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Showing posts with label Tricks. Show all posts

How to Encrypt and Hide Your Entire Operating System from Prying Eyes



Iif you're really serious about protecting your data, you can actually hide your entire operating system. Here's exactly how to do it. To accomplish this task, we'll be using True Crypt, our favorite free and open-source disk encryption software that runs on all platforms, supports hidden volumes, and can even encrypt your entire hard drive.

 Once we've completed the setup, you'll have two Windows installations and two passwords. One password will activate a hidden Windows installation as your real operating system, and the other, a decoy install to throw intruders off the trail.

Setting Up Your Hidden Operating System

In order to actually activate the hidden operating system features, you'll need to make sure that your hard drive is partitioned in a very particular way: You'll need two partitions on your drive, and the first partition has to have your Windows install on it. The second partition needs to be bigger than the first, and if you're using NTFS as your file system, it will need to be at least 2.1 times as big as the first partition. You can re-partition your current drive, but your best bet will be a clean installation. (As with skinning a cat, there are many ways to partition a hard drive. Windows 7 and Vista have built in partitioning tools [open Computer Management, then go to Storage -> Disk Management in the sidebar], or you could check out our guide to dual booting windows 7 as a solid resource to get started with a partitioned system.)


Once you've got your Windows installation up and running, make sure you've downloaded and installed TrueCrypt on your machine. Then fire it up and use the System –> Create Hidden Operating System menu item.

This will pop up a wizard that will help create the new TrueCrypt volume to house the hidden operating system, which will live inside of a hidden volume on the secondary partition. Your best bet the first time around is to just choose Single-boot—leave the multi-boot for the advanced class.
The Volume Encryption options page is important for one primary reason, namely that you need to choose the same encryption method across the board while you're running through this process. You'll be prompted a number of times to choose the encryption, and you need to always choose the same one or else you can't boot or access your data—also, the default setting of AES encryption is much, much faster than any other option.
You'll be prompted to choose the outer volume password, which will house a set of decoy files to make people believe that your TrueCrypt volume on the second partition contains nothing more than a bunch of files you don't want people to see—except the files you put on the outer volume aren't actually meant to be a secret. Make sure you don't lose this password.

Print Files on Your Printer from Any Phone or Remote Computer via Dropbox




Punjabi Hacker details how to combine a Dropbox account and a simple script with any device that supports Dropbox (which includes almost all popular smartphones and Windows/Mac/Linux operating systems) to remotely or wirelessly print documents on your home printer.
The video above demonstrates the script in action, but the four-step setup is pretty simple. The short version: 1) Install Dropbox on the computer connected to your printer, 2) make sure Dropbox is also installed on the device you want to print from (or set up an email-to-Dropbox service) 3) run the VBS script on the printer-connected computer (available at Digital Inspiration) to create and monitor a PrintQueue folder in your Dropbox folder, and 4) send any file you want printed to the PrintQueue folder.

How to Send Large File on Internet for Slow Internet Connection


If you have a fast internet connection you can share large files easily, but if you use dial-up connection you will not difficulties share a file with a tens megabyte/gigabyte size on internet. The only way to share large files easily you must split the file into a kilobyte or a few megabyte size.

How to split the large file into a kilobyte size? It’s easy, almost all compression software such as WINZIP, WINRAR, 7Zip, etc can be used to split a large file into a few files in kilobyte size and all the software is very easy to use.

On this tutorial I will discuss about share large file on internet if your internet connection slow. The software which I use on this tutorial is 7Zip software (you can search the software on Google :D ).

Here Two Easy Steps to Share Large File on Internet for Slow Internet Connection

1. Split the large file into few kilobytes or megabytes which you want, here how:

    * On this tutorial I use 7Zip (you can use WinZip or WinRAR as alternative software). Right clicking mouse on the large file to split, on the context menu select “7-Zip” then “add to archive”


 Determine file size for each file split. For example I want to split a large file into a few files with file size for each files is 1 Megabyte. Entering 1M into “Split to Volume, bytes”. Then click Ok





The result, I get a few file with 1 Megabyte size for each file. Now you can easy upload the file on  online storage or on online file hosting such as Ziddu, 4Shared, MediaFire, etc. (Warning: don’t rename the files to prevent error when extract and merge them into one file)

 
2. How to Extract and Combine all file into one file.

If you share files that have been split, tell the software you use to split the file to the people/friend who download your files because on my experiment I getting error when combine the file using other software.

Because I use 7-Zip software to split the file which I share, so to extract and merge the file into one file I use 7-Zip again, here how:

    * From windows explorer, right clicking mouse on the fist file to extract select “7-Zip” then select “Extract File” or “Extract Here”  (Note: usually the order of the file name is marked with numbers)






    * The result, you’ll get one large file like the source file.

I hope this post can help you to share your useful file on internet.

Use Pen Drive As RAM


Yes with some modified settings you can use your pen drive as a RAM

1) Connect your pen drive to your PC [pen drive should be at least 1 GB or if you having 4 GB then its better]

2) Allow PC what he is supposed to do,let system to detect pen drive.

3) After your PC finished with its detection work,you have to do some little

4) Right click on the My Computer and select the properties

5) Goto advanced and then performance setting then advanced then

6) Select pen drive and click on custom size " Check the value of space available "

7) Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns

" You just used the memory of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "

8) Now restart your pc and enjoy your fast and super system

Cool Tip for NOTEPAD


This is real cool tip for people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day basis...

In Notepad

* Open a notepad and type '.LOG' (CASE SENSITIVE) as the first line of the file.
* Save and close the file .
* Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the next line.
* Type your notes and then save and close the file.

Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending the time and date to the end of the file and placing the cursor below it.

It simply serves as a virtual diary !
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