How to Set or Make Printer Online in Windows 8, Offline Too

Are you new to Windows 8?, Have you started using it directly from Windows XP or Vista?, then you might be wondering how to make a printer online from offline in Windows 8. Usually printers go offline due to networking/cable connectivity issue, paper jam, out of paper or any hardware fault. It might come back to online [...]

How to Shutdown Windows 8 Desktop or Laptop Computer – All Possible Ways

Are you still looking for an easy way to shutdown Windows 8 desktop or computer?, here are the all possible ways to achieve that. Missing the Windows Start Menu/button was one of the main interface change in Windows 8 than earlier Microsoft Operating Systems. Without a start menu/button in Windows 8, it’s slightly difficult to [...]

OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware Image and How to Run it on Windows 8 and 7

This is a quick update for regular Hackintosh users who update to the latest versions of OS X in VMware. This post describes about working OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 VMware image and how to run it on Windows 8, so obviously it will work on Windows 7 too. If you have already followed our [...]

How to Create and Manage VM Groups in VirtualBox – Easily Manage Virtual Machines

If you are the person having plenty of  virtual machines in a single host machine with Oracle VirtualBox, then ‘VM Group’ will be very useful. It helps to arrange virtual machines in particular group (in a single area) and manage and work with them easily. This small guide shows how to create and manage VM [...]

The Essentials to Know About Optimizing Private Cloud Computing

Automation lowers the involvement of the IT department, optimizes the use of IT infrastructure and at the same time improves efficiency through a scalable, agile and flexible environment. But in order to achieve optimum output from your automation process you must add the layer of virtualization on top of it. Private cloud has given opportunities [...]

Step by Step Guide on How to Setup FTP Server on Windows 8

Do you want to configure a Windows 8 computer as an FTP server?, this guide will be useful to set it up easily with built-in Microsoft features. You can make any computer as FTP server by installing third party applications like Filezilla FTP server. But this step by step guide shows how to setup FTP [...]

[Simple Tip] How to Open img Files in Windows 8 without Any Software

‘img’ is one of the CD or DVD image file type like ISO.  Before Windows 8, we must have a third party software or tools to open img/iso files. But as a new feature of Windows 8, now you can mount and open ISO image files without any third party tools.  How about img files?. [...]

Oracle Solaris 11.1 on Windows 8 with VirtualBox Pre Installed Image – Download and Install

The power of virtualization is here, yes, you can run the latest Oracle Solaris 11.1 on Windows 8 or 7 PC. This will be an great opportunity to learn latest Solaris 11.1 with the same existing desktop or laptop without any additional hardware. This guide shows where to download the pre installed virtual machine image [...]