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Converting QEMU Windows 2000 images to AWS EC2 AMIs

Why am I doing this? I have a qcow2 image for various Windows Server 2000 installations and experimenting with various ways to implement them. Introduction Moving workloads from on‑premises virtualization environments to Amazon Web Services (AWS) often starts with a disk image. QEMU’s native QCOW2 format is compact

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Securing Windows XP

As I wrote in a previous post, securing your operating systems is critical to security and privacy. Below is a batch‑file script you can run (as Administrator) inside a Windows XP virtual machine to apply a set of common hardening measures. It focuses on reducing the attack surface, tightening

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Securing Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Introduction A Windows Server is often the backbone of an organization’s IT infrastructure—hosting Active Directory, file shares, web applications, databases, and countless internal services. Because it sits at the core of corporate operations, a compromised server can cascade into a full‑blown breach, data loss, regulatory penalties, and

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Orbital Mechanics Angles in Julia

I am starting to get more into orbital dynamics. As a result, Julia is a new programming language that is rising in adaptation. I decided to port a Python version of an orbital dynamics library into Julia. Over the next few weeks, I would like to write some explanations of

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Vmware Workstation Specific Virtual Disk

I went to defragment one of my virtual machines that was performing poorly. When I went to defrag, I received the error "The specific virtual disk needs repair" Reason: the specific virtual disk needs repair. The above happened to me on VMWare Workstation 15. A way around this

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What is Julia?

I posted a few posts tonight that use Julia as a language to accomplish some orbital mechanical tasks. I decided to take a step back and provide a brief overview of what Julia actually is. Their website is https://julialang.org/ and the language has been skyrocketing up in the

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Getting TensorFlow install on Apple M1

I am getting started into Astroomy datasets. One of the first things I wanted to do is get adjusted and acquainted with TensorFlow. Since I have an Apple M1, I wanted to get tensorflow installed and using the integrated libraries so when the datasets are written, they are more native

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90s Server Tech Revisited

The below screen displays all the virtual machines I provisioned AND configured in 1 night. This list includes: * Windows 2000 Advanced Server Active Directory * Windows 2000 Advanced Server Exchange * Windows 2000 Advanced Server File Server * Windows 2000 Advanced Server IIS ( To be used with the Geocities archive ) * Windows 2000 Advanced

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Creating a Dial Up Connection Using Teltone TLS-5

I recently came across a video that used a Teltone TLS-5 telephone simulator that was used as a dial up connection. I found a used one and decided to give it a shot. Hardware used: 1. Teltone TLS-5 2. USROBOTICS USB modem 3. IBM Thinkpad T42 running Windows 98 4.

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Windows 95 Keynote

Minute-by-minute summary of the Windows 95 keynote: 00:00: The keynote begins with a warm welcome to the audience. 00:02: The presenter introduces Windows 95 as a major milestone in computing and highlights its user-friendly features. 00:05: A video showcases the evolution of Windows, emphasizing the improvements and

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Windows XP Keynote

Minute-by-minute summary of Windows XP keynote 0:00 - The keynote begins with Bill Gates welcoming the audience and talking about the future of computing 4:25 - A video introducing Windows XP is played, highlighting the new features and improvements from previous versions 9:50 - Jim Allchin takes

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Open Source Astronomy Packages

Below is a list of open source software packages and their descriptions Package specific information aa56 Computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies Version : 5.4 Author(s) : Stephen L. Moshier (moshier@na-net.ornl.gov) License : Free Website : http://www.moshier.net/ Installs from Open Source Astronomy for Linux cd

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Astronomy Querying for Space Objects

Introducing a new way to query for space objects. Metabase now has 1.5+ million objects to query. Metabase offers a lot of AI insights. Im hoping itll be easier to query and find new things. I plan on keeping adding more as time goes on. Goto Contact and input

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