Ways to install Linux on a netbook

With my new Acer Aspire Netbook, it occured to me that it had been a long time since I’d installed Linux on a system without a CDRom. This post outlines some methods you can use to get it installed

External CDRom install

The easiest method. Plug in the USB CDRom, and install as normal. Perhaps this is a no brainer but to be honest, I forgot about it when I first got my netbook so its worth a mention.

USB Install

If you don’t have an external CDRom drive laying around you can use a USB Stick. The easiest way to get Linux installed via a USB key is too use a handy tool called UNetBootin.

Network install

Network installs are actually easier than people may think thanks to PXE and open source software. Basically you set up a TFTP server, and a DHCP server. The machine wanting to boot gets an IP and downloads the install image from TFTP. There you continue as a normal installation except download the packages from a web server rather than installing from the CD/DVD.

How To Extract Audio From FLV Files Using VLC

This method allows you to extract the audio of FLV files (e.g. YouTube videos) using VLC and save it in MP3 format. I tested the instructions below with VLC on Mac OS X.

1. Open the FLV file with VLC and stop it as soon as it starts playing.
2. Open the VLC Wizard by clicking on File > Streaming/Exporting Wizard…
3. Select Transcode/Save to file. Next
4. Select your file from the Playlist. Next

Add Admin Rights, Disable or Reset Password For A Windows Account

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      Now a days everyone likes to keep password on their system but sometimes when you forget your password then there in no way to retrieve it. Some times while using your computer or laptop you would have observed that in spite of being the only user of your system you are not the administrator of the system as a result you are not able to authorize some operations. Are you tired of resetting the passwords and remembering them after a specified duration because you are forced to do it. Then I have got a solution to all your problems an application named PC Login Now.

Setting up a LAMP Server Remotely

It’s been said a million times over — Linux is awesome on servers! With over 60 per cent of the Web’s servers gunning away on the mighty penguin, the robust, resilient, scalable and stable Linux plays a major role in keeping the Internet running like a well-oiled machine. In this article, I will describe how to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server from scratch, remotely. The only step requiring physical access is installing Ubuntu Server. The rest can be done the geeky way, via SSH! Read on if getting your hands dirty gives you a kick!

Complete Internet Repair Utility

Reset, Repair Internet & Browser Settings To Fix Internet Connection

      We are living in an Internet age and with any widely used technologies, come a new set of problems. That is why we developed Complete Internet Repair to solve these problems as they arrive. Complete Internet Repair does exactly what it says. It attempts to repair everything internet related, including networking problems. With any repair utility, you will need to remember only two golden rules. Firstly; don’t try and repair something that is not broken, you might break it. Secondly; the utility can’t repair it all, we are not like the all-seeing and all-knowing Oracle, we cannot anticipate each and every situation, but this all said, this utility should be able to help with most situations. Rizone Complete Internet Repair is basically a combination of Internet Recovery KIT and Winsock Repair. It could help if you are experiencing any of the following problems:

·         Internet or network problem after removing adware, spyware, virus, worm, Trojan horse, etc.

·         Loss network connection after installing/uninstalling adware, spyware, antispam, vpn, firewall or other networking programs.

·         Unable to access any webpage or can only access some webpages.

·         Pop-up error window with network related problem description.

·         No network connectivity due to registry errors.

·         DNS lookup problem.

·         Fail to renew the network adapter’s IP address or other DHCP errors.

·         Network connectivity issue with limited or no connections message.

·         Windows update does not work

·         You are having problems connecting to secured websites (ex. Banking).

·         Internet Explorer stopped working or crashes all the time.

·         Other networking problems.

Fix or Repair Bad USB Pen Drive Drivers & Registry Settings

    In today’s IT world, where data transfer into the systems with the help of USBs has become an important task. No one can even think of removing USB port from the system. But, what if some problem comes with the USB drivers which makes it very difficult for the user and it becomes a tedious task to rectify and fix it. For this, MK Registry & USB Fixer is a small, yet very effective and easy to use application that allows you to quickly repair your registry and USB drivers. All the features present in this application are very useful and also are easily accessible through the main window itself. You just have to select the options available on the screen which corresponds to the actions that you want to be performed and then simply press the FIX button.

Free AVI, FLV, MP4, VOB, MKV Video Cutter (Splitter)

        Here we’ll show you how to cut videos into parts using a well-known video splitter called Free Video Cutter ( Download ). In some occasions, we would find a certain part of a video to be especially interesting. Instead of keeping the entire video, we can cut only the part that we like out of it and save the part as a new file. By doing so, you can save your hard disk space from storing full-sized videos when you can actually store only the parts you like. You can also share the cut parts with your friends easily since they are much more smaller in size. It definitely save your time when it comes to uploading the video parts to social networking sites such as Facebook

The scissor you need: Free Video Cutter

Free Video Cutter has been widely used for years now. It is a freeware that is able to split your video file into parts of your choice. A video cutter is also known as video splitter or video clipper. It has a very user-friendly interface as if a 5 years old boy would know how to use it. It supports most of the common video formats such as AVI, FLV, MP4, VOB, MKV, MPEG 1/2, MPEG4, DivX, Xvid, MOV and Flash video. This program also guarantees the quality of any output video.