Glo Networks Technical Blog (Glo Blog)

According to this link on an Microsoft blog they are about to upset a lot of Windows 7 users. In the next few days a Windows Activation Technologies Update will be released and it’s sole purpose is to detect 70 known activation exploits. So if you’ve hacked / crack Windows to keep it working you may fid it’s about to break.

Of course those that have paid for a legit copy of Windows 7 need worry about nothing but if you have a problem in the next few days give us a shout and we’ll get you sorted (the right way).

Posted by Chris in Desktops and Laptops, Operating Systems | No Comments »

Anyone that does work on networks will at least a little but understand subnets. In days gone by people would work out subnets on scientific calculators. Now there are a multitude of websites offering different ways to do it.

The website we use is subnet-calculator.com, not very pretty by does exactly what you want in a clear interface.

Posted by Chris in Operating Systems, Operating Systems | No Comments »

Is this ready for a the first service pack for Windows or more likely Windows 8 is moving along nicely ? Nothing in puters stands still for long (phew).

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Core Parking is a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 designed to cut energy usage without impacting on system performance.

Made for systems with multi-core processors, it is able to reduce energy consumption by moving all processing to just a few of the cores (or even just one) if they are able to handle the load, and putting the other cores into a ‘Parked’ or inactive state. While in this parked state the cores use less energy but are still ready to resume normal use pretty much instantly!

The energy savings when dealing with systems with 2-4 cores will not be too dramatic, however with more cores (Server 2008 supports up to 256 cores!) this could soon add up.

Posted by James in Desktops and Laptops, Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Servers | No Comments »

Apple have released a big update today with a whole range of fixes including one for the new late 2009 iMac’s video and performance issue, the update is 500MB do you might want to start downloading it.

Full details of the update can be found here

This is Apple’s first big update for Snow Leopard taking the version to 10.6.2 with more than 30 fixes in the list, we have already downloaded and installed it on our own Mac’s with no issues so far.

Posted by Dave in Desktops and Laptops, Operating Systems | 1 Comment »