How To Configure Ubuntu To Open The Applications Menu With Windows Key

Most of the  keyboards today come with the Windows key on them.In Windows it is used for open Startmenu. You can add similar function in Ubuntu by using the following Command.

$ gconftool-2 –set /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu –type string “Super_L”

Simple wireless hacking : How to change the MAC address of a Windows machine

This will help you to  change the MAC address of a Windows machine.

 

Change Registry

This howto requires little knowledge on the Windows Registry. Also, make sure you have a good backup of your registry.

• Goto command prompt and type "ipconfig /all", and
• Note the Description for the NIC you want to change.
• Not the MAC Address for the NIC you want to change
• Goto command prompt and type "net config rdr", and remember the number between the long number (GUID) inside the { }. For example, for MAC address "00C095ECB794," you should remember "{1C9324AD-ADB7-4920-B02D-AB281838647A}". You can copy and paste it to the Notepad, that's probably the easiest way.
• Go to Start -> Run, type "regedt32" to start registry editor. Do not use "Regedit."
• Do a BACKUP of your registry in case you screw up the following steps.
• Click on "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine" sub-window
• Click on the root key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE".
• Click on the drop-down menu "Registry -> Save Subtree As" and save the backup registry in to a file. Keep this file in a safe place.
• Go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}". Double click on it to expand the tree. The subkeys are 4-digit numbers, which represent particular network adapters. You should see it starts with 0000, then 0001, 0002, 0003 and so on.
• Go through each subkey that starts with 0000. Click on 0000, check DriverDesc keyword on the right to see if that's the NIC you want to change the MAC address. The DriveDesc should match the Description you recorded from step (a.-I.). If you are not 100% sure about the DriverDesc, then you can verify by checking if the NetCfgInstanceID keyword value matches the GUID.
• If there is no match, then move on to 0001, 0002, 0003, and so on, until you find the one you want. Usually 0000 contains the first NIC you installed on the computer.
• In this demonstration, 0000 is the NIC I selected.
• Once you selected the subkey (i.e. 0000), check if there is a keyword "NetworkAddress" exist in the right side of the window.
• If "NetworkAddress" keyword does not exist, then create this new keyword:
• Click on the drop down menu "Edit -> Add Value".
• In the Add Value window, enter the following value then click OK.
• Value Name: = NetworkAddress
• Data Type: = REG_SZ
• String Editor window will pop up at this time
• Enter the new MAC address you want to modify. Then click OK.
• (There should not be any "-" in this address. Your entry should only consist of 12 digits.
• If "NetworkAddress" keyword exists, make sure it shows the keyword type is REG_SZ, and it should show as NetworkAddress:REG_SZ: . This keyword might not have a value at this time.
• Double click on the keyword NetworkAddress and the String Editor window will pop up.
• Enter the new MAC address you want to modify. Then click OK. (There should not be any "-" in this address. Your entry should only consist of 12 digits).
• Goto Start->Setting->Control Panel, and double click on "Network Neighborhood".
• Select the Network Adaptor you just changed the MAC address.
• Disable and enable the adaptor
• At the command prompt, type "ipconfig /all" to confirm the new MAC address.

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Warty	Warthog	4.10
Hoary	Hedgehog	5.04
Breezy	Badger	5.10
Dapper	Drake	6.06
Edgy	Eft	6.10
Feisty	Fawn	7.04
Gutsy	Gibbon	7.10
Hardy	Heron	8.04
Intrepid	Ibex	8.10
Jaunty	Jackalope	9.04
Karmic	Koala	9.10
Lucid	Lynx	10.04
Maverick	Meerkat	10.10

How to Secure your Gmail account from Hackers ( How to set Gmail password recovery options )

Recently lots of problems are reported about gmail account passwd hacking.

Set your account password recovery options effectively.

How to set Gmail password recovery options

Log in to gmail

Now select Settings  from top right side of the screen.

 here select Accounts and Imports.

Bottom of the screen you can select Change account settings

Now it will open a new window with following


Now Select Change Password recovery options

Now it will ask for your current password  . enter your current password.


Now you can add/edit your security options

Alternate Email account

SMS Mobile Number

Security Question

and save

New simple Installer in Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat'

 Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick comes with Simple user friendly installer. You can install Ubuntu 10.10 with limited computer knowledge. It also provide option for installing non-free software and codecs.

 Partitioning is probably the most important part of installation process and it is also made simple in ubuntu 10.10.

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How to Change Windows Controls to Right side in Ubuntu 10.04

This is very difficult to mange left side control of Ubuntu windows.Simply you can change this setting.


1. Open up the gconf-editor tool
(

Open a terminal and type

$ gconf-editor

).
2. Navigate to apps-->Metacity --> general.
3. Double click the button_layout key.
4. Change the value of this key to menu:maximize,minimize,close.
5. Click OK and the change will occur immediately.

You can now close the gconf-editor tool.

How to Convert AVI file to FLV in Ubuntu Linux

You can easily convert FLV file to AVI and Vise versa with Simple commands

Convert FLV to AVI file: 

$ ffmpeg -i mavideo.flv mavideo.avi

Convert AVI to FLV file: 

$ffmpeg -i mavideo.avi mavideo.flv 

If  ffmpeg is not intalled
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Play Beautiful game Frogatto in ubuntu

Frogatto is a platform game in two dimensions. The protagonist of this game is a funny frog can jump, run, swim, while avoiding being hurt by the various monsters in each level.
It is currently available Frogatto version 1.0, which represents the first stable version of it.  Frogatto 1.0 is a classic platform adventure game is fun and fully playable.

Frogatto has more than 30 levels and a fully functional editor that allows you to create your own levels or, edit an existing levels.

How to Install Latest version Frogatto in Ubuntu

# sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/frogatto.list http://www.frogatto.com/apt/frogatto.list
# wget -O- http://www.frogatto.com/apt/key.gpg | sudo apt-key add - wget -O http://www.frogatto.com/apt/key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install

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