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Integrate a custom Shutdown menu into the Windows 8 Desktop context menu

April 4, 2013 11:53am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to tweak the registry and add a cascading Shutdown menu to a Windows 8 context menu.

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Shutdown Windows 8 from context menu

April 4, 2013 11:37am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to tweak the registry and add a cascading Shutdown menu to a Windows 8 context menu.

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Q&A

installing downloads

April 4, 2013 10:06am PDT

installing downloads i have just installed a new xp os ,but now when i download anything at all it wont install i get an error as follows expand.exe file is missing but when i do a search of files...

2 Started by jimbob6562 | Latest comment by TheChas

Discussion Threads

Track data usage on Windows Phone 8 with Data Sense

April 3, 2013 1:56pm PDT

Track data usage on Windows Phone 8 with Data Sense article root It's not built into Windows Phone 8 Data Sense is only included with Verizon branded Windows Phone 8 devices at this time since it...

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Track data usage on Windows Phone 8 with Data Sense

April 3, 2013 10:42am PDT

Jack Wallen discusses how to set up and use Data Sense to monitor data usage on your Windows Phone 8.

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Microsoft simplifies IE testing with modern.ie

April 2, 2013 7:41pm PDT

That bane of web developers, testing in IE, has had a little of the pain removed.

Whitepapers

Data Management Routing Protocol in MANET

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Providing Quality of Service (QOS) in a mobile ad hoc network is a challenging task due to its peculiar characteristics. This paper aims at presenting a routing protocol which identifies data...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security

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Performance Analysis of 200-Gb/s Low Complexity Transmission in Second Window

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

An optical communication systems operating at multi-Gbit/s, such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet are becoming increasingly important in Local Area Networks (LANs) and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). The...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

Whitepapers

Overcoming the Challenges of Database Patching in Production Environments

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The frequency and sophistication of attacks shows no signs of declining; and today’s economic climate does not allow for more resources to be applied to the challenging task of testing and...

Provided by: McAfee

Q&A

Window XP will not boot

March 30, 2013 5:22pm PDT

Window XP will not boot The XP logo comes on the screen and then it goes to the bios page giving you a list of different runs, but it will not open in anything, just goes back to the logo. We...

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Discussion Threads

Boost productivity with five cloud-based apps

March 28, 2013 2:48pm PDT

Boost productivity with five cloud-based apps article root Sorry, I don't get it I get (already have) Zoho, but the others, not so much. The others, ways to link up your cloud storage into 1 or...

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Blog Post

VsVim brings the power of vim to Visual Studio

March 27, 2013 9:18pm PDT

Learn how to put VsVim, an adaptation of vim that works with the Visual Studio IDE, into action.

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Use AWS CloudFormation to create a highly available cluster

March 27, 2013 12:40pm PDT

Nick Hardiman shows you the step-by-step procedure to creating a high-availability cluster for a SaaS app using the AWS CloudFormation template.

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Tips for configuring Boot Camp partitions for business users

March 27, 2013 12:38pm PDT

Erik Eckel makes recommendations for sizing Boot Camp partitions for Windows on Mac OSX, using second internal disks, and partition management.

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Discussion Threads

Restore Windows 8 with System Image Recovery

March 27, 2013 12:19pm PDT

Restore Windows 8 with System Image Recovery article root System Image? Do you create a System Image of your organization's systems? How often do you update those images? How often do you have to...

17 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by John94903

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Restore Windows 8 with System Image Recovery

March 27, 2013 12:17pm PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to use System Image Recovery tool from the Recovery Drive to restore your hard disk.

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Case Studies

Hyperlocalizer: Open, Flexible Platform Helps Web Curator & Localizer Add Customers, Expand Abroad

March 27, 2013 12:00am PDT

Founded in Sydney in 2009, Hyperlocalizer is a pioneering web technologies company that enables content publishers to boost the relevance of stories and video by localizing content to align with...

Provided by: Microsoft

Discussion Threads

Quick Tip: Invoke god mode to take control of settings in Windows 8

March 26, 2013 1:50pm PDT

Quick Tip: Invoke god mode to take control of settings in Windows 8 article root Configuration settings in Windows 8 Have you been frustrated by the lack of a central location for all of the...

29 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by ebob2k