OpenSSL is a Cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit, very popular piece of software. Despite there are built and packaged options for installation, I prefer to compile from latest available stable source repository. There are some pre-requisites that can be found in those other posts: Git client at Git client and configuration for accessing private repositories via … Continue reading OpenSSL on Windows – Compile and Install from Source
If you need to use x86 assembly on Windows or Linux, Nasm is popular assembler option. In this post I'll have a quick rundown of the installation process. Download is available at the official webpage. Direct link for Windows installer can be found at Index of /pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.16.01/win64 Installation is simple, but if you want to … Continue reading Nasm Installation
In most operating systems there's a concept of environment variables. Microsoft Windows is no different. There are many installers that create variables in the OS path automatically, but if a given installer doesn't, it is pretty simple to create it manually. First, open start menu and search for environment. You will see the option to … Continue reading Windows 11 – Environment variables and the Path
A lot of software projects use Git for source control, for example, hosted on Github. We will install and configure a git client that is free and open source and is available at: https://git-scm.com/ It is possible to install via Windows package manager Winget, but I will use the manual download and configuration during installation … Continue reading Git client and configuration for accessing private repositories via SSH in GitHub.com
I was amazed when this week I was looking into some running processes in my system and searching for a tool I use for years I went back to Sysinternals to remind me that the website and tools are there avaiable and evolving, with regular maintenance for 27 years. I really love the details Process … Continue reading Windows 11 – Task Manager on Steroids
I think Windows 11 brought a lot of things to like and also some annoying details that I just prefer stayed the way it was in previous versions of the OS. One those those things is the classic context menu. When available, I usually set the installer of applications I use frequently to include the … Continue reading Windows 11 – Classic Context Menu
In order to perform a clean Windows installation it is needed to create the installation media. In this port I will show how to manually create a Windows 11 installation USB drive. For more information on how to obtain the official installation media see my post Windows 11 Installation. Connect the desired USB drive to … Continue reading Creating Windows 11 installation USB drive on Windows
Microsoft Windows operating system is a success amongst great portion of consumers not by coincidence, but due to its great compatibility of hardware and software. Also, there are great tools and toolchains for people working in software development, including the latest additions of Linux support via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) where you get the … Continue reading Windows 11 Installation
In my opinion, a big update happened in Windows 10 that remained in Windows 11, which was the transition from Command Prompt to Windows Terminal as default terminal client application. There are several ways of accessing Windows Terminal, but the one I use the most is by right-clicking in the start menu icon and selecting … Continue reading Windows 11 – Windows Terminal, PowerShell 7 and Oh My Posh
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