Tonight I was cleaning up a Windows 7 desktop I use for various development tasks by uninstalling dozens of applications that had been installed over time for testing. On this computer I probably keep one application long term for every 20+ applications that I install so you can imagine how messing the Programs & Features…
I have been using Hashcat and oclHashcat a lot in recent weeks but have been limited to primarily using it on Linux servers so I decided to give it a shot on a couple Windows machines. Below I describe how I got oclHashcat operational on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit on a desktop computer with a…
Today I had a computer brought in where some basement Craigs list technician had installed a hacked version of Microsoft Office on a womans computer and she was getting a error message saying it was not genuine. She brought it in to me along with a fresh new copy she had purchased and asked me to…
It is really easy to tell the difference between Internet Explorer 32-Bit version and the 64-Bit version if you know what you are looking for. You will first need to bring up the About Internet Explorer window by following the below steps. Help Menu: Click the help menu which is typically to the right of…
Turning off UAC or User Account Control in Windows Vista is easy but a couple items should be considered before turning this feature off. Considerations: You should only turn UAC off if you are the only user on this computer. You should only turn off UAC if your company policy allows you to do so.…
Modifying folder options in Windows Vista is a bit different than Windows XP and may throw you off if you are not familiar with how to modify these options. Instead of modifying the options through the toolbar it is done through the control panel in Windows Vista. Follow the simple steps below to modify the…
By default in Windows Vista all system files and folders are hidden as in previous versions of Windows. The difference is the typical menu is not at the top of Windows Explorer so how you might be used to turning on hidden files and folders might seem harder than it was before. Actually its exactly…
When I was attempting to sync my iPod Touch to second computer it appeared as if nothing was happening but the computer is under the desk so I finally realized I was missing an error message. The error stated be the iPod was locked so it could not sync with this computer. After typing in…
It is not stated clearly on pgAdmin’s site if it will operate on Windows Vista without issue so I decided to download, install and see if there were any issues. First I visited pgAdmin III Windows download page here. On this page it states that pgAdmin III will work with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and…
Its really easy to make applications run when Windows Vista starts up. J 1. Open All Programs: Click Start > All Programs 2. Open Startup: Right Click Startup, Click Explore 3. Find Program: Click Start, Locate the Program To Run 4. Drag Program: Highlight the App you Want to Run, Drag it into the Startup…