GNU GRUB Menu: Change the Default Boot OS

Application GNU GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader ) OS Lubuntu v18.10 (64-bit) (Linux) System Gateway NV78 After installing Lubuntu on a system where Windows 10 was already installed, the GNU Grub menu will be displayed when the system boots. Ubuntu/Lubuntu will be the default OS that will start automatically. If you prefer to automatically boot into … Read more

Disable UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) on Your Network

NAT traversal technology allows network applications to detect that they are behind a UPnP-enabled NAT device. Then the applications can learn the shared, globally-routable IP address, and configure port mappings to forward packets from the external port of the NAT to the internal port used by the application—and all automatically so the user doesn’t have to manually configure … Read more

Unable to Upgrade Samsung Kies 3 for a Standard user account

Application: Samsung Kies 3 (v3.2.15024.8) OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional (64-bit) Device: Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Contents1 Issue :2 Resolution / Fix: Issue : Installing Samsung Kies 3 under a Standard user account completes without any errors. But, when you check Information > Kies Information, the version number is still the old version. During installation, … Read more

Backup the Current Directory with Date/Time Stamp

Contents1 Outline1.1 Create a Variable With the Current Date & Time (MS-DOS)1.2 Determine the Current Directory (MS-DOS)2 Full Code Example Outline Create a variable with the current date and time Create a variable with the name of the current directory Combine the Current Directory name with the date/time stamp to use as the destination directory … Read more

Optical Media for Long Term Archives

Regular writable optical media, CDs & DVDs, etc., are not reliable for long term storage. The die used with optical media degrade with exposure to light, temperature extremes, etc. Because of this, the data on the media will start to degrade within 1 to 5 years. M-DISC (Millennial Disc) is a write once optical disc … Read more

ASP.NET MVC Ajax PartialView Displays a New Page

ASP.NET MVC PartialView displays a new page instead of replacing the <div> on the current page for the @Ajax.ActionLink’s InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace parameter. Language/Environment: C# ASP.NET MVC 5 IDE: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community To resolve this issue, do the following: Contents1 Install: Microsoft.jQuery.Unobtrusive.Ajax2 Modify: App_Start / BundleConfig.cs3 Modify: Shared / _Layout.cshtml4 Reference: Install: Microsoft.jQuery.Unobtrusive.Ajax … Read more

Determine MAC and IP Addresses of Devices on the Network

Step 1: Ping the broadcast address on your network from any Windows machine. If your subnet is 192.168.1.x with a mask of 255.255.255.0, then you would ping 192.168.1.255. Don’t be concerned about the “Request timed out” messages. C:\Users\Demo>ping 192.168.1.255 Pinging 192.168.1.255 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. … Read more

iTunes Configuration

Application iTunes v12.1.2.27 Use the following recommendations before adding any content to iTunes or synching any devices with iTunes. Contents1 Edit Menu > Preferences > General tab2 Edit Menu > Preferences > Advanced tab3 Edit Menu > Preferences > Devices tab3.1  Check out: Edit Menu > Preferences > General tab When you insert a CD: … Read more