Windows
Network Throttling in Windows
by Bill on Dec.09, 2009, under Networking, Windows
With a little more reading, I ran across this in Microsoft’s Knowledgebase: The article is for Windows Vista, but it applies to Windows 7 as well. Basically, Microsoft throttles network trafffic to give better network performance to Multimedia apps…i.e. streaming video, etc. Read the article and then make the twek as you see fit. I set mine to 70 with no issues. Very noticable network performance changes. No reboot needed, but with Windows, it never hurts! 
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Windows 7 and the Mac
by Bill on Nov.21, 2009, under Mac /OS X, Windows
Well, with the release of Windows 7, I really wanted to see how it would perform running in BootCamp 3.0 on my Mac Pro. I had already been running the release candidate in a VM and it ran fine…I guess the geek in me wants to see it stand alone.
As I figured, it screamed on the hardware with 12 GB RAM and Dual 2.66 Ghz Xeon processors. I’m still going to run in it a VM though… It is just too much of a pain to reboot into one operating system and then into another.
Good FREE Defrag for Windows
by Bill on Sep.28, 2009, under Windows
Ran across this and it is a great find. It is an updated version of JkDefrag. Take a look at it here. The price is right!
UPnP Network Devices
by Bill on Feb.07, 2009, under Networking, Security, Windows
Decided to finish up a page on securing your home wireless router (DGL-4500). One of the items I wanted to highlight though was the use of UPnP settings in your router. This is not a good thing for the security conscious as it can allow a program to poke an unauthenticated hole in your rules… Take a look at this article on one example telling you how to do it. It shows you some specifics about doing it in Windows.
Windows 7 Beta
by Bill on Jan.25, 2009, under Windows
I’ve had some ups and downs with the Windows 7 Beta, but have it running now. At first I attempted to upgrade over Vista SP1, but it would never complete the upgrade. This just confirms…Always do a clean install. After installing clean (to a VM on my Mac of course), things seem to be operating okay. Not many issues…yet. I’m really curious to see how it performs connecting to my servers where transfers are concerned. Stay tuned for updates.
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Windows 7
