TechKnack

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First, some background on DNS; feel free to skip this paragraph if you know what it is . “Domain Name System” is a distributed system for translating web addresses (Google.com) to IP addresses (64.233.187.99). You type “Google.com” into your browser, the browser (through the computer) sends that address to the DNS, [...]

Do you have a wireless notebook with Samba shares that contain copyrighted materials? For example, your music collection? But you only want to share it with your Xbox Media Center while you’re on the home network — sharing anywhere else could result in copyright infringement. It’s a hassle to disable your shares [...]

If you’re planning on selling your computer in a usable state, chances are you’ll want to securely erase that three to five years of tax forms, social security numbers, etc from your hard drive. The most secure method (for us civilians, anyways) to destroy that data while keeping the drive usable is to start [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, it’s a good idea to use a “Limited User” account under Windows XP (I haven’t experienced Windows Wished’a — erm, Vista — so I can’t speak for that OS, but chances are it’s the same).
But it’s so limiting!
You have to login as admin to install software, to install [...]

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By default, any Windows XP user accounts that you create are given administrator privileges. Many people leave it this way (and some just use the built-in administrator account), allowing them to install software, modify settings, and otherwise tweak their system as their whims lead them to. Unfortunately, this also gives administrator [...]