Good ideas for real people dealing with ridiculous password demands from web sites – how to get a decent password you can remember and still be secure.
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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…
The COST of Customer Inconvenience in Passwords
“The Customer may not always be Right, but the Customer IS ALWAYS the Customer.” — Bob Parsons of GoDaddy.com author, entrepreneur, entertainer, motorcycle enthusiast, elephant hunter. I have previously written about the folly of unreasonable demands placed upon customers concerning password assignment by well-meaning but misguided hosting service providers. Typically these password requirements include: password must…
Practical Ubuntu — Part 2 of 2
In “Practical Ubuntu — Part 1 of 2” we installed Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot on an HP 6910p notebook alongside the existing Microsoft Windows Vista, set the administrator “root” login to a password we know, added openssh-server so we can work on it remotely instead of needing to stand right there beside the computer while…
Windows XP Password Recovery
This message just in from “Bill” in South Bend. I have not tested it yet. Lets say you setup your XPpro laptop to require login accounts instead of just starting up. And lets say for some reason both the administrator and the other user passwords don’t work for some reason????