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I changed one registry value and my Windows PC feels instantly faster

In the right pane, you’ll see an entry called MenuShowDelay. By default, it’s set to 400 milliseconds. Double-click it and ...
OMG! Ubuntu

Add a Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas

Tis the season to indulge in pointless desktop eye candy in the name of festive cheer – and this desktop pet Santa for GNOME ...

Windows 11 needs some serious work - but there’s a fantastic alternative I bet Microsoft won’t even consider

There are more issues than just the encroaching menace of ‘helpful’ AI, though. Feature bloat in general has been a growing ...

Keeping Windows and macOS alive past their sell-by date

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

Score this mighty mini PC with 32GB RAM and Windows 11 Pro for 32% off

The Acemagic W1 mini PC has a killer configuration for the price now that it's down to just $519 (was $759) on Amazon.

Dell Drops a Windows 11 Pro Laptop to 70% Off as PC Inventory Runs Out (15.6-Inch, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

You can go to Amazon now and buy the Dell 15 Touchscreen Laptop Computer for only $900, which is a $2100 discount (70%) off ...

Windows drive X: Unleash ferocious speed by using RAM as storage

A RAM disc can be used to integrate part of the main memory as a very fast drive in Windows. The article shows the background ...

Forget Mac Mini, Dell Offloads Another Mini PC at 65% Off as the 4.9-Star OptiPlex 7020 Micro Is Now Priced Like a Budget Tablet

Save $1,300 at Amazon on this mighty little Intel-powered workhorse with dual DisplayPorts, Wi-Fi 6E, and Windows 11 Pro.

Make your aging computer feel brand new with Windows 11 Pro, now just $10

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro proves that you can still get something important for just $10. This license makes a dusty old ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...