In a previous article I wrote how to create a SSH tunnel with Putty and use it as a proxy to browse the web. That article can be found here and this article will continue on that track and show you how…
Connect to a remote mysql using ssh tunnels
Category: Windows
Test I/O speed on Windows (Linux dd equivalent)
Introduction One part in testing a VPS is to read and write data to the disk. The other parts are usually the upload/download speed and CPU usage. We have all seen these statistics when reading reviews on providers. Being a part…
Create bootable USB drives the easy way
Last week I took the time to upgrade my old vmware ESXi 4.0 installation at home. It is runnnig on a HP ML110 with 8GB Ram and a three 2TB Western Digital Green disks. It’s been running great for what I…
Java Security Settings
Introduction With the latest Java updates the security settings has been set at a higher level by default and there are many websites that now experience problems with some older Java applets that no longer works. This is a common…
Samba share your VPS drive
The easiest way, not saying it is the best, to copy files in windows is by using Windows Explorer. You can mount your VPS disk in Windows using the SMB/CIFS protocol, in this guide I will demonstrate this by installing…
Cleanup winsxs folder (superseded SP files)
Being a Windows user I am always wondering why Windows uses so much diskspace. One of the resasons are that Windows always saves older copies of system files after an update. After each Windows Update more and more of your…
Creating an SSH Proxy Tunnel with PuTTY
It is time to write a guide for Windows users on how to tunnel your traffic without the need to install any software on your local computer. Say that you are stuck behind a firewall that filters your traffic or…