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3D printers: 10 machines for home manufacturing

August 23, 2012 4:40am PDT

3D printing is becoming affordable thanks to the availability of home fabricators costing $1,000 or less. TechRepublic picks out 10 3D printers that won't break the bank.

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Five portable antivirus and antimalware tools to carry with you at all times

October 15, 2012 8:49am PDT

Jack Wallen lists his five favorite portable antivirus / antimalware tools - the tools you keep handy for that inevitable security emergency.

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Set up a free SSH server on Windows 7 with freeSSHd

August 7, 2012 11:21am PDT

freeSSHd is a handy little application. Learn how to use freeSSHd to get an SSH server up and running on a Windows 7 machine.

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10 Linux rescue tools for recovering Linux, Windows, or Mac machines

April 14, 2010 8:39am PDT

When you're dealing with a system that won't boot, you need a robust and dependable recovery tool. Here are a few Linux tools that might save the day.

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Install Windows XP in Windows 8 Client Hyper-V

October 11, 2012 11:39am PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to install Windows XP in Windows 8 Client Hyper-V virtual machine.

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Clone and move virtual machines in VirtualBox

June 14, 2012 8:46am PDT

Jack Wallen describes cloning and moving virtual machines in VirtualBox. He tested this process going from Linux to Linux, Linux to Windows, and Windows to Linux hosts.

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Step-by-step: Installing ESXi as a virtual machine

November 19, 2010 10:35am PST

VMware's ESXi hypervisor offers a very important lab and training feature. Virtualization pro Rick Vanover shows how to set up nested ESXi.

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Hyper-V Recovery Manager on Windows Azure: Game changer in DR architecture

May 7, 2013 6:00am PDT

HVRM is a hybrid service that leverages the Azure public cloud and allows you to manage the replication of your primary data center to your disaster recovery (DR) site.

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Create a test machine in Windows 8 Client Hyper-V

October 3, 2012 12:47pm PDT

Greg Shultz shows you how to setup and configure Windows 8's Client Hyper-V.

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How do I change the SID and computer name of a cloned virtual machine?

July 9, 2008 8:40pm PDT

In this post, Steven Warren will show you how to create a new SID and change the computer name of a cloned virtual machine.

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Backing up and restoring snapshots on Amazon EC2 machines

March 21, 2012 6:00am PDT

Nick Hardiman describes several methods of backups of your Amazon EC2 machines. He also details the steps for restoring snapshot backups.

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How do I... Connect a Mac OS X machine to a Samba share?

February 26, 2008 12:22pm PST

Working (or living) within a Linux-based network is become more and more commonplace. And with the popularity of Mac OS X rising, Apple-based computers have to play well inside a Linux network....

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Five power tips for using TeamViewer for remote support tasks

April 18, 2011 9:20am PDT

TeamViewer is a versatile remote support and desktop sharing program -- and it offers some features that other tools lack. Jack Wallen looks at a few of the best ways to put TeamViewer to work.

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10 things you should know about deploying Windows Azure VMs in a hybrid IT environment

April 17, 2013 10:36am PDT

Microsoft's Windows Azure Infrastructure Services is now generally available -- and its Virtual Network technology could be your ticket to deploying a secure hybrid cloud model.

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Extending partitions on Linux VMware virtual machines

July 2, 2012 5:21am PDT

Lauren Malhoit explains how she extended her Linux partitions.

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How do I quickly share Linux directories with a Windows network?

September 7, 2010 12:20pm PDT

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a share on your Linux desktop so that all the machines on your network can access it.

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How to create an FTP server on an Ubuntu 12.04 virtual machine

August 15, 2012 6:37am PDT

Lauren Malhoit walks you through the steps for setting up a Linux Ubuntu 12.04 server with a second hard drive as a VMware virtual machine.

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How do I convert VirtualBox files to work with VMWare Workstation?

September 2, 2010 8:35am PDT

In this How do I, Jack Wallen walks you through the steps required to migrate a VirtualBox virtual machine file to a VMWare Workstation.

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How to shrink a VMDK using VMware Converter

February 27, 2012 6:00am PST

It is easy to make a VMDK bigger, but not so much to shrink it. Rickatron shows how to do this task using VMware Converter in this post.

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How to create a new AMI from a snapshot and launch a new VM

February 22, 2012 7:29am PST

Nick Hardiman shows you the steps to taking a snapshot of your Amazon Machine Image and launching a new VM from it to build in redundancy for your service.

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