Contents tagged with windows
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HP Officejet 6500A - Scan on Windows 10
Install the HP Officehet 6500A drivers. Install HP Scan and Capture from the Windows Store. Note: if we only do step (1) above, we will still NOT be able to scan with either Windows Fax and Scan ( … more
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Windows 10 Performance on the Surface Pro 3
Install Windows Updates. Keep doing this! Adjust for performance. Performance Options > Visual Effects > Adjust for best performance. Adjust Virtual Memory. Performance Options > Advanced & … more
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A Makeshift JavaScript REPL Editor with Notepad and PhantomJS
What I wanted was a simple JavaScript console, that's similar to the Firefox Web Console but with the lightness and convenience of the PowerShell ISE. The result is a kind of cross between a read- … more
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Run an application on Windows startup
Create a shortcut to the executable (right click, create shortcut). Move the shortcut to the Startup folder. Startup folder: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ … more
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Save hard disk space in Windows.
TLDR; Use CCleaner. It reduced my AppData folder significantly. Remove build results by cleaning solutions in Visual Studio. This reduced my GitHub folder significantly. The above two reduced my … more
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Save hard disk space by disabling hibernation in Windows 8
I own the $1,000 Surface Pro 3 i5 with 128 GB hard disk drive. It’s a sweet machine... with limited storage space. WinDirStat tells me that hiberfil.sys is taking up tons of the precious space. That’ … more
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What is the Cloud? Why do we need it?
Simply speaking, the Cloud is a collection of computers, made available by a branded supplier that you borrow or rent space on using the Internet. Period. Recent advances allow companies to offer … more
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Starting with the W3C Log Validator on Windows
Download and install Strawberry Perl. We installed at C:/Strawberry. Test Perl at the cmd line perl -v Ensure you can enter the CPAN interactive mode. References http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/ … more
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Using PHP and MySQL with IIS and Visual Studio and MS Azure
Install PHP IIS > Get new web platform components > Web Platform Installer opens > Search PHP Add and install PHP 5.6.0, PHP Manager for IIS, Turn on CGI Programs & Features > … more
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Using SSH in Git for Windows with PowerShell
This is a brain dump after having configured SSH in PowerShell with Git and GitHub. Use the githubrsa SSH key outside of Git Shell Install GitHub for Windows. This will add two files to your ~. … more