THINGS TO DO AFTER INSTALLING UBUNTU

All right guys. So you have installed Ubuntu and can not figure out what is
important for you at this time. I faced the same problem when i installed Ubuntu 12.04.
Here are the list of things that I found and you need to know after installing Ubuntu on your system :

(1) What actually UBUNTU means?

     UBUNTU is an ancient African word meaning "Humanity to others". It also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of UBUNTU to the world of computers.

(2) No need to install an anti-virus software

    If you previously used Windows or Mac OS, you might have used an anti-virus software on your system which runs in background, constantly checking for computer viruses which may harm your system. 

    But there is no need of an anti-virus program in Ubuntu (but anti-virus program does exist for Linux). I don't know the exact reason for this- may be its because viruses which affect Linux are still very rare. People have different arguments regarding this: Some argue that no one worries about writing a virus for Linux because it is very less commonly used and some argue that Linux is more secure than other operating systems.

    Whatever may be the reason there is no need of an anti-virus at this moment. However you may install it through 'Ubuntu Software Center'.

(3) Download manager for Ubuntu 12.04

     You might have used Internet download manager (IDM) on Windows, so you may feel the need of a standalone download manager in Ubuntu.The credit for making a standalone download manager for Ubuntu goes to Maia Kozheva for creating Steadyflow download manager. 

Installation

Open Terminal (Press ctrl+alt+T) and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sikon/steadyflow
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install steadyflow

  

After installation you can open dash home and search steadyflow in search box given on the top. 

Integrating in firefox

For firefox integration of steadyflow download manager you should install an add-on "flashgot" in firefox. Download it from here-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashgot/

After installation you need to restart the firefox for applying the changes.

(4) Installing VLC media player

You might also have liked the VLC media player on Windows. So, if you are having problem with the default media player in Ubuntu, You can switch to VLC medi player. 

VLC player is one of the best software for watching movies of different formats (avi , wmv , mpg , mpeg , mov , ram , mp4 , swf, flv). 

Open Terminal (Press ctrl+alt+T) and type in there-

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc

(5) Installing flash support for browsers

      You will need the flash player support to be able to view videos and flash websites on your browser. For this you need to install flash plugin.

Open Ubuntu Software Center and type 'flash' in search box given on top right corner. After that install it from the page.

(6) How to run Windows applications on Ubuntu

      Ubuntu does not open Windows applications by default. If you want t run Windows applications on Ubuntu, you need to install 'wine'. 

      Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Linux.
 Applications are run at full speed without the need of cpu emulation. Wine
 does not require Microsoft Windows, however it can use native system dll
 files in place of its own if they are available.

Open Terminal (Press ctrl+alt+T) and type in there:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5

 (6) Best Torrent client

       qBitTorrent provides a familiar and speedy interface complete with an in-built search engine for those hard to find downloads. There’s a whole host of usual features including support for encryption, uPnP, IPv6 and RSS.

Open Terminal (Press ctrl+alt+T) and type in there:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qbittorrent

 

     

EXTEND VISTA ACTIVATION PERIOD

Windows Vista has a built-in Visual Basic Script which allows its user to increase the trial period of vista by 30 days. u can use this script a total of 3 times , hence extending the trial period to up to 120 days. The process is known as "Rearming".

Usage of this script will not result in any violation of Windows End-User License Agreement.

How it works:-

1. Go to Start> All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt
2. Right click on command Prompt and click "Run as Administrator"
3. It will redirect u to this location
C:\Windows\system32
If not, then move to this location.
4. Now type the script and hit enter.
Script is:
cscript slmgr.vbs -rearm
5. The command will take some time to execute and will ask u to restart ur system.
After restart u will see ur Activation period again to 30 days.
Note:-
The script will not work if the activation period has ended and vista has entered into lock down mode.
Regards

NOTE- This might not work in some versions.
If this does not work send me a mail at vikrantsaini1111@gmail.com
I will send u "windows vista activator.exe".

IMPROVE INTERNET SPEED

Microsoft reserves 20% of ur available bandwidth 4 their own purposes like Windows Updates n interrogating ur PC etc. Don't u want 2 get it back 4 ur self? Here is d trick how 2 get 100% of ur available bandwidth.
Increase internet speed :

To get it back:
Click Start then Run and type "gpedit.msc" without quotes.

This opens the "group policy editor" and go to: "Local Computer Policy"

Then "Computer Configuration" Then "Administrative Templates"

Then select "Network" then "QOS Packet Scheduler"

After that select "Limit Reservable Bandwidth".
Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab i.e." By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20

FIND IP ADDRESS OF SENDER IN GMAIL

When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it. For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender. The tutorial below can help you find the IP address of the sender.

• Log into your Gmail account with your username and password.
• Open the mail.
• To display the headers,
  • Click on More options corresponding to that thread. You should get a bunch of links. Click on Show original
    
• You should get headers like this:
  • Gmail headers : Daniel
• Look for Received: from followed by a few hostnames and an IP address between square brackets.
  
• That is be the IP address of the sender!!

NOTE:=
This will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.

REMOVE STORED USERNAMES N PASSWORDS

To remove the Stored User Names and Passwords from your system, try this:
Click Start, Run and type Control keymgr.dll
Remove the entries from the list.
The other ways to access this dialog are:
Type Control Userpasswords2 in RUN box, click Advanced, Manage Passwords
-or-
From Control Panel, select your User Account, click Manage your network passwords

It Works

~ Cheers ~

SPEEDUP UR SHUTDOWN

Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
Click on the "Control" Folder.
Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click on it and select Modify.
Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).

and !

Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows xp when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. to solve this problem you
must disable this useless sound. click start button then go to settings -> control panel -> Sound,Speech and Audio devices -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds, then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.now from sounds you can select,choose "none" and then click apply and ok. now you can see some improvements when shutting down your system.

MULTIPLE YAHOO INSTANCES

Yeah........It is easy as pie
just a little registry tweak n u r done

Follow these steps
1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then enter .

2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo ----->pager---->Test

3.On the right pane , right-click and choose new Dword value .

4.Rename it as Plural.

5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.


That's it done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger .For signing in with new id open another messenger