December, 2009

General / Hacks / System / Windows — No Comments
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Dec 09

How to remove windows messsenger from windows XP ?

Windows messenger starting up with system could be irritating sometimes. If you are not using it then you can remove it from your system. Follow the steps as shown below and remove it from your system.

If you’re running windows XP OS without SP1 installed then follow the steps as mentioned below:

1) Click Start / Run Then type the following:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
2) Press ENTER
3) Reboot

If you’re running windows XP OS with SP1 installed then follow the steps as mentioned below:

1) Control Panel
2) Add / Remove Programs
3) Click on “Add/Remove Windows Components” on the left
4) UNcheck “Windows Messenger”
5) Click “NEXT”
6) Click “Finish”
7) Reboot

If you followed either of these steps(for your OS) then you’ll be able to remove the windows messenger from the system.

General / Hacks / Linux / Software / System — No Comments
7
Dec 09

How to find specific file on ubuntu ?

If you want to search for specific files on ubuntu linux then some of your options are as follows:

1. Find command, using this command you can find specific file on ubuntu.

2. Use Places | Computer (or Places | Home or any other location) and then use the ‘search’ button (its a looking-glass icon).

3. Use following commands on terminal for creating index and then search file from it.
* updatedb
* locate

The first command create a index, the second use the index to search.

4. Use Beagle or Tracker. (If you’re using gnome then “do” will help)