Windows tips and tricks to secure your system Windows tips and tricks to secure your systemAdd a legal notice to the Windows login screenWrite protect USB drivesDisable autorun in Windows 10 Using Ccleaner to optimise the registry. The free Ccleaner application is very useful for cleaning the registry. This application…
Read MoreVirtualisation in the modern world is useful for using spare server resources and allowing a server to perform multiple roles. This allows multiple virtual servers on one physical machine. Saving on infrastructure costs. A server machine can be a very expensive investment and if it can be used for multiple…
Read MoreThe Linux distributions that are in common use all over the world have many advantages over the closed source operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh operating systems, the freedom to customize the distribution and create your own version of the distribution is the key strength of Linux. The Ubuntu…
Read MoreWindows security on a local area network Windows tips and tricks to secure your systemAdd a legal notice to the Windows login screenWrite protect USB drivesDisable autorun in Windows 10Windows security on a local area networkStrong passwordsSecuring the Windows systemsPhysical securityEducating usersOnline security Strong passwords Enforcing strong passwords with Active…
Read MoreManaging Memory in Windows 3.0. Nostalgia Piece. Flashback to 1991. Although it is already a year old by now, Windows 3.0 is still a bit mystifying. it has tremendous power, but its plethora of options and configuration commands makes most people wonder if they are getting all they can get…
Read MoreWindows 11 lets a user link their Android phone to their computer. You may then access all photos and text messages over the network. Does this mean you could still access your Android phone if you left it at home over the Internet? But this is a very interesting Windows…
Read MoreThere are quite a few interesting command-line tricks for Windows. Create a folder named CON. This is quite difficult to delete. echo "hello" > \\.\C:\Users\shawn\Documents\CONecho "hello" > \\.\C:\Users\shawn\Documents\CON Another interesting trick is one. C:\Users\Dyatlov\Downloads\testing>echo "" > ….::$INDEX_ALLOCATION The system cannot find the file specified.C:\Users\Dyatlov\Downloads\testing>echo "" > ….::$INDEX_ALLOCATION The system cannot…
Read MoreThe MATE desktop that comes with Ubuntu is very amenable to customization. One cool theme idea is to try and make it look like Windows. There are Windows Vista icons that are very nice. They can improve the look of your desktop a lot. Download them here: https://www.securitronlinux.com/linux/files/Vista.tar.gz. That would…
Read MoreThe Windows Server 2012 and the Windows 8 operating system both have the same theme; a strange-looking motif that is rather like a squared version of the Windows Basic theme. It is strange on a server operating system that you would have this instead of a more serious Windows Classic…
Read MoreThe reveal stream for Windows 11 was embarrassing, this kept glitching and pausing. This is Microsoft in 2021? Useless at streaming and coding Windows. Most of Windows is legacy 32bit code that the current programmers do not even understand and cannot edit as the documentation has gone missing. So Windows…
Read MoreThis is the default Windows 11 desktop interface. This has a much lighter look than earlier Windows releases, they are going for a very bright and airy look. Contrasting with the dark look of Windows 10. I chose to install Windows 11 Pro and this will be fun to look…
Read MoreApparently, Microsoft is working on Windows 11. This might be a cloud-based version of Windows that makes use of Onedrive and can automatically save your work in the cloud. You do not need a full installation of Windows if you are only doing word processing or database work, that could…
Read MoreA disturbing amount of people do not know you can reopen your last tab in the Firefox browser with Control+Shift+T. If you use Windows you can drag and snap windows so you can work on stuff side by side. Apparently, pressing F5 on notepad.exe adds a timestamp to the current…
Read MoreHere is the source code to the Windows Program Manager, this is the main interface in Windows 3.1 and 3.11. This used program groups to organize various applications like Microsoft Office and accessories. As well as the ability to create your own program groups to organize your favorite applications. Download…
Read MoreWindows XP Notepad can automatically enter a date stamp when the text .LOG is typed in the editor. This is meant to be used as a sort of diary or log entry with time stamps. npfile.c772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786…
Read MoreThe only annoying feature in the modern Ubuntu release is the automatic updates, this blocks me when I want to install a package as the package lock is held by the updater. I wish it would pop up a notification or even a small progress bar on the panel in…
Read MoreI have come across a couple of unused Windows XP screensavers. These have never been seen by computer users before. They are Museum and Swoosh. The Museum screensaver is a 3d walk around an art gallery and random pictures from your Pictures folder appear on the walls like paintings. Below…
Read MoreWindows 10 still has some interesting features from older Windows versions like Windows `98. Apparently, it is possible to disable ACPI shutdown. This means the operating system will shut down to a back screen with the text “It is now safe to power off the system”. This is a setting…
Read MoreThe leaked Windows XP code is well on the way to being a complete leak. There are a lot of missing parts in the code that was shared by someone called NTDEV, but there is a community working towards completing the code and getting a reliable build of Windows XP….
Read MoreThe source code for Windows XP has been leaked, this means that any exploits still in the code are out in the open for all to see. Apparently a lot of things have been discovered already. Windows XP included an old, but non-functional theme called “Candy”, this was a Macintosh…
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