For many people a massive commercial internet filter is overkill. Today were looking at how you could quickly and easily block traffic on your connection using router-based access restrictions. If you dont have Tomato installed on your router check outour guide to installing Tomato here. First lets take a look at the Access Restriction module in Tomato. Navigate to your router control panel, typically an address likehttp://192.168.1.1and plug in your credentials....

Related Do you have an OS installed on your USB thumb drive? But have you ever tried booting from a USB drive in VMWare? That’s right, using Plop Boot Manager. So, visit thePlop boot manager download site. Click Download, download the latest version, save it in a location, and unzip it. The file named “plpbt.iso” is the one we need to use. VMware will ask you to specify an Operating System....

Lets take a look at how we can hide these drives. Note: This will completely hide the drive, even from you. You’ll have to open up disk management to un-hide it. When the computer management MMC opens, double choose the storage option. Now choose to kick off the disk management snap-in. Right press it and choose the Change Drive Letter and Paths.. option from the context menu. When the dialog box pops up hit the remove button so that it does not have a drive letter....

Related Its finally here. The easiest and straightforward way to clean-install Mac OS X Lion on a Hackintosh using a USB thumb drive. But now, theres a new and improved guide, by none other thanTonymacx86. We would like to thank him for his contributions to the hackintoshing community! Youll also need a USB thumb drive, preferably 8GB or larger. Last but not the least, you need patience, tolerance, and the enthusiasm to make things work!...

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Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite alternatives to Windows native file explorer. Now were back to highlight your suggestions, tips, and tricks. XYplorer just the best; and I have used pretty much everything listed here by everyone. XYplorer is constantly being developed almost daily. It also has a build in scripting language that allows you to do anything. you’re able to write scripts to manage files, change the explorer itself, pretty much anything....

Net burner sets out to solve this problem by letting you use the drive on another pc remotely. The PC that you are connecting from only requires the client components. Click next and thats all there is to it. As it’s possible for you to see it will add the drive as if it is locally attached. This will work on Windows XP, 7 and 8 as well as Server 2008

Here’s how to enable it on your Windows 8 or Windows 10 PC. When the Windows Features open, check the Hyper-V option. Then click Ok. Windows will now add the Hyper-V binaries to your Windows installation.

Note: This will require editing the registry which is risky. Proceed only if you know what you are doing and at your own risk. Depending on your system you will need to press Del, F2, or F12. In the next screen click “Repair your setup” from the bottom left corner of the window. %windir%\system32\config\SAM A new window will open allowing you to edit the “F” entry. The line that starts with “0038” is what you want to edit....

It can aid PC technicians in performing many tasks. NOTE: D7 is intended for use by experienced PC technicians only, not for “end users.” It can be dangerous if not used very carefully. We recommend you also make a backup of all your data before using D7. you might use the DataGrab tool in D7 to make a backup. Set Up D7 Many of the functions in D7 do not require third party tools to use....

Here’s how to do it. -a and -m options These two options update the access and modification time respectively. Using them should be no problem at all. This option is complex to fully describe it here. On the other hand (-t) uses a simple stamp that you are confined to use. The stamp is [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss]. [CC] is for century and you may ignore it and ignore the seconds as well....

Now it is to be noted that upgrading to Lion is totally your own choice. If you are satisfied, enjoy your hackintosh the way it is. But if you want to upgrade, be sure to perform a backup first. you could also use the recently releasedrBoot rescue CDby Tonymacx86. Before you image your hackintosh, confirm you have everything working perfectly. So before upgrading, you have to download the necessary stuff....

Quick Links Enforcement of broadband caps is on the rise. Enabling Bandwidth Monitoring The very first order of business is turning on the monitoring functionality in Tomato. Check the box next toEnable. Lets take a look at the Save History Location. What are these things and what are the positives and negatives to using them? The downside is that you lose all your data when the router shuts down or crashes....