Category: Windows

Link: How to Remove Old and Useless Drivers in Windows 8

For every device you have in your Windows PC, you will need a driver for that device to work properly. The problem with this is that as the time passes, your Windows machine will be bogged down with lots of unnecessary and old drivers which eventually may be a cause for odd behaviour in your computer. When I say odd behaviour, I’m talking about things like devices not working properly, driver clashes, slowing down your Windows machine, frequent freezing, crashes, etc. To be precise, it will be a pain in the neck to deal with driver-related problems.

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How to Remove Old and Useless Drivers in Windows 8 (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Configure “No Password SSH Keys Authentication” with PuTTY on Linux Servers

SSH (Secure SHELL) is one of the most used network protocol to connect and login to remote Linux servers, due to its increased security provided by its cryptographic secure channel established for data flow over insecure networks and its Public Key Authentication.

While using passwords to login to remote servers can provide a less secure to system security, because a password can be brute-force cracked, SSH Public Key Authentication provides the best secure method to perform distance logins, because it’s almost impossible to decipher the key and the private key guarantees that the sender it’s always who it claims to be.

This article will show you how you can generate and use SSH Keys from Windows based platforms using Putty client to automatically perform remote logins on Linux servers without the need to enter passwords.

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Configure “No Password SSH Keys Authentication” with PuTTY on Linux Servers (Tecmint)

Link: How to Install and Configure Cygwin in Windows Environment

If you are a Linux or Unix user, I am sure you will miss the terminal (and all the wonderful things you can do with command lines) in a Windows environment. Most of the time you won’t need to use the command prompt in Windows, and its user-interface is not as friendly either. However, if you have the need to use a terminal, Cygwin is the best tool for you. Let us see how to install and configure Cygwin in the Windows environment.

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How to Install and Configure Cygwin in Windows Environment (Make Tech Easier)

Link: How to Create Advanced Firewall Rules Using Windows Firewall

Firewall is an important and necessary tool to protect us from the unsecure Internet. Most of the modern OSes come with a built-in firewall, but the problem is that few people know of its existence and only a few know how to configure it.

Windows is no different. By default, it comes with a decent built-in firewall which is capable of controlling all the incoming and outgoing traffic. This built-in Windows firewall is a bit clunky with a not-so-friendly user interface and complex rules, though it does gives you plenty of control on overall rules like blocking, restricting, whitelisting, etc. In this article, we are going to show you how to create advanced firewall rules in Windows firewall to block an application from accessing the Internet.

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How to Create Advanced Firewall Rules Using Windows Firewall (Make Tech Easier)

Link: Accessing Windows Or Samba Shares Using AutoFS

You already installed Linux on your networked desktop PC and now you want to work with files stored on some other PCs in your network. This is where autofs comes into play. This tutorial shows how to configure autofs to use CIFS to access Windows or Samba shares from Linux Desktop PCs. It also includes a tailored configuration file.

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Accessing Windows Or Samba Shares Using AutoFS (HowtoForge)

Link: Did You Know Windows 8 Has a Built-In Time Machine Backup?

We sometimes forget with all the focus on Windows 8′s new “Modern” interface, but Windows 8 has a variety of great desktop improvements. One of them is File History, a built-in backup feature that functions similarly to Apple’s much-loved Time Machine. Enable the Windows 8 “time machine” File History, and Windows will automatically back up your files to an external or network drive. You’ll be able to restore previous versions from these backups, whether you’ve deleted a file or you just want to recover an old version of a file.

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Did You Know Windows 8 Has a Built-In Time Machine Backup? (MakeUseOf)

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Link: Download Videos From Youtube and Other Sites Using ClipGrab

ClipGrab is a free downloader and converter for YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Dailymotion and many other online video sites.
It converts downloaded videos to MPEG4, MP3 or other formats in just one easy step.

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Download Videos From Youtube and Other Sites Using ClipGrab (Unixmen)

NOTE: ClipGrab is also available in Windows and Mac OS X versions.

Link: How to install Linux Mint alongside Windows 7

This article will show you how to install Linux Mint 17 side by side with Microsoft Windows 7. The desktop environment that will be installed will be the “Cinnamon Desktop”.

It is imperative that you follow every section especially the part about backing up your Microsoft Windows files. If you fail to back up your system and something goes wrong with the installation you run the risk of losing data.

Don’t let the last paragraph scare you. Installing Linux Mint is not that difficult and the rewards are incredible.

Linux Mint is currently the most popular version of Linux and boasts an impressive user interface and a great range of software and it can be installed and used for free.

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How to install Linux Mint alongside Windows 7 (Everyday Linux User)

Link: Fix Duplicate Icons on Your Windows 7/8/8.1 Taskbar

The revised taskbar introduced with Windows 7 has been a real benefit to users, making it possible to always have frequently-used programs ready for action. However, not all developers account for pinned icons: for example, when updating iTunes, it is necessary to remove the icon, and then add it again after completing the update. Without doing so, you are likely to note the pinned icon, when right-clicked, is identified with a (2) after its name, which can be frustrating and seemingly impossible to correct: Windows does not make it obvious how to rename pinned shortcuts.

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Fix Duplicate Icons on Your Windows 7/8/8.1 Taskbar (Make Tech Easier)