The new tab screen in Firefox has annoying messages popping up at the bottom and this may not be to everyone’s taste. But this can be changed very easily. Just create a user.js in your Firefox profile directory and put this in it. This will give you a completely blank new tab screen. user.js1 2 … Read more
This 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 registry modifications, especially if they … Read more
The default Linux behavior allows the user to gain root access by typing su and entering the root password to gain a root prompt. If you wish to disable this behavior, then open this file as root for editing. jason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~$ vim /etc/pam.d/sujason@jason-Virtual-Machine:~$ vim /etc/pam.d/su Then un-comment this line. auth required pam_wheel.soauth required pam_wheel.so And then … Read more
The thumbs.db file in Windows is used to cache thumbnails for picture files in the file explorer, but this is a pain when the user wants to delete a folder and the thumbs.db prevents this. But there is a way to fix this, without needing to reboot. Open the Group Policy Editor by running gpedit.msc, … Read more
MATE tweak tool for fixing the MINT desktop The MATE tweak tool is used to easily tweak the Linux Mint MATE desktop. Install this easily with the command below. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweakjason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install mate-tweak Now we can tweak our desktop. Here, this is how to disable desktop … Read more
Remove the icons from the Linux Mint MATE desktop. This post will tell you how to disable the desktop icons on the Linux Mint MATE desktop. I prefer to have the desktop this way as it is a little faster and better looking. Just go to Applications->System->Configuration Editor in the MATE Menu as shown above. … Read more
The fast boot feature of Windows 8.1 allows a user to load Windows faster than ever before; but this can interfere with the mounting of the Windows partition from Linux. This forces the user to mount the partition read-only. But if you use this command in a command prompt on Windows, this problem will go … Read more
The caps lock key on Linux is very annoying when hit accidentally. Especially when you are typing a password. This simple command will disable the key permanently. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocapshomer@deusexmachina ~ $ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps If you put this in Startup Applications which may be found under System-Preferences-Startup Applications, the caps lock … Read more