You get what you need...

Small trick in run window...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:23:00 +0000

We know, run window can be used in invoking the programs , Example if we type "notepad" in run window it'll invoke notepad.exe from system32 directory and we can now type what ever we want in the notepad.

Well , this trick makes it more easy , just type "n" to invoke the notepad, and like this thousands of your own keywords can be mad to invoke your desired programs.

Follow the below steps.

Step1:

notepad will be in "c:\windows\system32" directory, for easy accessing just type "system32" in run window (To open run window press ,"window key+R" )

Step2:

Now select the "notepad" application , and right click it and in "sendto" option select "Desktop" to create its shortcut in Desktop.

Step3:

Now rename the shorcut of the notepad in desktop as "n" and put the "n" shorcut in system32 directory.

Now just type "n" to get the notepad application.

Note:

You should note that, the program may be in any directory (ex:"c:\program files"). But the shortcut of the program should be placed in the system32 directory or

( "c:\windows\system" or "c:\windows" directory).

How to shutdown your pc automatically without any software...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:26:00 +0000

This may be a small trick , but useful in many times. So how are we going to schedule this shutdown process in windows xp... ?

Just follow the steps.

* Open your command prompt ( Open run window and type "cmd" ) .
* Type "shutdown -s -f -t xx " in the command prompt without quotes.
* This command will shutdown your pc after xx seconds.
* Type you desired seconds.

Eg: shutdown -s -f -t 3600 will shutdown your pc in 1 hour.

Note:

In case of emergency if you want to stop the shutdown process,type the following command:

shutdown -a

How to get full screen Turbo C in Vista...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:38:00 +0000

In windows xp , getting full screen TC is not a problem , but vista does not support full screen mode.

By following the below steps carefully, you can solve this full screen problem...

Step1:

First of all , we have to download a software called DosBox . Download the software here...

Step2:

After installing the software, open the dosbox and type the following commands provided that you're "tc.exe" is in C drive. (c:\tc\bin\tc.exe).

mount c c:\

cd tc

cd bin

Now, TC will be opened in the dosbox , to make full screen just press "Alt+Enter".

Step3:

If you wish ,not to type the above commands every time you want to access TC. Download the configuration file from here... and copy the file near to dosbox file location.

To go to that location , just right click the dosbox shortcut in the desktop, and select "Open file location" , and copy the "dosbox.conf" file into that folder.

Download Turbo C from here...

Auto mounting your drives in ubuntu...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Actually this is not much of a problem in ubuntu ,Because Ubuntu mount the local drives when you double click the drives. But if you do the below trick you can easily auto mount the drives.

Step1:
First open the terminal (Applications--->Accessories--->Terminal) , and type the following commands .

sudo gedit /etc/fstab

"fstab" is a configuration file which contains the information about the partitions and all removable storage devices.

The above command open the "fstab" file in the text editor.

Step2:

Now we are going to add the partitions to be mounted automatically in the boot up .
If you observe the "fstab" file you could find that there are 6 columns.

1st column:
This column contains the device to be mounted
2nd column:
This column contains the default mount point.
3rd column:
This column contains the file system type. (eg:ntfs-3g,vfat,ext3)
If your partitions is "ntfs" then use "ntfs-3g" , and for "fat32" use "vfat". You can also use "auto" . If it is used , the file system type is automatically detected.

4th column:
This column contains the mounting options , You can use "defualts".
5th column:
This column denotes the dump option
6th column:
This column denotes the fsck option

Step3:
After understanding the above concepts, we proceed with adding lines in fstab, I have shown a example line that can be added to fstab. On writing the line ,you have to separate the columns by a tab.

/dev/sda2 /media/fun ntfs-3g defualts 0 0

In the above line,

/dev/sda2 --- My device to be mounted

/media/fun --- Is my mount point for /dev/sda2

ntfs-3g ---- My device's file system is ntfs

defaults --- Uses default mount options to mount the partition.

In the last two colums I've put '0' , because I don't want any dump checking or fsck checking in my partition.

Step4:

After adding lines in "fstab" save the file and close it. now restart your system. And you're partitions are mounted automatically.

I have also uploaded my fstab file , you can download the file from here...

If you have any difficulties , feel free to ask...

How to install ns2 in ubuntu ...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:54:00 +0000

Network simulator is a software used for simulating network projects.Very useful for engineering students.

Step1:

First of all install these packages by typing the below command..

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev

Download the ns2 software package from here..

Step2:

Create a directory named "Project" in the home folder using the below command.

mkdir $HOME/Project/

Step3:

Copy the downloaded ns2 package into the "Project" directory.and extract it using the below command.

tar -xvzf $HOME/Project/*tar*

Step4:

Now download the path file from here. Extract the zip file in the desktop , please make sure that the both the files "path" and "ramo" is in the Desktop. Then type the following commands in the terminal.

~/Desktop/ramo

Step5:

Now,execute the following command in the terminal to install the ns2.

~/Project/ns-allinone-2.34/install

After the execution of the above command , type ns in the terminal if you see a % symbol . ns2 is successfully installed in your system .

Step6:

To install nam (Network Animator) , type the following commands in the terminal.

cd ~/Project/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.14/

./configure

make

sudo make install

After the installation , type nam in your terminal and you'll see the network animator window.

Now download this tutorial for basic understanding of ns2 programming ..

Download here..

If you have any difficulties in installation do inform me...

Tune your computer made easy...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Hey people check out this software, Tuneup Utilities. It is a perfect tool for optimizing your system . It is a multipurpose software has done magic to my computer.

Features:

Increases performance
Cleans up windows
Restores accidentally deleted files
Customizes windows icon,screen,logon screen and more
Speeds up windows

So people give it a try , If you have any problems in installing or any doubts about the software , feel free to ask...

Download

How to change the background of GRUB...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:44:00 +0000

Well guys, for this operation we don't need any software. All we have to do is to download the background image and do some editing in grub configuration file.

Follow the steps keenly...

Step1:

First download the grub images from here , the grub images are in ".xpm.gz" file format. And make sure that you extract the zip archive in your Desktop, and then type the following commands in the linux terminal. (Applications-->Accessories-->Terminal )

sudo mkdir /boot/grub/images

sudo cp -v ~/Desktop/ramo/* /boot/grub/images

The above commands create a directory "images" in the grub directory, and copy the image files in to the images directory.

Step2:

Now, we edit the grub configuration file. First open the file using the following command,

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Step3:

Now find the line "Pretty colours" , and put the below line just as it in the figure.

splashimage=(hd0,x)/boot/grub/images/"put your image file name"

Here, (hd0,x) is your linux partition. You can find yours by typing the command ,

sudo fdisk -l

By typing the above command , we can know the linux partitions name, [eg: My linux partition is "/dev/sda4 " so ,4-1=3 and I have put (hd0,3)].

Also select your image by going to the /boot/grub/images directory. [Don't extract the archive files in that directory, just double click the files to view the image.]

Step4:

Now save the configuration file and type the following command to update the grub configuration.

sudo update-grub

Now reboot the pc to see your new grub background...

Please feel free to ask doubts. Post comments..

How to change GRUB boot order to boot windows first...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:04:00 +0000

This is very useful for those who , works in windows often but go to linux rarely..

we have to edit the configuration file of GRUB and our job is done..

First we should note down the order number of windows in your grub , Normally it is '4'

It should be calculated in a manner that , the order number start from '0' .

So , if your windows entry is in the 5 the position in your grub page , then we should take '4' as our order number. Also you should include the "other operating systems" line in the grub page for your count. (See the picture for a clear idea )....

After deciding the order number of your windows , type the following line in your linux terminal , (To open terminal in ubuntu go to Applications ---> Accessories --->Terminal ).

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and it will open the grub configuration file in the editor, search for the word 'default'

there you will see ,

default 0

change it to ,

default 4 (your order number of the windows)

After saving the file close , the editor. Now go to terminal and type the following command to update the GRUB.

sudo update-grub

Now , reboot and see your grub automatically boots your windows...

How to record your desktop in ubuntu ...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:33:00 +0000

We all know how to take a screen shot of our desktop , can we record our desktop ...? Well thats very simple as taking candy from a baby...

In ubuntu , we need a tool called gtk-recordmydesktop ,and it is already in the ubuntu repository .. so no problem on installing the software.. you just have to type the following installation commands in the ubuntu terminal. (To open terminal , goto Applications ----> Accessories --->Terminal )

sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop

and press enter. It will take few minutes for the installation...

Then go to Applications---->Sound and Video ---->gtk-recordMyDesktop , to invoke the application.

To record your desktop just press the record button in the gtk-recordMyDesktop.

On recording , it hide it self from your active window , and it stealthily record your desktop in the background.

To stop the recording , press the white button in the system tray ( it is shown in the picture )

But, there is one simple problem left, that is the output file of our recording is in .ogg file format...

To convert from .ogg to .avi we need the "mencoder" so install it by typing the below command in ubuntu terminal ...

sudo apt-get install mencoder

After installing the encoder , we can directly convert .ogg file by typing the following command in the ubuntu terminal.

mencoder -idx input.ogg -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -o output.avi

guys keep posting comments , and if you feel any difficulty in the installation please inform me...

Your own 'send to' option in right click menu....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Many of us transfer files from computer to USB by right clicking the file and by using the 'send to' option we send (copy) the file to the device.... If you can copy the files from any folder to any folder , that would be awesome right...

So , the trick is this... you are going to open the "send to" folder and going to put the shortcut of your desired folder , you can also delete the unwanted links from the folder.

Open run window and type shell:sendto or type %userprofile%\sendto , it will open the 'send to' folder , now put the short cuts of your desired folders...

This trick works in vista also, but the folder is placed in a different place, all you have to do is , type shell:sendto or type %appdata%\microsoft\windows\sendto\ in the run window and it will open the "send to" folder in vista.

Please post comments... if you have any doubt feel free to ask...

How to get the GRUB back...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:28:00 +0000

When we have both linux and xp , in our system , if we format and reinstall windows , we will definitely lost the grub so , we are unable to boot to linux OS. Some might think that the linux partition also been formated...

But thats not true.. Actually the bootstrap process of your system is

BIOS -----> Boot Loader (GRUB) ----> The operating system .

In Windows the boot loader is NTLDR , so when we reinstall the xp it will change the default boot loader to NTLDR instead of GRUB .

GRUB stands for "GNU GRand Unified Boot loader" , and it is the default boot loader used for many linux systems.

So , to reposition the GRUB , we instruct the system to put the GRUB such that it can be booted by the BIOS ... We are going to do it by a linux live cd....

Boot the system with the live cd and , in the terminal type the command sudo grub , then the prompt will be changed to grub>

step1: grub > find /boot/grub/stage1

step2: grub> (hd0,x)

step3: grub> root (hd0,x)

step4: grub> setup (hd0)

step5: grub> quit

In the second step , (hd0,x) will be the result of your first step.

After the five steps , restart the system by entering sudo reboot , The command sudo is used for executing the command as a super user.

How to reset the root password in linux....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:59:00 +0000

In some distributions like ubuntu , It doesn't ask for the root password on the installation...

So we don't have access to the root , because we don't know the default password for root... So how to enable the root password....?

Also in some situations we forget the root password but we know a password of a privileged user....

For the above listed situation we can do this method to reset the root password...

Now open the terminal and type sudo su and you will be asked for your password , after giving the password , you will be getting a root terminal .

In the root terminal , type passwd and hit enter. Now Enter your new root password and conform the password again... and vola you have successfully changed your root password...

Say no to Low disk space message shown in xp....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Low disk space message message is shown when your drives free space goes below than 80 MB space... and it is an annoying thing for some user...

You also should know a fact that , low disk space is not a problem for other drives.. but for system drive (i.e C driv

e ) , it is a considerable problem.. Actually the system drive require 200MB of minimum free space for giving a good performance , if it is go low than this value , the system slowly become to reduce its performance...

If the available free space in the system drive goes lower than 80MB , then all the restore points in the system will be deleted...and serious things may happen...

So before doing this tweak please consider that your system drive has its adequate free space to give its performance....

The trick is nothing just to add a key in the registry.. Before doing the actual thing... please take the necessary backup operations... (To know more about the precautions , click here..)

After taking the backup , now open the registry editor (Open the run windows and type , regedit ) and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER--->Software--->Microsoft--->Windows--->CurrentVersion--->Policies--->Explorer , and in the right pane right click and create a new DWORD , as NoLowDiskSpaceChecks and double click the DWORD and change its value as '1' to stop the low disk space message.. and put '0' to revert the process...

Changing xp password without knowing the current password...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Well, I have used this trick to amaze many of my friends... the trick is very simple.. You can do this trick provided that your friend has logged in a privileged account..

Open run window and type cmd , the command prompt will appear, in the command prompt , type

net user "username" "password"

In the above command "username" is your friend's user name and "password" is your new password.. If you don't know your friend's user name just replace "username" with %username% . This will do the trick...

In the picture i have used %username% for the user name of the user and "killer"

as my new password

You can also type net user in the command prompt , for knowing all the usernames available in your friend's computer...

By this method you can also change the "Administrator Password" of your friend's system by typing net user administrator "your new password".

This is a simple trick , but it will be useful for sometimes.....

Explore your processes....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Not all processes can be explored by the default task manager ... If you want to know more about the processes running on your system.. then use "Process Explorer" which I am using.. find attracted by its elegant features...

Also users whose computers were affected by some viruses and unable to open task manager ... Like that kind of users "Process explorer" is a boon...

Using the process explorer, I am able to find the unwanted and untrusted process and can kill the process.. all so i have killed some small viruses..

Why don't you give it a try.. Then you will be a fan of process explorer...

Download here ...

Don't want 'My Recent Documents' ....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Sometimes we feel that it'll be better without the 'My Recent Documents' feature of windows... Because we don't want anyone to know what we were doing... well here's how it is done...

First take the precautions before editing the registry... (To know more about safely editing the registry click here ...). open the registry and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --->Software--->Microsoft--->Windows--->CurrentVersion--->Policies--->Explorer.

On the right pane , right click and select New--->DWORD value , and type NoRecentDocsHistory and double click the new dword to modify the data.. and put '1' for deactivate the recent documents feature...

For reverting the process , put '0' for the DWORD we created... Not so fast .. Still one more step is remaining.. By these steps we only tell the OS that here onwards not to keep track of our recent documents ... But the older entries are still in the place..

To complete the process, Open run window and type , %userprofile%\recent , it'll open a window that consists the shorcut entries for all our recent documents.. You just delete the files once and for all...

Then , reboot your system.. and you are now free from your recent documents fear...Keep reading my registry tweaks...

Editing windows registry the safer way....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:12:00 +0000

We can see many registry tweaks and hacks in the internet...Many of the new comers don't care about the consequences and they just want to do the thing... Well this post is all about your safe and security of windows registry...To open the registry editor , open the run window

and type "regedit".

Always take a backup of the registry before editing something in it. To take backup of registry , goto File--->Export , then a window pops up and prompt for file name , give it a suitable name such that the day when your modifying the registry. It will be useful for faster recall.

If you feel that your registry editing have made any serious mistake to your system then you can always revert to your previous settings by double clicking the backup file , which is a registry file. On clicking the file it asks whether it can merge with registry , say yes to restore your backup settings.

Always edit the registry with care... and don't forget to take the backup....Trust me you will definitely need one...

Keep your system clean....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:33:00 +0000

All of us want to have a clean system... But with 24x7 of surfing in the net , installing and uninstalling new softwares.... make your system and your systems registry a mess....

To clean your hard disk and your registry , we only need a single software "CCleaner". And also it is a freeware.

Used to:

Clean your internet cache, and browse history.
Remove unwanted registry entries
Uninstall applications
Manage your cookies

After installing CCleaner , you will definitely feel the difference in your system.. It works for both windows xp and vista ... To download the software click here ...

Word to pdf made easy....

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:04:00 +0000

Some times we need to get pdf (portable document file)files from word files or any text files... For this kind of that situations "doPDF" comes in handy...

The main feature of the software is once you installed it on your system you can use it as a virtual printer..(i.e) All the programs using printers can print the file as pdf file with the help of "doPDF" software.

For example , if you want pdf file from a word file , all you have to do is open the word file in MS Word and just press (Ctrl+P) or goto file-->print and you will be asked to select the printer ,select the 'doPDF' and you get the pdf file of your word file...

You can use the software for printing text files in notepad, word pad, also in your browser for printing web pages also...

Download the doPDF software from here...

Hiding drives in my computer without any software...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Well there are many methods to do this... We are going to do it in a easier way... Other registry tweaking methods are hard to remember... This is very easy to do and remember...

K... let us straight away go to the technique.. Open run window and type "diskpart". A window similar to command prompt will appear.. This is our tool to hide/show the drives in the my computer...

Step1:

Type "list volume" in the prompt and you will be getting a list of your drives and its details...note the volume number of the drive you want to hide...

Step2:

Now type "select volume 'your volume number'" (eg: select volume 3). It will select the desired drive volume.

Step3:

Now type "remove" to remove the drive from your my computer... By this method you can remove all the drives, except the drive which your OS is running ( usually the C drive ).

Some times you get a error saying that... you need to reboot.. probably the drive which you are trying to remove is being used by another process.. try to close the processes using the drive , or just reboot and try again

If you want your drive back on your my computer follow step1 and step2 then instead of typing remove , type "assign"... and you will get your drive back on your my computer...

Also i have upload some of my batch files to make the work more easy... download the files here...

After downloading the file all you have to do is just double click the batch files and your job is done...

To remove a drive double click the "remove.bat" and to restore a drive back in my computer double click "add.bat"...for both operations you will be shown a list of all your drives and you will be requested to enter the drive's number... Don't change the ramo folder among the files...it consists the base scripts... and if you do any thing it won't run properly...

So guys give it a try... and keep posting comments...

Password protect your file inside a picture...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:53:00 +0000

Many of you wonder how are we going to put a file inside a picture... well folks the trick is so simple...You don't need any external tool to do that... We are already provided with the tool in windows...

We are going to do the following steps provided that your system already have "winrar" installed ...else , download the software here...

Step1:

First save all the files and folders you want to hide into a single folder...

Step2:

Now use "winrar" to create password protected archive of our single folder which contains all of our contents... Right click the folder and select "Add to archive"

and one pop up windows will appear... Now select the 'Advanced' tab and press the 'set password' button...and enter the password you wanted to the folder...It is very important to tick the "Encrypt the names" check box... (refer the picture carefully)...

Step3:

Select a picture to hid the file... and you should put both the picture and the winrar file in the same location for our trick...

Now goto command prompt [Open run window and type "cmd"] and navigate to your folder where you have kept the picture and the winrar file.. [use "cd" command to change the directory and if you want to goto a particular drive type the drive letter in the prompt. ]

Step4:

This is the important step... do it carefully... In the command prompt type

"copy /b ramo.jpg+safe.rar new.jpg" ... In the command "/b" denotes that the files are binary ,"ramo.jpg" is my picture ,"safe.rar" is my winrar file and "new.jpg" is my new password protected file hidden in the desired picture...

After the operation , open the 'new.jpg' file and you only see the image in it.. To view the file we have hidden ... right click the file and open with 'winrar' and type the password and you can view the contents of the folder...

How to change the background of a folder manually...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:18:00 +0000

Well for this trick also we don't need any external softwares... We can do the work manually...

Open the notepad and copy the following lines ....

[ExtShellFolderViews]

{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-PPC04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]

Attributes=1

IconArea_Image=ramo.jpg

IconArea_text=0xFF

In the above lines , the line 'IconArea_Image' sets the background of the folder and 'IconArea_text' sets the text color of the folder....

Here 'ramo.jpg' is my background pictures name.. you can type your file name... thats not a problem...

We have to do the next line little more careful.. '0xFF' is the color code of red color.. and it is a hex number.

Some colors and its color codes are given below..

0x000000 = black

0x00FF00 = blue

0x0000FF = green

0x0000FF = red

0xC000C0 = purple

0xFFFFFF=White.

In the color code the first two digits indicate the color Red and the next two indicates Blue and

the last two indicate the color Green.

For more color codes click here...

After the image and the text color of the folder been decided , now we can move on to the next step.....

Now save the notepad file named as "Desktop.ini" and store it in the root of the drive...[eg:C,D,E,...] and also the background image mentioned in the Desktop.ini file in the same folder...

Now use the "attrib" command to change the attributes of the files...

[eg: attrib +h +r +s desktop.ini ]

Now refresh the drive page and your page's background will be changed as you desired...

By the above steps we can only change the root of a drive's background only to change the background of a folder follow the steps below:

Step1:

Change the folder's icon , and by this step it will produce a "desktop.ini" file inside the folder . But we can't view the file.

Step2:

To view the file change its attributes by the command "attrib". Go to the file via command prompt...That has been shown in the above picture.

eg:[ attrib -h -r -s -a desktop.ini]

Step3:

Open my computer and browse to the folder and open the "desktop.ini" file in notepad... now add the lines shown at first in the file.. Your new file will look like the below code..

[ExtShellFolderViews]

{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-PPC04FD706EC}

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]

Attributes=1

IconArea_Image=ramo.jpg

IconArea_text=0xFF

[.ShellClassInfo]

IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll

IconIndex=150

Step4:

Now put the image you want to put on to the background... As i already told you change the name and text color as per your requirements.

Step5:

Now again using "attrib" command change the attribute of the files , desktop.ini and the background image.

eg: attrib +h +r +s desktop.ini

Now refresh the page and you will see your folder with your new background ...

How to change icons of drives in my computer without using any software...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:29:00 +0000

We are going to change the icon of the drives in the my computer... We need 16x16 icon file for our operation. and an "autorun.inf". Don't get afraid of "autorun.inf" Many of us think that it is an virus file and all... It is not true... Actually it is just help the virus to automatically run in your computer. In our case this file is going to help us in changing our icon of the drives.

First of all open the notepad and copy past the lines below... [To open notepad easily you can just open the run window and type 'notepad']

[autorun]
icon="usb.ico"

save this file as "autorun.inf" , and copy the file in the root of the drive which you want to change the icon (eg: C,D,E,...)

Also put the icon file in the same location... (my icon file name is ramo )

Now open the command prompt [goto run window and type "cmd"] and type the drive's letter where we storing the above files. [In my case it is "i:"].

use "attrib" command to make the files hidden and system files.
eg:[ attrib +h +r +s autorun.inf ]...

After putting the "autorun.inf" and the icon file in the root of the drive now restart the system and your drive icon will be changed...

You can also use this technique in your pen drive , cd ,dvds, etc...

The concept is whenever a file system is mounted by windows.. The "autorun.inf" file tell the 'OS' to change the icon of the drive... Otherwise without the autorun file the os simply assign the default drive icon for the drive...

Click here to get sample icons...

Problem ejecting USB Mass Storage Device...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:17:00 +0000

Sometimes we can see the system is giving this error message "Generic volume cannot be stopped now" ... So is there any way to remove our pen drive or other USB device without any problem...

Well there is one way.. we can do that by help of a software named "Unlocker"... some of you might heard about it...

Download the "Unlocker" software here ... and install it in your system.

Open 'My Computer' and right click on your USB device. Select the 'unlocker' option.

A window pops out... like in the above picture. The processes accessing the device are shown in this window. By selecting these process and press "kill process" button , we can easily free the pen drive from these processes.

Now its safe to remove your pen drive...

This trick will be very useful in systems having viruses... You see when your system is having viruse it'll not allow the pen drive to be safely removed and it keep accessing it... In that situation unlocker comes in handy...

Also we can use this "Unlocker" for deleting and moving the files which are accessed by some other processes we don't know...

How to remove virus from a pendrive without any antivirus...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramo) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Many of us suffer from viruses.. due to transferring files from pen drive... Although this is unavoidable, we can at least stop the viruses from affecting our precious system...

But how are we going to do without an antivirus... At first you might think this is a tedious process .. when you get use to it...then it'll be a piece of cake...

Step1:

Press and hold the 'right shift key' to prevent the pen drive from auto running ... You can also use some softwares.. I think we don't go for a software instead of pressing a simple key.. right..?

Step2:

now check your system tray and single click the 'safety remove icon' and you can know the corresponding drive letter of your pen drive.

Step3:

Go to run window (Just press "window key +R") and type cmd. It will open the command prompt. There if the drive letter is 'i' , type "i:" ... and now the prompt will be like "i:\> "

Step4:

Then type "dir /ah" to see all hidden files . Most of the virus files are kept hidden only ,so note these files.

Step5:

Type "attrib -h -r -s -a * " in the prompt. It will remove all attributes of the files in the pen drive.

Step6:

The important factor of spreading the viruses through pen drive is none other than the "autorun.inf" file . So we have to delete this file first of all. Now delete the files using the command "del". Just type "del autorun.inf " ,and like this you can delete the other viruse files by just typing "del 'virus file name' "...

Step7:

If you have any suspicious directories like "recycler" , "system" ,etc . in your pen drive then feel free to delete the directory by using the command "rmdir"

eg: "rmdir recycler /s/q ".

With a little careful steps we can protect our system from getting affected from the viruses... [ps: Type all the commands I mentioned above without quotes.]

Feel free to ask any doubts about the post... I have been using these commands for a while.. and find these very helpful for me.. It will do a good job for you too...