Windows Sidebar is a vertical bar on the Windows Vista desktop that displays visual objects called “gadgets”. Gadgets can display information such as the current time, provide a mini notepad where you can jot down important information, display photos as a slideshow, provide quick games for you to play, and more. Some Windows Sidebar gadgets can communicate over… Read More »
The definition of a bit is the smallest amount of memory a computer can hold. A bit can literally hold only one of two values:
In computer memory terms, the definition of a byte is a collection of eight bits. Unlike a bit that can hold the value of zero or one, a byte of memory can hold a value from 0-255.
ROM stands for Read Only Memory. Your computer ROM holds crucial instructions needed for your computer to boot up and operate and can sometimes be referred to as the ”operating system for the operating system”.
Computers and storage mechanisms (CD-ROMs, hard drives, USB flash drives, DVD-ROMs, etc.) need to hold much larger values than what a byte can hold (0-255). Thus, the terms kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, and terabyte were created to represent such large amounts of information.
Do you get so much e-mail every day that you find it hard to read it all? If you’re like a lot of us, you might spend as little as 15 seconds scanning a message to determine how it applies to you. Now, imagine if that’s how people are reading your e-mail. If they can’t quickly identify why… Read More »
Display, configure or rename a printer.
NTFS PermissionsUse NTFS permissions to specify which users and groups can gain access to files and folders, and what they can do with the contents of the file or folder. NTFS permissions are only available on NTFS volumes. The permissions you assign for folders are different from the permissions you assign for files. You assign folder permissions to… Read More »
It’s important to start learning how to identify IPv6 addresses if you want to be able to troubleshoot network connectivity issues on IPv6 networks, and this is especially important as IPv4 to IPv6 migrations accelerate in different parts of the world.
Breaking any encryption involves knowing a few things. First, you have to know that there is an encryption scheme. Secondly, you must know how encryption works.