Cortana is a new feature that comes packaged with Windows 10. The Cortana feature is very similar to Siri that is found on the Apple iPhone and much like Siri, it acts as a personal assistant to you. Cortana can be accessed via the start menu search function. You can either type questions and instructions ... Read more
Windows 7 and newer versions come with a new version of the robocopy command that is able to copy files much faster then the normal copy command or copy function of the file explorer by using several simultanious threads. So if you plan to copy a large number of files, e.g. to make a backup, ... Read more
The Basic Input Output System (BIOS) is a program that is used to boot your computer system as soon as you turn it on. The BIOS controls all your input and output operations during the boot process as well as when your PC is running. Normally, users don't interact with the BIOS directly because the ... Read more
Windows 10 keeps a log of all updates that you perform either automatically or manually. It doesn't care if these updates were installed successfully or failed, it just keeps a log of these updates. This way, even the failed updates take up some space on your hard drive. In this article, we will explain the ... Read more
This short tutorial describes the steps to optimize the performance of a MySQL database with the mysqltuner script. This tool can be used for MySQL and MariaDB. Install mysqltuner The mysqltuner High-Performance MySQL Tuning Script is available as a package on Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20.04, install it with at: sudo apt install mysqltuner For ... Read more
Sometimes you might want to block connects to your server by IP address. E.g. when someone tries to attack your system. This can be done in several different ways, e.g. with iptables (firewall) rules or by setting up a reject route. Reject access with Linux route command Using iptables sometimes causes conflicts with installed firewalls ... Read more
We know why you are here! Your good old "workplace" icon is nowhere to be found and you are in panic mode. You need that icon back in its place right now. Don't worry, because you can get it back on your desktop in no time. While Windows 10 has introduced many useful features for ... Read more
When working on the command line in Linux, you may want to know how much time a particular command has taken (from start to finish). If you are new to Linux and looking for a way to do this, you will be pleased to learn that there is a command-line tool that does exactly what ... Read more
Some of the PowerShell commands require a password. You can embed a password directly in PowerShell commands. However, it is unwise to do it this way. It can be read by normal users and can be compromised. The best option is to store the password as an encrypted string in a text file. Even if ... Read more
This short guide will show you how to start multiple services simultaneously with the help of PowerShell. Start Multiple Services or Applications with PowerShell 1. Open PowerShell with administrative privileges. 2. Execute the following command (Suppose when you are required to search all exchange related services and start them, just replace the parameter). Get-Service "*Exchange*" ... Read more