Archive for 'Workstation'
Installing Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
This build doc demonstrates building a Linux workstation using Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop. Click here to watch video To obtain the installation media I went to http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download and selected Ubuntu 10.10 – Latest Version, 32-bit (Recommended) and pressed the big orange Start Download button The iso image is named ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso and is 709 MB Burn the [...]
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Windows 7: Changing Documents Folder to New Drive
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
In the previous document Installing Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), during installation we created a partition for the C-drive, and we created a new drive in Windows 7: Format New Drive Partition. No we are going to configure the Documents folder to point to the new drive so that documents are saved to this new [...]
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Windows 7: Format New Drive Partition
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
In the previous document Installing Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), during installation we created a partition for the C-drive, and we left a portion of disk space unallocated. Now that we have finished installing Windows we are going to format that disk space and create a new drive for storing documents. Click on the Windows [...]
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Windows 7: Checking for Updates
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
As soon as you finish building your Windows workstation, the first thing you should do is check for updates. Click on the Windows Start icon (bottom left) and click on Control Panel Click on System and Security Under the heading Windows Update, click on the link Check for Updates If there are updates available, click [...]
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Installing Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
In this build doc we install Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). Insert the DVD and power on the PC. You may need to enter BIOS to set the boot device to CD/DVD Rom. Depending on your PC this may be done by pressing F10 or F2 just before the system boots. Normally, it will tell [...]
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Installing Windows 7 Home Basic
Posted on 12. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob.
In this build doc we install Windows 7 Home Basic (32-bit). Insert the DVD and power on the PC. You may need to enter BIOS to set the boot device to CD/DVD Rom. Depending on your PC this may be done by pressing F10 or F2 just before the system boots. Normally, it will tell [...]
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