Category Archives: Computer/IT

How to delete LILO or GRUB from a dual boot XP without a CD Drive

By Jed | Published: October 11, 2011

Background and the solution that did not work I have another machine dedicated to OpenBSD now and I’m not using the Slackware that is dual-booted with XP on our family computer and wish to delete the Linux partition and merge it back to Windows. First thing I did was create a bootable XP USB drive [...]

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How to delete your Facebook account

By Jed | Published: October 10, 2011

http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account Just go to the link above and follow the steps. Your account will be permanently deleted only after 14 days. If you re-login to your account, you’ll be asked if you want to continue with the deletion or reactivate your account. Before you do that you have the option to download all your Facebook [...]

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Windows Vista/7: Enable hidden Administrator account

By Jed | Published: September 14, 2011

Open CMD with Administrator privileges. To enable the account: net user administrator /active:yes To disable the account: net user administrator /active:no I’ll hold back on the rant of how insecure this will make your machine. But most of you looking for this info will want the “insecurity” part anyway.

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How to reset Windows NT password via BackTrack

By Jed | Published: September 14, 2011

1. Boot computer using the BackTrack5 DVD.

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Connect Linksys WRT54G2 router to Globe DSL’s ProLink H9200 modem

By Jed | Published: August 24, 2011

Assumptions: Your Internet is working if you are connected directly to the modem. Your cable connections are correct (eg: modem to router’s Internet port, PC connected to one of the router’s numbered ports). Let’s start:

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Still my password solution

By Jed | Published: August 19, 2011

KeePass + Dropbox. Still I keep plaintext backups encrypted by GnuPG symmetric encryption ( the -c switch ) just in case.

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How to download Cygwin to install it offline

By Jed | Published: July 6, 2011

Currently the installation of Cygwin requires that we run the setup and point to the nearest mirror site and the setup program will download the packages that you choose. A lot of times I have encountered problems with the connection using the Cygwin setup program. Sometimes it won’t even connect to any server listed.

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How to permanently delete your Yahoo! account

By Jed | Published: June 3, 2011

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Thoughts about Mac malware or more aptly The rise of UNIX malware.

By Jed | Published: June 1, 2011

Just had a case of a Mac Fake AV called “MacGuard”. It was a straight forward cleanup. Basically you just need to quit the MacGuard process via Activity Monitor, delete the MacGuard folder inside Applications (don’t forget to empty the Trash), disable startup for MacGuard in the user’s login preferences, and as a protection – [...]

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Sharepoint Designer 2010 woes

By Jed | Published: May 19, 2011

Been tasked to do a Sharepoint 2010 workflow at work (another one lined up after this project). Doing workflows on Sharepoint Designer is like dancing with your legs hobbled. You should be able to do loops.  You can’t do that in Sharepoint Designer. I know it’s not a full blown programming language and we can [...]

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