I recently had to connect from Windows to Amazon hosted Ubuntu VPC. Putty for Windows generally does the job but Amazon uses a key file with extension PEM. Putty on the other hand uses key file with extension PPK. To facilitate the connection between Putty and Amazon one must thus create a PPK file and configure Putty accordingly. The […]
Category Archives: System Administration
Windows 8 God Mode
I had come across article on Tech Republic which outlines a set of steps that allow you to get to some internal Windows 8 settings normally not visible. Basically you need to first enable hidden files visibility in Windows File Explorer as well as filename extensions. Once you do that you then create a folder […]
Exchange 2010 Web Outlook image issue
This is something that lots of people I deal with want disabled. By default MS Exhcnage 2010 Web Outlook will display a warning about displaying images. This is part of enchanced security that is very good for lots of people, however some users who understand the risks but want to disable this warning and display […]