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Do you want to easily force-quit unresponsive applications directly from the Taskbar without needing to open Task Manager? Unfortunately, even in 2024 I still find a need to do this. Sometimes you can just hover over the item in the Taskbar, click the X and all is good, but often it’s not that straightforward. So
If like me, you’ve noticed a process called vmmemwsl using up a big chunk of your memory, this article should help you to understand what it is, why it uses so much memory and how to stop it. What is VmmemWSL? Vmmem is a process associated with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). WSL allows you to run
Microsoft’s recent announcement about the introduction of hot patching marks a significant milestone in the realm of IT infrastructure management and cyber security. This innovative approach to software maintenance allows for patches to be applied to servers and applications without the need for a system reboot. This advancement is poised to revolutionise how businesses maintain
In the evolving landscape of operating systems, the integration of Linux within Windows, through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), marks a revolutionary step for developers and IT professionals. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of WSL, detailing its variations, installation procedures, potential uses, and the requisite system requirements. Understanding WSL The Windows Subsystem for
If you have a super ultrawide screen monitor, such as the LG UltraWide 49 Inch 49WQ95C Curved Monitor, you may find it frustrating having to manually resize the apps to fit them on the screen. I’ll show you a fairly easy solution to make this easier to layout your screen and apps for day-to-day use.
If you know what Telnet is, and you’re reading this, then I’ll save you the spiel about what it is, how to use it or even why to use it. I’ll just get into how to enable / install it in Windows 11, and this works in Windows 10 too. 1) Open the Control Panel
If you have forgotten your wi-fi password, but have already connected your Windows 11 computer to your network, then these steps will help you to recover it. Recovering your wi-fi password in Windows 11 To find your wi-fi password, on a Windows 11 machine, simply follow the below steps: 1) Right click on the ‘Start’
If like me, you like dark mode, you might be looking through the settings on your nice new Mac, and struggling to see how it’s done. I’d love to know why the menu colour doesn’t change with dark mode, but we’ll probably never know. Instead, it’s somehow linked to the wallpaper colour. It’s actually quite
You’ve setup an active directory certificate authority and your browser isn’t trusting the certificates or they are showing as insecure. There are a ton of articles out there about sharing the root certificates via group policy, so I will presume you’ve aready done that. If you haven’t, please do that first. This article will cover
This article will help you to link your iPhone to your Windows 10/11 computer, so you can make calls, send / receive iMessages and sync you calendar etc from your computer. For a while now, the phone link application has been limited to Android devices only, but now Microsoft have rolled out iOS support. Downloading
Installing PowerShell on Mac OS X is a relatively simple process that can be done in a few easy steps. Please note: these instructions are for Mac OS X version after 10.13 and above, as PowerShell only supports 64-bit versions. If you are running on earlier version of mac, you need to install package management
Have you ever wished you could type faster without having to look at your keyboard? Or maybe you just want to make your work process more efficient? If so, then this blog post is for you. We’ll cover all the keyboard shortcuts that you need to know to become a real keyboard ninja in both
If you need to test something, but don’t want to risk changing or damaging your existing Windows installation, then you can utilise something called Windows Sandbox. This basically creates an isolated sandbox machine, which is automatically disposed of when you’re done with it. To get started, follow the below guide: Windows Sandbox Requirements For Windows
If you have recently moved/upgraded to Windows 11, and miss the left aligned taskbar from Windows 10, then the good news is that you can left align it by following the below steps: 1) Right click on an empty space on the taskbar, and select ‘Taskbar settings’ 2) Expand the section called ‘Taskbar behaviours’ 3)
If, like me, you want to set your computer to hibenate, instead of sleep, you’re probably annoyed that this option is not on by default. Sleep has it’s place, but it still uses power. Thankfully though, it can easily be enabled, by following the below steps: These steps have been created on a Windows 10
The most recent update for Windows 10, Creators Update, has made a fair few layout changes. One of which, is replacing the shift + right click menu option from ‘open command window here‘ with ‘Open PowerShell window here‘, as shown below: This probably isn’t a problem for most people since PowerShell has taken over from
To enable both Windows Media Services 2008 to stream content over HTTP and still allowing IIS 7 to operate on the same server, follow the below instructions: 1) Ensure both IIS and Windows Media Services 2008 (WMS) are installed 2) Ensure you have more than one IP address on your server. 3) Decide which IP addresses will be used for IIS
This article was written for the BT Home Hub V1 only and has not been tested on any other versions. Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your BT Home Hub was for? Well it turns out that you can use it to connect a printer to and therefore turning you BT Home
To enable .flv files to play from IIS, all you need to do add a MIME type and below is how to doe this: 1) Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager 2) Right click on the computer name in the tree view to the left and select ‘Properties’ 3) Click the ‘MIME Types’ button 4)
To enable another Global Catalog Server: Open the ‘Active Directory Site and Services’ MMC (Located within the ‘Administrative Tools’ section of the Control Panel Expand the ‘Sites’ folder on the left Expand the site that you want to alter, it may be ‘Default-First-Site-Name’ if you haven’t changed it Expand the ‘Servers’ folder Expand the Server
To setup both Windows Media Services to stream content by using HTTP and IIS using HTTP on the same server, follow the below instructions: 1) Ensure you have more than one IP address on your server. 2) Decide which IP addresses will be used for IIS and which will be used for WMS. 3) Open
If you wish to stop the login screen appearing each time you switch on your Windows XP computer, just follow the below simple steps: 1) Click the ‘Start’ button 2) Select ‘Run’ 3) Type ‘CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2’ 4) Click ‘OK’ 5) Un-check the ‘Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer’ option
As you probably know if you’re reading this, you can join Windows XP Medic Center Edition to a domain at install, but it won’t let you afterwards. Well here’s a work around: Insert Windows XP CD. 1) Start > Run > D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons (Replace D with the drive letter of your cd drive) 2) Acknowledge
This article was written for the BT Home Hub V1 only and has not been tested on any other versions. Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your BT Home Hub was for? Well it turns out that you can use it to connect a printer to and therefore turning you BT Home