In 1999, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced the Athlon line of processors. According to AMD, the processors, featuring Enhanced 3DNow! technology, were ‘the fastest, most powerful engines for x86 computing’. Sold in 1,000-unit quantities, the processors ranged in price from $249 for the 500MHz processor […]
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In 2001 , Microsoft released the Microsoft Office XP office suite. The XP version included enhanced features that enabled users to link to the Internet and collaborate with co-workers on projects. Learn more at http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/31/technology/microsoft/index.htm In 2005, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released the Athlon 64
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** This is a lengthy post with lots of pictures which are clickable to view full size. Following the included steps should take approximately 30 minutes, but well worth it! Your CPU must have virtualization support, which most newer CPU’s do but it may have
About six months ago, I was sitting on the couch surfing TV, the web, my phone, and Facebook simultaneously when my wife calls out from the other room: “What’s an IRQL not less or equal error?” ~blink~ Good question, I thought to myself as
If you have spent any time at all reading or talking about computers this term might have been mentioned, but do you know what it is? Do you know what it does? You will in a few minutes! A little basic motherboard information In a
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In previous posts we’ve discussed items that one should put thought into before installing Windows Home Server 2011 along with the decisions I made prior to installing the server OS. To continue on with the WHS theme I think now is a good time to
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