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[...] Linux Mint 13 plays a sound when you start the system as well as when you log into an account. Both of [...]

[...] Cinnamon 1.6 will apparently be the version used in Linux Mint 14 and is already available for testing. Be warned, since it’s the first release of 1.6, it [...]

[...] After installing Linux Mint 13 on your machine for the first time, you will only have few to no icons on the desktop by [...]

[...] Linux support still grows, many titles are already available. To install Steam on Ubuntu or Linux Mint, open a Terminal and enter the following commands: sudo apt-key [...] [...]

[...] The Windows 7 games index, which is accessible through Games in the main menu, usually imports all game executables that are installed on your system. But if it fails to [...]

[...] that easily with Windows’ built in firewall. On Windows 8 just hit the Windows key to get to the main menu and - type Firewall. - Click on Settings on the right pane [...] [...]

[...] achieve that, open the Local Group Policy Editor by searching for group policy in Windows’ main menu. In the left pane, navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > [...]

[...] ; that is called a Diagnostic boot. To get going, open a Run prompt by searching for run in the main menu. Enter msconfig. The following window should pop up: Selective startup should be the one that& [...]

[...] an entry, - left-click on the connections icon and on Open Network and Sharing Center - in the left pane, click on Manage [...] [...]

[...] that opens offers you a nicely sorted overview over everything that happened – browse the left pane for the categories and click on an event in the middle pane to get information about it below: [...]

[...] system – to get to it search for Computer Management in the Start menu. On the left pane of the CM window, browse for Computer Management (Local) > System Tools >  [...]

[...] Group Policy Editor by searching for group policy in Windows’ main menu. In the left pane, navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative [...]

[...] To retrieve the MAC-address of a networking device on a Windows machine you can enter one of two commands into the command line tool. To open a command line search [...]

[...] Windows: You can uninstall the guest additions just like any other program on a Windows machine: Click on Uninstall a program in the Control Panel and search for the version you [...]

[...] When you install new printers on your Windows machine they might have the nasty habit of setting themselves as the new default printer. That may be [...]

[...] . To select specific services that shall not be started by boot, open msconfig by calling a Run prompt through the main menu and entering msconfig. Switch to the Services tab and uncheck any [...]

[...] the Applications tab. On the bottom of the window click on New Task…: A Run prompt opens that you can use to start programs and processes – type in explorer here and [...]

[...] basic Windows services running – that is called a Diagnostic boot. To get going, open a Run prompt by searching for run in the main menu. Enter msconfig. The following window should pop up: [...]

[...] logged while the computer is powered. To get to it, press Windows Key + R to open a Run prompt and enter eventvwr into it. The window that opens offers you a nicely sorted overview over [...]

[...] is disabled on Ubuntu 12.04 and Mint 13 by default – you can only access it with the command line. To have it as an option in the shutdown menu again, open a terminal and enter the following: [...]

[...] the graphical interface, you won’t find this feature if you want to take them from the command line – the [...] [...]

[...] 1.1 SCP Command Line-An Overview The SCP command line is commonly used to copy files over SSH, and between popular Operating systems like Linux, Mac [...]

If you want to further reduce the time it takes your Windows 8 system to boot one of the most efficient options will be to automate the login process [...]

[...] boot the operating system loads all the programs and services that are configured to run on system startup. If your machine is haunted by a worm though it might be helpful to boot it with only the [...]

[...] Every service you install is usually run on system startup. Sometimes these services do so without asking you before and sometimes they might even be [...]