tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42675543764666136092024-02-20T01:11:03.597-08:00Free Tutorials For allFree windows vista, xp, 2000 and 2003 Tutorials, linux/unix, and more come soon.Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-1937591639566282422010-05-18T18:23:00.000-07:002010-05-18T18:33:15.426-07:00Manage WordPress Comments From Your Windows DesktopWp-comment-notifier is a small free app for Windows that lets you easily view, approve, reply to, and delete comments from your WordPress blog. Whether you have a free WordPress.com blog or are running WordPress on your own server, this tool can keep you connected to your comments. Unfortunately it only lets you manage comments at one blog, so if manage multiple WordPress-powered sites you may find this a downside. Otherwise, it works great and helps you stay on top of the conversation at your blog.<br /><p><img style="width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://i49.tinypic.com/2wof6f6.jpg" /></p><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Unfortunately it only lets you manage comments at one blog, so if manage multiple WordPress-powered sites you may find this a downside. Otherwise, it works great and helps you stay on top of the conversation at your blog.<br />Get notified with wp-comment-notifier, Download the wp-comment-notifier and install as usual.<br /><p><img alt="sshot-410" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_32fxn9bmds_b" style="border: medium none;" width="429" height="329" /></p><br />Run it once it’s installed. Enter your blog address, username, and password when prompted.<br /><img alt="sshot-411" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_33fqbd25hh_b" style="border: medium none;" width="439" height="418" /><br />Wp-comment-notifier will automatically setup your account and download recent comments.<br /><img alt="sshot-412" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_34dd8rfcfb_b" style="border: medium none;" width="443" height="418" /><br />Finally, enter your blog’s name, and click Finish.<br /><img alt="sshot-413" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_35hntccrgr_b" style="border: medium none;" width="448" height="418" /><br />Review Comments with wp-comment-notifier, You can now review your comments directly by double-clicking the new WordPress icon in your system tray.<br />The window has 3 tabs…comments, pending, and spam.<br />Select a comment to reply, edit, spam, or delete it directly from your desktop.<img alt="sshot-418" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_36dgbrgb5z_b" style="border: medium none;" width="296" height="510" /><br />If you select Edit, then you can edit the HTML of the comment (including links) directly from within the notifier.<br /><img alt="image" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_37j4pfhzfx_b" style="border: medium none;" width="296" height="510" /><br />You can approve or permanently delete any spam messages that are caught by your blog’s spam filter.<br /><img alt="sshot-414" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_38gnbb8hhh_b" style="border: medium none;" width="296" height="510" /><br />Whenever new comments come in, you’ll see a tray popup letting you know how many comments are waiting to be approved or are in the spam folder.<br />Click the popup to open the editor.<br /><img alt="sshot-415" src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dg6k2h4g_39f5n5x8fq_b" style="border: medium none;" width="282" height="176" /><br />Now, you can directly approve that pending comment without going to your WordPress admin page.....<br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg6k2h4g_31gv3w47c6" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-30017922261687265492010-05-18T18:02:00.000-07:002010-05-18T18:12:55.357-07:00Install Ubuntu Netbook Edition with WubiNetbooks, along with the growing number of thin, full powered laptops, lack a CD/DVD drive. Installing software isn’t much of a problem since most programs, whether free or for-pay, are available for download. Operating systems, however, are usually installed from a disk. You can easily install Windows 7 from a flash drive with our tutorial, but installing Ubuntu from a USB flash drive is more complicated. However, using Wubi, a Windows installer for Ubuntu, you can easily install it directly on your netbook and even uninstall it with only a few clicks.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Download and run the Wubi installer for Ubuntu (link below). In the installer, select the drive you where you wish to install Ubuntu, the size of the installation (this is the amount dedicated to Ubuntu; under 20Gb should be fine), language, username, and desired password. Also, from the Desktop environment menu, select Ubuntu Netbook to install the netbook edition. Click Install when your settings are correct.<br /><p><img style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://i45.tinypic.com/108e3cm.jpg" /></p><br />Wubi will automatically download the selected version of Ubuntu and install it on your computer....<br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-Oix3SMevpcZmVjNjYzYzMtMjIxNi00NzEwLWI3NDYtZDgwYjFjN2I4Mzgy&hl=en" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-65244382143030646232010-05-18T17:52:00.000-07:002010-05-18T18:02:33.519-07:00Access Overloaded Webpages in FirefoxAccess Offline or Overloaded Webpages in Firefox!! What do you do when you really want to access a webpage only to find that it is either offline or overloaded from too much traffic? You can get access to the most recent cached version using the Resurrect Pages extension for Firefox.<br />If you have ever encountered a website that has become overloaded and unavailable due to sudden popularity (i.e. Slashdot, Digg, etc.) then this is the result. No satisfaction to be had here…<br /><p><img style="width: 420px; height: 230px;" src="http://i47.tinypic.com/2vl39rk.jpg" /></p><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Once you have installed the extension you can add the Toolbar Button if desired…it will give you the easiest access to Resurrect Pages....<br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg6k2h4g_22fjdtdhgs" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-56366383456687569962010-05-10T18:48:00.000-07:002010-05-10T18:52:55.025-07:00Save Searches in Windows 7 TutorialYou regularly search for a certain group of files in Windows 7!? So saving searches is a great way to access them more quickly. Here we’ll take a look at how to share and organize searches in Windows 7.<br /><strong>Saving Searches</strong><br />Anytime you are performing a search, you can click on the Save Search button in Explorer.<br /><p><img style="width: 420px; height: 230px;" src="http://i39.tinypic.com/mt1nuo.jpg" /></p><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Now when you are in Explorer you will see the save searches under Favorites...<br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg6k2h4g_17d66tv2c7" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-4253787624664467232010-05-10T18:22:00.000-07:002010-05-10T18:41:30.627-07:00Install IIS on Windows 7 or VistaIf You use ASP.NET, one of the first things you’ll want to install on Windows 7 or Vista is IIS (internet information server). Keep in mind that your version of Windows may not come with IIS. I’m using Windows 7 Ultimate edition.<br />First, go to Control Panel, and then click on Programs. You’ll see a link for “Turn Windows features on or off”<br /><p><img style="width: 410px; height: 283px;" src="http://i40.tinypic.com/357oac9.jpg" /></p><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />If you expand the Internet Information Services tree node, you can see that there are a lot of options beneath it. You will probably want to explore these options, because even if you click on IIS, some of the necessary options for doing development aren’t checked.<br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg6k2h4g_7cbqpr2fg" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-75244699410878338082010-03-04T18:32:00.000-08:002010-03-04T18:41:19.215-08:00Get The Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7Windows 7 offers you location specific Aero themes based on the language and location you pick during installation. Here we will take a look at accessing other hidden themes from different countries.<br />When you first start the Windows 7 installation the first thing you will do is select a language, time and currency format. This is where Windows determines what themes you’re presented with by default.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><p><img style="width: 407px; height: 319px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/win7page.jpg" /></p><br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-Oix3SMevpcYTc0YmI5MTktMzg1Mi00ZGY2LThiNzQtY2U3M2Q5MjJjMTQ5&hl=en" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-67121960180937151202010-03-04T18:21:00.000-08:002010-03-04T18:28:28.349-08:00Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context MenuLearn How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu, Because One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, and it’s not like you even use half of them.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><p><img style="width: 334px; height: 358px;" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/cleanup1.png" /></p><br /><br />Read The Full Article <a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-Oix3SMevpcODczYjM3NjItMGYxMy00NzcxLTk1ZDktNWE1NzBjNWMxM2Fm&hl=en" target="_blank">HERE</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html" target="_blank">Download ShellExView from nirsoft.net</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shell_menu_view.html" target="_blank">Download ShellMenuView from nirsoft.net</a><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-54810375859145225422010-03-04T17:56:00.000-08:002010-03-04T18:08:29.489-08:00Windows 7 Easy Connect ReviewWe are Not All Experts!! There are times when we need help from others to solve certain computer problems and in the same way you would like to offer your help to someone who needs help. With Easy Connect in Windows 7, offering help or getting help is just a few clicks away!<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />To access Easy Connect, Type Troubleshooting in the Start Menu and then select Get Help from someone you trust.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect1.png" width="315" /></p><br />You would now get the option to offer your help to someone or get help from someone. Choose the option depending on your need.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect2.png" width="315" /></p><br />Invite Someone<br />There are two options to choose from if you want to help from others:<br /><br /> * Use the Invitation File<br /> * Use Easy Connect<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect3.png" width="315" /></p><br />You can create an invitation and invite your helper using that invitation or you can use Easy Connect. Easy Connect is the easiest of both which just requires you to create a password which can then be shared with your helper to connect to your machine.<br /><br />Choosing Easy Connect will start listening for incoming connections and also creates a unique password for your session. You can send this password to your helper. The helper would use this password to connect to your remote session.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect4.png" width="315" /></p><br />You need to save your invitation file if you choose the invitation method and send the invitation file to your helper along with the session password.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect5.png" width="315" /></p><br />To Offer help to someone<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect6.png" width="315" /></p><br />Choosing to help someone would require you to connect to their remote session using the Easy Connect password or using the invitation file.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect7.png" width="315" /></p><br />As seen before, Easy Connect is the easiest as it just requires only a password.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect8.png" width="315" /></p><br />Once connected, you get the remote session on your screen.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect9.png" width="315" /></p><br />You can now choose to request control or chat and offer your help to your friend.<br /><p><img height="223" src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/easyconnect10.png" width="315" /></p><br />That's all, hope this was Helpful!<br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-9248850704765417782010-03-04T17:47:00.000-08:002010-03-04T17:51:33.912-08:00How To Block Third-Party Cookies in IE7you are worried about privacy!?? you will probably be worried about Third party cookies, Those are the cookies placed on your computer by doubleclick and all those nefarious places. Internet Explorer makes it easy to block them.<span class="fullpost"><br /><br />To get to this setting, go to Tools \ Options \ Privacy and then click on Advanced.<br /><br /><p><img src="http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp295/tutorialsland/image0.png" width="315" height="223" /><br /></p><br />check the box for Override automatic cookie handling, and then select Block on the Third-party cookies radio button.<br />Note: This should also work for IE6.<br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-18126229689582969242010-02-24T16:36:00.000-08:002010-02-24T16:38:20.204-08:00Windows XP Get Vista Taskbar Thumbnail PreviewsThe utility we’ll use is called Visual Tooltip, which is a hybrid dock / thumbnail applicaton. With a few tweaks to the settings, we can make it work just like Vista thumbnails.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />1- Download and start the application, and open up the options from the tray icon.<br /><br />2- Increase the size of the sliders to make the thumbnail bigger, and then uncheck the option for “Size proportional to the target window”.<br /><br />3- Click on the Display tab, and then uncheck the “Show window title”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chrisnsoft.com/visual-tooltip/" target="_blank">Download Visual Tooltip 2.1</a><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-53069430417758620972010-02-24T16:34:00.000-08:002010-02-24T16:35:08.236-08:00Add Run option in the Windows Vista Start menuThe Run option in the menu of Windows XP is a handy way to access various features of the operating system. Windows Vista Versions do not have that option because it have a search box on the Start menu, where you just enter the name of the desired option or for the results to appear.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />In general, the option to search in Windows Vista is more practical, but it does not record a history of words, terms and commands searched. Therefore, many users do not like to use the menu of modern and sophisticated operating system from Microsoft.<br /><br />The good news is that you can add a much desired option Run in the Start menu of Windows Vista and best of all is that you will not need to change registration or administrative settings. Follow the instructions below and see how easy it is.<br /><br />1) Clicking the right mouse button over the symbol of the Start menu, choose "Properties."<br /><br />2) In the properties window that opens, go to the "Start Menu" and click "Customize ...".<br /><br />3) Now just check the option "Run Command" to implement the changes made, click "OK" and on "Apply" then<br /><br /><br />4) There, the Run command is within reach of your mouse.<br /><br />If you from some reason need to remove this Run command from start menu simply repeat above steps but at the last step you have to uncheck file "Run Command".<br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-82036291004776674652010-02-24T16:31:00.000-08:002010-02-24T16:33:26.081-08:00Disable unnecessary features in Windows VistaWindows Vista is automatically installed with many features, not always useful for the use of your computer. You can optimize your system and win a few seconds to start disabling the functionality you're not using. Here is how...<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />1. Click the Start button and then click Control Panel.<br /><br />2. Click on the Programs icon.<br /><br />3. Then click the Enable or disable Windows features of the Programs and Features heading.<br /><br />4. Click the Continue button.<br /><br />5. The list of features of the system is displayed. Uncheck the boxes just before the features you do not and you want to disable. For example, you can uncheck the box in front of optional components for Tablet PC if you do not have a Tablet PC, before games if you do not use Windows games before DFS Replication Service Windows if you do not need to synchronize files between multiple computers, etc..<br /><br />6. Finally, click on the OK button at any time you can re-checking features and return them in their previous state.<br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-23335233312058037422010-02-06T19:04:00.000-08:002010-02-06T19:10:25.783-08:00Windows 7 - Customize the Notification AreaWhat is the notification area?<br />The notification area is located by default at the right end of the taskbar; it<br />is also referred to as the system tray. Its purpose is to provide:<br /> <ul><li>easy access to certain system functions (e.g. date and time, volume,<br /> network, action center);</li> <li>system notifications (the notification baloons that pop in the<br /> notification area, for example, when an USB stick is successfully removed);</li> <li>easy access to applications that are capable to display their icon in<br /> the notification area.</li></ul><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna110.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><strong>Note:</strong> The notification area icons (system or<br />application-related) can either be shown, or hȋdden. Whenever there is at least<br />a single hȋdden icon, the notification area displays an arrow that, when clicked,<br />allows the user to reveal the hȋdden icons.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna210.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><strong>How to access the notification area settings</strong><br /><br />The notification area can be controlled using a settings window. It allows you<br />to set the display behavior of all notification area icons, turn system icons on<br />or off (e.g. time/date, volume), restore default icon behaviors, and set the<br />notification icons to be always displayed. To use the notification area settings,<br />you have to access them first. You can use several methods, all with the same<br />result. Here are two easy ones:<br /><br />The simplest way is to click the arrow displayed on the left side of the<br />notification area and then on the <i>Customize</i> link.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna310.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />An alternative is to click the <i>Start</i> button and search for the word <i><br />'notification'</i> in the <i>Start Menu</i> search box. From the list of results<br />click on <i>'Notification Area Icons'</i>.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna410.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="410" /><br /><br />You now know how to access the notification area settings. Let's find out how to<br />actually use them.<br /><br /><strong>How to control the display behavior of the notification area icons</strong><br /><br />The notification area settings window displays the list of system and<br />application icons that are available for display and customization along with<br />their associated behavior.<br /><br />For each icon in the list there are three available display behaviors <ul><li><i>Show icon and notifications:</i> the icon and its related<br /> notifications are always displayed in the notification area;</li> <li><i>Hide icon and notifications:</i> the icon and its related<br /> notifications are always hȋdden (you can access them by clicking the arrow);</li> <li><i>Only show notifications:</i> the icon is hȋdden, but its related<br /> notifications are displayed whenever they are triggered by the application</li><br /></ul>After making the desired changes, click <i>OK</i>.<br /><p><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna510.jpg" alt="" width="326" height="302" /><br /><br /><strong>How to turn system icons on or off</strong><br /><br />The system icons like those for volume, network status, action center, battery<br />status can be completely hȋdden (they will not be displayed even after revealing<br />the notification area icons by clicking the arrow). To toggle the vȋsibility of<br />the available system icons in the notification area, click <i>'Turn system icons<br />on or off'</i>.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna610.jpg" alt="" width="341" height="302" /><br /><br />In the next page, for each icon in the list there are two available options: <i><br />On</i> and <i>Off</i>. After making the desired changes, click <i>OK</i>.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna710.jpg" alt="" width="367" height="303" /></p><p><br /><strong>How to restore default icon behaviors</strong><br /><br />Sometimes it's easy to mess up the display options, so it would be helpful to be<br />able to undo your changes and return to the default behavior. The default icon<br />behaviors are: <i>'Show icon and notifications'</i> for system icons and <i>'Only<br />show notifications'</i> for application icons (see above for more details on<br />these options).To restore the default icon behaviors, click the <i>'Restore<br />default icon behaviors'</i> link and then click <i>OK</i><br /><br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna810.jpg" alt="" width="414" height="302" /><br /><br /><strong>How to set notification icons to be always displayed</strong><br /><br />You can choose to always have all the notification area icons and notifications<br />displayed. To do that you need to check <i>'Always show all icons and<br />notifications'</i> and then click <i>OK</i>.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna910.jpg" alt="" width="396" height="302" /><br /><br /><strong>How to change the position of individual icons in the notification area</strong><br /><br />To change the position of individual icons in the notification area just<br />drag-and-drop the icon you want to move in the desired place.<br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i12.servimg.com/u/f12/11/72/65/32/cna1010.jpg" alt="" width="383" height="156" /><br /><br /><strong>NOTE:</strong> Using drag-and-drop you can also hide or display<br />notification area icons.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusion</strong><br /><br />This tutorial pointed out several available options if you want to customize the<br />notification area in Windows 7. By now, you should be fairly familiar with what<br />exactly is the notification area, what kind of icons it displays and how to<br />control their display behavior. Feel free to drop us some lines about your<br />experiences and whether this tutorial was useful to you or not.</p><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Source 7tutorials</span><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-62718649990170901712010-02-06T18:57:00.000-08:002010-02-06T19:00:38.636-08:00Windows 7 Change The Control Panel to Classic ViewA Little Fast tutorial To show you how to change the default Control Panel view to the All Item Classic View in Windows 7.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><p>Click <strong>Start</strong> >> Click <strong>Control Panel</strong>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img class="" src="http://i34.tinypic.com/iwq4bq.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To open the Control Panel Classic View, select the <strong>View by</strong><br />option at the top right of the Control Panel. Set it to <strong>Large icons</strong><br />or <strong>Small icons</strong>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 345px; height: 394px;" class="resize_img" src="http://i38.tinypic.com/2a00uh.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To Return to the default Control Panel view, simply set it back to <strong><br />Category</strong> under the <strong>View by</strong> option.<br /><br /><br /><br />Re-opening the Control Panel will also bring it back to the All Items View<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 352px; height: 393px;" class="resize_img" src="http://i38.tinypic.com/30vnb0w.jpg" alt="" /></p><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-83866783354851520052009-11-27T17:30:00.000-08:002009-11-27T18:22:20.448-08:00Unveil Hidden Regional Themes in Windows 7At the installation of Windows 7 you are prompted for your country and language. Based on your selection, a group of themes will be installed. Apart from that, Windows 7 will copy on your hard disk some additional hidden themes that you aren't aware of. There are a few hidden themes, considered by Microsoft to be regional themes which aren't accessible in the default list of installed themes. For example, for English distributions of Windows 7 you have themes for countries such as Australia, Canada, South Africa, Great Britain and the US. From this list, only one will be visible in your Personalize Control Panel, depending on the selections you made. I will continue our series on personalizing Windows 7 with an article in which I will show you which are the hidden themes in Windows 7, where to find them on your computer and how to install them.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />How to View the Hidden Regional Themes<br />First, you have to open Windows Explorer. You can find it either by searching for it in the Start Menu or by pressing the combination of keys: Windows+E. You now have to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files...<br /><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AeOix3SMevpcZGc2azJoNGdfMGRmNHRzM2dz&hl=en" target="_blank">Read And Download Now !</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-16303971597794820632008-10-01T15:35:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:21:45.344-08:00FILE PERMISSIONS in LinuxIn Linux we talk about "users" and "groups" I´m sure know about this.<br />They have different permissions regarding access to files. There is a clever way to see how permissions are set.<br /><br />Remember the command "ls" it gave a list of all files in the directory you´re in, "ls -a" even did show all the hidden files as well.<span class="fullpost"><br />CODE<br />$ ls -l<br /><br /><br />( Will give you the files in "long" format, try: )<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ ls -l /etc/gnome/gnomerc<br /><br /><br /><br />This is what you will get:<br /><br /><br />QUOTE (Text @ Screen)<br />-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 484 Feb 25 14:08 /etc/gnome/gnomerc<br /><br /><br /><br />This does look a bit complicated but it really isn´t. The first 10 characters are built up like this:<br /><br />- rwx r-x r-x<br /><br />The first one tells you whether it is a file ( - ) a directory ( d ) or a link ( l )<br />The next three are for the "user" 'r'ead 'w'rite and e'x'ecute. The next three for the "group" and the last three for all "others"<br /><br />The next 1 stands for the number of links to the file. The owner. The group. The size in bytes. The date and time of the last modification to the file. And the name of the file.<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ ls -al /home/deadmix<br /><br /><br />Will give a long list of all the files in your home directory and their permissions.<br />The list is even to long for your screen:<br />"ls -al /home/deadmix >permissions"<br />Places a textfile called permissions in your home directory, do print it out for further inspection, there is a lot to learn there.<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-88649309440360813642008-10-01T15:34:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:21:33.738-08:00Ctrl+C ( Stop Processing Command )Imagine you just typed in a command and hit the Enter-key . . . and<br />suddenly you realized it was the wrong command and it is copying the full<br />hda8 partition into a plugins directory . . . how do we stop the command<br />from processing ??<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Crtl+C<br /><br />And the command will stop its insane work instantly . . . . sure a bunch<br />of files will already have been copied, but you do not have to wait the<br />full 15 minutes until it has finished.<br /><br />Any command given in the terminal can be stopped like this, a search for<br />rootkits, a virus scan, updatedb . .you name it, all things that take<br />long enough to give you time to think . . and say "Ouch ! I did it<br />wrong, I have to stop this !"<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-51587433139819599302008-10-01T15:32:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:21:23.721-08:00TAB COMPLETIONThis has been in The Tips before, but got lost at the end part of another tip: ¨searching¨ . . Just because it´s such a handy feature of the commandline and because many members are struggling to get the commands typed correctly . . . here it is again:<br />The Tab key autocompletes on the commandline, you type a few characters and press the Tab key and the command or the name of the file will be completed:<span class="fullpost"><br />Try this, "cd /u" and press tab now add an "s" and press tab, give an "h" and press tab, now we have got "cd /usr/share/" OK lets go on, type a "f" "o" "n" tab "t" tab "d" tab. <> Now we are in /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives. "ls" will give you a list of all the fancy ttf fonts on your system.<br /><br />So next time you have to type a long command like this:<br /><br /><br />CODE<br /># cp synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz /var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz<br /><br /><br />You type:<br /><br /><br />CODE<br /># cp sy ( tab ) ( space ) /v ( tab ) li ( tab) u ( tab ) sy ( tab )<br /><br /><br /><br />And you will see that the full command is on your screen ( This command works only if the file "synthesis.hdlist.update_source.cz" is in your /home direcotry )<br /><br /><br />More on the Tab key and commands:<br /><br />If you don´t remember exactly how a command was written, type in the first character or two and hit the tab, you will get a list of all the commands that start with that character(s).<br /><br />If you wish to know what a certain command does ( ex: mkmanifest ), type:<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ whatis mkmanifest<br /><br /><br />This is what you get back to the screen :<br /><br /><br />QUOTE (Text @ Screen)<br />mkmanifest (1) - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent<br /><br /><br />All Linux commands and their descriptions can be found at <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/cmd/" target="_blank">O'Reilly</a><br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-70098404217833667522008-10-01T15:30:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:21:12.866-08:00BASH SCRIPTKeeping it simple: You know by now that "rm" removes a file, permanently !<br />Wouldn't it be nice if we could move it to the recycle bin with a simple command instead ?<br /><br />We're gonna make that command and call it: "del"<br />( YES ! making our own commands ! )<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />First a little script:<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ vi /usr/bin/del<br /><br /><br />"i"<br />Here is the text for the script:<br /><br /><br />QUOTE (Text @ Script)<br /><br />#!/bin/bash<br />mv $1 ~/Desktop/Trash<br />#End script<br /><br /><br /><br /><><br />"ZZ"<br /><br />Make it executable<br /><br /><br />CODE<br /># chmod 0775 /usr/bin/del<br /><br /><br /><br />Now if we do<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ del tessst<br /><br /><br />( It will execute the script and do the same as: )<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ mv tessst /home/bruno/Desktop/Trash<br /><br /><br /><br />Sure this was a very short example, a 3 line script, it only holds one command, but you could put as many lines in the script as you want and execute it with a four letter word.<br />If there are more commands in the script it will execute them in the order that they are noted down.<br /><br />Because /usr/bin is in your "path" you only have to type "del" to execute it.<br /><br />If you have to do complicated commands in a certain order on a regular basis, make a little bash script, put it in your "path" and give it a name that's easy to remember.<br /><br />Next time we'll make a simple backup script, to backup and gzip the contents of your /home directory.<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-73918475110660408072008-10-01T15:29:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:20:59.824-08:00BASH HISTORYAs we are doing more and more commands at the bash-prompt it's time to learn a neat little trick:<br /><br />As you are at an empty prompt press the "arrow-up" key and you will see the previous command you typed in ! <br />Press again, and again, and again, see all the commands that were stored in the "bash-history"<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />As current user you will only see the commands you typed in, as root you will see the commands you typed in as root.<br /><br />More fun, type in: <br /><br /><br />CODE <br />$ history <br /><br /><br />And you'll get a full numbered list of all stored commands <br /><br /><br />CODE <br />$ !8 <br /><br /><br />Will get you number 8 of that list <br /><br /><br />CODE <br />$ !v <br /><br /><br />And you will get the last command that started with v <br /><br /><br />Ctrl+R will let you do a search in the history<br /><br /><br />Bash history won't be lost at reboot or shutdown, clever isn't it ?<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-8156075241183347862008-10-01T15:28:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:20:48.214-08:00BASH in LinuxThere are several shells available in Linux, the default shell is the Bourne Again SHell ---a pun on the name of Steve Bourne, who was author of the traditional Unix shell, the Bourne shell.<br />A shell is a program that takes commands from the user and passes them on to the kernel for processing.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Like all the other shells in Linux, the Bash shell is not only a great tool for the command line, but also a scripting language.<br />Shell scripting allows you to automate tasks that in a normal way would need typing in a lot of commands.<br />FYI: Some other shells are: the C shell, or Korn shell (the default on IBM's AIX operating system); the ASH shell ( ash is useful for testing scripts to be sh-compliant ), the TCSH shell ( completely compatible version of the Berkeley Unix C shell ) and the new ZSH shell ( ZSH most closely resembles KSH but includes many enhancements ).<br /><br />As you open a terminal/console you actually open a shell and you are presented with a bash prompt. A Bash prompt typically ends with a $ to show you´re logged in as a normal user ( Only in SuSE it ends with > for the user ). A Bash prompt ending with # shows that we are logged in as root ( Same in SuSE this time ).<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-12045280079939401402008-10-01T15:25:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:20:36.067-08:00VI AND EMACSAll configuration files in Linux are written in plain English, easy to read and to adapt. We use a text-editor to write or make changes to those files.<br />The two most popular, powerful and “difficult” editors that you will find in every distro are Vi and Emacs. They both have “syntax-highlighting” to make writing code easy.<br /><br />NOTE: Vi and Emacs fans fight bitter religious wars over which is better.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Vi<br /><br />There are hundreds of commands for Vi, we will only touch the absolute minimum.<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ vi tessst<br /><br /><br />Will open the file tessst in located in your /home, if the file does not exist it will create one.<br />Vi has 3 modes: a command mode, an insert mode and an ex mode.<br />When you start Vi it starts in command mode. So we first have to type an "i" to put it in insert mode. Now you can type “the quick brown fox etc.”<br />After inserting the text we go back to command mode <> and save the file with ZZ. Thats all we have to know for the beginning.: "i" for insert <> for command, ZZ for saving the file.<br /><br />Some more commands for Vi: ( less important )<br />i = insert text before the cursor<br />a = insert text after the cursor<br />: = switch to ex mode<br />$ = go to last place on the line<br />^ = go to first place on the line<br />w = next word<br />b = previous word<br />G = last line of the file<br />20G = go to line no 20<br />y = copy ( y3w = copy 3 words ) ( y3j = copy 4 lines )<br />p = paste<br />d = cut<br />x = delete character under the cursor<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Emacs<br /><br />Emacs is made easy because these days it has a GUI in modern distro's, but we will use the keyboard because it has more speed.<br /><br /><br />CODE<br />$ emacs ssset<br /><br /><br />Will open or create the file ssset in your /home<br />OK type away: “ the quick brown etc”.<br />Now to save the file do: Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, y<br />Well I said we were going to keep it simple !<br /><br />Leave the tessst and ssset files in your /home, in the next section we can do some exercises with them.<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-7015633124979241102008-10-01T15:13:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:20:21.373-08:00THE CONSOLE / TERMINALAll the tasks we do on the commandline are done in a "dos-window", in Linux we call it a "Shell", "Console" or "Terminal" ( the name depends on the distro you use, Terminal is used in RedHat, Console in Mandrake ).<br />As you start up a Console ( look in your menu ) you will be presented with a “prompt“, this prompt will end with a $, this means that you are logged in as a normal user.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Once you type "su" and give your root password the $ will change in a #, indicating that you are root.<br />Ctrl+d will log you out as root and bring you back to $, if you do a Ctrl+d again the console will close.<br /><br />( A normal prompt will look like: [localhost@localdomain:~]$ Not very spectecular, but later in The Tips we will start tweaking your prompt into something fancy, but the $ and # will always stay the same )<br /><br />For nearly every program or command there are “man”-ual pages stored on your computer. You can read them by typing "man man", this will give you the man pages for the command man. "man cp" will give you the man pages for the command cp. The spacebar lets you scroll the page. With "q" you close the man pages !<br />More info than the man pages can often be found by typing "--help" after the command. See "cp --help" gives a different result then "man cp".<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-27146626430905352082008-09-21T16:42:00.000-07:002009-11-27T18:19:43.011-08:00Configure a short cut to 'Run As' a different userThis tip only works on short cuts. So create a short cut to one of your key programs, for example Active Directory Users and Computers.<span class="fullpost"><br /><br />Right click the short cut, Properties, Advanced (Button), Run with Different Credentials. The idea behind 'Run As' is to encourage you to log on as an ordinary user, and then use 'elevated rights' when you need to run the administrative tools. What it does is save you having to log off and then logon again as the administrator.<br /><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267554376466613609.post-49998405691928151292008-09-18T16:22:00.006-07:002008-09-18T16:51:25.863-07:00How to change the boot Time in window XP?You can set the boot time in windows XP as your wish if you are install two operating systems on same computer, for example window 2000 with windows XP or more than two. Yow can do this with editing Boot.ini file. Here you can also set the sequence for operating system which operating system boot first.<br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br />First Right Click on My Computer option and then select its Properties. In next dialog box open Advanced tab button. Under Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button. Use the spin box "Time to display list of operating systems" to set the number of seconds you want the system to wait before automatically starting the default operating system. Here you will set time in seconds and its range start from 0 and ends with 999 seconds.<br /><br />After set the time, then click OK option to close the dialog box to save your change. The next time you restart, the new time will take effect.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.clickboothlnk.com/e/?enc=aostktpovsto&optionalinfo=&deployid=0&land=0&pid=0"><img alt="" src="http://www.clickboothlnk.com/i.php?pubid=34202&banid=39423&dpid=0" border="0" /></a><br /></span>Tutorialsland Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03328685816857530727noreply@blogger.com0