If your VPN unexpectedly disconnects while running software such as a torrent client, the software will automatically reconnect to your unencrypted connection. Here we list 5 free kill switches to close the connection or application when the VPN disconnects.
A lot of applications use automatic updates to keep the themselves up to date. However, while troubleshooting you might need to temporarily stop the software from updating. Here we show you how to disable automatic updates for common software.
If you are running a local Apache server on your system and it refuses to launch, port 80 could be causing the problem because it needs to be free for Apache to run. Here we show you how to find what is using port 80 and how to get around the problem.
Sometimes you might have many text files that need to be read and would be better consolidated into a single file. Cut and paste works but is very inefficient. Here we list 5 ways to combine or merge multiple text files into a single text file.
Most users know what browser cookies and that they can easily be deleted from within your browser. There are also other types of cookies stored on your system that don't get removed and can contain even more tracking data, known as Flash cookies. Here we show you some ways to easily remove flash cookies.
A free Windows application that can perhaps give you the best of both worlds is LinuxLive USB Creator (LiLi) which creates a bootable USB Linux, but also can include a self contained version of VirtualBox which runs directly from the USB drive in Windows.