Check out this official Microsoft site to get a free Windows virtual machine (VM)! Microsoft provides free windows virtual machines for developers to use, to develop for IE and Edge. And just to develop in general. Currently, you can choose between Windows 7, 8 and 10 VMs. All but Windows [...]
Looking to restore an ancient machine, or run a VM to use old software, but you don't want to install tons of updates? Well, Microsoft released an updated Windows 7 ISO that includes all updates up to August 2018. This will make updating a lot easier and faster! Hashes 7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_PROFESSIONAL_x64FRE_en-us.isoSHA256 [...]
Want a clean ISO to use in a VM,or restore an ancient machine,for offline, retro-use? Of course Windows XP is insecure to use, so only use it offline or in a VM.And yes you need to bring your own licence and do it all legitimately. Meet archive.org I love archive.org [...]
Restoring an old computer to its glory, you have the CoA, but no install media? Read on! Meet Microsoft Windows & Office ISO Download Tool by heidoc.net This application generates links to download Windows 7 ISOs (and more) directly from Microsoft servers. How they do it? They buy licence keys [...]
Oh, wow! I missed it! Things change... Since the beginning of 2019, GitHub is offering unlimited private repos.Somehow I had missed it! I love GitHub, I use it since 2011 and I prefer it over other Git hosting sites but I never used it for private repos, as I didn't [...]
I just found a free and more privacy-friendly alternative to Grammarly! Why not Grammarly? I never used Grammarly because I think they store too much data and you need an account to use all features. But the problem is that Firefox spell checking does not seem to work inside the [...]
So you want to look into old CP/M, DOS, Windows 3.x or Mac OS 8?You are at the right place! I found a great archive, that I wanted to share with you! The WinWorld archive contains old OS images of installer discs and floppies. Ranging from old OS/2, CP/M and [...]
NetBeans has no proper launcher "app" for Mac, which is why I made one! Just a quick post to share the launcher for NetBeans I made. You can find it here. Why a launcher? Because Apache's NetBeans has no proper launcher for Mac. You can find an .exe for Windows, [...]
Just a quick post. I meant to share this video a few days ago but somehow didn't get around to it. Edward Snowden wrote a book called "Permanent Record". Trevor Noah interviews Edward Snowden about it. As always, with humour. Of course, fitting to the theme, I tried to embed [...]