Posts under ‘tips/tricks’

one of things that has always irked me about windows is having to select a program everytime i run across a file with no extension. i’ve always wanted to have some default program associated with those files types, but never been able to do it. now there is a way to do it.

here is one of the better guides to help speed up your windows machine that i’ve run across in some time now. the first step involves turning off certain services, and i would be careful when turning off the ones recommended. chances are you won’t need them, but always double check first. read this guide [...]

one thing that annoys me about windows is it’s auto-restart after a windows update. i would like to decide when to restart my machine, not ms. here is a registry fix to prevent windows from restarting on its own after an update. just download the file, and run it.

“…after putting together four simple custom adapters, I now have an ethernet cable, a crossover ethernet cable, a modem cable, a null modem cable, and a Cisco console cable all by carrying around just one standard ethernet cable.” click here to find out how to make one of your own.

ever wanted to learn linux? here is a collection of linux how-to’s, tutorials and tips/tricks. i’ve always had trouble trying to mount a windows share in linux. i think i got it right one time, but never again. luckily they have a writeup explaning on how to get it done. let’s see if i can [...]

an excellent site containing a ton of resources on how to customize firefox to your liking. they even have a list of useful firefox extensions, some of which i already use. if you don’t want to manually edit your settings, then check out firetune for firefox. it’s an automated optimizer for firefox.

An excellent article by Mitch Tulloch on how to remotely enable remote desktop from another computer.