With a recent need to update and configure switches at the office. I used a few simple steps to make this all happen. These steps require you setup a closed network with a DHCP Server and TFTP Server and connect all switches to this network. TFTP Software Update to ProCurve Switch Connect to switch […]
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Recently I had a need to install Windows 7 on a computer and I was out of DVD media to use. The only media I had was a 8GB USB Thumb drive. I have done this many of time in Windows itself with various of tools and eve manually. Now I do it in Linux […]
The shred command can be used for destroy files so that their contents are very difficult or even impossible to recover. The shred command accomplishes its destruction by repeatedly overwriting files with data patters designed to do maximum damage. Even the use of high-sensitivity data recovery methods and equipment make it difficult to recover files […]
Google Voice, the popular and often controversial VoIP, voicemail, and messaging service from Mountain View search giant Google is now open for anyone in the U.S. to use. Previously, you could only open a Google Voice account if you received an invitation from a user already participating in the program. Quote from the people at […]
Today, the newest version of popular open source blogging software WordPress was released. Version 3.0, also known as “Thelonious,” has undergone a significant number of improvements, such as the inclusion of new standard APIs that let theme developers easily implement new backgrounds, headers, menus, custom posts, and more. All of the new APIs are shown […]
I fist must state that these steps I am about to provide are to be used by those of us whom are neurotic about files stored on the file system. While there are some good security reasons one may want to do this; I do what I am going to describe because I feel they […]