Category: Computers
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Serviio Plugin Install – Stream YouTube and Twitch.tv/Justin.tv channels to PS3, XBOX 360, Android
Plugins for what? Plugins for Serviio offer support for all sorts of online media, most if not all can be downloaded for free from forum.serviio.org. In the video I demonstrate how to download and install a plugin pack called A.P.P, which is a whole collection of plugins. After the plugins are installed, feeds or web…
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Ultimate Serviio Media Server Setup Guide – Stream to PS3, XBOX 360, Android…(Video)
Running a media server? I have been running my own media server for a few years now and it really has become a part of our entertainment system. The Serviio application itself is completely free and allows you to stream all of your pictures, video and music from a pc directly to any DLNA supported…
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Setting up Remote Desktop for easy access via PC or Android (Video)
Remotely access any Windows box I think anyone who has had multiple Windows pc’s let alone servers could appreciate the ability to remote in to and control a particular machine like you were sitting in front of it. In IT this is pretty much a standard practice, it saves time and simplifies troubleshooting. In this…
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How To: Dell CS24-SC BMC iKVM Access, mount ISO remotely! (Video)
How it works Accessing the BMC on a Dell CS24-SC is as easy as opening a browser and typing in the IP of the BMC, that’s really all it takes. You may get a warning about the SSL cert being invalid and the connection is not trusted, which isn’t a big deal. The default username/password…
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My Home Server & Lab Setup (Video & Gallery)
It all started with a single ESXi host… This whole thing really started with a single custom built pc I made out of a spare motherboard I had. The intention with that box was to run a few virtual machines to play around with Windows Server and IIS 7, maybe even some Linux. One…
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Making bootable USB Drives from ISO Images in Minutes with Rufus (Video)
Rufus – Create bootable USB drives the easy way Ever been stuck in a situation where you didn’t have a CD-ROM available and needed to install an OS? Rufus is a free tool that makes creating bootable USB drives from images incredibly fast and more importantly easy. In just a few minutes you can be…
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VMWare ESXi 5.1 Install and Basic Configuration, Dell PowerEdge 2950 GII (Video)
VMWare ESXi 5.1 Hypervisor VMWare ESXi 5.1 is a fantastic hyper-visor it’s lightweight, reliable, efficient, Linux based and on top of all of that free. Not only that but ESXi is also capable of running a myriad of different operating systems from Windows to Linux to BSD/Unix and so on, making it perfect for a…
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Dell PowerConnect 5324 – cable tips, basic setup and configuration via Putty
Dell PowerConnect 5324 After realizing that I had out grown most common 4 or 8 port switches, and wanting more control over the switch itself, I decided that a 24 port-gigabit switch was what I wanted. Any higher end networking devices can easily add up VERY quickly, but that wasn’t in my budget for this…
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Must Have Software For Any Windows Machine
Whether you bought a new PC or are re-imaging an old one, there’s always those few pieces of software that you must have on every computer, the essentials when building a Windows machine. Things like plug-Ins, browsers and pdf readers. I thought it’d be useful to share my list of must have installs that I…
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DIY – 8GB Solid State Drive for $35
Introduction: For my lab setup I run a VMWare ESXi 4 server based on a Intel Core 2 Quad setup. The ESXi server software has a relatively light foot print and doesn’t require much space at all for the OS install. Because of this, installing it on a hard drive is usually a waste of…
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