• Created on 6/3/13 by CaptainBlame

FreeBSD HTPC and Home Server This guide describes a step-by-step approach to configuring FreeBSD as a home server and an XBMC media player directly attached to your TV. The idea is that not everyone wants numerous server infrastructure at home, an all in one box with isolated workloads is desirable for people on a budget or those wanting to conserve space and electricity. Once completely configured, from an end users point of view, anyone non-technical can operate it as a media player as it will boot straight into XBMC and shutdown through XBMC menus, via an IR remote... read more

• Created on 5/17/13 by exzacklyright

The job of a DNS server is to translate domain names (like google.com) into IP addresses (like 209.85.135.103) and it does this for every new new site that you visit in the browser. Therefore, no matter how fast your Internet connection speed is, a site won’t load unless the DNS server has performed the lookup successfully. When it comes to choosing a DNS server, you’ve several choices. There are public DNS services like OpenDNS and Google DNS , or you could use the DNS Server of your ISP itself. To find your current DNS server, type ‘ipconfig /all’ at the command... read more

• Created on 5/16/13 by exzacklyright

As one of the top paid apps on android in the Playstore since I can remember, Titanium Backup has always been most users number 1 go to app for backups. When you open up titanium backup check and make sure it says you're rooted. Open up preferences and check dropbox/drive/box. Whichever one you use and put in your info for it. Click Schedules to routinely backup your phone. As you can see I have 2 schedules that run daily and 1 weekly. Why weekly you ask? Because if I flash my phone... get busy... and forget to restore my apps, I don't want it to run the scheduled... read more

• Created on 5/15/13 by exzacklyright

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator instance or connected Android-powered deviceNote: You must have debugging enabled on your Android device. Go into developer options and enable it! Your computer SHOULD install the drivers for you. If not after installing ADB, install them through the sdk manager. [[SPOILER]] ADB DownloadOnce downloaded, click install and pick the destination folder such as what is shown below.Open up Android SDK Manager and install the packages for SDK Platform-toolsRight click on my... read more

• Created on 5/15/13 by exzacklyright

Install this .reg file. To remove the "take ownership" install this. DO NOT take ownership of the Windows 8 C: drive. Doing so, could result in Windows 8 becoming very unstable. Then all you do is right click on the File, Folder, or HDD and click "Take Ownership". Source: EightForums.com read more

• Created on 5/15/13 by exzacklyright

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• Created on 5/15/13 by exzacklyright

Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool 7 USB/DVD Tool to make it a bootable usb/dvd. If it doesn't recognize the flash drive or doesn't work try formatting it with the method below first. First, open up a command window with administrator privileges. On Windows 8 you can do this by pressing Windows+X and clicking Command Prompt (Admin). "diskpart" "list disk". . "select disk x" (where x corresponds to the number of your FLASH DRIVE. Don't pick the wrong one!!). "clean". "create partition primary" "select partition 1" "active" "format quick fs=fat32" "assign" "exit" read more

• Created on 5/8/13 by dava4444

Hi This is my final lesson on computer building. Assuming you have read the lesson 2, I will continue verbatim. If as advised in in lesson 2, the many PC components, are assembled, fitted and are all ready to be connected ...we shall continue. The many components need power and also the ability to transfer information to one another, we do this with an assortment of cables. Don't worry, only the right plug will fit in the right socket. But also be careful remembering these plugs are only plastic and if forced they may break or be forced wrongly into the socket. This... read more

• Created on 4/26/13 by RagingCain

To begin with, you need downloaded and installed: Windows ADK. WinPE4 & DISM make this sooo much easier now, and support such a large variety of machines out of the box that it made me less Raging for the first time in a very long time. No need for 3rd party tools or guides (unless you get extremely fancy), straight from Microsoft (all of this material is straight from MS infact.) Guide to WinPE USB Creation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825109.aspx Once ADK is also installed, you will want those deployment tools from its folder on the External. They... read more

• Created on 3/23/13 by Jolly Roger

      If you need to ask a question about this guide it is best to message me directly or post in THIS THREAD.     This article is a beginner's guide to overclocking your recent generation nVidia Graphics Card.  I used this method to successfully overclock my ASUS GTX660 OC edition, but it will work for most GPUs.    *Please read disclaimer at end of article before attempting any overclocks.   The goal of overclocking your video card is to get more performance out of your hardware than you paid for. If you can get yourself a dozen more FPS then call... read more