I recently had a look at the Parental Control feature of OS X. This time round I’ll be having a look at the Windows 7 implementation of the same set of features and seeing how it compares to the Apple alternative.
Tag Archives: windows
Blank search pane in XP
September 30, 2009 – 10:13 am
We had a client with a strange issue recently which, given the number of resolutions we attempted, is worth a quick blog.
What’s a Window worth ?
September 11, 2009 – 3:10 pm
We’ve recently had a great period for OS releases. Windows is due out any day now, and it’s been in public beta for a long while, and OS X Snow Leopard has just been released with some nice, though minor, new features. All this new eye candy has led me to think again about the future of Windows.
Accessing the WID using SQL Management Express Studio
August 25, 2009 – 3:44 pm
We were getting some errors appear in the event logs of a clients SBS server recently, all of which came down to a minor tweak that was needed to be made to the Windows Internal Database.
How to create a secure volume with TrueCrypt (Windows)
June 8, 2009 – 3:50 pm
There have recently been a number of high profile data losses by big organisations, all completely preventable. The tools to secure your data, both on your desktop, laptop, or when sending data out of the building, are easy to use and free.
In the first of a two-part blog post we will see how to [...]
How to share calendars in Outlook 2007
June 1, 2009 – 1:03 pm
It’s often very handy to be able to let other users view your calendars in Outlook and even to make changes to them.
How to install the backup client (Windows)
June 1, 2009 – 10:24 am
1) Download the backup client from our downloads page. Choose to run the installer after downloading.
2) Accept the terms and conditions to begin the installation.
3) You will be prompted to choose an installation type. We would recommend a service as that will allow scheduled backup jobs to run regardless of whether you [...]
Windows Internal Database corruption
April 27, 2009 – 1:02 pm
We were asked to look at a server recently that was reporting problems with the WID (Windows Internal Database) not starting. This is also known as Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition or SQL Server Embedded. The SQL Server instance used by Windows Sharepoint Services was reporting some errors and in this case wouldn’t start.
Emergency Windows 2008 activation workaround
April 20, 2009 – 10:15 pm
I was in a tight spot one night after I decided to move a Windows 2008 based VM from a VMWare based host server to a Hyper-V based host.
This resulted in most of the hardware changing within the guest VM and in turn forced a reactivation of the OS. The problem was I couldn’t get [...]
How to manually merge snapshots in Hyper-V
April 20, 2009 – 8:08 pm
We are great fans of virtual machines here at G2 and we regularly use both VMWare and Windows Hyper-V to virtualise devices, particularly old legacy servers. Both VMWare and MS provide the ability to create snapshots of virtual machines, effectively saving the state of a virtual machine and it’s hard disks at a given point in time.
