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How to Set up a Virtual Machine Using Microsoft Virtual PC

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 provides you with a platform to create and run more than one virtual machine (desktop or server).  Each virtual machine runs with its own operating system.  Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1 now supports Windows Server 2008, Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 operating systems, as well as all other operating system. Installation of virtual machines using Microsoft Virtual PC consists of the following steps:
  • Creating a new virtual server/desktop disk
  • Creating a new virtual server/desktop machine
  • Configuring virtual server/desktop environment
  • Mount of the image...

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What is Silverlight and why do we need it?

It is becoming increasingly common to find a message suddenly appears on our screens, urging us to install Microsoft® Silverlight® when browsing through websites, and in particular, when we are visiting sites owned by Microsoft. But, many of us are still unsure what Silverlight is, why we need to install it just to look at websites, and how it can be used to enhance our own website content and take it to the next level in technological advancement. Silverlight is a cross-platform, cross-browser, and cross-device free plug-in tool that provide .NET...

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Windows Vista User Account Control

User Account Control(UAC) is a Windows security module introduced first by Microsoft's Windows Vista. Lately come with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems. Its goal is to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by restraining applications access to standard user. So applications only trusted by the user may receive administrative rights, operating system can easily be protected from malware. User Interface Privilege Isolation is used in combination with User Account Control to isolate lower-privilege applications communicating from higher-privilege processes.

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Websense: ISA Differences and Uses

Websense is based on San Diego Company that specialize Web security gateway software. Websense clients - businesses and governments are allowed to obstruct contact to websites selected categories. A number of censure was received by the Company from civil liberty clusters for a ground that websense is providing exploitive system in a way that it restricts freedom of speech.

HISTORY Phil Trubey was the one who founded Websense in 1994. It was in year 2000 when it was exposed to the community. Apart from Web filtering, it is also recognized as Internet content-control...

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How Video Conferencing Helps Organizations to Communicate More Efficiently

Video conferencing is a technological tool that has been in use for a while now. Over time, it has greatly exhibited its usefulness in different fields when it comes to the quality and effectiveness of communication. Almost every medium and large level organization is using video conferencing as a means of conducting virtual meetings and communication over long distances. It has been proven to be cost effective which frees up an organization’s valuable resources to be utilized in a much more profitable manner.

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Major Functions of Windows Management

Windows Management is very basic thing for I.T users, whether they are basic users or professional users. In Windows Management, people have to keep their operating system in a very healthy condition by applying certain command and operation while working with any Windows Operation System. It includes the disk defragmentation, formatting storage devices, security and viruses issues, users account management, windows updating and much more.

While working in network environment or connecting with the internet, there are many chances to get viruses into any computer. However, it...

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What Makes the Difference between a Blog and an Article?

In writing the content for websites, there are two different ways of presenting it - blogs and articles. Occasionally, an article appears like a blog and so the content is identical to one another. It is not easy to identify the difference between these two types of written output. Before deciding whether it must be a blog or an article, one needs to comprehend the differences between the two forms of writing. Blogs have a tendency to have broader scope and can be gathered in an array of other criteria....

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Understanding Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

The technological advancement in information and communication technology has brought a number of advantages. There are no limitations to what one can achieve using internet technology. Activities, such as online shopping, online banking and video conferencing, was a dream several decades ago but now all this is possible at the click of a button from the comfort of your home or office. As a result, over the past few years, the application that is becoming popular increasingly amongst hundreds of corporate organizations, small to medium sized businesses and home users, is VoIP.

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What is Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)?

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a software provider for Microsoft Windows operating systems and software for updating services. The system works hand in hand with the public Microsoft Update website to provide administrators more control. Microsoft hot fixes and updates enabled on Automatic Updates distributions are managed through Windows Server Update Services. Commonly, Windows Server Update Services are used by almost all computer users with an operating system running through the Microsoft Operating System. The main requirement to have WSUS operate on your desktop or laptop computers is that you must be...

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The Three Main Types of Area Networks

LAN, MAN, and WAN are three types of computer networks. How did they come about, what are the differences between them, and how can you connect to them? Read on to find the answers to these questions. Local Area Network (LAN) LAN stands for Local Area Network. In this case, “Local” generally means within the same building. The most common network technology used on a LAN is Ethernet, which refers to the type of equipment used to connect the computers making up the network. As early as the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, various research labs and universities developed...

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