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Autostart a Virtualbox VM in Windows 7 the Easy Way

I’ve seen a few tutorials out there about setting up a headless Virtualbox service in windows in order to autostart a VM and wasted a few hours of my life following pages of instructions ending in giving up. I recently … Continue reading

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Synchronize save games between windows computers. Cloud save games with Dropbox. [Minecraft/Dragon Age]

Steam Cloud in games like Valve’s Half Life franchise and Torchlight is really handy for synchronizing save games across laptops/desktops or work computers. But I want it in more games! So I did it my self with some easy symbolic … Continue reading

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Spamato vs SpamBayes [Win7]

Which spam prevention product wins: SpamBayes vs Spamato? SpamBayes is the clear winner in my mind. I used Spamato with my outlook 2007 first and recently switched to Spambayes because Spamato simply wouldn’t work with Windows 7 even after going … Continue reading

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Outlook 2007: None of the Authentication Methods Supported By This Client Are Supported By Your Server

Can’t send from certain locations and keep having to turn on/off outgoing server SMTP Authentication in outlook 2007? You might see this error too: “None of the Authentication Methods Supported By This Client Are Supported By Your Server” My Answer: … Continue reading

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Windows 7 – What I do after installing

I thought I’d make a list of applications I usually need after a fresh windows install and what order I install them in. Since this time I’m using Windows 7 (W7) Beta I’ll be commenting about major differences I take … Continue reading

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