This theme pack is an archive of the hidden themes in Windows 7. These are extra regional themes. http://www.securitronlinux.com/maps/hiddenthemes.zip. Go here to find these extra themes. C:\Windows\Globalization\MCTC:\Windows\Globalization\MCT This archive might be useful to Linux users who would want the wallpapers. Below is an archive of all of the wallpapers and…
Read MoreI have just installed the Windows 10 15025 build and the bash shell. I have to say that it works way better than earlier versions. The apt update and the apt upgrade commands worked straight away. And ping works now. The networking is greatly improved. This is a good asset…
Read MoreHow to remote desktop into a Linux desktop with the xrdp command Very easy when you use xrdp. This is how to use the Windows 8 Remote Desktop client to connect to a Linux machine running Linux Mint 8. This is a way to remotely control a Linux machine with…
Read MoreGetting wireless network information from Windows 7 is easy with CMD and netsh. This post will show how easy this is without admin access. Listing all visible wireless networks on the machine with netsh. C:\Users\Corporal Kerry>netsh wlan show profile Profiles on interface Wireless Network Connection: Group policy profiles…
Read MoreThe systeminfo command for Windows allows a user to get comprehensive system information. The default usage outputs the most system information in one go. C:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo | clipC:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo | clip This command will output the system information in CSV format. C:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo /FO CSVC:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo /FO CSV Use the…
Read MorePipe text to the clipboard from Windows CMD Apparently, there is an obscure feature in the Windows CMD prompt that allows users to pipe the output of a Windows CMD command on STDOUT to the Windows clipboard. The clip command allows this. For example. C:\Users\johnc>ipconfig | clipC:\Users\johnc>ipconfig | clip This…
Read MoreThe Windows 10 nag screen was using a dirty trick that involved having the close button to start the installation. This is very annoying, firstly, you click the upgrade now button and it starts the upgrade, but now the close button was starting the upgrade? That is one dirty trick…
Read Morehttp://www.walkernews.net/2007/06/22/download-official-redhat-linux-iso-image/ The link above is to the Redhat 6.2 Linux distribution, the first version of Linux I used. It ran very well on a Celeron 600 with 64MB of RAM and integrated graphics. Linux has come so far since it was first released, the desktop has gotten even easier to…
Read MoreThe much-hyped Windows 10 bash shell is quite underwhelming to say the least. This is good as an SSH client and to browse the web using Lynx, but ping and ifconfig do not work at all. I could not get the MySQL server running either. This is what I get…
Read MoreLocation of the Windows 10 bash shell files This is the location of the actual files that are installed when you install the Windows 10 bash shell. This means that it is not really a ext4 filesystem, but emulating this when you load it up in a CMD window. %localappdata%\lxss\rootfs%localappdata%\lxss\rootfs…
Read MoreGet network information on Windows with netstat Netstat on Windows can provide a lot of information about your network connection. This example shows netstat showing Ethernet statistics. c:\Windows\System>netstat -e Interface Statistics Received Sent Bytes 2307072092 27407417 Unicast packets 1757202 320154 Non-unicast packets 0 0 Discards 0 0 Errors…
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Read MoreWhy is the giant Microsoft corporation attempting to force Windows 10 updates upon everyone? If it is to use Windows 10 to spy upon the users, then this does not make any sense. They could just include an update for Windows 7 or 8 that would include such telemetry software…
Read MoreThe new Windows 10 bash shell is not very impressive once you get it installed. I have tried it and I could not ping websites even though Microsoft Edge could access the Internet. It is possible to install packages if these lines are added to the /etc/hosts file. 91.189.91.14 archive.ubuntu.com…
Read MoreThe new bash shell in Windows 10 build 10.0.14316 is the best addition to Windows 10 yet. Here I am getting information about the CPU. root@localhost:/mnt/c/Users/johnc# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 60 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz…
Read MoreWindows 10 is getting a bash shell in the summer release. This is a couple of months away. But here are a couple of screenshots from developers I have found on the web that show what this will look like. Here a person is installing the bash shell using CMD….
Read MoreApparently, the Linux bash shell is coming to Windows 10. This will offer a fully functional Linux bash prompt in the Windows app store, a good alternative to Powershell. This is in partnership with Canonical who work on the Ubuntu Linux distribution. As long as this offers tools such as…
Read MoreBreak Windows 10 password hashes with Kali Linux and John the Ripper Cracking the SAM file in Windows 10 is easy with Kali Linux. Use a Live Kali Linux DVD and mount the Windows 10 partition. Firstly, get the SAM and SYSTEM files from the C:\Windows\System32\config folder. Copy these to…
Read MoreHow to have a Win 3.11 styled Linux theme on a Linux desktop. Firstly, download this theme and save it to your Computer. Extract the theme to your ~/.themes directory: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win3x?content=169112. This Classic `95 icon theme will provide Windows `95 styled icons to help complete the classic Windows look: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Classic95?content=157298….
Read MoreGetting the Prolific USB serial adapter working with Windows 8 can be difficult. Especially if you are studying for CCNA and you need to access a 2960G switch on Windows with Putty. As strange as it may look, you need an outdated driver to make it work. The only working…
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