Setting a static IP address for the local network adapter can be advantageous in several ways. It is for instance important if the computer is connected to a router with configured port forwarding. There are other benefits which are not part of this article. Experienced computer users know how to set static IP addresses for [...]
Display Information About Network Adapters
Adapter Watch is a portable software program that can display information about all physical and virtual network adapters that are installed on a computer system. The computer program can be started right after downloading and unpacking it to the computer system. It will scan the computer system for connected network adapters and display in depth [...]
How To Change The Speed Dial Size In Opera
The development team of the Opera Internet browser introduced speed dial a while ago in the web browser. Speed Dial displays up to nine websites that are added by the user as thumbnails whenever a new blank tab is opened in the web browser. This gives the user another possibility of visiting popular websites without [...]
Using Layers in The GIMP
In my last GIMP article (“Create a 3D logo with The GIMP“) you learned how to make 3D logos that can easily be used for web projects and more. In the process of making those logos I mentioned deleting a layer which sort of jumped ahead of the game. So I thought I would jump [...]
Google Browser – New Google Chrome Portable Browser
A good way of testing new versions of the so called Google browser is by running a portable version of Google Chrome. The only problem that arises is that it can be quite problematic to stay up to date with all the web browser updates that the Google Chrome team releases regularly. Long time Ghacks [...]
Monitoring Software FS Guard
FS Guard is a lightweight monitoring software that can monitor both folders and services on the Windows operating system. It has to be run on the monitored system and can inform the system administrator if specific events occur. It is by no means a complete monitoring solution and lacks the depth of other monitoring software [...]
Offline Update 6 Adds Linux Support
Offline Update is a software program that can be used to download all available updates for various Microsoft operating systems and Office suites. New features of version 6 are the option to download all available updates running Linux which might come in handy for some system administrators who work with Linux and Windows computer systems. [...]
Read mailing lists with clogging up your inbox
Mailing lists still hold an important role in many free software projects and are a place where development is co-ordinated and support provided. When you subscribe to a mailing list, you generally have the option of receiving every individual message or receiving a daily digest. However, if you need to read a few, this can [...]
Internet Explorer Password Management Add-on
Last Pass is a password management add-on for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that can store login credentials to web services in a securely encrypted password vault. The password manager is compatible with most editions of Internet Explorer including the latest Internet Explorer 8 edition that has been released a while ago. The passwords are stored in [...]