Karl Ahlers
My name is Karl Ahlers and I like to blog about technology such as Linux, Windows, and Cisco
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Category Archives: Windows

Sysadmin fail

By Karl | May 21, 2012 - 5:44 pm |May 21, 2012 Windows
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The last job I was with really did some weird things, they loved to store all of there clients username’s and password’s in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. I will let you take a moment to catch yourself because I was stunned by how stupid this idea was and why they… Continue reading →

Tagged Excel, Stupid Sysadmins

How to add Magnet Links inside Firefox

By Karl | January 16, 2012 - 6:30 pm |January 16, 2012 Apple, Linux, Windows
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The days of the Torrent files are slowly fading away, one such entity known as the ThePirateBay is switching from Torrent files to Magnet Links. What this is going to mean for the end user is that we will not be downloading *.torrent files anymore but instead users will be… Continue reading →

Tagged Bittorrent, BT, Magnet, Magnet Links

OpenVPN Client with Windows, Mac, Linux

By Karl | January 2, 2012 - 11:25 pm |January 5, 2012 Apple, Linux, Windows
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I recently started to like the idea of using an OpenVPN, why? Well for starters it can be used for anonymously web surfing. Think of it this way; an OpenVPN connection will allow you to securely connect to a trusted server by means of a certificate, username, password, or private… Continue reading →

Tagged OpenVPN, Openvpn.org, VPN

Creating a Bootable Windows 7 USB Drive

By Karl | November 30, 2011 - 2:38 pm |January 9, 2012 Windows
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This guide will help you in creating a bootable Windows 7 USB Drive, this is really useful when your DVD drive is broken or you’re working on a computer that doesn’t have a DVD drive and the only thing you have is a USB Drive.  This walk thru will go… Continue reading →

Tagged boot, bootable drive, installing windows 7 on usb drive, usb, windows 7
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