PHP Development with VS Code and Docker Dev Containers
Nowadays it is a must-have skill to use docker for your development. To start the development with docker here are some prerequisites: If you're on Windows you have WSL installed on your system. It will also be required for Docker. You have D ...
Missing Hibernate option in Windows 10/11 Power Options?
Is Hibernate option missing from the Power Options in the Control Panel like in the screenshot below? Here is a way to restore the missing Hibernate option back to the Power Options. How to fix it? Click the Cortana Search box on your t ...
Mounting NFS Share on Windows 10 & 11 with Write Access
It is easy to mount a drive from Linux NFS share on Windows 10 & 11 machines. To do that make sure you have NFS Client (Services for NFS) installed from Programs and Features. Following is the command to mount the NFS drive. Note that this comman ...
Microsoft Windows 10 Great UI Changes
My first experience with Windows 8 inspired bafflement and frustration. But I walked away from my first few minutes with Windows 10 with a sense of jealousy. It looks like a significant improvement, and I want it on my PC right now. Microsoft is lau ...
How to set a new OneNote screenshot shortcut in Windows
Since in Windows 8.1, the Window+S key is used for search, it overrides OneNote screenshot shortcut. For now, you can manually set a shortcut key to Windows + A for OneNote screenshot. You'll have to change the shortcut key through your registry. ( ...
Windows 8.1 update is now available to download
Today's the day: October 17th, the day Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 8.1. And right now, the minute this post first went live, is 7AM ET, the exact minute the OS update will start appearing in the Windows Store as a free download. ...
Windows 8.1 to launch in October
Microsoft today confirmed what had been widely rumored for the past week: Windows 8.1 will bereleased to the general public in October. Specifically, "starting at 12:00am on October 18th in New Zealand (that’s 4:00am October 17th in Redmond ...
Add a Shutdown menu to the Windows desktop
As you know, the Start menu in Windows not only provided you with a way to launch your application but also a way to shut down your computer. For example, in Windows 7 there is a Shut down as well as a pop-up menu that displays six other related opti ...
How to Disable Ads by Google
1. Find the Windows hosts file on your computer. The file is probably located in the c:\windows\System32\drivers\etc\ folder. Look for the file named "hosts". 2. Right-click the hosts file. Click "Open," and then choose "Select the program from a li ...
Allowing Oracle ports in Windows Firewall
If you plan to install Oracle Database XE onto a computer running Windows Firewall, which was first introduced in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, and then connect to it from another computer, check that the firewall ...
Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download.You can either use a setup or an ISO file to download and install. Setup file can be downloaded from: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download and ISO can be downloaded from: h ...
Connecting to Amazon Linux/UNIX EC2 Instances from Windows Using PuTTY
To connect to your Linux/UNIX instance from a Windows machine, use an SSH client. The following instructions explain how to use PuTTY, a free SSH client for Windows machines. Converting Your Private Key PuTTY does not natively support the priv ...
How do I: check if DLL is loaded
A few days back I developed an ISAPI filter and when I installed it on the IIS server and tried to test it was not running. To troubleshoot I thought how would I know that DLL has been loaded by the IIS server successfully and there is no error? If y ...