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Posted by Tim Bo On June - 23 - 2020

Hi, I’m Tim

Over the years, Rich has taught me a lot about computing and he still does. It’s been years since you read mintywhite Windows Guides (same for me.) I miss the community, free software and books etc.

I’d like to share what I’ve learned.

I’m not planning to write much about Windows but, if you use Windows, I’ll have you covered. I’ve set up a lab environment ready to get your home computing into the 21st century. Here’s what I’ll cover:

  • Home network equipment installation
    • Security (VPN, Proxies, secure gateways, firewalls, CDN etc.)
    • Reduce latency “at the last mile” — great for competitive gaming, video conferencing, live streaming etc.
    • 10 Gb compatible Ethernet installation
  • Home entertainment stack: NAS, media server, media providers, media players, sharing your media – great for movie, music, and spoken word collectors
  • Build your own home private cloud and integrate with public cloud
  • 2020 spec gaming PC build and configuration
  • 2020 spec NAS build and configuration
  • Capture and build telemetry dashboards and run analytics for servers, networks etc.
  • Home automation hardware installation and configuration

If you’re interested in learning more and contributing to the above, email me at

Take care and stay safe.

StickyPassword Giveaway

We are glad to announce that we are giving away five licenses to the fabulous password management utility StickyPassword Pro which we have reviewed earlier. The Pro license for StickyPassword, which would normally cost you $29.99, is being given away for free by Windows Guides in cooperation with StickyPassword. The licenses are valid only for one computer use. You can read more about this utility in our review of StickyPassword.

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Do You Have an iPad or iPhone?

Posted by Rich On August - 28 - 2012

I spend a lot of time out and about and am finding it increasingly difficult to get everything I want to done in my digital world when I get home in the evening. I got my first iPhone in 2008 and and am now on my third. The App Store works really well and I enjoy purchasing good quality, well supported, and frequently updated apps that help me get more done. I’ve considered purchasing an iPad ever since its launch but had a perfectly good laptop I could use. Now, my laptop battery life is just under 10 minutes and, rather than purchase a battery that costs about as much as the laptop is worth (or a little more), I bought a 16GB Wifi iPad.

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Learn New Tricks with Windows (Quick Tip) Guides

Posted by Rich On June - 24 - 2012

If you’d like to learn a new tip or two about Windows, you should check out our Quick Tip series. This collection of posts provides succinct information for every day PC tasks like setting Windows 7 as a Wifi hotspotcleaning your dusty laptop with compressed air, muting system sounds while you watch movies, and starting IE9 with InPrivate Filtering enabled.

Search quick tip posts:

http://www.mintywhite.com/?s=”[Quick Tip]”

Hint: Drag this link to your bookmarks bar to save it for later.

 

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3x 50GB Binverse Usenet Account Winners Announced

Posted by Rich On October - 6 - 2011

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 50GB Premium Binverse Usenet account competition. The winners are:

  • Vic Limbo
  • Piter Warezow
  • Daniel Alvarez

A BIG thank you to Binverse for supplying the accounts for the competition!

If you see your name but have not been contacted, please email binverse@www.mintywhite.com from the same email address with which you entered the competition and we’ll get you taken care of.


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