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nano editor

December 16, 2009 – 4:54 pm
#apt-get install nano Now we are going to craete a test file in nano editor At the prompt type the following and hit enter. #nano test.htm Now you have launched nano with a new blank file named “test.htm”. If you wanted to edit an existing file you would type “nano” and the name of the file. Now you can see how the window has changed. The first thing you may notice is the “GNU nano 1.3.12? in the upper left corner. GNU Nano 1.3.12 is telling you the program and it’s version. In the center of the top bar it tells you what file you are editing. At the bottom of the screen you should see a bunch of commands. The caret (^) signifies holding down the control key and typing the letter. For example “{cntrl} g” (^G) with display a Help file with a bunch of information about using nano. “{cntrl} x” (^X) will exit the ...

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How To Rename Extensions With Ease, with a Renamer.bat file!

August 15, 2009 – 11:16 pm
You all downloaded some game or app once that was 50 parts big, and you had to rename them all from .bmp to .rar to extract them. You can easily create a batch file that does that for you. Open Notepad fill in the notepad: CODE ren *.bmp *.rar Ofcourse, you have to edit these two extensions to fit the files you want to convert. Save this file as renamer.bat and run it in the directory where you want to rename your downloads.

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How to Back Up the Registry

August 15, 2009 – 10:34 pm
Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps how-to restore the registry to its previous state. How to Export Registry Keys Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK. On the File menu, click Export. In the Save in box, select the boxs at the bottom the bottom according to weather you want to export all or only selected branches of the registry. Next select a location in which to save the backup .reg file. In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save. How to Restore the Registry To restore registry keys that you exported, double-click the .reg file that you saved.

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Keep Files Private

August 15, 2009 – 6:34 pm
If you want to encrypt the contents of an individual file or directory, Windows XP Pro will do the trick, provided you enable NTFS on your hard drive. To encrypt a file, right-click on it to bring up the Properties window. Click on the Advanced button, then in the Advanced Attributes dialog box click on Encrypt contents to secure data. This will encrypt the file (using either DES, which employs a 56-bit key on each 64-bit block of data, or 3DES, which uses a 56-bit key three times on each 64-bit block of data), and it will provide a certificate just for you. This certificate is key; if you reinstall Windows or otherwise lose your user account, your access to the encrypted files will be gone, too. You need to export your certificates to back them up: For detailed instructions, search on export certificate in Windows Help. Windows XP does not ...

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How To Add A Url Address Bar To The Taskbar

August 15, 2009 – 8:27 am
You can add an Internet URL address bar to your Windows XP taskbar. Doing so will let you type in URLs and launch Web pages without first launching a browser. It will also let you launch some native Windows XP applications in much the same way as you would via the Run menu (so you could type in calc to launch the calculator or mspaint to launch Microsoft Paint. Here's how you add the address bar: 1. Right-click on the taskbar, select Toolbars, and then click Address. 2. The word Address will appear on your taskbar. 3. Double click it to access it. 4. If that doesn't work, your taskbar is locked. You can unlock it by right-clicking on the taskbar again and uncheck Lock the Taskbar. NOTE: You may also need to grab the vertical dotted lines beside the word Address and drag it to the left to make the Address window appear.

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How To Access Your Folders From Your Taskbar

August 15, 2009 – 8:14 am
This is an easy way to get to the folders on your system without having to open a Windows Explorer Window every time you want to access files. I find it very useful to have this feature as it allows me to access my Folders and Drives immediately and saves me a lot of time. This works in Windows XP: 1. Right Click an empty spot on your Taskbar (Between your Start Button and your System Tray). 2. Click Toolbars. 3. Click New Toolbar. 4. A Small Window will Open that allows you to pick the folder you wish to make a Toolbar. If you want to access your Desktop Without having to minimize all your windows. Just Pick Desktop. If you want to access ONLY your My Documents Folder, Select that. Any folder will work for this. 5. Click OK. The New Tool bar will appear at the bottom of your screen next to your System ...

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Find Stuff

August 14, 2009 – 11:55 pm
Has this ever happened to you? You're looking for something on a long web page with Internet Explorer or Netscape. You think it's there, but you're faced with seemingly insurmountable number of paragraphs, sentences, and words to hunt though. Well, next time this happens to you, hit the Edit menu, Find (or CTRL-F for you shortcut lovers). You'll get a handy little "find" box that lets you type in a specific word. After you type in your search term, hit the Find Next button and Explorer will look for that word on the page. If it's successful, you'll be zapped right to it. As if that wasn't cool enough, you can also use a variation of this tip in Windows Explorer. Next time you're looking for a file in Explorer, hit CRTL-F and you'll get a Find or Search box (depending on what flavor of Windows you're using). If you are already in the ...

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No Text Icons

August 14, 2009 – 11:45 pm
If you would like your desktop Icons to have no text underneath then try this tweak: Right click the icon and select "Rename" Now hold the "Alt" key and type "255" and hit Enter NOTE : It may only work with the keypad numbers and not the number keys on top of the keyboard.

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Make Acrobat Reader 6 load faster

August 14, 2009 – 11:40 pm
Here's how to do it: 1. Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Reader (replace the C if you installed on another drive, like I did). 2. Create a new folder called plug_ins_disabled. 3. Move all files from the plug_ins folder to the plug_ins_disabled folder except EWH32.api, printme.api, and search.api. There should only be these 3 files in the plug_ins folder. 4. You're done.

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Keep Folders Hidden

August 14, 2009 – 11:27 pm
first create a new folder somewhere on your hard drive when you name it hold down "Alt" and press "0160" this will create and invisible space so it will apper as if it has no name. then right click in and select "Properties" select the tab "coustimize" and select "change icon" scroll along and you should a few blanc spaces click on any one and click ok when you hav saved the settings the folder will be invisible to hide all your personal files

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