# (Finally!) Invisible Taskbar in Windows 7
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= Sign-up to deviantart.com also required in order to download some of the files - good site,
= so no reason not to

https://www.deviantart.com/dave2399/art/Windows-7-invisible-transparent-taskbar-theme-470917203


Move the Windows 7 Sunrise folder and the two .theme files into the "themes" sub-directory of
%ResourceDir% (Run > shell:resourcedir) (ie: "Windows/Resources").

Use Universal Theme Patcher or UxStyle (UxStyle adds an over-ride service, and does not involve
modifying any existing files) to ensure that the new themes (and any other custom themes you
may wish to add) work.

Right-click on the desktop and go to Personalize, then click on "Windows 7 Sunrise (invisible
taskbar).theme" or "Windows 7 Sunrise (with Yosemite taskbar).theme" to apply the theme.

It may be necessary to restart the operating system in order for the above step(s) to work.

Use TaskbarBlurToggle (from the above link) to make the taskbar blur-free and invisible. Note:
this only seems to work with the sunrise themes. This also affects all the taskbars and gives
the windows a Windows 10 type appearance.

The required files are all available via this website, and links may be provided should they
become unavailable as downloads from the respective websites.


# VPN
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DMCA Ignored (for avoidance of take-down orders)


# Firefox Exploits
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Crippled handling of Nationwide and IPFire sites. Unable to handle Tor requests completely (ironical),
including download of Tor Browser. Protonmail repeatedly blacklisted; yet, again, it is possible
to bypass this nonsense using Tor Browser.


# Nationwide Building Society:
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Various active security issues, some issues fixed. Continuing website configuration issues including
lack of resolution to HTTPS and non-enforcement of HTTPS web access. Response from customer
services, as usual, woefully inadequate (clear cache, update browser, etc. - seriously??).


# Firewall Testing
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av-test.org


# Virtualization
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It should not be necessary to have to install DE components in a Linux environment in order to invoke
virtualized workspaces, provided that the display adaptor drivers have been installed correctly and
are working. Discrete adaptors, ie: iGPU, are utilised, but do not seem to be recognized as,
display adaptors, in Debian.

> lspci
> update-glx
> intel-microcode
> ATi: more open source support over nVidia

A pseudo-DE can be created throught the use of xinit, Xorg (or other Xserver), and startx (which
provides good, simple, autostart options)

= VMWare
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VMTools can only be installed within a DE (Desktop Environment), both in Linux distros and Windows.

= ProxMox
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ProxMox can only be installed via a Debian DE, and is affected by major issues with USB and connected
peripherals, especially USB optical drives.

The common problem of expandable partitions failing to expand (all virtualization software) is trivial
and easily remedied: just ensure that guest OS is not installed in "Easy Mode" (or equivalent) and
add the partitions manually, or via automatic custom mode (Fedora) and ensure that the maximum
partition size is utilized right from initial install. This may not be perfect for some, but
is preferable to installing the OS only to discover that the partition is 5Gb in size and
that there is absolutely no-way that the "active" (as opposed to the "potential")
partition can be re-sized.