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10 Articles in the category: Operating Systems
Easy Clock With Seconds On Windows 11
This is the best method I could find to easily obtain for myself a precious and coveted semi-Windows-10-style clock on Windows 11. Microsoft seems not to want us to know the time in seconds. I'm not...
Fix Repeating Keys (Chatter) On Mechanical Keyboards
Mechanical keyboards have become more popular than ever. Yet many are prone to chatter —keystrokes registering more than once per keypress. That is, unwanted repeated letters as you type. The basic problem is that all mechanical...
Using Amazon AWS EC2 and Lucee to Host Legacy ColdFusion CFML Pages
This page describes setting up a CFML server using Lucee (compatible with Adobe ColdFusion CFML pages) on Amazon's AWS EC2 cloud computing service. I was looking for a way to host example/demo versions of some of...
What it Was Like to Use the Internet in 1991
This page describes what it was like to use the Internet in 1991. This was before almost anyone in ordinary life had even heard of the Internet. Back then, it was almost a completely blank...
Introduction to the Iptables Firewall Program for Linux
This page gives a quick introduction to the Iptables firewall software for Linux. More details will follow later... 1. How Iptables Works. The term “iptables” may refer to either the software firewall which is integrated...
How to Install Kali Linux On VirtualBox
If you have a relatively modern PC or Mac, you can install Linux (e.g. Kali Linux) as a Virtual Machine. Which is in some ways like having an entire second computer, for the price of...
How to Compile C Programs for DOS in 2021
This page explains the steps I used to re-compile a C program I wrote on a DOS PC in 1997, but using a modern PC in 2021. I wanted to do this so I could...
Learn How to Hack Systems By Playing the Bandit Wargame
You can play this game to learn the basics of the Unix / Linux terminal "shell" command prompt, and many other essential skills used in computer networking, including hacking. I'll write much more about this soon...
Differerent Types of User Interfaces
The first computer interface I ever used was as a small child, playing on the punch card machines at Sydney University (where my older cousin was studying). The computer was a batch-processed mainframe...
Hardening Windows – How to Secure and Protect Windows
The main features are: Make a user account with only normal priveleges and not administrator ones, and use that account for your daily use. Only use the admin account when you are doing a lot of...