There is some situation when you need to know what packages are installed on your Linux system. Example, if you want to maintain a minimal Linux (eg. a VPS), and you want to remove all unnecessary packages. But also if you want to know whether an individual package is installed on your system, or is [...]
I have a local area network in my home office with some Windows and one Linux computers on it.
My main computer is the main developer computer in my network. I run a WAMP server on it and some web scripts for testing and development purpose.
Let’s name my main computer to ComputerOne, and every other computers [...]
Yesterday, after a reboot, the “Network Connections” folder in my Windows 7 x64 had been empty, my network connections was disappeared. God.
Network connections all still worked, but I couldn’t see them in the “Network Connections” folder. Strange.
I tried to refresh the network connection window –> no success
I tried to restart my network
net stop netman
net start [...]
I recently updgraded my system to Windows 7 and I wanted to run some commands, but did not find Start Menu>Run…
After some searching I found the Command Prompt in Start Menu>All Programs>Acessories>Command Prompt.
So if you want to run a command on Windows 7, open Start Menu>All Programs>Acessories>Command Prompt and you are eligible to run commands.
Note: [...]
EMCO UnLock IT
EMCO UnLock IT is a neat free utility that helps you to take control of any file or folder when it is locked by some application or system. For every locked resource, you get a list of locking processes and can unlock it by terminating those processes. EMCO Unlock IT offers Windows Explorer [...]
Bart’s PE Builder
Bart’s PE Builder helps you build a “BartPE” (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.
It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800×600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very [...]
Live CDs
GParted LiveCD
GParted LiveCD is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose – to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The distribution uses X.Org, the light-weight Fluxbox window manager, and the latest 2.6 Linux kernel. GParted LiveCD runs on most x86 machines with a Pentium II or [...]
Multi-boot or Multi-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a computer, and being able to choose which one to boot when starting the computer. The term dual-booting refers to the common configuration of exactly two operating systems. Multi-booting requires a program called a boot manager.
I collected here some free and commercial boot [...]
WinToFlash
WinToFlash is a software for transfer your Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 setup from CD or DVD to USB in some mouse clicks. This is about you can install your Windows from flash drive, USB pen, HDD, etc to your computer or netbook.
And this is not all it can do. [...]
EasyBoot
EasyBoot is an integrated tool to create multi-boot, menu driven CDs and DVDs. It has the ability to automatically produce boot image files, and generate the ISO file as well. Using your CD-R/W Recording software such as Nero or Roxio to Record the ISO, you get a bootable CD that completely belongs to you. [...]
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