Use PowerShell’s Invoke-WebRequest to report if a website is up or down

If Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) — a protocol used to communicate problems with data transmission — is disabled, PowerShell’s Invoke-WebRequest can be a helpful alternative to use to monitor of a website is up or down. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 …

Booe North Carolina genealogy books

My grandmother Sarah Alexander Pearce enjoyed genealogy. She most enjoyed researching the Booe surname (mostly from North Carolina), and created four books on the Booe surname. They feature her ancestors: Naomi Booe (b: 1 Dec 1889, m: 25 Jun 1917, d: 14 Sep 1965) James Cheshire Booe (b: 9 Sep 1859, m: 2 Mar 1887, …

Keyboard Shortcuts for InPrivate, Incognito, and Private browsers on Windows

Most browsers have a mode you may use that will not remember your history or cookies when closed. For a Windows machine, these are their keyboard shortcuts. Ctrl + Shift + N for a Microsoft Edge InPrivate browser Ctrl + Shift + N for a Google Chrome Incognito browser Ctrl + Shift + P for …

How to Disable Ads on the Roku Home Screen

If you own a Roku streaming media player or Roku TV and want to disable the advertisements that occupy one-third of the Home screen, you will discover that Roku does not provide you a way to opt out. According to How-To Geek, Roku makes more money from ads than it does selling hardware ($740 million …