nLite
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
I found this freeware gem while I was looking for an easier way to slipstream the copy of Windows XP that came with Virtual PC for the Mac so that I could use it in Bootcamp / Parallels / VMWare Fusion. In short, nLite makes it easy to slipstream service packs and patches for Windows, while as a bonus, it enables you to remove unnecessary apps like Windows Media Player, Outlook Express, Messenger, etc. It makes a bootable image that you can save to iso or burn on the spot. Here’s the feature list from the developer: (more…)






After a few days of running into sporadic IP conflicts within one of our sub-nets, it seemed likely that there may be an unauthorized DHCP service running on our network. There are a couple of ways one could troubleshoot such a problem, the first being to disable any authorized DCHP servers and attempt to release and renew the IP address of a workstation within the subnet. (if it renews you’ll have your culprit) This solution wasn’t very appealing nor was doing such a thing during production hours. The other option was spotlighted in this well written blog article by Chip Witt
There are handful of music blogs I read that serve up a daily or weekly selection of mp3s, some for download, some just for streaming. I really enjoying finding new music this way, but it’s a lot of work to visit each site, figure out which tracks I want, then download individually. And it’s always disappointing when songs I haven’t heard are no longer available or when streaming-only tracks are the ones I want most.







