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Reset Windows password from Ubuntu

We all set password for security purpose and there is a chance of forgetting that password. Well, if we forget the password which we have set in some websites, we can reset it by clicking of Forgot Password Option but if we forget Windows login password, then it is not possible to login or to reset password directly.

This is the situation where we get frustrated and do something for our computer and end up having a severe problem. Just for one simple task of resetting the password, we will get into severe problem. Here is a solution to reset the password.

Solutions to reset the password :-

Install chntpw. You can install it from repository.

Open or mount Windows OS installed drive (Say C:\ )

Now go to C:\Windows\System 32\config

Now open Security Accounts Manager(SAM) file with chntpw. It will open Administrator's file by default but you can specify the user option as chntpw -u srikanth SAM.

Now go forward and you can set new password or clear old password.

Reboot your system.

That's it :) Windows password cleared or set with new one :)

Isn't this a cool trick :) Stay tuned for lot more tricks :)

Solution for "There are no active mixer devices available" error

We never know when windows operating system starts to give problems. It will be working fine but right after system restart, it will start to give problem. This is a major problem of windows OS.

In the same way, i just switched on the system and browsed for a while then turned it off. After a while when i came and switched it on, sound was not activated. There were no system sounds, i was not able to play songs and etc... Then i re-installed my system drivers by thinking that the problem was with sound drivers. But i was wrong. The problem was with windows instability and bugs. Then i thought for while and ended up by a working solution.

Solution goes like this :-

Go to run or shortcut Ctrl+R.

Type services.msc

Find Windows Audio and then right click on it and select Properties.

In General tab, check whether the service is Started or not. If stopped, then click on Start button.

Now go to Recovery tab and select "Restart the service" in all 3 fields namely First failure, Second Failure, Subsequent Failures.

Click on Apply and OK.

That's it :)

Windows 8 transformation pack for windows 7

There are lots of Windows 8 Transformation Pack around the web, in which some are really beautiful. Well Windows 8 Milestone has been leaked on web. Many testers get it installed and found many features along with new Windows 8 Wallpaper.

In this Transformation Pack you will get newely designed Windows start button with designed taskbar, system icons are changed, new logon screen, new Boot screen and many other features. Windows 8 Transformation Pack is designed to help you to get Windows 8 appearance in your Windows 7 computer without having Windows 8.

Link for downloading Windows 8 transformation pack...

http://www.ziddu.com/download/8397239/Themes.zip.html

India's 35$ Laptop finally out!

India's much awaited 35$ tablet is finally being released. The challenge the IITians took to build this cheapest tablet has been fruitful. Indian government has decided to provide this tablet to Students at a subsidized rate of Rs.1100 and for the general public for a cost of Rs.2200. It is cheaper anyway.

Called as Sakshat Tablet, it features -

7 inch touch screen
2 GB RAM
Wifi and USB Connectivity
32 GB HD space
Android OS
VGA Camera to support video calling
Multimedia capability

Even though the release is close, the company has not disclosed any information regarding the processor speed or the version of Android it will support. The tablets will be distributed by the HRD ministry through institutions.

A 7 inch tablet for a price of Rs.2200 looks very reasonable and worth buying if you are looking for a cheap handy tool to keep your notes. A low price will have its take. But since it is built by the IITians who have amazed indians for decades, you cannot really predict anything until the tablets are out for sale.

I just wish this move by the HRD ministry really help the technology & education sectors in India.

HTC Flyer launched in India and overpriced

HTC launched its tablet HTC flyer in India and is priced Rs. 37499. Featuring an aluminium unibody design and weighting 420 grams, HTC flyer comes with 7 inch touch sensitive screen of resolution 1024 x 768. Embodying a 1.5Ghz processor, HTC flyer, like most tablets comes with Android OS and HTC Sense UI. A 5 MP camera for photography in addition to a 1.3 MP front camera facilitates video calling. HTC Flyer encapsulates a 1GB powerful ram and 32GB internal storage. Communication is supported by 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth capabilities. HTC flyer provides support for huge variety of video formats - .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3).

Here is the official promo of the HTC Flyer -

HTC Flyer Official Presentation and Demo

Even though HTC flyer comes power packed with a lot of features, the price is very unreasonable as iPad2 itself is available in India for a price tag of Rs. 29k.

Change the settings of GEDIT in Ubuntu

GEDIT is a tool used to write and save text files. you can write programs of any type and save by ts extension using this GEDIT. Instead of using VIM or VI, we can use GEDIT because it provides us with beautiful user interface.

The options which are not enabled for us previously are :-

Auto Indentation.

Bracket Matching.

Highlighting of current line.

Display line numbers.

Auto saving of the file.

All the above things are not provided for the user previously. So to enable all these fantastic features, we have to do little modification by which all the above things can be enabled.

Here are the steps to carry out :-

Press Alt+F2. This will open up the “Run Application”.

Type gconf-editor and click on “Run”.

Goto /apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor

[stextbox id="black"]Enable Auto Indentation[/stextbox]

Click on auto_indent and tick the value button in right panel.

[stextbox id="black"]Enable Bracket Matching[/stextbox]

Click on bracket_matching and tick the value button in right panel.

[stextbox id="black"]Enable Highlighting of current line[/stextbox]

Click on current_line and tick the value button in right panel.

[stextbox id="black"]Enable Display line numbers[/stextbox]

Click on line_numbers and tick the value button in right panel.

[stextbox id="black"]Enable Auto saving of the file[/stextbox]

Click on save and tick the value button of auto_save in right panel.

That's it :) Stay tuned for some more tricks here.

Increase number of workspaces in Ubuntu

Generally, right after UBUNTU installation, we will be able to see only 4 workspaces but as the need of workspace increases, we find it difficult to manage with only 4 workspaces. So if you are frustrated enough by trying to increase the number of workspaces, then here is the simple solution by seeing which you will start to bang your head. Lol!!!

Solution goes like this :-

Press Alt+F2. This will open up the “Run Application”.

Type gconf-editor and click on “Run”.

Now goto apps -> metacity -> general

Look for num_workspaces in right panel. Right next to it you can see 4.

Change that number 4 to 8 or any number as you wish and press Enter.

That's it :) Stay tuned for some more tricks here.

Easily find your Google's Feed Burner Id

Login to your FeedBurner and then in home page, click on RSS feed icon as you can see in the below picture.

Now you can see your Feedburner Id or address in Browser's address bar.

Move Ubuntu Window control buttons to Right

Right after the installation, we can see that the window control buttons will be placed in the left right as of MAC systems. But if you wish to move it to right side, then here is the simple solution or trick.

Press Alt+F2. This will open up the "Run Application".

Type gconf-editor and click on "Run".

Now goto apps -> metacity -> general

Look for "button_layout" on the right panel.

Change the layout from close,minimize,maximize to menu:minimize,maximize,close and then press enter.

That's it :) Isn't this a cool trick? Stay tuned for many more cool tricks at MyTechSpace

Add Google's +1 button to Wordpress Site

Google's +1 has been implemented and all Googler's can see this button on each and every link of the google search.Google's +1 is the a competitive button for Facebook's Like button.

Well, the question is how to add this new feature of Google +1 to Wordpress site?

Add the following script code to footer.php file before the </body> tag.

[stextbox id="grey"]<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>[/stextbox]

Now, open up your single.php file and add anyone of the following code snippet which you wish to show this Google's +1 button.

//Code for Tall Button [stextbox id="grey"]<g:plusone size="tall" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></g:plusone>[/stextbox]

//Code for Standard button [stextbox id="grey"]<g:plusone href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></g:plusone>[/stextbox]

//Code for Medium Button [stextbox id="grey"]<g:plusone size="medium" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></g:plusone>[/stextbox]

//Code for Small Button [stextbox id="grey"]<g:plusone size="small" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></g:plusone>[/stextbox]

If you do not want count of the Button to show, then you can use the following code. [stextbox id="grey"]<g:plusone size="medium" count="false" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"></g:plusone>[/stextbox]