Archives for Productivity Tips - Page 3
Installing Kali Linux (or any Linux Distro) on Oracle VirtualBox
Download the kali .iso file (or whatever distro you are trying to install on VBox) Oracle VBox - Simply create a new Linux VM with debian 64 bit (When you…
Windows 10 apps, calculator app etc. stop working
My calculator app and other desktop apps mysteriously stopped working (no window would launch when these apps were launched). This simple step fixed it (note that I got some errors…
Gmail send mail as – Functionality not enabled message
While I could RECEIVE email on multiple accounts using gmail’s business email (about $5/mo as of current date), I was unable to send email using different accounts (I was only…
Hub Spoke diagram in Visio
On the File menu, point to New, point to Business, and then click Marketing Charts and Diagrams. From Marketing Diagrams, drag a Circle-spoke diagram shape onto the drawing page. Choose…
How the Internet Works
Company A = large communications provider. Has a PoP (Point of Presence) in each major city. Company B = large corporate with multiple buildings - lays out it's own fiberoptic…
Scan paper–face up or down?
If the lines are on the sheet (left image below), face up. If the lines are on the bent ear (right image below), face down.
Searchable Pdfs
The only searchable pdfs are those that are created through an OCR process which ‘captures’ a text layer separately from an image layer. A purely scanned image is like a…
Reduce size of excel workbook
Excel uses a lot of space with empty cells. There isn’t an easy way to figure out how much space is being wasted. I was seeing an Excel file at…
Lookup hostname for IP address
Launch a cmd prompt. nbtstat -A %ipaddress% nslookup %ipaddress%
Finding family purchases in iTunes
Trust apple to hide things to where nobody can find them. All I wanted to do was download all the music that was part of my family sharing plan (…