QDSP-2050 Pentium P6200 Mini x64 Desktop PC
In my quest for a small form factor 64-bit machine to be used as a home server, I came across
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Windows Tips
Fixing PlatformNotSupportedException when running Window Communication Foundation applications
A few days ago when attempting to run a custom Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) application on a customer’s server, I encountered the
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Fixing video recording issues in Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows
In one of my projects, I noticed an interesting issue with Linphone v4.1.1 for Windows, a popular open-source cross-platform VoIP application. If I attempted
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Installing Microsoft Web Deploy on Windows 7
I recently attempted to install Microsoft Web Deploy on Windows 7 for on my BIS-6620 fanless embedded PC. After following the
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Habey BIS-6620 Intel Atom Z510 Fanless Embedded PC
I purchased the Habey BIS-6620, a fanless embedded PC running on an Intel Atom Z510 processor, from eBay for a cheap
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Data recovery after using ‘dd’ on the wrong partition
During my recent experiment with the Raspberry Pi, I accidentally used dd on the wrong partition and wrote the Pi system image onto
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Prevent Windows from auto-disconnecting Wi-fi when a VPN session is established
Perhaps this is the most irritating issue for VPN users on Windows. You connect to a Wi-fi network, establish a
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Fixing ‘Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms’ error during Windows 10 Installation
Well, I got this error during my Windows 10 installation on an Acer laptop using a bootable USB created using
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Fixing Window 8 hangs at “Preparing Windows” when attempting to log on
Recently after using Clonezilla to migrate my existing Windows 8 installation from a 1TB hard disk drive to a 256GB
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Fixing high Windows memory usage caused by large metafile
Shortly after installing a third party Windows service, the memory usage of my Windows 2008 R2 server suddenly went up
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Fixing BOOTMGR blinking cursor of death when moving Windows across different partitions
Recently I attempted to transfer the Windows 8 installation from my desktop machine to my Thinkpad laptop by using Clonezilla
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