So i noticed my PC was taking like 40 seconds to boot when it previously was taking way less. i thought it might be a BIOS problem but turns out it was Hyper-V, which is needed for Virtualization in windows.
Turn it off with add remove;
To turn off Hyper-V with powershell;
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor
Open up Regedit and go to;
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
if you see an item on the right side called;
“ExternalProtocolDialogShowAlwaysOpenCheckbox”
Delete this item and and restart chrome.
Was having huge problems with the terminal in kali, i couldnt change the font at all. Text was missing on the screen.
Turns out it was installed “zsh-syntax-highlighting”, so to fix the problem i just un-installed it;
sudo apt remove zsh-syntax-highlighting
With the cost of electricity being able to change power profile quickly is very handy with PowerPlanSwitcher.
Download from Microsoft Store here;
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/powerplanswitcher/9NBLGGH556L3?hl=en-us&gl=us
Credit:
PowerPlanSwitcher lets you quickly change Power Plans in Windows 11/10
Was working my way through the exercises on hackthebox.com and every FFUF scan was saying the file size as 0.
Turns out it was Bitdefender’ “Online Threat Protection” ->”Network threat protection”.
This blocks the filesize of FFUF results so the will come out as 0 if you are connected using VirtualBox.
ParrotOS is another nice Security based Debian Linux Distro i found the other week but if your a windows user the placement of the “minimise and maximise” windows buttons is very frustating as there on the left side.
Open the menu and select “Control Center”. Then from the “Look and feel” section select “MATE Tweak” and then from the left side pick “Windows”.
Change the “Window control placement” from left to right.
Parrot Security (ParrotOS, Parrot) is a Free and Open source GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Stable designed for security experts, developers and privacy aware people.
It includes a full portable arsenal for IT security and digital forensics operations. It also includes everything you need to develop your own programs or protect your privacy while surfing the net.
Parrot is available in three main editions, Security, Home and Architect Edition, even as Virtual Machine (Virtual Box, Parallels and VMware), on Raspberry Pi and also on Docker.
From version 5.0 LTS, support for ARM platforms (arm64 and armhf) is back, and some images are also available for boards like Raspberry Pi.
The operating system ships by default with MATE Desktop Environment, but it is possible to install others DEs.
https://www.parrotsec.org/
If your getting this error while trying to update Kali Linux via with sudo apt update
Get:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease [41.2 kB] Err:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]> Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository <[email protected]> E: The repository 'http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling InRelease' is not signed. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. The solution is to run the command;
sudo wget -q -O - archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | sudo apt-key add
Huge thanks to the kalitut.com for this solution, i had no idea how to fix it.
Windows 10 Wont enter sleep mode with Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick plugged in.
I ran into this problem a while back as no matter what i did my PC would enter sleep mode. i tried everything;
Turns out it was due to having the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick plugged in which i might add is a superb Joystick for Flight Simulator 2020.
Geforce Experience Bug:
Turned out, there is a bug in nVIDIA experience, down in the Windows driver level that would prevent the system from being idle, if you have a joystick plugged in (the article goes a bit deeper into details, it is very interesting if you are a software development related kind of person).
TL:DR , if you have nVIDIA GPU + nVIDIA GeForce Experience installed + have any kind of joystick plugged into the system , Windows won’t be able to sleep/turn screen off automatically until either:
You turn off nVIDIA GeForce Experience in-game overlay.
You unplug ALL joysticks off your system.
PSA: if GeForce Experience is enabled and joysticks are plugged in, Windows can’t automatically turn off screen / go to sleep. This is critical if you are using an OLED screen for your simpit.
byu/AMRAAM_Missiles inflightsim
The send to menu is located below in windows explorer. Press Windows Key + R to get to the Run dialog Window and enter “shell:sendto”
You can add shortcuts to folders to this location by placing them inside this folder;
C:\Users\<your windows username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
Removing the list of Drives from the sendto menu requires a Registry tweak;
This is one of the most annoying things aboutr the sendto menu as it will list the drives on your system which most of the time isnt needed.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoDrivesInSendToMenu"=dword:00000001
Microsoft did it again, released another f***king update for Windows 10 that broke things. This is the second or third time this has happened now.
This time the problem is similar again to one i had just solved a while ago where my PC would just freeze randomly.
Again this problem was caused by updating Windows 10 to 1809 which i only did a few months ago due to all the issues that update had.
This fucking update is a disaster and i have not been able to roll back to 1809 yet and i still down know whats causing the problem. All the evidence points to the Windows 1903 update.
The problem:
Only seems to occur when the PC is either idle or watching youtube or netflix.
Windows 10 Reliability:
So far ive;
Did Not work:
The Fix in the BIOS:
Note:
This may be a BIOS or Motherboard compatability issue with Windows 10 1903. The motherboard in question here is an Asus m5a97 r2.0 with BIOS version 2501.
Windows 10 May 2019 Update Megathread
byu/jenmsft inWindows10
Fixing DPC latency;
The below article which im still reading recommends a few things;
https://merabheja.com/high-dpc-latency-on-windows-10/
Problem *seems* to be a compatability problem between windows and a Bluetooth Dongle.
I had old Bluetooth dongle from Motorola “BCM92035DGROM” which worked fine but i did have problems with it and the 1809 update.
The cause is still unknown the PC froze again for no known reason. The below article has some tips to stop it happenening;
Laptop freezes randomly after Install Windows 10 May 2019 update
https://windows101tricks.com/windows-10-freezes-randomly/
Articles about this problem;
https://howtofixwindows.com/windows-10-laptop-freeze-and-crash-issues/
https://wintechlab.com/windows-10-freezes-applications-not-responding/
Finding the cause of freezes;
https://www.digitalmastersmag.com/magazine/tip-of-the-day-how-to-find-crash-logs-on-windows-10/
How to rollback on the update;
https://howtofixwindows.com/rollback-windows-10-update/