I am playing in my Win8 sandbox to create this post. That is the name I gave my computer when I loaded Windows 8 on it a just over a month ago. Gee, it sure seems a lot longer than that. Hmm… I don’t know if that is a good sign or a bad one. Here is the First Look. The OS seems to be running flawlessly except for one hardware problem. The OS doesn’t...
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Windows 8 First Look
For the last few days I have been entertaining myself with Windows 8 Release Candidate Beta. I installed in clean on my “play” computer where I have been running Linux. I named the computer “Sandbox”. It asks for a name when you install. A new version operating system, especially a pre-release version is too dangerous to install on a computer for which I must depend. That’s why I have the Sandbox. My old dependable “office”...
Continue reading...“Can you hear me now?”
In the last post I mentioned I would have to replace the wireless router/switch in my home network system. I just did that. I purchased another LinkSys (Cisco) wireless router, this time near the top of the line for non commercial routers, the EA4500. My old unit is the E3200. Both are nearly the same but the EA4500 has a bit more power and an extra radio channel. The set-up for both is also nearly...
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I had a 250 GB hard drive connected to my router via a USB port. It served me well as a place to store backups outside of any internal computer drive. It was always there and didn’t need a computer or another server to be running 24/7. It used the router/switch to do that. About two weeks ago my home network must have taken another hit from one of the many electrical storms here in...
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