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Raspberry Pi – Root FS on USB Thumb Drive

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” – Isaac Newton Today I worked on resetting up my Raspberry Pi with a minimal image from Chris’s Digital Realm. I like this image because its very basic and does what one would want. Boot, and assigned an IP Address via DHCP, and best of all, fits on a […]

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How to remove Google+ hangout apps

Log into your Google account and find your way to your Google+ Next click on settings (gear icon), which take you into the accounts area Click on security, then click edit on Authorizing applications and sites Locate the Google+ hangout app you would like to remove (revoke access) Click Revoke Access The application should now […]

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Identify Microsoft SQL Server version & edition

I wanted to determine which version of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was running on one of my servers. So I opened up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and ran the following command as a new query window: SELECT SERVERPROPERTY (‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’) The following results are returned: -The product version (for example, 10.0.1600.22) -The […]

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PS3 Media Server – Simplified

Hello Friends This time around I will provide some details on setting up the PS3 Media Server software on your Linux/Ubuntu install. This time the steps have been simplified. So please follow my steps and you should be up and running in no time at all. Step 1. – Install Ubuntu Server or Desktop (I […]

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Cannot allocate memory Issue

There has been a few times I have seen this message. Each time it had to do with my moving files in and out of a mounted network share from my Linux box. Tonight while moving files around and doing some scanning. I found myself with the error above. After rebooting my Windows 7 host […]

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Install Windows 7, 2008, 2008R2, 8, 2012 from USB

This is a quick how-to on installing Windows 7, Server 2008/R2, Windows 8 and Server 2010 using a USB flash drive. The reason I do this is because of the speed and not having to use, or be bothered with burning a DVD. I will give you the steps I have taken along with some of […]