Read/Write ext2 Partition

Ext2 Installable File System software gives you read write access to ext2 partition from windows (NT/2K/XP/2K3). It is available for free of cost.
Please refer FAQ for accessing ext3 partitions.

Configuration is very simple. Simply run the setup file and select the settings as prompted. At the end of setup, you have to specify the drive letter for ext2 partition(s). Once the setup is finished, you will find ext2 partition like any other drive in windows explorer.

Please see the following screenshots.





Disclaimer: Please use at your risk!

Slackware Package Management

Following commands are available in slackware to work with packages.

Install
installpkg packagename.tgz

Remove
removepkg packagename.tgz

Upgrade
upgradepkg packagename.tgz

makepkg (Creates a new Slackware compatible package.)

explodepkg packagename.tgz
(Extracts the contents of a Slackware compatible package to the current directory.)

rpm2targz packaganame.rpm
(Converts an RPM package to standard GNU tar + zip format [tar.gz])

rpm2tgz packaganame.rpm
(Converts an RPM (RedHat Package Manager) to a Slackware-compatible package [tgz])

pkgtool
package maintenance tool

Batch Image Resize

You can resize images in batch with
IrfanView.
Click File - Batch Conversion\Rename
Locate the image(s) folder & Add the images

Click "Set advanced options" button
Specify the size & Click OK
Sepcify other option such as Output directory, Output format

Once you have configured the settings, click Start

Enjoy!!!

Xara 3D Heading Maker

Read / Write NTFS partition from Linux

NTFS-3G driver will allow to read / write to NTFS partitions.
Download source code from http://www.ntfs-3g.org/.

unpack the source package and 'cd' to the directory.
now run these commands.

./configure
make
make install

Use the following statement to mount ntfs partition.

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hdxx /mount-point

To know the partition (/dev/hdxx), run the command
fdisk -l

CPU Information

CPU-Z is a free utlitiy which gives information of CPU and other system devices.

WCPUID/XCPUID is another program which displays information of cpu, memory etc.

MSN Block Checker

MSN Block Checker allows you to check if someone has blocked you. You can also check the status whether your contact is online or offline.

Yahoo/ICQ/AIM/Trillian status checker is also available.

Change file extensions of multiple files with one DOS command

Say you have .txt files in a folder and you want to rename them to .doc

Run this command ren *.txt *.doc


Enjoy!!!

Remove Vista Boot Loader

Please do it at your risk.

Take backup and verify it.

Boot the system with XP CD and go to Recovery Console.
Login to the windows installation
Run fixboot
Run fixmbr to reset the master boot record
Exit the Recovery Console
Edit the boot.ini file to remove the vista entry.
You can format the Vista Partition if not needed.

I would say again to take backup and do at your risk.

Auto login to Windows XP / Vista

Please take backup & do at your risk.

Please follow these steps to automaticaly login to XP / Vista system on boot.


Click -> Start -> Run
Type control userpasswords2

Deselect checkbox "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer."
Click OK

Enter the username by which you want to login automatically.
Enter the password & confirm it.

Click OK.

You need to restart the system for changes to take effect.

Access Linux partition from windows

explore2fs is a free utility which reads ext2 & ext3 filesystem. It is supported by all versions of windows.

Read BSD Partition

FFS File System Driver for Windows gives you read access to BSD(FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD) FFS partitions on windows. Only Windows 2000/XP/2003 are supported.

Google Pagerank Button

MyPagerank.net provides free service to create Google PageRank button. You need to provide the web site url and it will create html code. They have 7 types of display format.

LinNeighborhood

LinNeighborhood is a free software to browse shared folders on microsoft networks and mount them using SMB protocol. It requires the Samba software client to be installed on the host system.

Download

Screenshot

Repair Winsock

Sometimes corrupt Winsock settings create internet connectivity problems. WinSock XP Fix is a quick little utility which will repair the winsock configuration.

Winsock can be repaired from command line as well.
netsh winsock reset catalog

To learn more about winsock please read this page
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259

Disclaimer: Any support you choose to take here is completely at your own risk.

Webmin

Webmin is a web-based system configuration tool for *nix systems. It is available for free of charge.

The perl5 should be installed before installing the webmin. By default, webmin runs on TCP port 10000.

Supported Operating Systems

DOS Network Commands

netstat
ping
tracert
nbtstat
route
arp
ipconfig
finger
net
nslookup
pathping


Type command /? to know description & usage of the commands.

Add Real Time Chat to Website or Blog

The following services let you add live chat feature in your web pages or blog.

Gabbly
See Demo

Meebo Me
See Demo

Remove Spyware

Please run these softwares to remove spyware/adware/malware/virus from the system. Please update them prior to running and run in safe mode.

1. HijackThis (Get scan log analysis done automatically from hijackthis.de)
2. Spybot - Search & Destroy
3. Ad-Aware SE Personal
4. WinPatrol (Look under 'File Types' & 'Hidden Files' for suspicious items)
5. Anti Virus (I prefer AVG Free Edition)

Virtual Appliance

Virtual appliance is a minimal configured virtual machine image designed to run under virtual machines.

You can find more information from the following pages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_appliance
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/