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Windows 10 Encrypted Folder

November 26, 2018
Operating System

How To Encrypt A Folder on Windows 10

Open Windows Explorer

Right-click the file or folder that you want to encrypt

Select Properties

Click the Advanced button at the bottom

Place a check mark in the box next to Encrypt Contents To Secure Data

Click OK

You are done. Folder is encrypted. Make sure you backup your keys to a safe place.

Remove Groove Music from Windows 10

November 25, 2018
Operating System

Removing This Troublesome App Via Powershell

In the Type Here To Search box

Type in Windows Powershell and it will show up

Right Click on Windows Powershell and Select Run as Administrator

Past in the following command

remove-AppxPackage (Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers|Where{$_.PackageFullName -match "ZuneMusic"}).PackageFullName

Hit Enter

And that is it! Program Removed!

Permanently Disable Windows Defender

November 13, 2018
Mining, Operating System

Disable Windows Defender on Windows 10

Quick How-To on disabling Windows Defender.

In the Type here to search box, type in RUN and hit Enter

Type regedit and hit Enter

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

In the window pane on the right, you will see one value only called Default

Right click and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value

Name it DisableAntiSpyware

Open up the entry, and change Value Data from 0 to 1

Click OK and Reboot. Defender will now be disabled

HUSH Wallet UI – Waiting for Daemon to Start

November 13, 2018
Crypto, Mining

HUSH Wallet Continually Fails to Start

Updating the wallet to the latest version 0.72 causes an error where the daemon continually fails to start and you can wait or close the wallet. To fix the error on Windows 10, perform the following:

Open up your Windows Explorer and navigate to the root of C:\

In the Search Box, type hushd.exe and hit Enter

When the file is found, right click on it and select Open Folder Location

Select the full path in the bar at the top and copy it. It will be something like C:\Program Files\hush\etc…..

Now open a command prompt

Type cd C:\Program Files\hush\etc….. (here you will put your actual path in instead of mine C:\Program Files\hush\etc…..)

Once you are there type in the following:

start hushd.exe -daemon -reindex

Now leave the black boxes open, and Open your HUSH Wallet.

You should see the blockchain begin to download all over again. This will allow you to get access to the wallet, once everything is synchronized

XMR-STAK Error using NVidia 1080TI Cards

May 22, 2018May 13, 2023
Crypto, Mining, Operating System, Windows 10

How-To fix NVidia 1080TI – XMR-STAK Thread Error

I have been seeing the following error pop-up when you run XMR-STAK for the first time while using NVidia 1080TI cards

[CUDA] Error gpu 1: <C:/xmr-stak/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/nvcc_code/cuda_extra.cu>:312
**suggestion: Try to reduce the value of the attribute ‘threads’ in the NVIDIA config file.**

There is a simple way to resolve this error. Open up the directory that you used to launch xmr-stak.exe

if you are mining with NVidia cards, open up the nvidia.txt file.

[AMD steps are similar to this. You would just open the amd.txt file instead]

For each of the GPUs listed within the txt file, you will need to Lower the number of Threads on this line:

“threads” : 26, “blocks” : 84,

I would recommend lowering them in half for all of your GPUs

“threads” : 13, “blocks” : 84,

Save the file

Re-Launch xmr-stak.exe and try to mine with it.

If it works you will then incrementally raise the threads to the level which your mining rig can support.

That’s it! Thanks for reading

6 GPU NVidia 1080TI / CUDA 10 / NVidia-410 Drivers / Hashcat 5.0.0 / Ubuntu 18.04

#hashcat -b

hashcat (v5.0.0-84-geec1fba4) starting in benchmark mode…

Benchmarking uses hand-optimized kernel code by default.
You can use it in your cracking session by setting the -O option.
Note: Using optimized kernel code limits the maximum supported password length.
To disable the optimized kernel code in benchmark mode, use the -w option.

OpenCL Platform #1: NVIDIA Corporation
======================================
* Device #1: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2793/11175 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #2: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #3: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #4: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #5: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #6: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU

Benchmark relevant options:
===========================
* –optimized-kernel-enable

Hashmode: 0 – MD5

Speed.#1………: 30812.1 MH/s (27.70ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#2………: 32529.5 MH/s (27.50ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#3………: 32031.3 MH/s (27.21ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#4………: 30324.8 MH/s (27.46ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#5………: 30532.0 MH/s (26.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#6………: 31141.3 MH/s (27.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#*………: 187.4 GH/s

Hashmode: 100 – SHA1

Speed.#1………: 11321.3 MH/s (80.12ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#2………: 11374.7 MH/s (79.01ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#3………: 11301.7 MH/s (79.01ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#4………: 11375.1 MH/s (79.39ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#5………: 11430.5 MH/s (78.09ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#6………: 11400.4 MH/s (79.69ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#*………: 68203.7 MH/s

Hashmode: 1400 – SHA2-256

Speed.#1………: 3965.3 MH/s (55.34ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 4097.7 MH/s (54.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 4069.8 MH/s (54.48ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 3984.1 MH/s (54.84ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 4082.5 MH/s (53.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 4072.4 MH/s (55.04ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 24271.7 MH/s

Hashmode: 1700 – SHA2-512

Speed.#1………: 1401.6 MH/s (81.58ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 1366.3 MH/s (80.19ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 1404.8 MH/s (80.03ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 1402.7 MH/s (80.86ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 1428.6 MH/s (79.17ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 1408.5 MH/s (81.21ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 8412.5 MH/s

Hashmode: 2500 – WPA-EAPOL-PBKDF2 (Iterations: 4096)

Speed.#1………: 503.9 kH/s (53.02ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 498.2 kH/s (52.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 500.2 kH/s (52.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 496.9 kH/s (52.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 510.6 kH/s (51.44ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 506.1 kH/s (52.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 3015.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 1000 – NTLM

Speed.#1………: 42210.1 MH/s (16.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#2………: 46847.2 MH/s (17.00ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#3………: 47071.9 MH/s (16.70ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#4………: 42154.1 MH/s (16.63ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#5………: 47066.0 MH/s (16.47ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#6………: 46836.9 MH/s (16.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#*………: 272.2 GH/s

Hashmode: 3000 – LM

Speed.#1………: 26691.9 MH/s (32.25ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 26740.0 MH/s (32.49ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 27078.6 MH/s (31.96ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 25743.8 MH/s (32.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 26966.5 MH/s (31.62ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 26687.1 MH/s (32.04ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 159.9 GH/s

Hashmode: 5500 – NetNTLMv1 / NetNTLMv1+ESS

Speed.#1………: 28072.5 MH/s (30.73ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 28575.4 MH/s (30.93ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 27606.5 MH/s (30.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 27665.4 MH/s (30.57ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 27995.9 MH/s (29.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 27669.8 MH/s (30.52ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 167.6 GH/s

Hashmode: 5600 – NetNTLMv2

Speed.#1………: 2184.6 MH/s (51.10ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 2196.9 MH/s (51.24ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 2162.2 MH/s (50.72ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 2227.9 MH/s (50.85ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 2251.7 MH/s (49.91ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 2234.8 MH/s (50.79ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 13257.9 MH/s

Hashmode: 1500 – descrypt, DES (Unix), Traditional DES

Speed.#1………: 1221.5 MH/s (93.28ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 1216.4 MH/s (92.77ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 1248.8 MH/s (92.56ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 1228.6 MH/s (92.82ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 1246.9 MH/s (91.64ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 1222.7 MH/s (92.94ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 7384.9 MH/s

Hashmode: 500 – md5crypt, MD5 (Unix), Cisco-IOS $1$ (MD5) (Iterations: 1000)

Speed.#1………: 11748.5 kH/s (62.83ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 11433.8 kH/s (62.29ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 9552.9 kH/s (61.38ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 10466.3 kH/s (63.17ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 11531.4 kH/s (59.97ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 11995.0 kH/s (61.08ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 66727.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 3200 – bcrypt $2*$, Blowfish (Unix) (Iterations: 32)

Speed.#1………: 21696 H/s (40.33ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 21736 H/s (39.83ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 20255 H/s (39.84ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 17433 H/s (40.37ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 20955 H/s (39.30ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 19016 H/s (39.66ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 121.1 kH/s

Hashmode: 1800 – sha512crypt $6$, SHA512 (Unix) (Iterations: 5000)

Speed.#1………: 195.2 kH/s (55.51ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 194.7 kH/s (55.46ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 196.3 kH/s (55.18ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 190.7 kH/s (55.33ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 194.9 kH/s (54.52ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 193.5 kH/s (55.34ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 1165.3 kH/s

Hashmode: 7500 – Kerberos 5 AS-REQ Pre-Auth etype 23

Speed.#1………: 409.9 MH/s (69.32ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 418.1 MH/s (68.41ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 416.4 MH/s (68.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 414.2 MH/s (68.99ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 419.6 MH/s (67.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 424.2 MH/s (67.68ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2502.4 MH/s

Hashmode: 13100 – Kerberos 5 TGS-REP etype 23

Speed.#1………: 413.7 MH/s (69.08ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 420.9 MH/s (68.00ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 426.6 MH/s (67.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 404.5 MH/s (68.06ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 409.0 MH/s (66.63ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 423.6 MH/s (67.36ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2498.3 MH/s

Hashmode: 15300 – DPAPI masterkey file v1 (Iterations: 23999)

Speed.#1………: 90607 H/s (51.98ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 89260 H/s (51.98ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 87394 H/s (51.33ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 90018 H/s (51.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 89189 H/s (50.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 90973 H/s (51.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 537.4 kH/s

Hashmode: 15900 – DPAPI masterkey file v2 (Iterations: 7999)

Speed.#1………: 53882 H/s (64.77ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 55701 H/s (63.65ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 55610 H/s (63.81ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 53128 H/s (64.05ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 55293 H/s (62.36ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 56658 H/s (62.97ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 330.3 kH/s

Hashmode: 7100 – macOS v10.8+ (PBKDF2-SHA512) (Iterations: 35000)

Speed.#1………: 15860 H/s (50.87ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 15165 H/s (50.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 15540 H/s (50.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 15610 H/s (50.56ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 16109 H/s (49.56ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 15675 H/s (50.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 93959 H/s

Hashmode: 11600 – 7-Zip (Iterations: 524288)

Speed.#1………: 11549 H/s (75.36ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 11675 H/s (74.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 11777 H/s (73.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 11403 H/s (74.86ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 11705 H/s (72.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 11608 H/s (74.24ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 69718 H/s

Hashmode: 12500 – RAR3-hp (Iterations: 262144)

Speed.#1………: 49474 H/s (69.97ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 49584 H/s (70.95ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 49425 H/s (70.62ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 46549 H/s (75.75ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 45534 H/s (75.60ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 45352 H/s (75.66ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 285.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 13000 – RAR5 (Iterations: 32767)

Speed.#1………: 49120 H/s (69.11ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 49563 H/s (68.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 50303 H/s (68.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 49116 H/s (68.85ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 51149 H/s (67.84ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 49402 H/s (68.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 298.7 kH/s

Hashmode: 6211 – TrueCrypt PBKDF2-HMAC-RIPEMD160 + XTS 512 bit (Iterations: 2000)

Speed.#1………: 389.0 kH/s (70.13ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 387.5 kH/s (69.35ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 395.3 kH/s (68.65ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 389.9 kH/s (69.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 399.8 kH/s (67.99ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 387.1 kH/s (68.89ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2348.6 kH/s

Hashmode: 13400 – KeePass 1 (AES/Twofish) and KeePass 2 (AES) (Iterations: 6000)

Speed.#1………: 184.2 kH/s (99.94ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 185.0 kH/s (99.64ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 185.0 kH/s (99.25ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 183.3 kH/s (101.08ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 178.9 kH/s (100.66ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 185.2 kH/s (101.18ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 1101.6 kH/s

Hashmode: 6800 – LastPass + LastPass sniffed (Iterations: 500)

Speed.#1………: 3094.3 kH/s (66.77ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 2945.4 kH/s (67.14ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 2898.4 kH/s (67.05ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 2703.0 kH/s (66.63ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 2924.7 kH/s (65.91ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 2901.5 kH/s (66.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 17467.4 kH/s

Hashmode: 11300 – Bitcoin/Litecoin wallet.dat (Iterations: 199999)

Speed.#1………: 5931 H/s (96.58ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 5947 H/s (96.14ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 5935 H/s (95.93ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 5908 H/s (96.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 6076 H/s (94.35ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 5867 H/s (96.40ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 35664 H/s

Started: Sat Nov 17 18:24:13 2018
Stopped: Sat Nov 17 18:37:12 2018

The hardware that I used in this guide:
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Motherboard (QTY 1):
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CPU (QTY 1):
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Memory (QTY 1):
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Hard Drive (QTY 1):
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Risers (QTY 6):
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Add2PSU (QTY 1):
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VCRUNTIME140.DLL Error When Running XMR-STAK

May 22, 2018December 12, 2020
Crypto, Mining, Operating System, Windows 10

How-To fix the VCRUNTIME140.DLL error

The VCRUNTIME140.DLL error seems all too common when mining on Windows 10 computers. I recently came across it on a system that I manage. I was trying to install, configure, and run XMR-STAK so we could mine LOKI with it and figured that if it is affecting me, it is probably affecting others.

So here is the fix….

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package from here :

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

And you can now run and install XMR-STAK

Mining LOKI on Windows 10 with NVidia 1080TI Cards

May 17, 2018May 13, 2023
Crypto, Mining, Operating System, Windows 10

How-to Guide for Mining LOKI

Quick rundown on how to mine a new crypto named LOKI or LOK as some of you may know it as. I mine it with both NVidia and AMD series cards. This guide will walk you through mining it with NVidia Series cards. You will find that the guide is a mirror of the AMD guide, except for how you fine tune it at the end.

The mining software will throw errors with your AV program. You will need to whitelist the files when they are downloaded, or disable Realtime Protection.. Personally, I only use Windows Defender on my mining rigs, so I can keep the costs down, plus it is easy to wipe and reinstall the OS if need be.

For Windows Defender, you will need to open the program up, and disable Realtime Protection

If you are using Chrome as your Browser, you will also need to allow the download there as well. To do this:

Open up Chrome

In your address bar type in chrome://settings and press Enter

Scroll to the bottom and select Advanced

De-Select “Protect your device from dangerous sites”

Now you can download the software

Open up another chrome tab and download XMR-STAK to your Windows 10 computer from here:

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

Once you have it downloaded, go ahead and unzip the file to your Desktop

Navigate to the unpacked files

Double click on xmr-stak and Run the file

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress. I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733 press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

Your password will be your worker name. For example mine is Miner6

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

and your miner will begin!

Now you can use the ipaddress:port/h of your miner to keep an eye on it’s progress from anywhere in the network. For example, navigate to

Once you are mining, you can open up the nvidia.txt file in the same directory as your xmr-stak executable. Within the nvidia.txt file, you will be able to modify your settings. I have found that changing the threads setting it will yield the most results. Each series of card can act differently, so spend some time, and fine tune this settings. It will be worth the time invested.

Happy Mining!

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3nZ5pH4

Risers (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

Mining LOKI on Windows 10 with AMD RX Cards

May 17, 2018December 12, 2020
Crypto, Mining, Operating System, Windows 10

How-to Guide for Mining LOKI

Quick rundown on how to mine a new crypto named LOKI or LOK as some of you may know it as. I mine it with both NVidia and AMD series cards. This guide will walk you through mining it with AMD RX Series cards

For Windows Defender, you will need to open the program up, and disable Realtime Protection

If you are using Chrome as your Browser, you will also need to allow the download there as well. To do this:

Open up Chrome

In your address bar type in chrome://settings and press Enter

Scroll to the bottom and select Advanced

De-Select “Protect your device from dangerous sites”

Now you can download the software

Open up another chrome tab and download XMR-STAK to your Windows 10 computer from here:

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

Once you have it downloaded, go ahead and unzip the file to your Desktop

Navigate to the unpacked files

Double click on xmr-stak and Run the file

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress. I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733 press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

Your password will be your worker name. For example mine is Miner6

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

and your miner will begin!

Now you can use the ipaddress:port/h of your miner to keep an eye on it’s progress from anywhere in the network. For example, navigate to

Once you are mining, you can open up the amd file in the same directory as your xmr-stak executable. Within the amd file, you will be able to modify your settings. I have found that changing the intensity setting and also the worksize will yield the most results. Each series of card can act differently, so spend some time, and fine tune these settings. It will be worth the time invested.

Happy Mining!

Burning the Ubuntu Server 16.04.04 ISO onto a USB

May 16, 2018December 12, 2020
Crypto, Mining, Operating System, Ubuntu

Step One – Prepare the OS Installation Media

Below you will find the default way in which I use a Windows 10 Computer, Etcher, and a USB Drive, to create and install Ubuntu Server 16.04.04 onto a mining rig. Once you have that ISO flashed onto a USB drive, you can go from mining rig to mining rig, installing the Operating System. So this really is step one in the entire process. This guide will in turn become the starting point for each linux based coin/token/masternode that we will gather. Shoot me any questions you have.

From your Windows 10 machine, Download and install the Bittorrent Client:

http://www.bittorrent.com/downloads/complete/track/stable/os/win

Then download the Official Ubuntu Server 16.04.04 (x64) Release:

Finally, Download and Install Etcher (this will write your ISO to the USB Drive)

https://etcher.io/

Once the Ubuntu software has been downloaded, insert a USB drive to write the Operating System Installer to

Make sure this USB drive has nothing else on it. Everything will be erased

To write Ubuntu to the USB drive:

Open Etcher

Click Select Image

Navigate to where you downloaded the Ubuntu ISO (it is probably located in your Downloads folder)

Select the ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64 image and click Open

Click Select Drive

Select the USB drive

Click Continue

Click Flash

Select Continue to Flash the drive

It should take a few minutes for Ubuntu Server to be written to the USB drive

When it has completed flashing the USB drive you can click the X at the top right corner to close the window

Now, you are ready to begin the installation. So, insert it into a USB 3.0 port on your mining rig, and turn the rig on