Aug 10, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Install GUI on Windows Server 2016 TP 2

By default there is no GUI installed with server 2016 Technical Preview 2. If you have only installed the Core you will be at a command prompt after logging in. With many programs there will be a need for the GUI to be installed. One other option at installation is to select the with local admin tools at installation. This will only add ServerManager which will load at login, thankfully you can add the... read more

Aug 8, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Install VirtualBox 5 on Fedora 21

The latest VirtualBox has been released and available for use! Now it is time to get VirtualBox 5.0 installed on Fedora 21. In this post we will cover installing dependencies needed on Fedora, creating a VirtualBox repository and installing VirtualBox 5. Preparation First there are several packages that need to be installed on Fedora 21. You will need dkms, kernel-headers, kernel-devel, gcc.  When you... read more

Aug 7, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to Shuffle on iTunes 12.2

With the recent upgrades to iTunes 12.2 the shuffle feature we used to know and love is gone. With a bit of digging found several ways to get this to work. In Songs Mode. Choose “Songs” not “Artists”, “Albums”, etc. Pick a song and start playing. Hit the title of the song near the bottom. In the new screen, hit the Shuffle button. In Playlist Mode. Create a Playlist of... read more

Aug 6, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Remove Windows 10 Upgrade Popup

Windows 10 is out and like many others we have known about it for sometime due to the popup we have been getting after an update to our systems. If you are like me you just want it to go away until you really want it then get it. So how do we remove this un-wanted update. The first thing you need to do is remove updates that power these notifications. This is done in the following way: Open Control Panel... read more

Aug 5, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Enable Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008 R2

Ever wondered how or what you can delete from the C:\windows\winsxs directory without busting your Windows 2008 R2 server? We wonder no more, Microsoft has allowed this using the Disk Cleanup tool. In this post we will discuss how that is achieved and what is required and what you can do. The Disk Cleanup wizard that would cleanup previous versions of Windows Update files, KB2852386 adds a Disk Cleanup... read more