Operating Systems
Every time you boot windows, MSN Messenger starts running in the background. You’re not a fan of this IM client? Too bad. You don’t have a Passport account or don’t use the instant messenger integration built into Microsoft Outlook and Exchange? Too bad. You can save a bit of memory and get a little...
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Windows XP is full of helpful applications, but some of them take too much control or have other downsides. MSN Explorer, the Outlook Express e-mail client, and even the Internet Explorer browser may all be mere baggage to you. All of these can be removed, saving you as much as 20MB of drive space...
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Every time your laptop connects to a Wi-Fi hot spot, whether it’s in your home or down at the coffee shop, it logs the name of the access point that you connected to in the Windows Preferred Network settings. If you accidentally (or maybe even deliberately) connect to your neighbor’s access point, and then...
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Ubuntu linux is up and running on your computer now. Installing Ubuntu was less painful than any other linux installation, same to apply latest Ubuntu update too. There is an GUI tool. It works like Microsoft or Red Hat update manager. You will see a little red icon in the kicker bar. It will...
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Some communication equipment require a communications program to transfer data between the serial port on the PC and device. You can also use Windows Hyperterminal to telnet to your Linux system as well. Windows comes with a communications program called HyperTerminal which is installed with Windows by default. If not then you can add...
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1. Download Ubuntu Linux Goto Ubuntu Linux website to download Ubuntu Linux Appliance. Current version is Ubuntu 5.10. 2. Unzip the Ubuntu Linux appliance Uncompress the Ubuntu Linux appliance, you should have two VMware files. Ubuntu-5.10.vmdk Ubuntu-5.10.vmx 3. Start VMware Player Select VMware Player from the Start > Programs > VMware menu in Windows...
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