Windows 8 on VMware is a great way to run Windows 8 on a virtual machine. You can use the same settings as you would on your real computer, and the performance is excellent. The only downside is that you cannot use the traditional Windows search function, so you have to use something like Google or Bing. Another great feature of Windows 8 on VMware is that it supports Speedy Windows 7 Search. This means that you can quickly find what you are looking for in your computer’s files and folders without having to search through them all. You can also use this feature to easily share files between your virtual machines and your real computer.

Running Windows 8 in VMware

Chaotic Platypus writes in with this tip:

Great tip off Chaotic, for those readers who are VirtualBox fans you can read our guide to setting up Windows 8 in VirtualBox here.

I have the “Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64)” running w/o any issues now. I was not able to get the same process to work with Workstation 7, but it works great in 8.

Search Windows with AgentRansack

Jim writes in with the following tip:

AgentRansack is a solid application, thanks for writing in Jim!

Tweaking Zip Ties for Reusability

Bob read this read tip about reusing zip ties and wrote in with his own tip:

I just read the article about flipping the zip ties over to make them reuseable, here’s another way to reuse them:

It seems there is no end to the clever ways people can manipulate the simple zip tie. Thanks for sharing Bob!

The object is to disengage the locking tongue from the tang’s teeth that are holding it in place (not to shove another tie thru). Then while holding the “latch”, slide the disengaged tang past. Sometimes doing this pushes the locking piece a little too far, and it won’t engage again. Not a problem, just take the end again and push into the block in the opposite direction to push it back into position again.

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