Whenever we take a look at the array of possible options available to set up our HTPC in a way that is useful and satisfying, we always look to establish parameters or ways to tell if the device we are analyzing is the best mini computer for that particular job. You might … read more
Perhaps you’ve been following our hardware reviews about amazing devices such as the Intel NUC or the Gigabyte Brix Pro, which are best used as home servers, where you can attach an external storage and just browse your media from a client device. Maybe you have a computer already, loaded up … read more
If you’ve installed Plex Media Server on Windows Operating Systems in the past, then you shouldn’t have any problems figuring out how to install Plex on Windows 10. This article is aimed at those who want to know how to get Plex on Windows and have never installed it, or those that … read more
Some times, you may wish to access USB drive in VirtualBox guest OS. If so, you are in luck. VirtualBox shared USB devices are quite easy to setup. We are going assume that you have already setup VirtualBox on your Windows or Linux host OS and VirtualBox guest additions on … read more
If you want even more features on VirtualBox than what Guest Additions offers then you will have to install VirtualBox Extension Pack. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu and Windows, install Guest Additions on Windows and Ubuntu, Setup Shared Folder, and Mount Shared folder on … read more
Having shown how to setup VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows, it is now time to see how to update VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows guests. One of the minor annoyances of VirtualBox when compared to VMware is that update method for Guest Additions (known as VMware tools). VirtualBox requires a … read more
You may have setup VirtualBox shared folder as we had previous described but you cannot use it or copy files to it until you mount VirtualBox shared folder on Windows guest OS. Setting up a shared VBox folder allows you to easily share files between host OS and guest OS. … read more
VirtualBox shared folders allow you to share files between the guest and the host OSes on VirtualBox virtualization software. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Windows and Ubuntu/Debian, and guest additions on Ubuntu/Debian and Windows. While VirtualBox Guest Additions increase the compatibility between guest and host … read more
If you want performance and convenience out of your virtual machine (VM) you must install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows. We have shown you how to install Virtual Box on Ubuntu / Debian and Windows 7, 8, and 10. But the vanilla VirtualBox has quite a few annoyances like inability … read more