Sanitizing data in Wireshark before publishing, value in SSDs vs. legacy disk tech, Five (5) things about CISA – Cyber Information Sharing Act.
Month: October 2015
Restoring BIOS Real Time Clock Alarm Power Up
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) allows dynamic control of power to various computer components for use (as an example) in reducing power use when the computer is idle, or allow the computer to be automatically started just before the business day begins, or to turn on the computer and run maintenance tasks at night….
Backup using rsync with non-standard ssh port
How to use rsync with ssh and non-standard port number
Windows 10 Boot Record Repair
I botched my boot record and windows 10 home said it couldn’t boot. I tried inserting the Windows Enterprise LTSB installation disk from work and running Repair your computer but it said it couldn’t fix the problem. Since Microsoft automagically updated my Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 Home there is no Windows 10 Home DVD…
GRUB Re-Install after Windows
Fix for the various instances in which the GRUB boot loader on a multi-boot system gets trashed, by way of example but not by way of limitation, when installing Windows. A different process that inspired these steps I found here http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/245. Being a basic old, grouchy, lazy IT guy, I did it this way instead. Notes…