Tag: Software

Windows 3D Pinball on 7, 8, & 10

We all remember the good old times when the bundled games that came with an operating system were actually worth playing. Solitaire, Minesweeper, and my personal favorite, Pinball. Unfortunately a lot of these are missing from today’s operating systems. Most require an additional download or even cost a few dollars to get full access to. …

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Crashplan Review With Central Backup

Crashplan is a paid service that offers an easy means of creating an off site backup of your computer(s). For a monthly fee you can purchase different levels of storage. They have one small plan and then two more unlimited plans that allow you to either back to one computer or a few depending on …

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How to install DOS 6.11 and Windows 3.1 in VMWare

They may not be useful anymore but it is a great history lesson to go back and see what operating systems originally were. There are many ways to approach this old process but this video makes setting it all up in VMWare very easy.

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Stream Your Media Library To Your Phone/TV/Computer

It seems like our media library grows in size every day, we find new songs and new artists. We also now have many mobile devices and media playing gadgets. Most of us probably just use iTunes or even just copy and paste out music onto on phones and mobile devices. The problem with this is …

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Speed Test An Android Phone’s SD Card

Sometimes you may be interested in seeing just how fast your phones SD card is preforming. Or maybe you just bought a new SD card that’s rated at class 12 or something and you want to see if it is actually operating at those speeds. Well, there is a simple app that will do this …

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How To Turn A Laptop Into A Secondary Monitor

Laptop As Secondary Monitor

If you have an old laptop or even an old computer laying around, you can set it up as a secondary display for your main computer! I myself have an old dell mini laptop that I used as a secondary display for my main computer rig. This was accomplished with my network and a handy …

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