Access Your Linux Partitions From Windows

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If you are dual-booting Windows and Linux, you will probably want to access files on your Linux system from Windows at some point. Linux has built-in support for Windows NTFS partitions, but Windows can't read Linux partitions without third-party software.

Ext2Fsd

Ext2Fsd is a Windows file system driver for the Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems. It allows Windows to read Linux file systems natively, providing access to the file system via a drive letter that any program can access.

You can have Ext2Fsd launch at every boot or only open it when you need it. While you can theoretically enable support for writing to Linux partitions, I haven't tested this. I would be worried about this option, myself – a lot can go wrong. Read-only support is fine, though, and doesn’t have a risk of messing anything up.

The Ext2 Volume Manager application allows you to define mount points for your Linux partitions and change Ext2Fsd’s settings.

If you didn't set Ext2Fsd to autostart at boot, you will have to go into Tools –> Service Management and start the Ext2Fsd service before you can access your Linux files. By default, the driver automatically mounts and assigns drive letters to your Linux partitions, so you don't have to do anything extra.

You will find your Linux partitions mounted at their own drive letters in Windows Explorer. You can access the files on them from any application, without the hassle of copying files to your Windows partition before accessing them.

This partition's file system as actually EXT4, but Ext2Fsd can read it fine, anyway. If you are looking for your personal files, you will find them in your /home/NAME directory.

I hope you found this article useful and informative. If you have got any question or problem, just mention it in the comments and I would be glad to help.

How to Add Registry Editor to Control Panel

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It has always struck me as odd that system tweakers use the registry editor all the time to fix annoyances in Windows, but registry editor is not on control panel. I found this useful registry hack to add the registry editor as another option in the Control Panel in any version of Windows.

Notepad Trick - CD Eject Prank

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Today I am going to show you a great notepad prank to open and close the PC's optical drive continuously. It is just a few links of VBScript coding that does the trick. Just paste the code given below into notepad and save it a .vbs file.

Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7") Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection do if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1 colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject Next For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1 colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject Next End If wscript.sleep 5000 loop

When you open the VBS file, your optical drive would start to come out and go back in again. If you want to stop it, fireup the task manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and kill the process named wscript.exe.

So that's it! Just give the VBS file to your friend and annoy them. You can also include a script to make it start up at windows login to make it more effective. Remember to like and share the post!

C++ Multiplication Table program

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Here is somewhat a useful program written in C++ to print out the multiplication table for any given number. This is basic programming so it may be easy to understand the code. This program demonstrates the basic C++ functions, comment uses and loops. Also it uses a custom made function, the printHeader() function. I put a lot of comments in the code hoping it would make it easier for you to understand the code.

Find Original Installation Date of Windows

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Sometimes you may want to want to know when your Windows was installed. How many months, years have passed with your system being constantly clogged by useless bits of data. All of you the PC slows down over time so it seems like an easy solution to reinstall Windows from time to time (Which is not necessary unless you take good care of your system daily). So it might be useful to know the Windows installation date.

Colourise your Folders on Windows 7

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Today I am going to show you how to change the colour of windows 7 folders. Whether you are bored of the yellow coloured folder icons or just want a change or want to organize your folders this will come in handy. So lets get straight down to the trick.

Notepad Trick - Automatic Typing

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Today I am going to show you a very easy notepad trick to scare your friends. The computer types automatically! This is quite an old trick using VBScript and I have seen lots of variations in the script. But here I will present you a very short script written by me. This script is unique as it is easy to modify the text to type and is really short and you can adjust the speed of the typing.

Create a Large File Quickly Using Batch File

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After reading the heading of this post you may have thought about why we need to create a large file quickly. There are some reasons! For example when you want to test the data transfer speed or want to check the speed of a program with a large file, you may need a file of a specific size quickly.

Here is an easy batch file to easily let you create a file of size you want quickly! This batch file doesn't allow to create very big files like 100GB. Lets get to the batch file right away!

Here is the source code for the batch file. Copy the code, paste into notepad and save with a .bat extension and you are done!

:: FILE CREATOR - BY #XByte :: http://cy63rw0rld.blogspot.com TITLE FILE CREATOR - BY #XByte ECHO OFF COLOR 03 FSUTIL IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 GOTO ERROR CLS ECHO -------------------------- ECHO FILE CREATOR - By #XByte ECHO -------------------------- ECHO. SET /P "ISIZE=>Enter the file size in megabytes: " SET /A SIZE=%ISIZE%*1024*1024 CD %USERPROFILE%\Desktop FSUTIL FILE CREATENEW "%ISIZE%MB-XByte-%RANDOM%.xb" %SIZE% COLOR 02 CLS ECHO -------------------------- ECHO FILE CREATOR - By #XByte ECHO -------------------------- ECHO. ECHO A %ISIZE%MB file has been created on your desktop! PAUSE>NUL EXIT :ERROR COLOR 0C CLS ECHO -------------------------- ECHO FILE CREATOR - By #XByte ECHO -------------------------- ECHO. ECHO You must run this program with administrator privileges! ECHO. ECHO Right-click the program and select Ran as administrator. PAUSE>NUL EXIT

After that the first thing I have to remind you is that you need to run the batch file as administrator for it to work. So always right-click the batch file and select Run as administrator to use it. It will remind you if you forget!

When you open the batch file with administrator privileges it will prompt you to enter the file size in Megabytes. Enter the size you want to press Enter. And...Boom...there is a file of the size specified on your desktop!

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How to Make an Annoying Virus - Continous Typing

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I am sure almost all of you wanted to annoy your friend, brother or sister while he/she is at the computer. You don't need any special skills to advanced degrees for this. Just simple knowledge of VBScript or Batch script and you can do countless tricks!

Batch File Trick - Website Pinger

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When you want to find the IP address of a website you need to ping it using CMD. But you can always make the things easier! Using a simple batch file you just have to enter the website you want and it pings it. It also will tell if the pinging was successful or not.

Easily Access Web Applications From Desktop

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Web apps have been replacing desktop apps for everything from email and document-editing to playing videos and music. You don't have to keep your web apps confined to a browser window – they can become first-class citizens on your desktop.

Use your Web Browser as a Text Editor

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Now you can quickly make notes and save it when you are on internet using your Browser. No need for wasting time opening notepad! Here is a trick you can use to use your Firefox or Google Chrome or any other web browser just like a normal browser.

Test your AntiVirus Software

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There are numerous antivirus software out there, free or for sale. This post is dedicated to all the users who want to check the ability of their respective antivirus system. Just put your antivirus software through this test. If your antivirus passed the test, then your antivirus is working properly and you don't need to worry much. So lets go straight to the procedure.

Registry Hack - Open with Notepad

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The default method of opening unknown files forces you to go through a list of known applications and is generally a pain to deal with. That is why I like to have a context menu option for "Open with Notepad" so that I can quickly open up files without having to go through a lot of trouble. Just follow the steps below

Make a folder bomb

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Here is a great and annoying batch file trick with only three lines of coding. When the batch file is opened the batch file enters an infinite loop creating new folders at a very fast rate. It can create more than 1000 folders in just 7 seconds! Cleaning the newly made folders will be real difficult if the batch file is opened in a directory with a lot of important files and folders.

Install Ubuntu theme in Windows 7

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One of the most popular OS in Linux distributions is Ubuntu. If you ever liked the Ubuntu theme and wanted it on your Windows 7 then I have happy news for you. It is a little complicated but I have a step by step tutorial which I hope will make the task easier for you.

Patching your system files

Windows checks if themes are signed by Microsoft before loading them. If they aren't, Windows won't load them at all. To use them, you will have to modify Windows system files — uxtheme.dll in particular — and disable the check. In the past, this required booting into Safe Mode and manually replacing system files. Today, there are easier ways to do this.

UxStyle is an ideal solution. This application runs entirely in memory, disabling the check without modifying any system files. It's the easiest, safest way to enable third-party themes. However, its support for Windows 8 is experimental, so only Windows 7 users should use UxStyle. To use UxStyle, download it, extract the .zip file, and run the x64 installer if you're using a 64-bit version of Windows or the x86 one if you're using a 32-bit version of Windows. After installation, a new process named "UnsignedThemesSvc.exe" will run in the background. Reboot your computer and you'll be able to install unsigned themes.

Finding themes

You will find custom visual styles for Windows on a variety of websites. One of the best places to hunt for visual styles is on Deviant Art. Check the appropriate category page for your version of Windows:

• Windows 7 Themes
• Windows 8 Themes
• Windows Vista Themes

The themes are usually distributed in compressed format like .rar or .zip. Also almost all themes come with full instructions for installing the theme.

Installing Maverick (Ubuntu Theme)

As an example here I am going to use a theme Maverick for Win7 which attempts to port Ubuntu's default theme into Windows 7. I also personally like Ubuntu's theme. Below is a step-by-step tutorial to install the theme with some screenshots.

Step 1: Download and install UxStyle.

Step 2: Download the theme in .zip format from here.

Step 3: After downloading extract the archive using WinZip or any other compression tool.

Step 4: Copy every file and folder in Themes folder in the extracted folder to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\. You might need administrator privileges to do this.

Step 5: Copy every file in Fonts folder to C:\Windows\Fonts\. This also might require you to have administrator privileges.

Step 6: Open the Wallpaper folder in the extracted folder and set the picture as destop background. This is not necessary but is is the default wallpaper of Ubuntu.

Step 7: Goto Control Panel. A new theme will be there. Click the new theme to apply the Ubuntu theme to your Windows 7!

Here are few screenshots for you:

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Get full access to system32 files

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Sometimes when you want or need to delete or replace system32 files the computer does not allow it. So here is a simple trick to get full permission and ownership of system32 files using CMD.

Step 1: Open a CMD window with administrator privileges. To do this goto start menu and type "cmd" into the search box without the quotation marks and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

Command prompt shortcuts with function keys

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Become a Command Prompt geek with Function keys. Shortcuts with the Function keys will improve your speed and swiftness with Command Prompt. Here are the shortcuts:

Clean Windows temp files and Temporary Internet files

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Windows stores files from programs and Browsing history. Some of these files can make your page load time faster. But it can give away your browsing history as well as slow down the system. So cleaning the temporary files can increase your system performance and speed. There are some free tools out there to do the task for you. But today I am going to show you a notepad trick to clean the windows temporary files effectively.

Open a CMD window in any folder

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If you are a frequent user of command prompt you will certainly find it annoying to change the directory every time. Here is a neat trick to open a command prompt window directly into a specific folder or drive. This can save you from typing the CD command every time you open the command prompt window.