Archives for March 2008

Windows XP OEM Activation

Ran into an interesting problem when imaging a Dell D510 and placing that image onto a Dell D630. It appears the Dell OEM version of Windows XP doesn’t like hard drive cloning. When you would attempt to run msoobe /a, the space where installation ID was supposed to be was completely blank. Attempts to change [...]

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Windows Server 2008 beats Windows Vista Performance

Someone dude from Microsoft took Windows Server 2008 and turned it into a viable desktop operating system. Performance gains over Vista vary in the 11%-%17 range according to to exo-blog.  This guy claims up 20% in his tests. – Soli Deo Gloria

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Fun With HP Printers

A few days ago I was seeing some weird messages on our HP Jetdirect printer. Doing a little Google searching I found out that it is possible to send messages to HP printer so they show on the LCD display! I found this utility you can install on Windows. Just install it, enter the IP [...]

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