Want to open folder or edit file as administrator (aka root in Linux)? Here’s how to do the trick by adding menu option in Ubuntu 22.04 file manager. The ‘Files’ (aka nautilus) has an extension called nautilus-admin to do administrative operations. With it, you may right-click …
This simple tutorial shows how to enable Secure Shell (SSH) in Ubuntu 22.04, so you can login remotely and transfer data securely via the cryptographic network protocol. Ubuntu uses OpenSSH to provide Secure Shell services. The client is pre-installed with out-of-the-box support for connecting to remove …
Microsoft now allows enterprise admins to re-enable the MSIX ms-appinstaller protocol handler disabled after Emotet abused it to deliver malicious Windows App Installer packages. App Installer (also known as AppX Installer) allows users to install Windows applications directly from a web server using an MSIX package …
If you want to use Windows 11 or any Linux distribution on VirtualBox, you must enable EFI or Extensible Firmware Interface. Although VirtualBox enables this setting automatically when you choose the OS, it might not do that at times. In such moments, you can follow this …
Bitwarden is a famous password manager that is cross-platform. The passwords inside stored in Bitwarden are secured by a master password. Bitwarden locks the vault after some time of inactivity (default – 15 minutes), requiring the user to enter the master password again. Bitwarden also offers …
Windows 11 comes with an advanced setting, called hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, which can boost gaming and video performance using your PC’s GPU. We’ll show you how to enable the feature and thereby potentially get a performance increase. What Is Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling? Usually, your computer’s processor …
Windows 11 Check & Enable is a new free program for Microsoft Windows devices from the German software company Ashampoo. Read on to find out what it does and why I don’t recommend using it. As the name suggests, Windows 11 Check & Enable is a …
Facebook’s instant messaging app WhatsApp has made dark mode available for WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp desktop apps to relieve the eyes after the mobile app. The instant messaging app is one of the most popular messaging apps globally, and its website version, WhatsApp Web, is also …
In Windows 11 or Windows 10, you can maximize a window vertically by pressing the Shift +Win+Up arrow key, and pressing the Shift+Win+Down arrow key to restore or minimize the window vertically. To achieve the same effect, you can move the pointer to the top or …
Facebook Messenger is getting an update that allows everyone to encrypt their direct messages, group chats, and calls. Facebook first began experimenting with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) about six years ago. And it’s taken all that time for the company, which is now called Meta, to finally …