Windows Server comes with default “Enhanced Security Configuration” protections for Internet Explorer that block websites that aren’t trusted. The problem? This blocks you from installing a proper browser like Chrome and getting on with the rest of your job. Disabling IE Protections The way to properly disable IE Enhanced Security Configuration is to open up the Server Manager app, and then click “Configure this local server.” Next, under “Properties,” find IE Enhanced Security Configuration and turn it off....

CacheMyWork CacheMyWork is a handy free utility that is light on system resources and will open everything you were working on after a restart. Many times the culprit is automatic updates that download and install automatically while you have a full screen of work opened up. If you want, you can postpone a restart until your ready, but sometimes that isn’t always an option. This utility is small and easy to use....

Google is rolling out an updated menu bar for Slides (the presentation creator) and Drawings (the vector drawing/diagram editor) in Google Drive. The new layout has shortened menus for easier navigation, and some items have been moved around. Notably, most menu items now have a matching icon — an upgrade to the handful of icons seen in the menu bar today. The update design brings back memories of Microsoft Office 2003 and earlier versions, which also had many icons throughout the main menus....

Docker can run commands as the root user if you want, but it also offers a similar flag called Privileged. In the context of containers. however, this is very different from root usage, and it’s important to understand the differences to secure your systems. What Does “Root” Even Mean? The difference between a user inside a container and a user outside a container comes down to how Docker works under the hood....

Open Windows Media Player in Library Mode and select your Music library. Hover your cursor over the Title of the song and a Preview pop-up window will appear after a few seconds. Click on the Preview in the pop-up window and the song will begin to play. As the preview begins to play, you will see the Skip link and a song timer. Click on Skip to jump ahead 15 seconds in the song....

The Guest account is for users who need to log on infrequently to check email, search the net, quick document processing…etc. It is disabled by default, but if you want to enable it, changing the name increases machine security. Change Guest Account Name First go into Control Panel and click on Administrative Tools. In the Administrative Tools window click on Local Security Policy. Under Local Security Policy go to Security Settings \ Local Policies \ Security Options and under Policy on the left side select Accounts: Rename guest account....

Note: There is a bookmarklet available that you can add to your favorite non-Firefox browser. Before For an example we decided to use the first article in our “Building a New Computer” series. Now if you have ever started preparing for something like building a new computer or saving up special tweaks for your next install, then this is definitely going to be a very useful thing for you....

We’ve previously covered how to convert videos to 3GP for mobile phones with Pazera, and today we take a look at how to convert them for several different mobile devices with Miro Video Converter. We’ll be using Windows 7 in our examples, so your screen may look slightly different. Installation Installation is straightforward. You can find the link below. When you open the Miro Video Converter you’ll notice instantly that the interface could not be much simpler....

What’s different about new smart dishwashers is that they’ll probably chime in with their own unsolicited advice as well. “I wouldn’t put that pan there,” it might say, for instance. Smart dishwashers do far more than just rewetting the dried pasta stuck to the pot that I keep hoping will break free. They feature sensors that detect how dirty the dishes are and adjust accordingly, give cycle status updates (“The spoons are revolting”), and can even be started remotely via smartphone, for those who have the time to load the dishwasher and close the door, but not to press the start button (Batman, I assume)....

Microsoft offers security updates and more throughout the lifetime of a version of Windows, and periodically they roll all the latest updates and improvements together into a service pack. After a while, only computers running the latest service pack will still get updates to keep them safe. Recently, Microsoft has been warning that support is ending for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and the release version of Windows Vista....

Before On occasion we all run across a webpage or forum with URLs that are displayed as text only. It would certainly be nice if you did not have to copy and paste the URLs just to visit those webpages… But there is a quick and easy way to fix that. After All that you need to do is install the extension…nothing else. As you can see the text-only URL has now become a nice clickable link and your browsing just got easier....

Bots and Botnets A bot is a computer that has been compromised and infected with malware. The malware performs some action to the benefit of the threat actor. A botnet is a network of bots that work in unison. The more bots there are in the botnet the more computational power it has. It forms a powerful distributed platform computing working on behalf of the threat actors. Botnets can be used for tasks such as mining cryptocurrencies, performing distributed denial of service attacks, acting as spam farms, to harvest user credentials on a large scale, or to covertly gather information on individuals, networks, and organizations....

Even calling them a mirror feels off. Yes, they all technically still reflect your torso and face back to you. But these mirrors think they’re better than your other regular mirrors, and would beat them all up if they could, yelling afterwards, “Looks like 28 years of bad luck in this room!” Fitness mirrors tend to feature touchscreen displays that offer real-time feedback on fitness goals, house an array of aerobic classes and strength training, and are ideal for those who like looking in the mirror while working out, but don’t want others to see them doing this at the gym....

Thunderbird, the long-running email and calendar application from Mozilla, has spent this year reorganizing and working on major updates. Now the development team is starting to show off the next big upgrade, codenamed “Thunderbird Supernova.” Thunderbird 102 was released in June 2022 as the first phase of the app’s revamp, with an updated address book, a new Spaces Toolbar (similar to the app switcher on Gmail and Outlook), and a streamlined account setup process....

The Ubuntu Live CD includes both utilities that we need for the source and destination computers out of the box – dd and ssh. We’re fans of dd, having used it to clone hard drives and make drive images locally in the past. However, putting an image on an external drive and then transferring that to a different computer is a pain. Using a combination of dd and ssh lets us transfer a drive image from one computer to another in one step, requiring no local storage in between....

Printing in Office 2010 When you’re ready to print your document, click on File to open up Backstage View then click on Print. Print Preview has been combined with Print so you can take care of virtually all your printing options and settings from one spot. You can select the different print options and settings. A nice list of settings for printing out an entire document. It includes easier access to Page Setup....

Program Compatibility Assistant Program Compatibility is a mode that allows you to run programs that were written for earlier versions of Windows. The Program Compatibility Assistant detects compatibility issues and allows you to reinstall using the recommended settings. For example we got this error trying to install a music interface device driver for home recording. After we closed out of the error, the Program Compatibility Assistant came up advising that the program didn’t install correctly....

A Look at Date Today with Different Themes This extension does one thing and does it well…it provides you with an “active icon” clock that will let you view the time and date in two fashions. The first is by hovering your mouse over the “Toolbar Clock Button”… And the second is by clicking on the “Toolbar Clock Button” to view an enlarged version. Here you can see the extension in use with five different themes to get an idea of how it might look with the theme that you are currently using....

Before The default for viewing webpage source code in Firefox means having an extra window open every time. Once in a while is not so bad, but if you are looking at a lot of code then all of those windows are definitely going to create havoc (not good!). Time to do something about that… Options Once you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox, you should take a quick look at the options....

Kubernetes is an tool that manages all the moving parts behind running running apps in containers like Docker. This makes scaling your application very easy, because your server infrastructure is separated from the code running on it. What Does Kubernetes Do? Kubernetes is often mentioned alongside Docker, but they each accomplish different tasks. Docker packages up applications and all of their dependencies into single files, called container images, that can be ran on a server without any manual configuration....