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17 June, 2015 By Mike Turd

How to Enable Delete Confirmation Dialogue Box in Windows 10

You know by now Microsoft and for the first time has opened its forthcoming release of Windows (Windows 10) for anyone in the world to test it and send suggestions and feedback. You might be one of those beta testers who have sacrificed a desktop machine for this experiment (actually an interesting experiment). You may have noticed that when you delete any items, it’s sent directly to the recycle bin without the usual confirmation box. That is a problem for many as important files and folders could be deleted by mistake. Worst yet, someone who have physical access to your machine might delete an important file or folder.

13 June, 2015 By Mike Turd

Project Spartan / Microsoft Edge the New Microsoft Web Browser

Microsoft is a company that some love and others hate, but all agree that they’re a market leader in the field of technology they’ve succeeded in fulfilling their founders vision which is a PC on every desk. But the days of desktop PCs are off and we’re in a new era of technology where mobile is becoming dominant while PCs are shying away from the scene.

8 June, 2015 By Mike Turd

Creating Anonymous Explorer Searches

Whether you’re working for a company with a computer that multiple users have access to or you use a family computer you must be facing this problem; you’ve searched for a sensitive or private file to find it then a colleague or another family member discover that file from access windows explorer search, that can happen by mistake or even on purpose.

22 May, 2015 By Mike Turd

Canadian Anti-Terrorism Bill

Couple decades ago claiming that the government is tracking your moves and who you keep in touch with would’ve labeled you a lunatic – or at least a conspiracy nut – but today that all is reality, and the practice keeps spreading larger as countries grant their internal spy agencies more power for surveillance.

17 May, 2015 By Mike Turd

Disable, Enable Lock Screen in Windows 10

In the previous article we discussed how to disable and enable the lock screen in Windows 10 technical preview using an easier method. In this article we utilize a totally different method. We like to think that this method is more “geeky” and cooler!

3 May, 2015 By Mike Turd

Sync Your iPhone and iPad with Linux

Before you sync your iPhone or iPad with Linux mint device, you need to install libimobiledevice on your computer. Most Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, Fedora and Ubuntu have this pre-installed. If you want to check if you already have it installed, check in Synaptic Package Manager.

25 April, 2015 By Mike Turd

Change CID and MID on HTC One M8

HTC makes specific devices for different carriers and regions, even though most of the variants are packed with the same hardware features or specifications. CID and MID: Carrier ID and Model ID respectively, is what helps HTC to identify which particular carrier or region/country the device was made for. This also helps OTA (over the air) software update servers to know which update to push for your device when they become available.