Archive for the 'windows' Category
Secure Browsing using SSH
It seems like these days wherever you are (coffee shop, airport, burger joint) you can find a wireless hotspot allowing you free access to roam the Internet without much of a problem. However when surfing using these networks the data is send in plain text and is not safe. Using SSH and SOCKS proxy you can easily encrypt all your web browsing traffic and redirect through your home network (or some other trusted computer).
4 commentsUnix Utils on Windows
Ask any Linux/Unix administrator if they could perform their daily tasks without ‘grep’ and their answer would be an emphatic NO!!!. Windows lacks many of the unix commands/utilities that are very simple yet highly efficient. Luckily there is a collection of GNU Unix-like utilities that are available for Windows.
1 commentSlipstream Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)
After numerous delays Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) was made available via Windows Update this week. It is a mighty 316.5 MB download. You can avoid repeated downloads by downloading the WinXP SP3 ISO file and burning a CD. However if you are going to reinstall Windows XP you can save a lot of time and effort by creating a Windows XP install CD with Service Pack 3 integrated.
1 commentIE Tweaks – Change default view source editor and allow multiple downloads
There are 2 things that have not changed in Internet Explorer since version 3 – it uses Notepad as the default view source editor and only allows you to download 2 files at one time.
These can be annoying but fortunately a few registry changes is all you need to change the default editor and allow multiple downloads.
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