Compare PDF Documents

Background I ran into a need to compare PDF documents. Don't even ask me how I backed up into this country road ditch, but "On God" I did.   Tools Vendor Tool URL Platform Pricing Evaluation Adobe ( http://adobe.com ) Adobe Acrobat https://acrobat.adobe.com/ Desktop Commercial Skipped Evaluating due to pricing Aspose ( https://www.aspose.com/ ) Aspose … Continue reading Compare PDF Documents

Rich Mason:- LinkedIn Security Advise

Background Rich Mason is a former CISO at Honeywell. Early this week he cued in to the fact that someone was creating false LinkedIn profiles.   LinkedIn Profiles Many of the false profiles had titles such as CISO ( Chief information security officer ).   LinkedIn Response Krebs On Security In a statement provided to … Continue reading Rich Mason:- LinkedIn Security Advise

WSL:- Provision CentOS

Background Let us quickly provision CentOS using WSL on a Microsoft Windows 10 system.   Microsoft WSL Linux Distributions Here are the Linux Distros that are officially supported by Microsoft WSL. NAME FRIENDLY NAME Ubuntu Ubuntu Debian Debian GNU/Linux kali-linux Kali Linux Rolling openSUSE-42 openSUSE Leap 42 SLES-12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v12 Ubuntu-16.04 Ubuntu … Continue reading WSL:- Provision CentOS

Microsoft – Edge – “Running in the Background”

Background Got on my brother's computer earlier this evening. Noticed it running quite slow. TroubleShooting Outline Task Manager   Task Manager Images Task Manager - Tab - Details Picture Tabulate MicrosoftEdgeCP.exe Memory 893,296 KB 900 MB Firefox Memory 239,380 KB 240 MB Chrome Memory 135,624 KB 135 MB Explanation MicrosoftEdgeCP is using too much memory, … Continue reading Microsoft – Edge – “Running in the Background”

iTunes – Auto Launch when iPhone Connected

Background Was working on my cousin's iPhone this past weekend.   Issue This morning the quickest path to charging my phone is to connect it to my laptop. Noticed iTunes auto-launched. Commentary Sorry, iTunes was a weekend thing, not a daily occurrence. Resolution Outline iTunes Preferences iTunesHelper Stop and Disable AutoLaunch Tasks iTunes / Preferences … Continue reading iTunes – Auto Launch when iPhone Connected

Google – Chrome – Plugins

Background Reading through other people's hard work. Found out I may have to access Google's Chrome Plugins page to validate some settings. chrome://plugins/ Instruction was simple enough. Access the URL page and enter chrome://plugins/ Results Image Textual Remediation Content Settings Outline To access plugins, here are your options:- Access Options Access through the Chrome/Settings page … Continue reading Google – Chrome – Plugins

Linux – File System – Listing File Systems

Background What is the File System on our disks? Outline Commands df ( Disk Free ) lsblk ( List Information on the block devices ) lshw ( List Hardware ) file ( File Command ) mount ( List Mount Points ) blkid ( List Information on Available Block Devices ) System Configuration File /etc/fstab Commands … Continue reading Linux – File System – Listing File Systems

TimeWindows:- Compilation Using MinGW

Background Let us compile TimeWindows using MinGW.   Timeline TimeWindows:- Compilation Using Microsoft Visual Studio Link Outline Identify Source Code Repository Download Code Uncompress Package Examine & Prepare Artifacts Build Application Tasks Identify Source Code Repository Source Code ( Source / Commits ) Link Source Code ( Source ) Link Repository ( svn ) Link … Continue reading TimeWindows:- Compilation Using MinGW

TimeWindows:- Compilation Using Microsoft Visual Studio

Background I am really tempted to attempt a private build of TimeWindows application available via Google Code. Outline Identify Source Code Repository Download Code Uncompress Package Examine & Prepare Artifacts Build Application Tasks Identify Source Code Repository Source Code ( Source / Commits ) Link Source Code ( Source ) Link Repository ( svn ) … Continue reading TimeWindows:- Compilation Using Microsoft Visual Studio