Connecting to a VPN connection in Windows 10 is almost the same as it is in Windows 7 or previous Windows releases. from your start menu search for Network and Sharing center: Open it. then click on Setup a new connection or network: Choose Connect to a workplace: Choose Use my Internet connection (VPN ): Type the Internet address to…

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I just had a problem deleting a folder in Windows 10. supposedly I didn’t have the proper permissions to do so.  first I tried to delete the folder from the file explorer, but it gave me an access denied error. then I tried from the command line using this command rmdir c:Windows.old /s but it gave me the same error.…

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if you are running hyper-v in a cluster ( I haven’t tried it otherwise ) and get the following error when trying to do a checkpoint in a VM: An error occurred while attempting to checkpoint the selected virtual machines. Checkpoint operation failed. cannot create the checkpoint. The reason you might be getting this error is because your disk drives…

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If you ran out space in your computer hard drive, and are wondering what has taken it, then there is a tool that can help you see the folders size quickly. it is called Treesize and its very easy to use. Download it from their website and install it. If you are using Windows 10, you might get this warning…

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Computer virtualization is quite common now. even non-techie computer users are using virtualization platforms like VirtualBox, VMware, Microsoft Virtual PC, and others to run multiple operating systems in their computers. Mac users do that a lot, as many applications are not available for the mac. VirtualBox is the most popular virtualizer for solo users. in this tutorial I will show…

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If when browsing your website you come across directories that looks like this: then directory listing is enabled in your web server. I believe in Ubuntu directory listing is enabled by default when you install Apache. I don’t know why this is enabled by default, because it might be a security issue, and might slow down the web server performance…

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A few days ago I wrote an article if it was worthy to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. My conclusion was that if you are currently running any of those operating systems, you should upgrade. Before upgrading please keep in mind these things: You can only upgrade to Windows 10 for free from…

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I just reinstalled Windows 7 in one of my older computers, and somehow the windows update tool got stuck in the Checking for updates process for hours. I rebooted the computer a couple of times hoping that would speed up the process but no, it seems like the tool picked up the process right from where it left it. I…

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If you are reading this article then most likely you are wondering if upgrading to Windows 10 is really worthy? After all, the version of Windows you might be using right now is working OK, so why upgrade right? like the saying goes, why fix something when it ain’t broken. I started using Windows 10 On and Off since the…

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I use Ubuntu on my computer, at work and at home. Sometimes I like to watch live TV channels like History or CNN on my browser, but in Ubuntu it was a no no when I tried it. But after a couple of minutes of googling I was able to get it running. here is what you need to do…

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