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Why Linux is better than Windows at installing updates.

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The Windows installation I have has been reverted back to Windows 7 from Windows 8 after using the Consumer Preview the impression I got from it shows that Microsoft will create another Windows Millennium Edition, it is better to use Windows 7 if you must use Windows at all. The only thing that is aggravating … Read more

How to use the Windows 11 virtual desktop feature. This is very useful indeed.

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Windows 11 has a very useful feature, the Windows 11 virtual desktop. This allows a user to create virtual desktops and have different applications open on each one. To use this, the shortcuts are listed below. Windows+Tab: Open Task View. Windows+Ctrl+D: Create a new virtual desktop. Windows+Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow: Switch between virtual desktops. Windows+Ctrl+F4: … Read more

How to make the Linux Mint 14 MATE desktop look like Windows XP Luna.

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This theme from Gnome-Look will theme your MATE desktop to look just like the Luna theme in Windows XP. if that is what you want that is. Get the theme here: https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1230964/. This theme will not show up in the theme chooser for some reason, just go to the Customise section and select the XPLuna … Read more

How to mount a Linux formatted external drive in Windows Services for Linux on Windows 11.

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I plugged my old Ubuntu HDD into an external housing and I needed to mount it in Windows Services for Linux on Windows 11. This is not too hard at all. Firstly run this Powershell one-liner to find the drive you are looking to mount. The WDC WD10 drive is the one I wished to … Read more

Linux is still a good desktop choice and a look at some command-line partitioning utilities.

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Linux is still a great desktop option The Linux desktop operating system is still a good choice for a desktop operating system after all these years. Even though the desktop has changed a bit since the first Linux distribution I ever used; Red Hat Linux 6.2; this is still a good choice for a person … Read more

Looking after your Windows PC and some useful tricks.

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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 has many features. Download this … Read more

Why using Virtualization is very useful in this modern world.

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Virtualisation 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 virtual roles instead of just … Read more

Linux has many advantages over Windows.

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The 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 distribution includes a tool named … Read more

How to best enforce security in a local network situation.

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Windows 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 Directory is another way to … Read more

Some useful information about Windows 3.0.

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Managing 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 from it. This section discusses … Read more

Windows 11 allows linking an Android phone to a PC. This is very interesting.

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Windows 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 feature. This means you can … Read more

Interesting command line tricks on Windows.

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There 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 find the file specified. This … Read more

Theme your Gnome or MATE desktop in interesting ways.

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The 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 be a great icon theme … Read more

Windows 11 reveal stream embarrassing and glitchy.

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The 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 11 might still contain legacy … Read more