I’ve been using a Neat Receipts Mobile Scanner as a digital filing system for a few years now. Overall I’ve had good results using the scanner and the software aside from a few database issues. The system is a great way to get rid of all of the paper from your life and go fully […]
Windows
Taking a Look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview Edition
Microsoft released their second public preview of Windows 8 today which they are referring to as the “Consumer Preview Edition”. A more realistic title for this release might be “Consumer Panic Edition”. I was shocked to see that the new user interface hasn’t progressed since the developers preview edition was released last year. If you’re […]
My First Impressions of Windows 8 Developers Preview Edition
If you haven’t heard yet Microsoft is currently offering free downloads of the Developers Preview edition of Windows 8. I downloaded a copy and installed it in VirtualBox so I could see what’s new and mess around with the new features a bit. This version probably has a time bomb and will expire at some […]
Windows Password Recovery using a Bootable USB Drive
Recently I needed to help someone perform a windows password recovery on their computer. When they came home from work they were unable to log into their computer using their normal password. Either the password on their account had been changed or the account was locked out due to too many invalid logon attempts. Regardless […]
Recovering a NeatWorks database
A couple of weeks ago my computer crashed and Windows decided that it wasn’t going to boot up anymore. I kept getting a blue screen of death about half way through the boot process. The error on the BSOD was “Stop 0x0000007B” which aparently is an incredibly generic error that can mean many things. I’m […]
How to Analyze Windows Crash Dump Files
Last night my computer decided to randomly blue screen while I was using it. The errors displayed by these blue screens are typically pretty useless. Usually you’re shown some sort of stop error and a bunch of hex code along with it. When your computer blue screens there is a good chance it will create […]
Forensic Memory Dump Analysis Using Moonsols
While I was reading the latest edition of 2600 (Winter 2011) I came across an article called RAM Dumping that I found to be very interesting. I did some experimenting with the methods in the article and had some results that were surprising so I decided to blog about my findings. Memory dumps can be […]
10 Ways to Make Windows 7 More Secure
10 tips for making your Windows PC more secure against hackers, viruses, and malware.
Search Through Email in Outlook Faster With Xobni
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How to Install Common Unix Command Line Utilities in Windows
Add many useful Unix utilities in to windows to improve your command line experience.
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