Do you think no one can see your computer folders and files over network when its not shared? That is not the case. Any user with administrative access on your local computer or Domain ( if its connected) can access your whole C, D or other partitions without your knowledge and normal sharing. All partitions [...]
How to Disable Administrative Shares in Windows 7, Lets Keep Our Data Secret
August 31, 2010 By 4 Comments
Virtual PC 2007 vs VirtualBox 3.2, Which is the Best one?
August 25, 2010 By 22 Comments
This post is a small comparison of two free desktop virtualization software products Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and Oracle VirtualBox 3.2. As I’m running a desktop virtualization blog and having enough of experience with these both products, I’m sharing this from my experience and thoughts. You can leave your comments and suggestions also. Let’s not [...]
Update Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard to 10.6.4 on VirtualBox 3.2.8
August 23, 2010 By 37 Comments
This post is other part of Mac on Windows series in Sysprobs. The difference between other blogs and here is, I cover all installation steps clearly and post installation configurations including adjusting screen resolution, sound, networking and shared folders between Windows host and Mac OS X guest. This guide shows how to install and update [...]
Clone Virtual Machine in Virtual PC 2007 Within a Minute
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This simple method shows how to clone virtual machine in virtual pc 2007 within a Minute. Do you know what’s the deal in it? Cloning option is not available in Virtual PC console. So the following trick will help to create multiple VMs in short time and less disk space. We will use ‘differencing disk’ [...]
Fix it Now, Administrative Shares (C$) Not Working in Windows 7 Workgroup Computer
August 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
While I’m preparing a different post related to this topic, I noticed administrative shares not working in my Windows 7 workgroup computer. If the computer becomes part of domain, it started working for domain administrator, but in workgroup, no luck. After several tries and searches, this way helped me fix the issue. By default all [...]
How to Merge Snapshots in VMware Workstation 7
August 16, 2010 By 3 Comments
When ever you take a snapshot in VMware it keeps a separate VMDK file. Virtual machine will start running from that file and any changes after it will be keep on adding to snapshot file. Sometimes you have to merge these files to original base file or delete them. So, how to do it? Let [...]
How to Use Puppy Linux to Recover Windows 7 Files When You Can’t Boot
August 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
It’s always better to backup your data before do any re-installation or repair when Windows 7 crashed or can not be booted. How to do it when you can’t log in and see the explorer?. This small post shows how to use Puppy Linux bootable CD to recover Windows 7 files. I like Puppy Linux [...]
How to Install OpenSUSE 11.3 on Virtual PC with Windows 7 Host
August 13, 2010 By 2 Comments
Installing Linux Operating Systems on Microsoft Virtual PC is not very straight forward, because it doesn’t support officially. But this guide shows how to install latest openSUSE 11.3 on Virtual PC with Windows 7 host with a small trick. This installation is very easy with other desktop virtualization software such as VMware and VirtualBox. OpenSUSE 11.3 installation [...]
