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The World's Largest Data Center by OVH.com

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With a total of 8000 Gbps OVH.com builds a data center that will host 360,000 physical servers. Check the video below. Amazing.

Install Windows Server 2012 (Step-by-Step) with Video & Setup DOWNLOAD

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Hello guys, though some of us are already familiar with installation of Windows OS here is a tutorial for those who needs it.  How To Install Windows Server 2012. Now before we begin we need to know the prerequisite for installing Windows Server 2012. The Minimum System Requirements are; Proccessor: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor Ram: 512 MB Hard-disk Space : 32 GB Ethernet adapter: Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter DVD drive (if you intend to install the operating system from DVD media)  The following items are not strictly required, but are necessary for certain features:

How to transfer apps on Andriod phone-to-phone

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Hello guys, here is a way in which you can transfer any file on your android device including apps installed, from on phone/device to another. I would just keep this short, no stress, no worries required. Its easy. Follow the steps below to to transfer apps on Android from phone/device-to-phone/device ; Step 1 - Click the link or go to Google play and download Bluetooth File Transfer Step 2 - After installing it. Turn on your Bluetooth. Step 3 - Look for the Installed Bluetooth File Transfer app, open it Step 4 - While on the interface, click the options button on your Android phone. Step 5 - Go for more, and select "Send applications" We are done! Now you can send application from your android phone or device to another android phone or device

Top 10 Free Android Games

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Hello guys, no doubt Android is currently the worlds most popular smart-phone operating system. So not-withstanding taking the advantage of that, i have piled up my own personal Top 10 Android games.  Why i did this is because , from a personal experience, when i started using an android device with a huge internal storage, i had some much excitement, which kept me downloading games upon games just by looking at the ratings, at the end of the day i saw that some of them are not just worth it. So to help the Game lovers like me easily; I made this list of my personal opinion. I hope you like it. If you are accessing with mobile no need clicking the DOWNLOAD links just search them on Google Play App .  For those with the Laptop/Desktop you can easily click the Download button to get it.

Installing and Configuring WDS on Windows Server 2012

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Click to Enlarge Hi guys, here is another step-by-step tutorial with a video on how to Configure Windows Deployment Service on Windows Server 2012. Windows deployment services is a Microsoft Server service which provides minimum administrative effort preparing Computers in your domain/Network for use. In this tutorial we would be configuring WDS on our Server called DC1 which is also the domain controller of contoso.com. Roles required before configuring WDS are; ADDS, DNS, DHCP So since DC1 is already our domain controller, we have ADDS and DNS already installed. we just need to add DHCP and WDS .

How to install Windows 7 or 8 using a USB drive

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Click to en-large Hello guys, here is a tutorial on How to Install Windows 8 or 7 using USB device easily. Follow the simple steps to implement. Note: Your USB device must be up to 4GB or higher Step 1 - Download Norvicop Win to Flash HERE Step 2 - Extract it  and run WintoFlash.exe Step 3 - In the Windows path slection - Select your operating system from you CD drive or select your ISO image and select your USB device Step 4 - Click on create We are done! Now you can boot your System from the USB drive and install

How to Configure Internet Access For MTN, Airtel, Vodafone, Glo, Tigo & Expresso on Android Phones

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Hi guys, here is graphic-photo tutorial on How you can configure your Android phone for browsing the Internet on the mobile network you use. Meanwhile, this configuration is for Ghana networks. Who knows? it might work for you too. Just follow the steps below to Configure.

How To Access BIOS in Vmware Workstation

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Click to en-large Hi guys, here is an easy tutorial on how you can go into the BIOS and manaipulation your settings when using Vmware Workstation 9. Follow the Steps below or the video. Step 1 - Click your Preferred Virtual Machine , Mine is Windows 7 Step 2 - Go to setting -> CD/DVD(IDE) -> Use physical drive or Use Iso Image file , then browse for you Image file Step 3 - Click OK  Step 4 - Go to your left pane, right click your Virtual Machine -> go for Power -> then ' Power on to BIOS'

Install & Configure DFS Namespace and Replication in Windows Server 2012

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Clicks to en-large Hello guys, here is a straight forward tutorial on 'How To Install and Configure DFS Namespace and Replication in Windows Server 2012'. Before you begin this Configuration Make sure both Server computers are part of the same domain network. One would be the DFS Namespace/Repication Server and the Other server would be the Member Replication Server . Follow the steps below gently  OR   Watch VIDEO below I have Configured a Server computer called DC1 as a Domain controller contoso.com I would make it my main DFS Server with the steps below;

Install & Configure Active Directory, Groups & User Accounts on Windows Server 2008 R2

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Hello friends, here is another brief tutorial on how to "Install and Configure Active Directory, Groups and User Accounts on Server 2008 R2. As a Networking Engineer or Server Administrator, this is one of most essential thing you should get on your finger tips. It is the main ground of a Computer Network after connecting your computers together. Active Directory: (AD) is the central repository of all information and devices on a Microsoft Windows Network. Groups : Is a container created in Active Directory (AD) to manage AD resources within a less administrative time. User Account : Is an AD feature created for users to provide secure user authentication and  authorization to access network resources and to prevent unauthorized access. So therefore lets get Started! Watch the the Video below carefully, it shows us how to do it.

Install & Configure Windows Server 2008 R2

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Here is a simple tutorial on how to install and configure Windows Server 2008 R2 either on Hyper V or on you System. Follow the steps below briefly; Step 1 - Insert your Intallation disc Step 2 - Boot from the CD/DVD ROM Step 3 - Follow the foreground steps given to you by the installation prompt. If you are having some problems with the steps above. Watch the video below;

Upgrade/Migrate Windows Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012

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Hi VTBians, here is smooth tutorial on how to upgrade and migrate you Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 to Server 2012. A lot of people/business would like to upgrade their server system but would not want to loose all their comfigurations. So i presume here an helpful tutorial to help you Upgrade and Migrate without loosing your configurations. NOTE : You can use this same process to; Upgrade/Migrate Server 2003 SP1 to Server 2008 Upgrade/Migrate Server 2003 SP1 to Server 2008 R2 Upgrade/Migrate Server 2003 SP1 to Server 2012  Upgrade/Migrate Server 2008 to Server 2008 R2 Upgrade/Migrate Server 2008 to Server 2012 Upgrade/Migrate Server 2008 R2 to Server 2012 Following their precise Editions. Follow the Step below gently;

FIX: DVD ROM is not working, it spines and stops

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I got a request on the above headline few days back and have desided to make an helpful post on it. A lot of people get problems with their CD/DVD ROM day-in-day-out. I believe after reading this, you would confidently be able to fix anyproblem with you CD/DVD ROM. Now the target here is; My DVD ROM is not working, when you put a disk in it, it spines and stop. What is the problem. There are four suspects on this issue. 1) Your ROM might be weak at that moment, so you need to wait a while - 20mins and restart to FIX 2) The CD/DVD plate you incerted might have lots of scraches or damages, so you would have to get another one. 3) The CD/DVD type and the DVD ROM type are not compatible with each other. Below are the compatible ones;

How To Install Hyper V on Windows 8

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Hello guys, here is a tutorial which would help you in installing Windows built-in Virtualization software. Using Windows 8, you don't need any third-party virtualisation software to run other operating systems. Just follow the steps below to get it done. Step 1 - Go to Control panel Step 2 - In the control panel window, select Programs Step 3 - then select Turn Windows feature on or off Step 4 - A  dialog box pops-up. Move to Hyper V , expand it and check all its features. Step 5 - Apply and restart you PC. We are done! See a video tutorial by me  below;

How To Install Whatsapp and other Android Apps On Windows PC

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Click to view image well Hello guys, here is a quick glimpse on how to get Whatsapp and other Android apps on your Windows (XP, Vista, 7, or 8) PC. Most people like me dine and wine with the PC a lot, so its difficult to visit my mobile Whatsapp. With this tutorial, that problem would be eliminated shortly.  Follow the Steps below. Step 1 - Download Bluestacks for Windows HERE Step 2 - Install it Step 3 - Move your mouse to the Settings button at the right bottom of Bluestacks

FIX: Wmvcore.dll is Missing or Not Found Errors in Windows 8

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Hello VTBians, your search ends here. Have gotten a solution for How to recover your missing Wmvcore.dll file. Dont panic its just a Windows Media Player file. Follow the steps below and your done! NOTE: Dont go ahead download any DLL(Dynamic Link Library) file. It could infect your PC badly. Here are the fix steps Step 1 - Download this setup from Windows Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows 8 Step 2 - Install the step up, and restart  We are done!

How to easily watch YouTube Videos without Buffering

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Of cause, i know have got a lot of people like me out there, who hate 'that moment an interesting part of a Youtube video is about to show-up and it start buffering...keeping us on suspense' we all know the feeling. Now there is a simple solution to that. Youtube being the No.1 visual social-network in the World works with Google and now Google has help bringing a new feature called  YouTube Feather. YouTube Feather provides a portable layout to view videos on Youtube so easily. It turns off various AJAZ features on Youtube. Hence  you can only do following; Like/Dislike a video Visit a video's channel And Flag a video.

How to hide Whatsapp 'Last Seen' time-stamp for Android

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Hi guys, i would be showing you how to hide the Whatsapp time-stamp on your Android device. For iOs users, they can easily hide it through the advanced settings. Many Android users get into misunderstanding with themselves all because of Whatsapp 'Last Seen' day-by-day. Have got lot of friends in same issue. And now, its been solved. Here is how you get it solved. 1 - Go to 'Android Market' which is now called 'Google play' on your android device 2 - Search for 'Whatsapp Ghost ', Download it. And we are done. Now, anytime you need to reply your messages or just browse through your Whatsapp. Open 'Whatsapp Ghost'. If you find this helpful, please share. :)

10 Leading Tech Companies, Founders and Locations

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Had to put this helpful information together, it might be useful for most of us who lovecurrent affair. 1) Nokia:  Founder - Fredrik Indestam and Leo Mechelin Headquarters - Finland. 2) Microsoft:  Founder - Bill Gates and Paul Allen Headquarters - Redmond, Washington, United States 3) Apple: Founder - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne Headquarters - California U.S. 4) HTC:  Founder - Cher Wang, HT Chou and Peter Chou Headquarters - Taiwan. 5) Sony:  Founder - Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita Headquarters - Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

How to Disable Autoplay in Windows 8

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Your PC might easily get infected by viruses or any malicious program unexpectedly when your Windows 8 system has Autoplay Enable . This means any drive inserted would automatically play itself. The steps below shows you how to disable Autoplay in Windows 8 Step 1 - Make sure your PC is up and running Step 2 - On the keyboard, Press the 'Windows logo button' and 'Q' at a time.                (the search box turns up) Step 3 - Click on 'Settings' at the right top corner Step 4 - Type 'Autoplay' (Select 'Autoplay' when it shows up) Step 5 - On the windows that pops up, uncheck 'Use Autoplay for all media and devices' We are done! Please Comment | Share if it helps.

Next Generation Of Computing? - Check out PANDORA

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Laptop Or PC, You Decide PANDORA is a flexible laptop PC for the next generation. Through its flexible display and proper application of various technologies, this laptop PC can be applied to a number of interfaces smoothly. A shade less thicker than typical tablets, the device boasts of thin flexible battery technologies as well. A good hybrid concept for gen-next I love the new form and approach towards the design. Measuring only 9mm thick, it can be easily gripped and is convenient to carry. Materials used include fine porous grapheme materials, high polymer and silicon on the hinge part.

ServerCore Tutorial: How to make a Domain Controller (Full Commands)

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This commands work 100% for all Server Core version of the Windows Server Operating Systems. Am going to show you the initial configuration code to build you Domain Controller in Server Core. Step 1 - Change Computer Name netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:  <computer name> and hit Enter Note : You need to restart your computer. Type --> shutdown -r -t 00 /f  and hit Enter Step 2 - Insert IP Address Before you insert you IP Address, you need to know the network card interface name. Type the command below to see it.

Free Data Recovery Software, 100% Working

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Have you deleted your important files permanently from your computer? Well, Here I'll give you a powerful data recovery software. No worries its free and it works 100% You can restore files with the help of "Recuva" that have been accidentally deleted from your PC, Digital camera memory cards, MP3 Player, iPod, Pen drives, or Hard drives. It's a complete freeware windows utility software to recover files. Download the Software

Top 5 Computer Programmers in the World

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Programmers are Computer enthusiasts, who communicate with Computer system by writing codes, And they develop software for Computer. A programmer is also known as Coder, Developer and Software engineer. If we look at history, Ada lovelace (Ada Augusta) was the first programmer and she was student of Charles Babbage. Ada lovelace wrote code for Charles Babbage's Analytical engine. In 1973 Dennis Ritchie created  "C" programming language, this is the most widely used programming language. "I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a Computer because it teaches you how to think"- Steve Jobs Top 5 Computer Programmers in the World

FIX: Samsung NP300E5C Series BIOS Problem - Nothing Boots!

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Ok guys, a student of mine at NIIT Ghana brought me a laptop, which he formatted with Windows 8 and his not able to install some softwares after the format - I taught for a while and told him to go for a BIOS Update. Unluckily for him, he came the next class day, saying; "Sir, i updated and now my PC cannot boot across the BIOS anymore, when i press the power button, it loads the BIOS and shutdown." Meanwhile the Windows 8 installation is still intact on the system. And here is how i figured it out;

Top 25 People Who Changed the Internet Forever

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Top 25 People Who Changed the Internet Forever 1. Sir Tim Berners-Lee – World Wide Web 2. Vint Cerf And Bob Kahn – TCP/IP 3. Larry Page and Sergey Brin – Google Inc. 4. David Filo and Jerry Yang – Yahoo! Inc. 5. Bill Gates – Microsoft 6. Steven Paul Jobs – Apple Inc. 7. Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook 8. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen – YouTube 9. Linus Torvalds – Linux 10. Jack Dorsey – Twitter 11. Kevin Rose – Digg 12. Bram Cohen – BitTorrent 13. Mike Morhaime – Blizzard Entertainment 14. Jimmy Wales – Wikipedia 15. Jeff Preston Bezos – Amazon 16. Shawn Fanning – Napster, Rupture 17. Pierre Omidyar – eBay 18. Jack Ma – Alibaba 19. Craig Newmark – Craigslist 20. Matt Mullenweg – WordPress 21. Thomas Anderson – MySpace 22. Garrett Camp – StumbleUpon 23. Jon Postel – Internet Pioneer 24. Caterina Fake – Flickr 25. Marc Andreessen – Netscape Follow BrickClicks on twitter for instant update  Follow @VincentAyorinde

Introducing New VMware Workstation v9.0

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Hi there, here comes the new version of our indeed favorite Desktop Virtualization software which makes it easy for us to deploy different type of Operating Systems on our Personal Computer. VMware Workstation helps you deploy multiple operating system, and also allows you to run your favorite applicaitons in them. Here is how you Download direct to you computer. To DOWNLOAD for Windows click the link To DOWNLOAD  for Linux click the link

Introducing New ReFS For Windows 8/ Server 2012

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ReFS (Resilient File System) is a new file system in Windows after the normally known FAT (File Allocation Table) and NTFS (New Technology File System). ReFS comes with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. ReFS is specifically intended for managing extremely large data volumes. In extreme cases, if ReFS finds that it can't repair data corruption, it isolates the bad data away from the healthy portion of the volume to keep the volume online and available to users. Nice....

COMMON COMPUTER PORTS

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Get The Latest Microsoft Cetification - MCSA, MCSE - Windows Server 2012

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Microsoft Certification is the most popular and most respected Certification worldwide. I have come to realize that most IT personnels do not know much about Microsoft certification and are not properly introduced to it. Look, dear friend this is the Best Certification ever, it brings you the $$$..trust me! Here are the latest update of Microsoft certification i want you to go through and start writing today. Check them out gently below; Tutorials will be posted here in a short-short base soon .. Kindly Subscribe. MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Solutions Associate The foundation for your professional career Reduce IT costs and deliver more business value. Show that you have the primary set of Windows Server skills that are relevant across multiple solution areas in a business environment. (New to IT? Learn about MTA certification for new entrants .) Step Title Optional training Required exam Certification earned 1 Inst...

Assign IP Address in ServerCore

DHCP ADDRESS Type: netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”local area connection” source=DHCP NOTE: For IPv6 just replace ipv4 with ipv6 SET STATIC IP ADDRESS To see the network interface Type: netsh interface ipv4 show interface and enter. Look at the number shown in the idx column of the output for your network adapter. Type: netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”local area connection” source=static address= 192.168.0.1 mask= 255.255.255.0 gateway= 192.168.0.10 and   enter. NOTE : If you don't you have a default getaway then there is no need for you to bring the default getaway.  For IPv6 just replace ipv4 with ipv6 and the IP addresses put IPv6 addresses in there.   SET DNS IP ADDRESS Type: netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”local area connection” address= 192.168.0.1 index=1 NOTE : index=1 is the preferred DNS ip address and index=2 is the alternative DNS ip address. Verify by typing ipconfig /all and check that ...