Author: sotech
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Windows 8 or 8.1 – how to change default program for opening files
Another Windows 8/8.1 question from someone who wanted to stop their OS opening PDFs with the default Win8 app and instead use SumatraPDF. Hit the Windows key to bring up the Start screen and type “defaults”. Then select Default App Settings and you’ll be presented with a screen showing a few common file…
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Windows 8 or 8.1: How to lock the computer or login session
Someone asked us how to find the “lock” button on Windows 8 the other day – it’s not under the “power” button, which only provides you with the options of sleep/shutdown/restart. Try this shortcut from anywhere in the OS: Windows Key + L Quick and easy – though not obvious!
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Pre-format checklist!
Formatting your system to reinstall or upgrade your OS, or to try a new one? Here’s a few things worth checking before you do… Export browser bookmarks Deactivate programs (e.g. Adobe CS*) Download updated drivers Check your Downloads folder for anything you might want to save Check your Documents folder for the same…
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Asus ASMB7-iKVM IPMI default login and password
In case you don’t like reading manuals before jumping in (or have forgotten) the default login and password for an ASMB7-iKVM IPMI card is: username: admin password: admin You can change this once you log in, and we would definitely recommend you do so – given the amount of control…
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Asus ASMB7-iKVM IPMI card review coming soon!
We finally have an ASMB7-iKVM card in-house for the new Haswell server boards: Expect a review soon!
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Gigabyte Brix: Which way up does the base plate attach?
If you’ve taken off the Brix base plate and can’t remember which way was up originally (it attaches with the arrow pointing in two opposite directions…) here’s a picture which should help: The handle in the base should be on the rear side (the one with the most connections)!
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Gigabyte Brix i5-4200 Haswell Review (BRIX GB-BXi5-4200)
Gigabyte recently updated their line of Brix mini-computers to Intel’s Haswell architecture (from Ivy Bridge). Today we have the i5-4200 model (BRIX GB-BXi5-4200) in for testing. Click through to read the review!
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Mediawiki 403 forbidden errors after upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10
A customer upgraded from 13.04 to 13.10 and their internal wiki was broken afterwards; for a simple Apache install where the wiki was installed at the web root and all access was via the LAN (thus they were happy with not restricting the access), the fix was to add: <Location /> Require all…
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In-Win H-Frame Mini-ITX chassis review
In-Win’s H-frame ITX chassis caught people’s attention in early 2013 for it’s striking looks, and today we got our hands on one to review.
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ZFS on Linux (Ubuntu) – arcstat.py is now available! How do you run it?
UPDATE: This information is now out of date, see new post here. One very handy ZFS-related command which has been missing from the standard ZFS on Linux implementation has been arcstat.py. This script provides a great deal of useful information about how effective your adaptive read cache (ARC) is. ZFSoL 0.6.2 includes it,…