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Creating empty text files and changing file timestamps using Windows Command Prompt & Powershell

May 17, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

Linux and UNIX have the touch command for changing the creation dates and times for files. However, it also will create empty text files for you as well. In fact, there are times when I feel the need to do [...]

Saving Windows Command Prompt & Powershell command history to a file for later useage

May 15, 2013 Leave a response Shortlink

It’s amazing what ideas Linux gives that you wouldn’t encounter that clearly in the world of Windows. One of these is output and command line history so a script can be created. In the Windows world, this would be called [...]

Installing VMware Player 4.04 on Linux Mint 13

July 15, 2012 2 Responses Shortlink

Curiosity about the Release Preview of Windows 8 saw me running into bother when trying to see what it’s like in a VirtualBox VM. While doing some investigations on the web, I saw VMware Player being suggested as an alternative. [...]

A waiting game

August 20, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

Having been away every weekend in July, I was looking forward to a quiet one at home to start August. However, there was a problem with one of my websites hosted by Fasthosts that was set to occupy me for [...]

Moving from Ubuntu 10.10 to Linux Mint 10

April 23, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

With a long Easter weekend available to me and with thoughts of forthcoming changes in the world of Ubuntu, I got to wondering about the merits of moving my main home PC to Linux Mint instead. Though there is a [...]

Making a custom button to hide or display the Google Toolbar in Firefox

Making a custom button to hide or display the Google Toolbar in Firefox

February 27, 2011 3 Responses Shortlink

Adding more toolbars to Firefox is all very fine but they can take up space on the screen. Even with the big screens that many of us have these days, it’s still nice to be able to see more of [...]