Open Windows Write (WRI) files on Windows 11 using legacy versions of WordPad
In my previous post a few years ago, I found that CWordPad, a WordPad clone for Windows 98, can open
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Windows Tips
Back up copyright-protected DVDs as MKV using DVD Shrink, MakeMKV and ffmpeg
Many DVDs in my movie collection have degraded with age, so it’s time to back them up to a more
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Locate recently connected USB devices on Windows
I had a USB to Ethernet adapter which worked fine on Ubuntu 24 but did not work out of the
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Integrating DigiCert Click-to-Sign with InstallShield to sign both setup.exe and bundled MSI file
All apps submitted to the Windows Store must be signed with Authenticode digital signatures, and consequentially must not generate any
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Toshiba 14AF43 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-video and component inputs
I came across the Toshiba 14AF43, a rare 14″ stereo CRT TV with composite, S-Video, component inputs, and decided to
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Dial-up Internet access in 2024 using the Viking DLE-200B telephone line simulator
I got to know the Internet in secondary school, using a 33.6Kbps US Robotics dial-up modem on my Pentium I
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Connect a Dell Bluetooth keyboard with both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22
A few months ago, I purchased a Dell Bluetooth keyboard for use with my desktop PC, which has both Windows
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Troubleshooting hard-to-find Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) crash due to issues with NTVDMx64
Recently all of a sudden, my WSL instance running Ubuntu 22 could not start. Even after making sure that hardware
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Fixing corrupted Code Integrity Policies (CIP) causing Windows 11 slowness on recently downloaded EXE files
Windows Defender is the first thing that I disable on a new Windows 10 or Windows 11 installations. Despite its
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Super 8086 Box, my home-built PC XT emulator with Adlib, MPU-401, joystick and NE2000 support
In 2019 I played with 8086 Tiny Plus v1.34, developed by Jaybert Software and improved from the original 8086 Tiny
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Fujitsu Siemens FSC Futro S210 thin client
I got from eBay a FSC Futro S210 thin client, which can support up to 512MB RAM, 32GB CompactFlash card
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Powering off a computer using ACPI from DOS
By default, DOS does not come with a command to shut down or power off the computer. Back in the
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Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012
Earlier this year I managed to get DOSBox-X to boot Ubuntu 9.10, as least as far as dropping into the
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Troubleshooting slow C++ debugging with Visual Studio 2022
One day I was debugging my C++ application on Visual Studio 2022 when the computer suddenly froze. Upon reboot, IntelliSense
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Slow conditional breakpoints with C++ in Visual Studio 2022
Visual Studio 2022 comes with many new fancy features, among which the ability to set temporary breakpoints (e.g. breakpoints which
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