Fix Toshiba battery issue for Linux

Faheem    Home, Linux, Tips & Tricks     Fix Toshiba battery issue for Linux, l650 battery, toshiba, Ubuntu battery, [ 1.370268] ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)

Its been a year since I made my last post and have been thinking about what I could write  to start posting again. I have finally found a perfect one. Yepieeee, Its about vexing Toshiba battery conflict with the kernel.  I have got my battery issue fixed after a long wait. First of all let me thank Steve who proposed the perfect resolution for this issue and many thanks to other people who were also part of this seeking for a resolution.

Here was the scenario.

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How to Hide Text in Notepad !!

Nikhil    Home, Tips & Tricks, Windows     hidden notepad hack, hiding files, hiding files in XP, notepad hack, Notepad Tricks

Well who knew we could hide files with notepad?  Often you do all the coding for webpages in notepad and you gotta keep some of those hidden. What you do is look for a utility to hide your text. You simply don’t need it. There’s an easy hack to hide the notepad files. Let’s see how?

Before I begin let me tell you the text files you create with this hack won’t show up even with Windows or DOS whatever be the file settings. These files will only be accessible if you know the exact file name used while creating the file. Let’s begin with the steps,

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How to transfer a cPanel account to DirectAdmin.

Faheem    Home, Linux, Tips & Tricks     cPanel, cPanel to directadmin, directadmin, tool to convert backup

The file structure and back-ups for both control panels are entirely different and its quite difficult to restore the files transfered from one to another control panel manually. There is a script available which can convert a cPanel back-up to the format that of a DirectAdmin. The convert process is quite simple.

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System User Account in Windows XP !!

Nikhil    Home, Tips & Tricks, Windows     hidden xp tricks, logging in as the system user, secret user in xp, system user account in windows xp, system user windows, system user xp, user system, xp super secret, xp system user

If you think Administrator has the largest privileges onto the computer, then you are wrong. There is a user who is named SYSTEM. SYSTEM has full control of the operating system and it’s kernel. If you open windows task manager (press ctrl+alt and delete) you will see that System User controls several processes. These processes cannot be closed by Administrator. In this tutorial we will see how to trick Windows into running our desktop as System. So we’ll get a much greater privileges over computer.

The System User controls several processes

Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login!

Nikhil    Home, Tips & Tricks, Windows     automatic logon xp, xp tips

Click Start, Run and type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, and click Ok. Select the user account from the list (the account to which you want to automatically logon). Uncheck Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer option, and click Ok. Type the user account password and complete the process.

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social networking all together by Digsby.

Faheem    Home, Tips & Tricks     all in one chat, digsby linux, social networking all together

I spend more time on social networking sites and have accounts on different ‘SN’ sites.  I found myself difficult to login each and every accounts and check for updates and this is also eating up more internet resources. If you are having the similar situation, then digsby is my sugestion for you.

digsby is a social networking tool that alerts you of events like new messages and gives you a live Newsfeed of what your friends are up to.

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List of keyboard shortcuts for windows.

Nikhil    Home, Tips & Tricks, Windows     keyboard shortcuts, keyboard tips, keyboard tricks, shortcuts, windows shortcuts

When speed counts, the keyboard is still king. Almost all the actions and commands you can perform with a mouse you can perform faster using combination’s of keys on your keyboard. These simple keyboard shortcuts can get you where you want to go faster than several clicks of a mouse. You’ll work faster on spreadsheets and similar documents, too, because you won’t lose your place switching back and forth between mouse and keys. Here are some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts:

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS YOU CAN USE WITH MS WORD

Ctrl+Shift+> -Increase selected text in increments like the drop down font menu Ctrl+Shift+< -Decrease selected text in increments like the drop down font menu

Ctrl+] -Increase selected text one point

Ctrl+[ -Decrease selected text one point

Sift + F3 -Change case of the letters

Ctrl+Shift+W -Underline words but not spaces

Ctrl+Shift+D -Double underline text

Ctrl+E -Center a paragraph

Ctrl+J -Justify a paragraph

Ctrl+L -Left align a paragraph

Ctrl+M -Indent a paragraph

From the left Ctrl+T -Create a hanging indent

GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Copy -CTRL+C

Cut -CTRL+X

Paste -CTRL+V

Undo -CTRL+Z

Delete -DELETE

Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin -SHIFT+DELETE

Copy selected item -CTRL while dragging an item

Create shortcut to selected item -CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word -CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word -CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph -CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph -CTRL+UP ARROW

Highlight a block of text -CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document -SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

Select all -CTRL+A

View properties for the selected item -ALT+ENTER

Close the active item, or quit the active program -ALT+F4

Opens the shortcut menu for the active window -ALT+SPACEBAR

Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously -CTRL+F4

Switch between open items -ALT+TAB

Cycle through items in the order they were opened -ALT+ESC

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item -SHIFT+F10

Display the System menu for the active window -ALT+SPACEBAR

Display the Start menu -CTRL+ESC

Display the corresponding menu -ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name carry out the corresponding command

Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu -RIGHT ARROW

Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu -LEFT ARROW

View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer – BACKSPACE

Cancel the current task – ESC

To prevent the auto play -SHIFT

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Speed Up your XP : # 1

faris    Tips & Tricks, Windows    

Extra or unwanted items in the startup list

will definitely increase your startup time in Windows XP,perhaps
by several minutes.

Here is a simple trick to speed up your pc

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Increase Your Internet Speed : A hidden trick!

faris    Tips & Tricks, Windows     increase internet speed, speed-up internet, XP internet speed

About 20% of your available bandwidth is reserved by MICROSOFT for their own purposes like Windows Updates and interrogating your PC etc To get it back:

Click Start > Run and type “gpedit.msc” without quotes.

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Speed Up your Torrent Downloads !!!

faris    Tips & Tricks     10 tips for torent, speed-up torrent dwnloads

P2P file sharing is one of the widely used applications now days. The Torrent search engine is the utility which is excessively used in this context. As the young generation says “impatience is the new world”, means the generation can’t afford anything too slow, same is the case with torrent download. But there are some tips which can really help to improve your download speed. Let’s have a quick glance at these tips.

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