Nov 16, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Restart or Stop Microsoft AntiMalware Service MsMpEng

Introduction Microsoft AntiMalware Service (MsMpEng.exe) is Microsoft’s free AntiVirus solution. The service cannot be stopped and has to be forced to stop. You may want to do this in cases where you need to install a product being blocked or some other reasons. The service is also referred to as MsMpEng.exe. AIn this post we will discuss how to do this using psexec and procexp (Process Explorer).... read more

Nov 10, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Mount NFS Exports on Windows Server 2012 R2

Introduction So you have a Windows Server 2012 R2 server and you need to have the ability to have this server access an NFS export. No problem due to Client for NFS Windows feature.  Using this Windows feature and the mount command we can access NFS exports. In this post we will cover adding the feature and command sot access and also how to create a server mount at boot using local policy and a command... read more

Oct 11, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How to Install BIND 9 Tools on Windows 10

Introduction There are many tools needed to troubleshoot network DNS issues. One of many tools is the dig command which is part of BIND tools as well as arpaname, host, nslookup and delv. In this post we will coverdownloading and installing BIND 9 tools   Installation. First step is to download the BIND 9 package. Go to https://www.isc.org/download/ and select the current stable version, 9.11.00 as... read more

Sep 27, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How to Install GIMP 2.9.x on OSX and Windows

Introduction If you are a Linux user you know of GIMP or for that matter a user of OpenSource applications. To me the GIMP is the answer for image editing and creation as apposed to Photoshop or other pay for editing programs. The GIMP is part of a sweet of OpenSource tools available for image manipulation. In  this post we will cover how to install the un-stable version of GIMP (2.9.x) on Mac OS X and... read more

Sep 19, 2016 Posted by newlife007

Updating gnuwin32 tools on Windows with GetGnuWin32

Introduction Gnuwin32 provides ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license, to modern MS-Windows (Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7). We have covered install Gnuwin32 on Windows in a previous post, but how do you update it? That’s where GetGnuWin32 comes into play. Process First we need to download GetGnuWin32 from... read more