The Internet has a lot of downsides, in my opinion, due to its mostly-anonymous aspect: flamers, trolls, spammers, bots, and 50 year old guys posing as hot 18 year old girls. Then again, the anonymity of the Internet has a lot of benefits: bolder discourse through text than in person, broader whistle-blowing, vigilante software development, protection from those that don't … [Read more...]
Random Scripting or Scripting with Random
For a random number Go to a command prompt: echo %random% To set an account to a random password net user [username] /random It will then print out the random password. Be sure to write it down. Ex: C:> net user guest /random Password for guest is: tP4edm68 The command completed successfully. … [Read more...]
Stardock Objectdock – Mac-like dock for Windows
If you're a fan of the Mac OS X dock at the bottom of the screen and you're looking for something similar for Windows, look no further! Stardock Objectdock offers that convenience and some customization for free. There's a plus version, costing money, that promises a few more features but I try to stick to only those things where the price is right. You can put any … [Read more...]
No-IP.com – Dynamic DNS for hosting
If you're looking for a way to easily and reliably get to your machine but you're stuck with a dynamic IP address, you might look into No-IP.com. They provide a service at different levels from free to costing, depending on how much you want. If you want to be able to SSH into your machine, setup an FTP server temporarily, or host some files you can use the free service. It … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Organize Start Menu alphabetically
Tired of newly installed programs being added randomly to the Start Menu and being difficult to find? Open the Registry Editor (Start, Run... regedit) and browse to: \HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMenuOrderStart Menu2Programs and delete the Order key. It should be a REG_Binary with pairs of Hexadecimal numbers following. Log off and log back … [Read more...]