Free Virtualization Tools
It’s not uncommon for large organizations to have embraced virtualization, both in the testing environment and for production use. Many vendors have offerings that make it easier for smaller organizations, or individuals, to take advantage of virtualization too. In fact, all the major vendors offer free or personal versions of their flagship products. And you know a software technology has gone mainstream when both Microsoft (with Hyper-V) and Oracle (with VirtualBox) have offerings in the space. Continue Reading
If you’ve ever run a program that was designed for a different version of Windows, and experienced unexpected behavior, you may have found a resolution to your problem with Windows Compatibility Mode. In case you haven’t run across this helpful setting, take a quick look at it to see what nagging problems it might be able to resolve. Windows Compatibility Mode is software emulation; in other words, Windows simulates the behavior of a different version of itself to make legacy programs more comfortable with their operating environment. 
A powerful technology has been available from VMware for quite some time and yet it is not fully understood by many technical folks. A virtual machine clone, like the word suggests, is a copy of an existing virtual machine (VM). A cloned VM can take two forms: a linked clone or a full clone. Since clones can be created at any moment in time, they provide many unique opportunities for managing the virtual environment while accomplishing tasks in a more productive manner. This functionality can also be challenging if not properly managed. 
If you’ve ever had to work with Windows servers, or troubleshoot a problem with a Windows service, you’re probably familiar with the Windows Event Viewer. You may even have a few tricks of your own, like looking up Event Viewer error codes using Google. But you may not realize how powerful the tool can be, and what Microsoft has done to enhance it recently. Here is our Top 5 list of great things you can do with the Windows Event Viewer now. 
It’s easy to see, standing in the electronics section of BestBuy or Sam’s Club, that 64-bit computing has finally arrived. When lowly consumers can readily and inexpensively purchase the “next generation” technology, companies can rest assured that the time has come to upgrade, swap out, retire, or do whatever is done with last decade’s computers. At last, CAD applications starving for memory will finally be fed and applications needing more speed will surely zip right along. 
