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Run commands for windows users
Oct 22nd
Do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). The main reason most people don’t use the Run feature is because they don’t know the Commands. So, here is the solution….
To Access…. Run Command Accessibility Controls access.cpl Accessibility Wizard accwiz Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools control admintools Adobe Acrobat (if installed) acrobat Adobe Designer (if installed) acrodist Adobe Distiller (if installed) acrodist Adobe ImageReady (if installed) imageready Adobe Photoshop (if installed) photoshop Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt Calculator calc Certificate Manager certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility chkdsk Clipboard Viewer clipbrd Command Prompt cmd Component Services dcomcnfg Computer Management compmgmt.msc Control Panel control Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl DDE Shares ddeshare Device Manager devmgmt.msc Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* directx.cpl Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr Disk Defragment dfrg.msc Disk Management diskmgmt.msc Disk Partition Manager diskpart Display Properties control desktop Display Properties desk.cpl Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) control color Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32 Driver Verifier Utility verifier Event Viewer eventvwr.msc Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz File Signature Verification Tool sigverif Findfast findfast.cpl Firefox (if installed) firefox Folders Properties control folders Fonts control fonts Fonts Folder fonts Free Cell Card Game freecell Game Controllers joy.cpl Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) gpedit.msc Hearts Card Game mshearts Help and Support helpctr HyperTerminal hypertrm Iexpress Wizard iexpress Indexing Service ciadv.msc Internet Connection Wizard icwconn1 Internet Explorer iexplore Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid Java Control Panel (If Installed) jpicpl32.cpl Java Control Panel (If Installed) javaws Keyboard Properties control keyboard Local Security Settings secpol.msc Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc Logs You Out Of Windows logoff Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt Microsoft Access (if installed) access.cpl Microsoft Chat winchat Microsoft Excel (if installed) excel Microsoft Frontpage (if installed) frontpg Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk Microsoft Paint mspaint Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed) powerpnt Microsoft Word (if installed) winword Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync Minesweeper Game winmine Mouse Properties control mouse Mouse Properties main.cpl Nero (if installed) nero Netmeeting conf Network Connections control netconnections Network Connections ncpa.cpl Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl Notepad notepad Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) nvtuicpl.cpl Object Packager packager ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl On Screen Keyboard osk Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) ac3filter.cpl Outlook Express msimn Paint pbrush Password Properties password.cpl Performance Monitor perfmon.msc Performance Monitor perfmon Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl Phone Dialer dialer Pinball Game pinball Power Configuration powercfg.cpl Printers and Faxes control printers Printers Folder printers Private Character Editor eudcedit Quicktime (If Installed) QuickTime.cpl Quicktime Player (if installed) quicktimeplayer Real Player (if installed) realplay Regional Settings intl.cpl Registry Editor regedit Registry Editor regedit32 Remote Access Phonebook rasphone Remote Desktop mstsc Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) rsop.msc Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks Security Center wscui.cpl Services services.msc Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc Shuts Down Windows shutdown Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl Spider Solitare Card Game spider SQL Client Configuration cliconfg System Configuration Editor sysedit System Configuration Utility msconfig System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) sfc /scannow System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) sfc /scanonce System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) sfc /scanboot System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) sfc /revert System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) sfc /purgecache System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) sfc /cachesize=x System Information msinfo32 System Properties sysdm.cpl Task Manager taskmgr TCP Tester tcptest Telnet Client telnet Tweak UI (if installed) tweakui User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl Utility Manager utilman Windows Address Book wab Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig Windows Backup Utility (if installed) ntbackup Windows Explorer explorer Windows Firewall firewall.cpl Windows Magnifier magnify Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc Windows Media Player wmplayer Windows Messenger msmsgs Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected) wiaacmgr Windows System Security Tool syskey Windows Update Launches wupdmgr Windows Version (to show which version of windows) winver Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart Wordpad write
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Melbin Mathew
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How To Check The User Creation Date And Time On Windows And Linux
Oct 22nd
How To Check The User Creation Date And Time On Windows And Linux
Finding user creation date on the Operating system is a key fact on security audit. This help us to ensure the validity of the user.
On Windows Operating System user creation date are analyised by checking Event viewers, Profiles creation date and net command.
1. Check on Event viewer. It would be good to enable the audit logs.
2. Profile creation date, help us to know the first login date.
*If the user have never login into the Operating System. System will not create a new profile folder.
3. Check the user status using net command.
Run -> cm -> net user nameofuser
On Linux Operating System user creation date are analyised by checking home directory creation, messages and auditlog.
1. Check the creation data of user home directory
# ls -ld /home/melbin/
Output
drwx—— 5 melbin melbin 4096 Aug 28 22:07 /home/melbin/
2. Grep messages logs.
cat /var/log/messages | grep melbin cat /var/log/messages.* | grep melbin
3. If system auditd are enabled. Search the logs using grep, aureport, ausearch commands. Daemon auditd collects audit subsystem logs and log them on /var/log/audit/audit.log. SELinux uses the audit subsystem.
* aureport –auth | grep melbin
* ausearch
These are two programs, ausearch and aureport, that provide retrieval capabilities. Ausearch is a grep program in that it can be given certain parameters and it will display any records that match. The aureport program was designed to aid in doing reports via awk, perl, or grep. It can select different kinds of information in the audit logs and present them in either columnar form or rankings. Some of the information it can select includes: logins, users, terminals, host names, executables, file access, avc objects, syscalls, watches, or event types.
cat /var/log/audit/audit.log | grep melbin cat /var/log/audit/audit.* | grep melbin
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Melbin Mathew
www.talk2melbin.com
How To Backup And Restore Mozilla FireFox/Flock On Windows And Linux
Oct 22nd
How To Backup And Restore Mozilla Fire Fox On Windows And Linux
Mozilla Firefox is a commonly used Internet browser. Some time we need keep the backup of Firefox because we don’t need to loose our favorite bookmarks, saved sessions etc.
Conditions like Operating system re installation or up gradation and even hardware failures might cause loss of our favorite bookmarks. Following steps help us to backup and restore Mozilla Firefox.
Mozilla Backup And Restore On On Linux Operating System
Mozilla Firefox profile and contents are saved on the user home directory.
# ls ~/.mozilla
By default Mozilla contents are kept on a hidden folder. It prevent accidentally deletion of the folder.
Backup Mozilla Firefox to the backup location using “cp” command.
# cp -r ~/.mozilla /backuplocation/mozilla-backup
Restore Mozilla Firefox
Close Mozilla Firefox application and copy the backup to user home directory.
# cp -r /backuplocation/mozilla-backup ~/.mozilla
Mozilla Backup And Restore On Windows Operating System
On Windows machine we are able to take backup of Mozilla Firefox using an application called MozBackup
Download MozBackup Application from the url link http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php
Run MozBackup on windows machine
Select backup.
If multiple profiles are using, we need to select each of them for backup.
Save the profile as .pcv file. The .pcv file have all the backup of Mozilla Firefox.
Run MozBackup and select restore.
Choose the previously saved .pcv file for restoration.
Cheers!
Melbin Mathew
www.talk2melbin.com
How To Change Thunderbird Default Font Like Outlook 2007
Oct 20th
Change Thunderbird Default Font And Look Like Outlook
Appearance and style on email composition is important. I liked the composition style of Microsoft Outlook 2007 than default composition style of Thunderbird mail client.
Changing the fonts on Thunderbird took like Microsoft outlook 2007 can be accomplished using the following steps,
1. Download Microsoft Outlook Fonts.
Microsoft have newly introduced new fonts for Microsoft Outlook 2007.
* Cambria
* Calibri
* Consolas
Search and download those fonts from ” http://www.fontyukle.com/en/ara.php ”
* Cambria http://www.fontyukle.com/en/ara.php?ara=Cambria&button=Search
* Calibri http://www.fontyukle.com/en/ara.php?ara=Calibri&button=Search
* Consolas http://www.fontyukle.com/en/ara.php?ara=Consolas&button=Search
2. Install the fonts.
On Windows, Go to Control panel -> Fonts and copy all the newly downloaded fonts. You need administrator privileges for installing the new fonts.
On Linux, Open a new window type on the location bar “fonts:///”. This will open up the font folder. Copy all the newly downloaded fonts into the folder.
Once the fonts are copied into the machine close and reopen the applications.
3. Change Thunderbird preference.
Open Thunder Bird -> Edit -> Preferences
a) Click on Display and change the setting,
Select Formating Tab,
Use The Following Colors
* Text Color: Black
* Background Color: White
Plain Text Messages
* Use the following font: Fixed width font
* When displaying quoted plain text messages: Style = Regular, Size = Regular, Color = White
Fonts for: Western
* Proportional: Sans-serif, Size = 15
* Serif: Cambria
* Sans-serif: Calibri
* Monospace: Consolas, Size = 14 (10.5 pt is the default for Monoscape in Outlook 2007)
Allow messages to use other fonts
b) Click on Composition and change the setting,
Select General Tab,
Open Thunder Bird -> Edit -> Preferences -> Select General Tab
HTML
* Font: Variable Width
* Size: Medium
* Colors: Black/White
Send Options
* Send the message in HTML anyway
Try new email composition.
Cheers!
Melbin Mathew
www.talk2melbin.com
Difference Between Swap File and Swap Partition
Sep 30th
Some difference between swap file and swap partition.
Swap File,
1. If the hard disk is full or corrupted,swap file will get damaged.
2. System speed get decrease as soon the hard disk space is full.
3. It should be on a particular location where it should not get
damaged or accidentally copied with other files.
4. It have advantage to increase the swap space on a system that have
already installed with linux.
5. In any case if we need to increase the swap space of the system
immediately we can do it.
6. We can able to create and keep the swap file on external device eg:
Express Card SSD
7. New kernel have nearly achieved to make both swap partitions and
swap file speed closer.
8. Swap file will get fragmented.
Swap Partition
1. Reside on a separate hard disk space.
2. Multiple Os on a single machine can share the same partition.
3. Fragmentation is less compare to swap file.
4. If hard disk is corrupted the swap partition would not be
functioning.
5. Reduce accident loss or corruption.
*Choice depend on the type of activity we are doing on the system.
Increasing Ram will increase the speed of the machine than the swap
system. But product price will be high.
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Melbin Mathew
www.talk2melbin.com