Compressing files with NTFS compression by running compact from the command line
You know that you can right click on a file/folder, select properties, click advanced and then compress contents to save disk space(see image). Did you know that you can call this from the command line...
View ArticleLulzSec has shut down, has ended hacking campaign
LulzSec has just announced that it is shutting down. LulzSec, so far has hacked the CIA, U.S. Senate, Nintendo, Sony, AT&T, AOL, Disney, Universal, EMI, the FBI and others . /$$ /$$ /$$$$$$ .| $$ |...
View ArticleYou need to have hardware virtualization enabled if you want to run Windows 8...
If your processor does not support Virtualization Technology then you can't run Windows 8 in Virtual Box....you will get a black screen of death. In order to find out if your CPU supports hardware...
View ArticleDon't fall for the social engineering scam that makes you go to ammyy.com
I am pretty sure that none of our readers would fall for this social engineering scam that would make you share your computer with someone else, I am writing about it because I know of one person who...
View Article2011 A look back with some stats
Another year is about to end, time to do another post with some stats and numbers The 10 most read posts of the year We had a lot of blog posts in 2011, I blogged 105 times the last year. Here is a...
View ArticleIs your Apache Server Status wide open for the world to see?
The Apache web server comes with something called Apache Module mod_status installed From the Apache site: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_status.html The Status module allows a server...
View ArticleReview: Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden
Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden Do you still remember Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido? Conficker infected between 9 million and 15 million PCs Here are just some...
View ArticleWindows 8, Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Server 2012 released to manufacturing
Microsoft just released a press release announcing that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) Here are the important dates for us developers August 15th: Developers will be able to...
View ArticleHow to shutdown windows 8
If you installed Windows 8, you might be wondering how to shut down or restart this operating system. There is no start button anymore so where do you shut it down? There are a couple of ways to shut...
View ArticleHow to name groups of tiles in Windows 8
Here is a view of my Windows 8 start screen As you can see, I have given my group of tiles a name, there is a main and an apps tile group, there are more which are not visible unless you scroll. So how...
View ArticleDownload Windows 8.1 preview right now
If you want to try out Windows 8.1 preview right now, you can. Be aware that when you install Windows 8.1 preview that you will have to reinstall all your apps. If you then upgrade to the final RTM...
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