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Install Patches Manually in Solaris

Keeping any computer system patched is critical to functionality and security. Sun takes patching very seriously and has rigorous testing mechanisms in place to ensure that patches are safe to implement. They also make it easy to apply and manage patches so there are no excuses!

Show Applied Patches or Check for a Specific Patch in Solaris

Some applications require a specific set of patches in order to function properly. To list the applied patches or to dertermine the presence of a specific patch, use the showrev command.

Serial Communication to a Console from Solaris Using Tip

When working with Sun systems or networking hardware, it is often necessary to connect over an RS-232 serial connection. This recipe describes the means of establishing the serial connection from a Sun system to another device using tip.

Facebook: Prevent apps or websites from accessing your information through your friends

When you share your information on Facebook with your friends, apps or websites that your friends use can also access this information. This can be very dangerous, because some apps on Facebook can be malicious. Therefore, it is a good idea to prevent those apps from accessing your information or limit them so that they can only access basic info.

Facebook: Limit Who Sees the Old Posts on Your Timeline

Facebook has introduced new functionality that gives people a look at all of your posts that you have shared with more than your friends via your Timeline. If you wish to prevent those who aren’t already your friends from seeing these old posts, you can do this without having to find each post and changing its settings.

Facebook: Hide or unhide recent activities

By default, all of your recent activities will show up in your Facebook timeline or profile page. This means everybody in your list can see what you are doing on Facebook. If you want to hide those activities from your friends, this tutorial will help you.

Facebook: Unpublish or delete a page

If you are tired of managing your Facebook page, you can follow this tutorial to pull it down from the public or even delete it permanently.

Facebook: Update status on a past day

This step-by-step tutorial explains how to post your Facebook updates on a day in the past. This can be really helpful when you wanted to update your statuses on an exact date but you could not access Facebook.

Facebook: Prevent apps from posting on your Page’s wall

By default, most of the Facebook apps have the permission to post on your page’s wall when you use them. However, not all of those wall posts are necessary and they can even annoy your fans. To keep your page under control, you should consider editing the permission of those apps . This tutorial will show you how.

Facebook: Hide posts by Pinterest, Spotify, and social readers

Many web sites have lured people into posting their reading and listening habits to their Facebook timelines and profiles. Using this technique you can easily block these applications from appearing within your Facebook news feed.

How Do I Block Specific Ads from Facebook?

Recently a tech-recipes fan dropped me an interesting question. She was seeing political ads that offended her on Facebook and wanted to know how to keep these ads from appearing. Here is how to block any ads that you find offensive.

Chrome: Clear Auto-Opening Settings

For user convenience, the default download manager in Google Chrome browser has a function which will automatic run the files immediately after they are downloaded. However, this feature can also harm your computer if the downloaded files contain dangerous payloads. Also if you have enabled auto-opening for a file type but now regret it, this tutorial will help you.

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