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Misc Programming Project Article: “Intricapture: Windows Debugging Detour Alchemy”
This is more than a little outside of the usual IT focused post. I enjoy programming on the side and this PDF is something I put together from a personal project. I would like to apologize in advance for the PDF format. I’m not exactly sure how to do code blocks in Word Press just Continue reading
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Walk Thru: Updating/Changing a Driver on Windows 10 Manually with Device Manager.
Step 1: Reach the Device Manager Snap In/Control Panel Device Manager in Windows is a good way to see the status of a lot of different drivers in the system or see if something is not right. To change a driver in Device Manager, one would need to get to the software in the system Continue reading
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Drivers Start your Engines: The Role of a Device Driver in an OS
A driver is a piece of software that sits in a little different role than user mode programs such as Microsoft Word or the Overwatch game. Depending how what it was made, a driver may be used to help software communicate between devices like a graphics card and between parts of the OS. The common Continue reading
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Secure your Payload: Hardening Your Router at Home.
A Router sits between your network and the rest of the world wide web. It’s the first point of contact your PC/game console/etc. has to the outside world and the first point of contact the outside world has to your network. This post is going to go over some theories and ideas to help keep Continue reading
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Quickfire: Physical vs Logical or “Benefits to Virtualize the Implementation Away”
This QuickFire article details what’s the difference between Physical and Logical in computers. Physical is pretty much what it means, Physical for computers is the actual hardware itself. For example, Routers, Sega Genesis, and SATA hard drives are all examples of physical hardware. Logical is how the hardware is presented to the software that uses Continue reading
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Quickfire: MAC and IP interplay or “Setting the Table for the Route”
Welcome to the first quickfire post. They’re intended to be somewhere like the Walk Thru goal but for learning things rather than how to do something. An IP is something like 8.1.2.4 or 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334. They do look worlds apart. That’s because the 8.1.2.4 as an IPv4 address while the really long one is an IPv6 Continue reading
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Walk Thru: Reserving an IP on an Arris DG1670 Router.
This walk thru goes thru reserving an IP on a specific brand of router. Some of the concepts likely will carry over to different routing software. I hope it’s somewhat easy to follow as I ended up writing more for this Walk Thru beyond what I intend for Walk Thru to be – a simple Continue reading
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IPv4 Subnetting Series Part 1: Beginner’s Binary Bonanza
I talked briefly about subnetting IPV4 in this other post https://itlessonslearn.com/2023/03/01/a-brief-introduction-to-network-ipv4-addresses/. This post focuses on how to subnet IPV4 and more or less assumes the reader has not do subnetting before. This will be a bit of a retread. In the useful links below, I’ve included a link to an online calculator that can do Continue reading
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Walk Thru: Enabling Bluetooth on a Touchscreen Android Device.
Step 1: Unlock the Device The first step is to enter the home screen from the lock screen. Depending on login info this could range from a fingerprint to a password to even facial recognition. Ideally, there’s something – anything — preventing anyone from just entering the phone without authorization. Step 2: Swipe from the Continue reading
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A brief introduction to Network IPv4 Addresses
On any computer network, there exists a need for connected devices to identify themselves. There exist several options for that: IPv4, IPv6 and MAC Addressing. This post focuses on defining what IPv4 is and primarily aimed at the software side of someone needing to configure their Windows device. The image in the post is from Continue reading
About Me
I’m a Network Engineer A.S. Graduate and enjoy learning how to do something new with computers. I also enjoy video gaming. This blog plans to focus primarily on IT related things such as how to do something or learning about a technology. Video Gaming Posts likely may crop up from time to time. Thank you for visiting!
Recent Posts
- Misc Programming Project Article: “Intricapture: Windows Debugging Detour Alchemy”
- Walk Thru: Updating/Changing a Driver on Windows 10 Manually with Device Manager.
- Drivers Start your Engines: The Role of a Device Driver in an OS
- Secure your Payload: Hardening Your Router at Home.
- Quickfire: Physical vs Logical or “Benefits to Virtualize the Implementation Away”
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