A couple of weeks ago I picked up an Acer Revo on the cheap as a replacement for my old behemoth of a HTPC. The Revo is a “nettop” with netbook parts in a slimline case not much bigger than many routers currently on the market.
I picked up the basic version with 1GB RAM, and [...]
Also tagged acer revo, boxee, htpcWindows 7 Enterprise installs by default expect an Key Management Server (KMS) running on the local network by which to activate against. Hence when you try to activate an Enterprise copy from MSDN, it will fail with the error code 0×8007232B, as there is no KMS to activate with.
The keys generated by an MSDN membership [...]
I’ve just picked up an PAYG mobile broadband package from O2 with a HUAWEI Mobile Connect E160 USB stick. Expecting an effortless install I inserted the USB stick, ran the setup and got to the O2 Connection Manager menu, but the cellular network connection ‘O2-UK’ was missing. This was even after running “Install the USB [...]
Also tagged huawei e160, mobile broadband, o2I’m a huge fan of the docking feature in Windows 7 that allows you to dock windows to the left or right half of the screen, or to fill the screen, by simply moving the window to the left edge, right edge, or top edge respectively. What I didn’t know until I stumbled on it [...]
Also tagged dock, shortcut keysYesterday was the IT Pro ‘new efficiency’ launch for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010 held in Club Wembley in Wembley Stadium, London. Great first impressions, it was a fantastic venue to hold such an event. The conference was split into two tracks, client and server and there were some interesting talks in [...]
Also tagged exchange 2010, launch event, new efficiency, server 2008 r2