Re: [H] Win8 start menu replacement options
Excellent, I am still using it and as you said it is very close to the Win7 look and feel which is what drew me to it. (Also it doesn't crash etc) On 3/3/13 3:14 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: Just a follow-up on this...I'd been using Start8 on my PCs and Classic Shell (free) on my Server 2012 installations. On your suggestion, I tried out StartIsback...and it is definitely better. It is far closer in look and feel to the Win7 menu than the others. Just bought a 20-pack business license (allows for direct deactivations) for good measure. Thanks for the hint. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 12:03 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Graphics cards startisback.com start8
Re: [H] Win8 start menu replacement options
Couple of other options for you: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/461-windows-7-windows-8-restore-start-menu-taskbar-Gadgets.html Julian On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Bryan Seitz se...@bsd-unix.net wrote: Excellent, I am still using it and as you said it is very close to the Win7 look and feel which is what drew me to it. (Also it doesn't crash etc) On 3/3/13 3:14 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: Just a follow-up on this...I'd been using Start8 on my PCs and Classic Shell (free) on my Server 2012 installations. On your suggestion, I tried out StartIsback...and it is definitely better. It is far closer in look and feel to the Win7 menu than the others. Just bought a 20-pack business license (allows for direct deactivations) for good measure. Thanks for the hint. -Original Message- From: hardware-bounces@lists.**hardwaregroup.comhardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com[mailto: hardware-bounces@**lists.hardwaregroup.comhardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 12:03 AM To: hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.**com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Graphics cards startisback.com start8
Re: [H] Win8 start menu replacement options
There is a serious problem that needs to be addressed by Microsoft if there is this big of a need for a start menu on windows 8. On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Julian Zottl jzo...@radiantnetworks.netwrote: Couple of other options for you: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/461-windows-7-windows-8-restore-start-menu-taskbar-Gadgets.html Julian On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Bryan Seitz se...@bsd-unix.net wrote: Excellent, I am still using it and as you said it is very close to the Win7 look and feel which is what drew me to it. (Also it doesn't crash etc) On 3/3/13 3:14 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: Just a follow-up on this...I'd been using Start8 on my PCs and Classic Shell (free) on my Server 2012 installations. On your suggestion, I tried out StartIsback...and it is definitely better. It is far closer in look and feel to the Win7 menu than the others. Just bought a 20-pack business license (allows for direct deactivations) for good measure. Thanks for the hint. -Original Message- From: hardware-bounces@lists.**hardwaregroup.com hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com[mailto: hardware-bounces@**lists.hardwaregroup.com hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 12:03 AM To: hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.**com hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Graphics cards startisback.com start8
Re: [H] Win8 start menu replacement options
At 04:30 PM 04/03/2013, Christopher Fisk wrote: There is a serious problem that needs to be addressed by Microsoft if there is this big of a need for a start menu on windows 8. Ballmer has lost his mind or is over his head and it's going to hurt MS. The beauty of the 95 -- 98 -- ME -- XP -- Vista -- 7 path was that you really didn't have to relearn much of the interface. Win8 requires complete retraining. Why not consider a tablet, or a Mac, or a Chrome OS machine if you have to re-learn anyway? Stupidest move MS has ever made, and it's made some stupid moves over the years. They should have just started charging for Windows updates (say $5 a year) once your OS was two years old back with XP, and they could make the money they needed without forcing upgrades T
[H] Need advice on Windows server OS flavor for NFS
Need some advice on OS for my media server. I've been using Win7 for a while, but need to move to something that supports NFS. From what I've read, Win7 doesn't and won't. While I'm aware of the *nix world out there that might be an option, nearly all of my experience is with Windows and given that I really don't have time to learn a new OS I will need to stick with Windows. With the demise of Windows Home Server, I think my options are Windows Server 2008 or the new Server 2012 Essentials. What are the pros/cons of each? My media server does triple duty: it hosts the 20 TB of files for network clients (using FlexRAID), it acts as a HTPC frontend for the downstairs theater (using XBMC), and it serves as a ripping/converting machine (through RDP access to a second client session). I guess another option would be to separate out the fileserver from the frontend/ripping duties, but that would involve some major system reconfig and additional hardware that I would really not prefer to do. - Brian
Re: [H] Need advice on Windows server OS flavor for NFS
If you don't want to change much, check out freenfs. It will give you what you need. That being said, check out freenas if you ever want to seperate out your machines. It supports nfs/cifs(smb)/iscsi out of the box and can be expanded to include media server duties. Easy to use web GUI too :) Julian Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that ishort bus kind of way... On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com wrote: Need some advice on OS for my media server. I've been using Win7 for a while, but need to move to something that supports NFS. From what I've read, Win7 doesn't and won't. While I'm aware of the *nix world out there that might be an option, nearly all of my experience is with Windows and given that I really don't have time to learn a new OS I will need to stick with Windows. With the demise of Windows Home Server, I think my options are Windows Server 2008 or the new Server 2012 Essentials. What are the pros/cons of each? My media server does triple duty: it hosts the 20 TB of files for network clients (using FlexRAID), it acts as a HTPC frontend for the downstairs theater (using XBMC), and it serves as a ripping/converting machine (through RDP access to a second client session). I guess another option would be to separate out the fileserver from the frontend/ripping duties, but that would involve some major system reconfig and additional hardware that I would really not prefer to do. - Brian
