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Tracking svchost.exe in Windows 7

Posted on February 8, 2010 by brimur

Just noticed this in Windows 7′s Task Manager… Under the Processes tab if you right-click a process one of the options is “Go to Services”, and it goes to the Services tab and highlights all the services using that process! … Continue reading →

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Window 7: Moving system folders

Posted on October 21, 2009 by brimur

Before installing Windows 7 on my home Pc I created two RAID arrays, the first was a 30GB RAID1 mirror for the OS and the 2nd was a RAID0 Stripe for (non sensitive) Data such as games, vids and the … Continue reading →

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Wifi: A 5GHz vs G 2.4GHz

Posted on October 16, 2009 by brimur

Here is a test I ran in work copying a file over the wireless network. I have an Intel 5100 AGN wireless card in my lappie and our wireless network supports both the A, the 5 GHz frequency band, and … Continue reading →

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Builtin free bandwidth monitor in Windows

Posted on October 7, 2009 by brimur

Someone asked me today for a bandwidth monitor for Windows. A few years back I would have used Netlimiter, FreeMeter or some other bandwidth monitor but since Windows XP and perhaps before, the Task Manager can be used to monitor … Continue reading →

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Missing option in Windows 7

Posted on August 24, 2009 by brimur

Something I just noticed. The remote computer Properties menu missing in Windows 7 but is available in XP….

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