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Portable Assembly Tutorial - Part 1

2009-04-14T09:18:00.000-07:00

IntroductionLearning assembly is a major pain in the ass because there is little documentation on the subject compared to higher level languages like C++ or Java. Furthermore, different assemblers (Things that turn your assembly code into programs) have different ways of doing things, making switching between assemblers a difficult task.To make things even more tricky, many assembly tutorial

Configuring Vim

2009-03-23T11:11:00.001-07:00

The Vim text editor is available on nearly every OS around (Primarily *nix), and it is popular among heavy text users like programmers. It is configured by modifying the .vimrc file.The .vimrc file is located here on most OSes -~/.vimrcYou change settings by writing lines into the file. Vim then checks this file before it runs, and applies any settings in the file. Each setting needs to be on

My Review of the Linux/Unix OSes

2009-03-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

I have used many Linux/Unix OSes, so I decided to review a few of them, so newcomers to *nix have a easier time deciding. I will add more as I use more.>>> Ubuntu Linux <<< UI -Gnome DE. Very easy to use and it comes with many GUI tools to manage your machine. Nearly all point-and-click for casual users. Verbose bootup hidden with a graphical Ubuntu screen like WIndows. No CLI needed for casual

Windows Cleanup Batch Script

2009-03-04T15:07:00.000-08:00

OK, I'm getting tired of people recommending Windows clean up software to each other. Clean up software is often bloated & won't clean everything. So I have made this tutorial to show you how to make a file you click & it does it all for you. No software needed. Here we go....Create a new file using Notepad & call it "cleanup.bat"Now it's created, right click it & press "edit".Now copy this into

Accessing External Drives on Unix Terminal

2009-03-04T14:53:00.000-08:00

My friend just installed OpenBSD on my recommendation, but when he went to copy his music from his external HDD, he found he didn't have a clue what to do, since OpenBSD doesn't have a /media directory or a auto mounter, and Gnome won't show non root drives up until they are manually mounted. So after I shown him how to do it, I decided to write a brief tutorial on it. This technique will

Installing & Using The Borland C++ Compiler

2008-11-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

The Borland C++ Compiler is a command line based C++ compiler for Windows. I have been using DevC++ as my C++ IDE, but I decided I wanted to write the source in notepad & just use a simple command line compiler to compile it. Due to some of the difficulties I had with installing & using it, I decided to write a tutorial about installing it & using it. There is a Borland IDE, but the command line

My Review Of The Mojave Experiment

2008-10-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

I have always defended Linux as being far better than Windows. But recently in Linux Vs Windows Vista forum threads, pro Windows forum users have been pointing me to the link to something called 'The Mojave Project'. They all say this proves Vista is good. So I decided to take a look. First let's look at the actual site.The siteThe first thing I got asked when I tried to go onto the site was '

Hardening XP's Security

2008-10-28T15:35:00.000-07:00

Windows in a very insecure operating system by default, so many setting have to be changed in order to make it more secure. In this tutorial I will be showing you what the administrative tools security options mean & how to configure them.This tutorial is only designed for XP professional. XP home edition probably will not have some of these options available.Finding & running administrative

My Review Of Google Chrome

2008-10-28T15:18:00.000-07:00

The internet giant Google has built there own internet browser, so I decided to download it & take a look. Knowing Google, this program might be a good competitor to Mozilla Firefox 3. It’s ‘Each tab is it’s own process’ & ‘Incognito’ features are some of it’s selling points. So has Google made yet another quality product, or have they made a undesirable browser?I downloaded Chrome from here -

Optimize XP

2008-10-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

XP is the best Windows operating system except server in my opinion. It can be made to be very fast by performing simple steps. Here is a list of things you can do to speed it up;Switch off the unnecessary GUI effectsMaking your menus fade & the windows have moving effects isn’t an improvement & it will slow down the PC. So here is how to remove it….Right click My Computer.Click ‘Properties‘.On

Fix your corrupt HDD in XP

2008-10-28T13:44:00.000-07:00

When XP hard drives get errors, it usually isn’t a problem. You just run Windows disk checker. But when important XP system files becomes damaged & explorer & task manager wont start, it gets a little bit more awkward.My 10 year old XP hard drive just had a failure & it became riddled with errors. Unfortunately, As soon as my system tried to boot explorer, the blue screen of death came up. My

Secure Your Torrent Downloading

2008-10-28T13:41:00.000-07:00

Anti P2P are fighting back against in the war against piracy. Fake torrents, malicious IPs & arrests are a few things they are doing to try to prevent piracy. Because of this, downloaders are going to have to take a few precautions to prevent themselves from being caught. This tutorial will show you how to protect yourself.Don’t use Limewire or BearshareIt’s amazing how many of my friends still

How To Crack WEP

2008-10-28T13:10:00.000-07:00

Introduction When wireless routers first came out most were unprotected & ones that were, used simple 64bit WEP encryption. Times have changed. Newer 128bit WEP encryption has become popular & nearly all wireless routers are encrypted. This tutorial will show you how to retrieve WEP passwords. I will add a tutorial for cracking WPA soon. Now for the WEP cracking…. Things to know before we start