VMWare and Microsoft offer competing products to build, run, and manage virtual machines (ex. Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare Server).  Both products store virtual machine configuration and data in their own proprietary formats (ex. VMDK vs VHD) preventing you from running a virtual machine in one product (ex. Hyper-V)  that was created in another (VMWare Server).  This article outlines how to migrate a VMWare virtual machine to a Microsoft Hyper-V server: Shutdown your VMWare VM and remove it fro...

The iPhone comes with a yellow backgrounded text editor called Notes.  Most text editors in my experience (notepad, wordpad, Word, etc) have white backgrounds that are visually easier to work with than yellow backgrounds.  Unfortunately, Apple does not provide an out of the box way to change the background of the Notes app.  This article outlines how to change the Notes application background from yellow to white. Note: The instructions in this article should also work for the iPad. Jailbre...

Years ago, Pandora was an add-free  music service that allowed you to create and customize your own radio stations.  Today, Pandora has popup ads, audio ads, and full page ads that are designed to be unobtrusive but ultimately just annoy.  This article shows you how to easily remove Pandora ads from your iPhone 4. Method 1: Closing Popups Pandora’s popup ads can be closed by simply clicking the circled X in the left corner of the ad. The ad will not reappear for the remainder of the ...

Power efficiency of your computer is typically important for two reasons.  The first is to keep electrical costs low.  The second is to maximize the time a computer can stay on battery (ex. laptop battery, UPS battery, etc).  Today’s computers have more components built in (ex. memory card readers, wireless, bluetooth, etc) and or connected externally (ex. USB devices, printers, etc) that will eat away at your wallet and or remaining battery life.  This article will show you how to you...

Compared to a typical online web site that contained password recovery services like Q&A, email resets, and worst case phone resets, Windows password recovery options are pretty limited.  Typical worst case scenario for lost Windows passwords is reinstalling Windows – a time consuming process which will likely cause you to lose data.  This article outlines how to quickly and easily recover lost Windows passwords. Use A Local Administrator Account If you forgot the password o...