Windows 11 and Switching to Linux

My computer ramblings today, June 11, 2026
This post was brought on by watching YouTube videos, many of them talking about switching to Linux, which I believe is Great for some people.
I understand the frustration with Windows 11. Just to simply use Linux has become very much easier in the past few years.
To start your Linux journey and possibly to keep for the long haul I recommend Linux Mint.
It is one of the more stable and easy ones to use. Linux overall is a
stable OS. It does not crash much when used with a decent running computer.
I also use Pop_OS, sometimes MX Linux and Ubuntu.
The Linux distro I use the most for the last few months is Pop_OS.
I tend to use one distro for quite a while, then experiment with one distro or another here and there.

I don't know that I like Pop_OS better than Mint, but I am now using more.

The best Linux Distro, is the one you use!

Recent Trend towards AI

Artificial Intelligence

I am not a fan of how AI is being pushed!
I know I am not alone that it is, too much too soon, with what seems like disregard for consequences.
Much like what is happening with data centers. In my opinion It does not make good wholesome sense!
I am rambling, but that is on my mind a lot these days.

I use Windows, Mac OS & Linux. It is not as simple for everyone
to just switch to Linux, like many of the Linux users / fans say.
I do believe more users can switch than they realize if they use a browser for most of their computing which is quite common
for email, social media, and shopping.

They can use Libre Office which comes with most Linux distros, including Pop_OS, Linux Mint, Ubunto and many more distros for perhaps a letter or spreadsheet here and there

For work, I use Windows 11 - right, wrong, or other,

I have to use it.
To the "Simply switch saying people", that is not realistic for many of us).
I do truly think it is great that there are "Linux Only" people.

Apps / Tools I use on different Operating Systems and trying to find similar or equivalent apps on Linux:

So far I like iMovie (Included with Mac OS) better than Kadenlive.
Kadenlive can be used on: Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.
Perhaps I will get more proficient with Kadenlive, but now it seems less user friendly than iMovie.

ShotCut on Windows was okay but does not have the polish, and ease of use that iMovie has.
I am not going the M$ ClipChamp route either - one more thing to sign up for.
To use all of it;s features, you must pay $11.99 / per month at the time of this post.
PikiMovie (no download) - not too bad - all OSes that have Chrome, Chromium, or Edge browser
(no download /browser based)
can work with it without downloading software, also
PhotoPea (no download / browser based) is pretty good for Adobe PhotoShop-like program, but
likely not as powerful.
Inkscape - I have seen it in action and reviewed on
YouTube, it gets pretty good reviews but not yet where Adobe Light Room is.
I have not used it.

What works well for me on Linux other than browsing and using Libre Office is:

K3B - for ripping Music CDs. (Yes I still do that - get cheap CDs from Thrift Shops - sometimes eBay.)
MakeMKV - for ripping movies
VLC for watching movies.
VLC on my iPhone along with KDE Connect - to share the MP3s that I ripped from Linux computer to my iPhone.
I also save playlists in VLC on my iPhone and use it for a music player app.

KDE Connect:

NOTE: Somewhat complex.
You must download PhoneUtils, PhoneLib, and a couple other helper apps / tools that make it all work.

NOTE 2: KDE connect also allows you to copy your photos from your phone to your computer.

You can use KDE connect as a back up - or use your photos to create movies in Kdenlive.

I know - too much information, but in order to actually
consider switching to Linux, or partially switching
(which is only as far as I get, and possibly ever will get, maybe).
Other than using a computer for work I get on social media,
buy things through Amazon, or eBay, sometimes Facebook Marketplace.
I also use for a music and movie entertainment and study tool - via YouTube and reading various articles.
I also use a computer and phone for reading the Bible every day.
I have had a few people in person and many people that I follow on YouTube
that mention switching to Linux. If i use "Linux only", to me that is like being
a mechanic and only use a pair of pliers, when many times another tool would be much better.

If and when some day I retire from my job as a tech support / customer service representative for a company, I may fully leave Windows.
I don't use Photoshop that much really at all. I actually have an older version
of it on an old Window XP computer. I recently had to replace the hard drive on the old 2004 computer.
The Photoshop version I have is not Windows 10 or 11 compatible.
So, I could venture away from Windows fairly easy, if and when I
retire some day.
At the time of this writing, I am not ready to retire. I work
less than 5 days per week generally, but not ready to hang up the routine and
the money, quite yet.

I am a Linux user - but not a "You all need this only", type of person. At least not so far.
I understand where those people are coming
from and respect and appreciate them.

Regarding Linux, I do have fun with it. It is more work to set it up and make Linux do what you want it to do
than Mac or Windows, unless you are just using a browser and Libre Office for documents and
perhaps a Spreadsheet now and again.

IF YOU WANT TO RESURRECT AN OLD 2014, or 2015 Intel or AMD based machine, possibly an old Mac

Then Linux is the way to go IMHO!
Speaking of old Macs - IR1.

Using Linux as a tool and replacing what I did or do on other computers is a challenge!

Sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating.

I am a Mac user since OS 7.6.1 I am a Linux User since Caldera 2.3, and other
distros of the late 1990's era. Though I did not use it as much starting out.
It was and is an adventure. I am a DOS user since DOS 4, a Windows user since 3.0.
I took my first computer class "DOS and Intro to BASIC" classes in College in 1985.
I have used MS Active Directory on Windows Server 2003, 2007 and 2012 and 2016.
I have used Windows 2000 and NT3.5 -and NT4 - but not that much.
M$ improved from Windows 3.1 to Windows 98 (Millennium blipped for a short while - what was that?)
and Windows 7 (then pooped out Vista) and 8. I understand some
liked 8 and I appreciate that. I could use it but did not like it. Windows 10
was pretty good - then M$ pooped on us all with Windows 11. It has some good
points except for the OneDrive, CoPilot, Ads junk it dumps on us, and M$ has no
respect for privacy. Some of those settings can be improved on as well - look up
Windows 11 Privacy settings. Many Youtubers have videos on using settings to
make your computer more private and likely run better. Perhaps an update will
reset our privacy settings, perhaps a good idea to check setting after upgrades.
The Windows 11 Start Menu Items - and right click context menus - I don't like -
not an improvement to me - but not too bad to me either. You can turn off ads
pretty easily in settings - search it online - pretty easy to find. It should be
a simple choice though ,shouldn't it? My non-work Win 11 machine is set up with
a local account. Best to you all - many prayers! If you got this far, you are
likely the only one.

I am going to create more art because I love to create images. Cows & horses are my favorites at this time.
I do like to draw & paint butterflies and nature scenes.
Here is an example of some of my latest painting work.
I plan to post more soon.

How to read checksums for downloaded files

Make it easier to read checksums for downloaded files, download Hash Tool from the Windows Store.
Or use command line tools, I tell you how below.
I have not downloaded many files lately, but when I do from a non-Microsoft site, other than, say Google,
or mozilla, or Adobe, you get the idea, main web portals. Then I usually do not check the checksums to
verify the file I downloaded agrees with what was downloaded.

If you are not familiar with checksums, it as an encrypted way of verifying a downloaded file, has the same long, encrypted characters as the original.

Checksums are generally MD5, which are less secure at 128 bit encryption, or
Sha-1, which are more secure at 256 bit encryption.

I download a version of Linux at times, or today, Haiku, based from BeOS.
I wanted to verify the checksum, so I duckducked it or googled it.
It was not as simple as you would think.
Microsoft has a checksum tool for MD5 checksums. It is not a program you can just download and run.
Microsoft states to put the path in your Windows path statement in order to use the tool.
I can do that, but why?
Not just anyone can do it, and it takes time, yes, why should it?
Microsoft could simply make a small program that is built into Windows that you can use in the GUI.
The GUI, for those who do not know, is a program that has a shortcut in the start menu, and you can just
click to run it.


You can download their tool, then put the path to wherever you save it in your path variable, then run the commands from an elevated Command prompt.
It is a usable solution for the technically experienced and inclied, but to others, not so much.
It is not handy to anyone!
NOTE: I entered Microsoft's website to download the tool below, if you choose to do so for whatever reason.

Built-in CertUtil

There is a built in command in Windows that you can use to read 256 Sha-1 checksums.

To run the easier built-in command, open a command prompt as administrator, by typing the word command
in the Windows Search box by the Start menu, when you see the command program listed, right click it and
choose, run as administrator, from the drop-down list. You will be prompted by Windows with the

question, Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?. Click on Yes, in order to open the command prompt as administrator.

In order to use the command that is built into Windows 10, which makes me wonder why Microsoft has a download version available, run the following in a command prompt as administrator, also known as an elevated command prompt.

To check an MD5 file run the following command:


CertUtil -hashfile filename MD5

To use a Sha-1 or SHA256 check, enter the following command:

CertUtil -hashfile filename SHA256

NOTE: In both of the commands above, you would put in the actual filename of the file that you are checking.

One more thing to mention, in order to run the commands, you will want to run them from the folder that the downloaded file is in.

In Windows 7, 8.1, and 10, that would normally be in:
C:\users\username\downloads
The username would be the actual username of your Windows account.

Should you want to download the Microsoft File Verifier Integrity Checker (FVIC), you can download it
here

I hope this helps someone.
Let me say one more thing, as with many computer related topics, an encrypted hash and a checksum are
two different things. With this post, I am wanting to relay how to check the checksum, in order to make
sure the file you downloaded is the file that the author, or file repository intended.

Since writing this article, I found a hash file checker named Hash Tool.
You can look it up on Google, or DuckDuckgo dot com or you can download it from The Microsoft Store.
You can run command line tool, but if you download quite a few program from the Internet, it may
serve you well to install the small tool.
I verified it works quite well. You can select from several encryption options MD5 and SHA256 to name two. Thanks for checking in with The Virusfighter's blog.

Dell Primary Drive Not Found OR Secondary Drive Not found 0 or 1

Dell Dimension 2400 Boot error Primary - OR - Secondary drive 0 or 1 not found The error can be for Windows XP or 7 - or other. Error is seen upon boot up before the Operating System loads so is not Operating System Dependent When you see the error upon boot up - you should be able to select F1 to continue or if you want to fix the error / problem Try the following. Enter the BIOS Setup by pressing F2. Turn on Caps Lock, Scroll Lock and Num Lock. Press ALT + E then ALT + F (should hear beep) then ALT + B When Pressing the keys, Hold down ALT, then hit the second key while still pressing ALT, then let go of both keys, repeat until all 3 have been ran. This will reconfigure the boot devices.

unable to parse command line error when trying to launch your Citrix desktop

For Windows based computers using Windows 7 or 8
For error:
"unable to parse command line"
when trying to launch your Citrix desktop.

What needs to happen is, Citrix receiver needs to be associated with

wfcrun32.exe (and not) wfica32.exe

Go to your companies Citrix website.

Click your Citrix Desktop icon (whatever it may be called) you will be prompted to open or save the launch.ica file.

Click the “down arrow by Save” you will see a "Save as" option -
(as the answer to what do you want to do save or open), After selecting "Save as",
Browse to and Click to save on desktop or wherever as long as you can locate the file.

Right click on the "launch.ica" file, click "Open With"
- Select:"Choose default program".
Leave check in "always use the selected program to open this kind of file", which will correctly associate the files opened with Citrix.

Select (Browse), navigate to
"C:\Program Files
(or Program Files (x86) if 64 bit Windows)
Citrix\ICA Client, and select wfcrun32.exe, select Open then OK.
Close then reopen Internet Explorer (or whatever browser you are using.

Launch the Desktop.

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Get the latest version of Microsoft RDP client for Mac OS X

Get the latest version of Microsoft RDP client for Mac OS X.

To connect to a Windows computer from your Mac via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), here is the site to download the latest Remote Desktop Client software (RDC)

You can download the latest Remote Desktop Client for Macintosh from Microsoft by clicking the link below.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18140

Citrix not taking keyboard commands Mac OS X

Citrix not taking keyboard commands Mac OS X.

When on a Citrix server, you type and nothing appears, do the following.
Go to Finder on your Macintosh, by hitting Command + Tab and release at the finder Face,
(You may have to hold down command and hit Tab more than once, releasing at Finder),
then click on your Citrix receiver icon on the dock at the bottom (unless you moved it).
Or hit Command + Tab again and release it on Citrix Receiver.
Once back in Citrix, your keyboard should work.

For a permanent fix (hopefully)

It has been reported on Citrix Forums that updating your Citrix to version 11.9 or higher should fix the issue.
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HP Probook – how to turn keypad mouse back on - keypad, mouse not working

HP Probook – how to turn keypad mouse back on when you accidentally turned if off.

This Trick works for ProBooks 5000 and 6000 series.
If you have accidentally disabled your Touchpad, you will see a Yellow LED light on the top left of the pad.

Double tapping the top left corner of the Touchpad
(where the yellow LED is ) toggles the pad On.
If it is On, it will turn it Off.

When it is off - you can only navigate your computer via keyboard commands, which makes it very difficult to get around, or you can navigate with a USB / wireless mouse.
This happened to a customer of mine and I found the fix on an HP Forum.

Hope this helped you.

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How to Eject a CD or DVD on Mac OS X if you don't see the disk mounted. Go to Finder > Applications > Utilities and open Terminal Type the following command: /usr/bin/drutil eject Hit the Enter key and Voila! That should eject the CD or DVD - unless it is physically stuck. Hope that helps someone. Hope to post soon!

I have not blogged anything since May 2013. It has been almost 2 years - WOW - where does the time go? I would have likely posted something but this "Cancer" has really taken its toll physically, mentally and affects me spiritually. One who is spiritually minded, hearted, and spiritually conscious is ushered into self examination / evaluation (not that I was not doing that before), but even more so since the illness. The experience has made me further realize how much I depend on God and a relationship with Jesus Christ. I would not trade anything for that relationship! For anyone who may be reading this I hope you know Jesus as your savior, if you do not, the Bible says in Matthew 7:7 - "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" Seek Ye first the Kingdom of Heaven - Never Give up. Believe and God will reveal Himself to you. Read His Word "The Holy Bible". King James Version is my favorite. NIV - Second Favorite. Seek the Bibles Online "the differences" find your favorite. May God Bless you as you Trust him or Seek Him. Once you find Him, you must still seek him daily for His Will.

How to delete your temporary files on your Windows computer.

How to delete your temporary files on your Windows computer.


Your computer will gather temporary files from normal computer use. Microsoft Word will put some of these files on your computer for the program to work as intended, as will Internet Explorer, other  browsers and other programs.

If you allow these files to build up it will slow your computer down.

I have listed below instructions on how to delete these files.

Alternately, you may want to download CCleaner, a program that will delete these files from your computer by running the application.
Do an Internet Search for CCleaner, download from majorgeeks.com, cnet.com or other website that you (somewhat) trust.

Note:
This will work for Windows 10, 7, Vista and Windows XP

From your Windows desktop:

1 Click your Start menu
2 In Windows 7 (and Vista), key in "cmd", in the search pane just above the round Start menu, and hit your "Enter" key.

In Windows XP, click Start > click "Run", then
key in "cmd" without the quotes, click "OK", or press you
"Enter" key.

Once you are in the "command" screen (or window), 

key in the following:

c:\ del *.tmp /s 

Then hit your "Enter" key

Also Delete everything out of 

c:\windows\temp

Note: you may receive errors on some files as Windows may currently be using them.
This is normal, not all files will be deleted.

Automatically reply to email messages Outlook 2010

Automatically reply to email messages without using an exchange server account for your personal - POP Mail or IMAP - E-mail accounts.
~ OR ~
Auto reply to email using a personal email account in Outlook 2010


I found this Good information at the site below

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/automatically-reply-to-email-messages-without-using-an-exchange-server-account-HA010354932.aspx

Copy the address / URL above or click the link below:

Automate Out of Office replies in Outlook 2010 - for personal E-Mail/ non-work non-exchange account.


Happy New Years all - December 31,2012

To Mac or To Windows, that is the Question

I really like Apple computers, but depends much on what you use the computer for. I work in IT / Help Desk support and have used Windows since Windows 3.0,(Used DOS 5.0 some before that) before Windows 95.
I like both Windows and Mac OS X, but I choose Mac OS X for my music and video editing, Garage Band, iMovie and iTunes, I like all of them quite a bit and use them often.

I still use Windows, and primarily support Windows in my IT / Help Desk job.
I like Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Outlook on a Windows computer, if you will be using those quite a bit, you may want to consider a Windows based computer.

I have more difficulty in formatting documents in MS Word (and other applications such as Text Edit, and E-Mail) on the Mac, cannot get as many letters / numbers on a line etc. I can make more use of the page in MS Word on Windows. Formatting text is also easier in Windows. In Windows, hit the "Home" key on your keyboard and your cursor moves all the way to the left of the current line, press the "End" Button on the keyboard, your cursor goes to the end of the current line. Hit CTRL + Home, your cursor moves to the top left of the document, and press CTRL + End, your cursor is on the bottom left of the document.
I have spoken with other Mac users and they cannot provide me with a Mac equivalent to those. You can hit the Home button on a Mac keyboard and End, your cursor will be at the beginning and end of the document respectively.

There are virus considerations, reportedly Windows is more vulnerable, mostly (In my opinion, and many others, Google it) that since there are more Windows computers, they are a bigger target. Use care and learn safe browsing and not using peer to peer web sites will help your Internet experience on whatever platform you choose.

Other Considerations

If you get a Mac, you can still install Windows on it using Parallels, Mac's BootCamp, Oracle's Free VirtualBox etc. and boot between Windows and Mac. Bootcamp gives you the choice of which operating system to boot into, where VirtualBox and Parallels allow you to boot into Windows (or Linux) while still being in Mac, you can switch between the two, close out of Parallels or Virtual Box, and you are still in OS X.

Many other scenarios exist, hope you find this helpful and are happy with your choice. As you know you will likely lay out more money on a Mac.

:) Source(s): Experience with Mac OS 7.6 through OS X, Windows 3.1 through 8, Virtual Computing and Linux. Much web surfing, using of the Operating systems and study. This Blogger article was inspired by a Question on Yahoo Answers: Yahoo Answers Question

The Cloud and SAAS - Software As A Service

The Cloud and SAAS - Software As A Service I copied the quoted portion of this from the following blog site: http://blog.beyondtrust.com/bid/90202/PowerBroker-Mobile-on-a-35-Linux-Box Link to Blog.beyontrust Article

I like the analogy of using old apps as the author likens using some old apps designed for a network appliance, in "the cloud", as putting toothpaste back in the tube.

Quoted portion: "Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformation about "the cloud" both in what it does and in how it works, and it's necessary to clear the air about software designed for SaaS. Many enterprise software companies would have you believe that shoving whatever on-premise solution they've shipped for years in the cloud will suddenly reap all the benefits of elastic and distributed computing. Dressing up software originally designed as an appliance, and then putting it "in the cloud" is the technological equivalent of putting toothpaste back in the tube. While theoretically possible, it's going to be a mess."

The computer environment has changed by leaps and bounds, especially since the introduction of the iPhone and the other mobile devices, pads and mobile computers. The terminology is changing fast as well.
"The Cloud" exists in many forms but at its basic level "the cloud" is for remotely storing your data and running apps that are on remote servers using your remote computer or "device" which can be a phone, tablet or mobile computer in general.


Where is "the cloud"? It is all over, here are some example of where the cloud is today.

Apple's iDrive http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/ Apple iCloud Features Link

Windows SkyDrive http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/skydrive/windows-app-faq Windows SkyDrive Link

Windows Mesh http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/mesh-devices-sync-upgrade Windows Mesh Link

Google's Drive https://drive.google.com/ Link for Google Drive

Digital services like "Netflix", and "Amazon Movies", hold content in the Cloud on remote servers, you can "access them" they are not yours, but that would be another example of cloud computing.

There are many other examples of Cloud computing. Your company may have its own private Cloud Storage, or remote applications.

Not all people want their data in "The Cloud", or all of their data, as long as that remains true, people will have their storage media in forms of DVD's, CD's, Flash Drives,etc.

Please feel free to comment.

How to partition hard drive for installing Ubuntu Linux 12.04

Installing Ubuntu Linux as the only Operating System on your computer. What you will need:
1) A working computer that has a CD or DVD burner - hopefully separate from the computer you are installing Ubuntu on.
2) A blank CD or DVD
3) An Internet Connection
4) ISO burning software so you can create the install CD or DVD
I user IMG Burn as several of my tech buddies do - works really well and is simple to use.
You can download IMB Burn from: http://www.imgburn.com/ or by clicking on the link below:
IMG Burn home page
Download Ubuntu Linux Desktop latest version (current version is 12.04) at time of this writing, from the site below. www.ubuntu.com/download
or click the link to download now: Ubuntu.com/download
Create your ISO CD or DVD Boot disk, If you do not know how, then search the web for it using GOOGLE, BING, or your favorite search engine. Next boot from the Ubuntu media (CD or DVD etc.) - If when you reboot the computer it does not boot to the CD or DVD, then you must set your BIOS to boot from the CD or DVD drive - you will need to search the Internet for that, for your particular computer if you do not know how. When you boot from your Ubuntu CD, you will see a screen asking for install options such as install along with windows, install Ubuntu as only the OS etc. or Do something else. Choose the "Do something else option". Now the partition tool will open. You can see the unallocated space on the hard drive. Select that space by clicking on it and click on Add. Add the SWAP partition - Give the swap partition space about 1 or 2 GB, I chose 2000 MB (close enough, if you want to be exact use 2048 MB. If you have over 3 GB of RAM, a 1GB swap file may be large enough. Select SWAP in file system dropdown.Press "OK". Next you may want to add a BOOT partition (for faster speed of good practice [Google it if in doubt], Adding the boot partition - When selecting the "boot" space, select the unallocated space, Click, Add, use approximately 4 GB, 4000 MB is close enough, you can allow more if you have plenty of hard drive space. If you have over 250 GB hard drive, it would not hurt to allow approximately 5 GB for the boot partition. Select, file system as the latest (fastest) "ext4" and the mount point as "/boot" from the drop down menu. Finally you will need to add the Ubuntu user space partition. For the final partition, select the remaining space Select filesytem as ext4 and mount point as /. Once you have set up the partitions, Click on Install. The install only takes a few minutes, depending on if you choose 3rd party apps. For a faster install don't enable downloading of 3rd party apps and updates I chose to install the 3rd party apps but received an error, your outcome may vary. I hope you have a good Ubuntu installation experience should you be ready!
If you don't have any blank CD's, here is a link to Office.Max.Com - CD's. Verbatim - 50-Pack 52x CD-R Disc Spindle 96164

Youtube Videos that I like! and a Link to a Writer's Blog

Touched by a wild mountain Gorilla! - Cool video!
- Video about not remembering by Tom Rush - Funny!
A writer friend's Blog - Debra Good!

Song Cover - "I will Praise You in This Storm" - by Casting Crowns - sang by RonMac

Song Cover - "I will Praise You in This Storm" by Casting Crowns. Performed by RonMac - to the Glory of God!

Creating a new Admin account on Mac OS X without an OS X CD.

Creating a new Admin account on Mac OS X without an OS X CD.
This walk through works for OS 10.6 - older OS X versions will vary.

Apple does not provide this information, you have to scour the Internet to find various instructions in forums.
Some forums have people posting that you can delete your old user profile, after creating your new one, since you don't have access to it.

THAT is incorrect, just reset your password as the instructions below explains
and you can access your old applications, documents and files!


If you forget your Mac admin password, or if you were not the original owner of your Mac,
and you upgrade to a new version of Mac OS X (This happened to me) - Lion in my case, you may lose your old password.

You will need to enter terminal and create a new admin account by following the directions below:


1. Turn on or reboot your computer.
2. Hold apple key + s key down after you hear the chime. (command + s on newer Macs)
3. When you get to the terminal prompt enter in the commands below to create a new admin account. (hitting return after each line):

mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now

4. After rebooting you will have a new admin account.
You will be prompted to create a new password for your new admin user account.
Create password and login.
Once you login, you will not see your old documents and applications.

5. To regain your old apps and documents, files etc, you will need to go to:
Apple Menu / System Preferences, and open Users and Groups prefs.

6. Click the lock to make changes, then click your old username and click "Change Password".
Enter your Current password (That you just created), then enter your new password
(that you are now creating), confirm password.
You can edit the password hint here also, mine had a previous user's hint that meant nothing to me.

7. Reboot or switch users, log in with your old account and the newly created password.

8. You now have access to your old files!

2X - Virtual Application Management now beta for Android

2X - The Virtual Server Application Management software company now has
Mobile Device Management for Androids available (currently in Beta).

Allows businesses to keep up with your Android user's using 2X Mobile Management Tools.

Device Tracking

Simple, precise tracking of all connected mobile devices using Google Maps. You will be able to monitor the position and status of every device in real time.

Manage Applications

Group based management of native Android Apps.

Send Messages

Send messages from the web interface to devices, users or groups. Monitor the delivery/read status of every message and save replies.

User Authentication
Different authentication options available including IMAP and AD.

Secure Connections

All communications between the server and mobile devices are handled over secure SSL connections.

Auditing Tools

Multiple administrators are able to manage devices - manage logs are kept.

More management features coming soon.

Find out more at:
www.2x.com


2X, like Citrix Management, allows Terminal server access via the 2X client application.

2X application clients are also available for iPhones and Androids - access your Terminal servers through your phone or tablet.

Windows 7 System Diagnostic Report

You can run the Windows 7 System Diagnostic Report from the Advanced Tools section of the Performance Information and Tools app in the Control Panel.

You can also run it by typing the following command in the Start menu’s Search box.

perfmon /report

Then press the Enter key.

Respond to UAC - are you sure you want to run prompts.

Within System Diagnostic you will be prompted that the System Diagnostics report will be collecting data for 60 seconds - during this time - launch the program, process, or hardware that causes errors / crashes, so System Diagnostics will include your error messages and information or errors that may be helpful in searching out the source and solution of the problem.

When the report is complete, the results appear in the Resource and Performance Monitor window.

The links in the related area often do not work, but the results in the Symptom link section often has good information that can be helpful information for you to search out solutions on the Internet.