vista as host operating system. After installing, user can double click on “VMWare Server Home Page” shortcut icon on desktop or in Start Menu to access VMWare Server Web Console user interface in a web browser. Users will then require to enter a Windows user name and password to login to VMWare Server web UI.

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VMWare Server Causes System Frozen, Hang and Unresponsive When Power/Start Up in Vista

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Windows Vista may become unresponsive, freeze or simply hang when users power on and start up a virtual machine in VMWare Server, especially on VMWare Server 1.0. When the symptom happens, the hard disk drive LED, which indicates hard disk I/O activity, blinks non-stop, signifying a lot of hard disk reading or writing activity and spinning. The Windows Vista system freezing or hang state normally lasts for few minutes, after that system will act as normal again.

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Order Hero Hack Pack with Free Open Source Tools

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

The words that least expected to be associated with Microsoft are probably free, giveaway, and open source. Determined to shake off the image, and get a share of pie in the open source market, Microsoft is now courting ‘hero‘, a term it used to describe people who does thing they love, and does it well. To achieve this aim, Microsoft is giving away Hero Hack Pack for free.

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What’s the Login User Name and Password for VMWare Server 2.0?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

VMWare Server 2.0 (currently in Beta 2 release) has departed significantly from legacy VMWare Server 1.0. It’s still a free virtualization software to users to create, manage and run virtual machines, but instead of usual standalone desktop (or notebook laptop) based application, VMWare Server 2.0 now runs solely on web-based management user interface, plus many other new features, enhancements and improvements.

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VMware Server 2.0 Beta 2 Direct Download Link with Serial Number

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

VMWare Server is a free virtualization software from world’s leading enterprise level virtualization development company. The new version of VMWare Server, version 2.0, has now available in Beta 2 release. The main change is that VMWare Server now utilizes VMWARE Infrastructure (VI) Web Access management interface, and has virtual machine console that independent of the VI Web Access management interface with resizeable console windows.

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