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/

Set IP Address from Command Prompt

Netsh ulility is available in Windows Server 2000, Windows XP Professional & Windows 2003 Server to configure IP properties of a Network Interface Card (NIC).

Set Static IP
netsh interface ip set address local static IP_address subnet_mask gateway metric_of_gateway

You will find the interface name from Start - Control Panel - Network Connections.

Set NIC DNS setings
netsh interface ip set dns local static IP_address primary

Configure NIC to get IP settings from DHCP Server
netsh interface ip set address local source=dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns local source=dhcp

mailto command

The mailto Command is used to write email link in the web page.

A typical email link will be like any anchor link but mailto is used instead of href.
href="mailto:abc@xyz.com"

If you want to send to more than one person then separate the email addresses with a comma.
mailto:abc@xyz.com,info@abc.com,xyz@mymail.net

To send a carbon copy (cc), mailto link will be
mailto:abc@xyz.com?cc=info@abc.com

To send a blind carbon copy (bcc), mailto link will be
mailto:abc@xyz.com?cc=info@abc.com&bcc=xyz.mymail.net

We can also specify subject & body information.
Subject - mailto:abc@xyz.com?subject=hello
Email text - mailto:abc@xyz.com?subject=hello&body=email text

If you want to add multiple elements (cc, bcc, subject, body), separate the second and subsequent elements with an ampersand (&).

Track Email

We always wished to have some kind of acknowldegement that our email has been read. There are many sites which provide this service along with more features.

ReadNotify.com
E-mailSecure
pointofmail.com
DidTheyReadIt
MSGTAG

Microsoft Outlook Express also have a feature to get a receipt of mail being opened.
Click Tools- Request Read Receipt

Missing NTLDR or NTDETECT.COM not found

This error occurs when there is bad shutdown or the NTLDR and NTDETECT.com files get corrupted.

Boot with windows xp cd and go to recovery console. (Press 'R' to access recovery console.)

Login to the windows installation and copy the files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the i386 folder to c drive.

C:\> copy x:\i386\NTLDR c:\
C:\> copy x:\i386\NTDETECT.COM c:\

Replace x with the cd drive letter.

Type 'restart' to reboot the system.

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

Cannot Delete File

We often get a message "Cannot delete/rename file ...." and its been used by another person or program.

Unlocker is a useful tool which will solve the problem.

Simply right click the file or folder you want to unlock and select Unlocker. A window will appear with a list of processes locking the file or folder. Select the locks and click Unlock.