Read on to see how you might take advantage of them while following along with our articles. Plus, it’s a virtual machine, so you could always reload it anyway. If you haven’t alreadyread our article about setting up a test lab, you should do that first. To get started open up your Virtual Machine and punch the Machine menu item, then select Take Snapshot… The virtual machine will then dim out periodically while a point in time snapshot is taken....

In recent years it has become common for Microsoft to release trial or preview versions of its big-name products. The trial version of Office 365 is only meant to be used for 30 days. After this time you are expected to by a license or stop using the software. In practice, Office does not become unusable, but instead enters a reduced functionality mode. Open up an Explorer window and navigate to one of the following folders....

But having to switch between email accounts can be a pain. Now move to the Accounts and Import section. In the Send mail as section, tap the Add another email address you own link. Enter the email address you would like to be able to send from and then click Next Step. check that that you have the Send through Gmail option selected and then click Next Step. Gmail can now be used as your sole email tool no matter how many email addresses you have....

When the Task Scheduler opens punch the Create Task… link. On the General pane, provide a name and description for the task. You should also snag the Run whether user is logged on or not option. Then switch over to the Triggers tab and add a new trigger. The trigger should be set to fire at log on, which can be selected from the drop down. Finally, you will want to switch over to the actions tab and add a new action....

Shout Windows 8 and youre likely to hear Vista echoed back at you. So why is that? Why is Windows 8 still sputtering and choking along? We have a few theories. As always, Microsoft took something simple, and made it annoying. To clarify, there are two retail versions: Windows 8 and Windows 8 Professional. Then theres Windows 8 Enterprise that Microsoft will push at corporations and such. And that is annoying....

Quick Links On Linux, you install software frompackage managementapplications like the Ubuntu Software Center. But not every piece of software is available in your Linux distributions software repositories. You should only install software from sources you trust, just like on Windows. Much of this advice also applies to otherLinux distributions, so well note whats Ubuntu-specific and whats Linux-in-general. DEB Package Files Ubuntu software packages are in .deb file format. This includes packages you download from the Ubuntu Software Center and withapt-get– theyre all ....

But you are probably wondering how PowerShell is able to kill every instance of notepad with a single command. The answer lies within the help of the Stop-Process cmdlet. In this case, it accepts one or more process objects. Technically, we would say that the InputObject cmdlet accepts a processarray. Whenever you have a cmdlet that supports batch operations in this manner, use it. This is choice number one. Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process -Filter “name=‘notepad....

you might do so by heading over tothis link, then clicking on the Create Archive button. Then hit the Download button. Thats all there is to it.

HTG explains how to use a DHCP relay agent. That used to be “ok” until Vlans came along. Under “Switching”, press “VLAN” and pick the Vlan you need from the list. Make a note of the value. tap on “Forwarding options” -> “Configure”. choose “Helpers” -> “Configure”. punch “Bootp” -> “Configure”. choose “Server” -> “Add new entry”. When you’re done, your configuration should look something like the below picture. The CLI way As stated above, I am not a fan of the CLI way....

We will show you two free tools you’re able to use to easily protect your private windows. WinLock WinLockis a lightweight tool that’s designed to hide and password protect any focused window. The selected window is password protected and minimized to the system tray. When you run WinLock, a small window displays asking you to enter a main password. This password is applied to each window you lock, including the WinLock window itself....

To start, you’ll need to download FileZilla server, availablehere. After downloading the program, you might install it with all of the default prefs. Once installation is complete, the FileZilla interface will open. In this tutorial, we are going to use the folder ‘FTP’ on our desktop. Its exact location will be “C:\Users\geek\Desktop\FTP”. select Edit and then Users. On the left side of the window that comes up, choose “Shared folders.”...

We will then finish with a brief look at two name resolution protocols: LLMNR and DNS. IPv4 addresses are 32-bit, which mean they contain a combination of 32 ones and zeros. This is the maximum number of combinations that can be expressed using 8 bits. I was now left with 0 since 64 64 = 0. That meant that the rest of the row was all zeros. In the second row, I took the second octet, 168....

you’re free to also use this technique to uninstall multiple apps you have installed from the Store. Download the script and extract it from the zip file. fire off the script by typing its full path at the command prompt and then press Enter. You will see a list of all of the modern apps you have installed. This list includes apps that you have installed and those that are built into Windows 8....