This is a video about how to deploy an image to your windows 7 machine from the FOG server. The client machine must be PXE boot compliant. This allows you to create a copy of windows and back it up. Then it may be restored to the one or many machines. FOG Project (http://fogproject.org) is [...]

This is a video about how to upload an image from your windows 7 machine to the fog server. The client machine must be PXE boot compliant. This allows you to create a copy of windows and back it up. Then it may be restored to the one or many machines. FOG Project is a [...]

This is a video about how to register computer (hardware) with the FOG server. It remembers the MAC address and associates an image with the computer. It also allows for the server to store tag numbers, hardware information, and associated users. FOG Project (http://fogproject.org) is a free imaging solution. To make a disk image for [...]

FOG project is a free imaging solution. This video shows how to make additional users on the FOG server or how to change passwords for users. It is used to make a disk image for a computer is to copy it’s hard drive while it is in a working state. Then if the computer should [...]

FOG Project is a free imaging solution. To make a disk image for a computer is to copy it’s hard drive while it is in a working state. Then if the computer should fail, you can always restore the operating system to a previously working version. If the hardware fails, this does not help! This [...]

A Media Access Control (MAC) address is burned into every network card made. With Windows Server 2008, it is possible to allow or deny a computer or client from getting an IP Address based on a list of MAC Addresses. This is controlled by the DHCP server and is a new feature in Windows Server [...]

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used to transfer files in a client/server model. The most common use for it is to transfer a made webpage into a server for a website. FTP is an old protocol that predates TCP/IP. It runs on TCP ports 20 and 21. 21 is the port that handles [...]

Installing SSH server on Ubuntu. I use a program called Putty to access the Linux machine from my Windows machine. Secure Shell (SSH) runs on port 22 and is a widely accepted protocol. It allows remote access to a computer, but it is command line only. Unlike Remote Desktop (RDP) which is mostly graphical. All [...]

This how to video shows how to grant remote access to your desktop using the free software from showmypc.com. In this tutorial, I use Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Vista, but this should work on just about any operating system including Linux and OS X. It uses TightVNC protocols to create remote connection. It allows [...]

This is a video about how to install Windows 7 on VirtualBox. VirtualBox is virtualization software available for Microsoft Windows, Intel Macs and Linux machines. It’s made to run on a desktop as it does not have the features required for a production environment. The good thing is that you can run it on your [...]

UltraVNC allows you to view others desktops, and is a free download for all Microsoft Windows operating systems. VNC (Virtual Network Computing) however is a protocol available for all operating systems. It is already installed on Ubuntu with the GNOME Desktop. It runs on ports 5800 and 5900 or ports of your choosing. You need [...]

This video shows how to convert an ISO file to a CD on a Windows Machine using a free tool called Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools. When you download an OS it will often come in the form of an ISO file, but it amazes me the amount of work that people go through [...]