The Windows 2000 and Windows NT 3.51 source code has leaked on to the Internet. This is a very interesting release of code. I wonder how much of this code is still in Windows 10. it is nice to look back at older releases of Windows and see how it…
Read MoreThe default installation of Ubuntu uses UTC time instead of local time to maintain the system clock. But this changes the Windows clock to UTC from local time when you reboot and this is very annoying. Run this command to fix this issue. jason@jason-desktop:~$ timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 –adjust-system-clockjason@jason-desktop:~$ timedatectl set-local-rtc…
Read MoreTo get system information about a Windows PC, use this simple command in CMD. systeminfo /FO CSV /NHsysteminfo /FO CSV /NH This should give the user a CSV formatted output that can be imported into a spreadsheet. Search a folder of text files for a specific text string. This is…
Read MoreThis theme I found is a very nice GTK theme for your Linux machine. This themes your desktop computer to look like Windows 7 basic. With a non-transparent Windows 7 styled GTK look and Window borders. Download the theme here. https://codeload.github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-7/zip/2.1. This is what this theme looks like. It is…
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Read MoreThis very simple .reg file will disable the caps lock key on your Windows machine. This will make typing less annoying when using the keyboard. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout] "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 Always back up your registry before using…
Read MoreThe Windows 10 operating system will soon have the ability to run GUI Linux apps on the Windows desktop. Is Microsoft trying to replace Linux installations with Windows 10? That would be very interesting. But there is already a Windows version of GIMP, this would imply that they want to…
Read MoreA new package manager is available for Windows. This is just copying ideas from Ubuntu and Debian. This allows the installation of software from a repository and install it on your Windows 10 computer. This works by running the winget install command to install a Windows package. Pity you can…
Read MoreThe source code for the NT 3.50 Build 782 (RC2) source code has been leaked. This is a complete archive of source code for the operating system, a very old version of Windows NT. Here is some sample source code from the CMD utility, this is CMD.C. \PRIVATE\WINDOWS\CMD\CMD.C1 2 3…
Read MoreThere is a very nice theme and icon pack I found that can make your Linux desktop look like Microsoft Windows `95. This is a nice change from modern icon packs. The old icons are very nice looking theme and is good for those of you who miss the old…
Read MoreMicrosoft is apparently planning to remove the option to have local accounts in Windows 10. This means that a user can only have a Microsoft account and Hotmail address linked to your Windows login. This on top of the many problems with Windows 10 and it is pretty clear that…
Read MoreThe Free Software Foundation have mailed a blank hard disk drive to Microsoft and is asking for the Windows 7 source code to be put on it and mailed back to them. Will this even work? The Free Software Foundation is urging Redmond WA to release the source code of…
Read MoreMicrosoft is putting anti-Firefox ads on the start menu. This could be construed as anti-competitive practice. They want everyone to use Microsoft Edge instead of Firefox. I bet they hate Google Chrome as well. But their operating system is plagued by buggy horrible updates that always break key components like…
Read MoreThe latest Windows Update KB4532695 is causing the Internet connections of Windows 10 users to drop out. This is embarrassing for Microsoft. They are so useless they cannot even put out a simple update without the Internet breaking or audio failing. They are useless. That is why Linux should become…
Read MoreWindows 8.1 at the moment is giving me a lot of problems. There is constant disk activity at 0.1 megabytes per second. This is very annoying, there are Windows services doing this, but it only recently started. T think it is better to use Linux instead, which does not have…
Read MoreSupport for Windows 7 is ending in 2020. it will show a full-screen dialog explaining the risks of continued use after this time. This is the risk of running Windows, but it is also a problem if a user had an older version of Linux installed and did not install…
Read MoreThe desktop environments of old were very fast and sleek. The operating systems as a whole, with the old INIT systems, would load very fast indeed. What has gone wrong with Linux? The introduction of Systemd has slowed systems down. That is a shame. they used to load quite a…
Read MoreThe new Windows 10 update KB4520062 Could Break Defender ATP, Microsoft Warns. This is yet another embarrassment for the software giant, they cannot even release a simple update without it breaking a key Windows feature. They should really create a whole new codebase and then use that to create an…
Read MoreI had problems installing .NET 3.51 on Windows 8.1, the downloaded installed kept saying that it could not access the Internet to download and install the files, which is retarded. So I put in the Windows DVD and used the command below in an Administrator Powershell session. PS C:\Windows\system32> Dism…
Read MoreWindows 8 is very fragile when it comes to getting malware, it is very easy to get a malicious program on it that can prevent it from running properly. And Windows 10 has compatibility issues with older applications and games. So there is not much choice when it comes to…
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