Automatic logon in windows XP/7/8/Windows Server

1. Open the Windows Registery editor from run.exe [ type regedit and ENTER ]
2. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon"
3. Set or create the following keys (DWORD, String, String)
• AutoAdminLogon = "1"
• DefaultUserName = Your user name
• DefaultPassword = Your password
4. Restart and now machine will be automatically logged in :) 
   

The host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled

"The host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled" is thrown -  on trying to start a virtual machine e.g using VMware Player; when the Virtual Technology(VT) is disabled from system BIOS Settings.

The host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled

Steps to fix this and run virtual machines successfully :-

1. Close all the application and restart the System.
2. Press F10 on system startup, to go to Bios Settings
3. Enable the Virtual Settings from Bios Settings > System Configuration 
4. Save the Changes and Start the System.

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Now try to start your virtual machine :) it should start without any error now :)

The working copy at XXX is too old (format XXX) to work with client version XXX (rXXX)’ (expects format XX). You need to upgrade the working copy first.

The working copy at XXX is too old (format XXX) to work with client version XXX (rXXX)’ (expects format XX). You need to upgrade the working copy first.


You are at right place for the solution, if you faced the error message like above while using svn client.

Reasons why this error occurs:

1. You have installed a newer version of svn client on your machine, and trying to add/commit some new files to svn server from you current working copy.

 Easy fix 1:

1. Go to your svn checked project > right click > select 'upgrade the Working copy'
1. This will upgrade the working copy and now you should be able to add/commit file easily.
   

Easy Fix 2:

1. Still after applying the fix above, issue is not fixed :(. You can try below then:
1. Right click on the folder causing the issue.
2. If on right click it does not have any svn 'upgrade the working copy'
3. Then go under the folder delete the ".svn" folder completely
4. Add/commit the remaining files to svn :) it will no give any error :)

Thank you for reading :)

Mcafee - Internet Security antivirus extend trial period free trick

 Like one of my previous blog post on extending a software trial period, here comes the same trick to get the McAfee - Internet Security antivirus free extended subscription just by changing system date and time.

McAfee trial period expired

Simple 2 step to extend the trial period and get free subscription :)

1. As you can see expired trial period screenshot on dated 04-01-2014. Change the System date to previous date say '01-01-2014' in our case.

   

   Change system date to previous months or years

2.  Close the McAfee and start again. and Bingooooo !!!! free subscription activated

   

   McAfee free subscription activated.



Another year of free McAfee internet security subscription

Download Android SDK offline

Many of you interested in Android development or automation, must have downloaded Android SDK installer and have noticed once you install the SDK on your machine, you still need to download some more file using the Android SDK Manager like :

Android SDK Tools
Android Platform Tools
Android API's

In some case you may not have the fast internet connection/bandwidth to download this much stuff.( Same with me :D ). So, here is the solution i am sharing with you guys how you can download with stuff from an high internet connection machine and then cut and paste to your development machine :)

1. Navigate to the link https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository-10.xml in browser. [ Note this is the last updated link at the time of writing this post.In future you will need to check the latest page by +1 increment to digit shown in url. Example next updated version should have 'respository-10.xml' in end ]
2.  Search for the sdk-tools/platform-tools/other stuff in the page like:
1.   For example to download the android sdk api 21,search for "android-21". You will see entry in xml like "android-21_r01.zip"
2. Copy the entry and append to url 'http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/'
3. Your download url will be like http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android-21_r01.zip

[ Similarly you can download the other stuff zip files as mentioned in above steps ]

Once you have downloaded, you just copy the zip file to your development machine.Extract the files and place under <android-sdk-path>/<respective-folder-for-tools/other-stuff>. 

You can check the placed files are correct,by opening the ANDROID SDK MANAGER and check the Status of downloaded tools is shown as 'INSTALLED'

:) :)

sdk tools/platform tools/API's download links for your reference  [ latest as of post writing ]

• Android SDK : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android-21_r01.zip
• Platform Tools : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r21-windows.zip
• Build Tools : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/build-tools_r21.1.1-windows.zip
• Samples : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/samples-21_r03.zip
• Docs : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/docs-21_r01.zip
• Sources : http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/sources-21_r01.zip

Leave your question in case of any issues :) 

Hide photos videos on your Android mobile without any software

So, everybody may have got the issue with hiding personal videos or images on their mobile phones. And also there are lot of software to serve the purpose but the problem with them is that either good ones are paid or not that good.

Here i will show you the way to hide any files mainly images/videos from your android gallery.

1. On your Android mobile phone, first download and install a File manager if you does not have already.  Here, i have used the 'ES File Explorer' which you can download freely from the Google play.

2. Open the File Explorer -> Go to its Settings ->  Set 'Show Hidden Files' to 'ON'

3. Create a new folder in File Manager with name ".hide". You can see that created folder is faded as compared to other folders with does not start with a "."

                                 [ Here you can pick any name but is should start with a "." ]

3.Move you all the files images/videos to ".hide" folder, Go and check in gallery now they are not visible there : ) 

4.  Now, if you want to view the hidden stuff yourself then you can:

1. View directly by going to hidden folder from the File Explorer.
2. Or can rename the hidden folder by removing the "." from the front it will be again visible in Gallery.    Again then you can add "." in folder name to hide it again :)

How i tricked IntelliJ IDEA ultimate edition to keep running even after the trial period.

Jetbrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate edition allow to use its IDE for 30 days for free but after that it ask you to register else it get closed after every 30 minutes run, which is bad bad bad :(

So what i noticed and did to overcome this, i wanted to share with you all.Actually, i noticed that its IDE saves the current system time and on basis of that it gets closed after 30 minutes.

So i created a batch script which reset the time every 20 minutes so the IDE run time does not over and you get it running till you want :) :) :) :)

Copy and save the below commands with name 'tReset.bat' and start after starting your Intellij ultimate edition. <!-Code Start--->

 
@echo off


:start
REM : Save the current time in a variable
FOR /F %%G IN ('time /t') DO Set cTime=%%G

REM Displaye current time
echo %cTime%

REM Sleep for 20 minutes
Sleep 20

REM Reset the time
time %cTime%

goto start

<!-Code End--->
Thanks :) :) :)

NOTE:  You can use it the above solution at your own for personal use and make sure your system is not a part of Active Directory because in that case your system may get out of sync with AD :\

Install windows from bootable USB DRIVE/Pendrive

Hello friends,

Most of the time my friends asks me to help them install windows to their system via USB pen drive. So today I am going to write down the steps to make win7/vista bootable pen drive.

To make a bootable pendrive . You should have –
 Atleast 4 to 8 Gb pendrive.
 Windows 8/7/vista DVD or Windows 8/7/DVD image 

So once you have it.
10 Steps to make your pen drive boot-able :.
1.       Plugin your pendrive to your PC or laptop.
2.       Go to ‘My Computer’ and format the pen drive.
3.       Now open command prompt with Administrator priviledges.
(Go to Start > All programs > Accessories > command prompt , right click on command prompt and run it as an administrator.)
4.       When command prompt opens,enter the following command in series as written below
a.       DISKPART   ,  and press enter.

b.      LIST DISK  , press enter.
     
Once 'LIST DISK' command is completed. From the results remember the disk name of your pen drive. As in my case my USB name is “Disk 2”. So we will be using ‘Disk 2 ’ in our example.
Now, execute the following command one by one.


SELECT DISK 2
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS = NTFS
ASSIGN
EXIT


Now,don’t close the command prompt.
5.       Put your windows disk in you CD ROM (if your system CD ROM is  not working then you can use windows image file and mount it to virtual CD ROM).Now suppose your windows CD ROM drive is  “E:”.
6.       Then go to command prompt and execute following command.

E:
E:\> CD BOOT. Press enter  (Here ‘E:’ is your windows 7/vista disk drive name)
E:\BOOT> BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 D:  (Here ‘D:’ is your USB disk drive name).

7.       Once above commands is executed. close the command prompt.
8.       Select all the files from your windows 8/7/Vista disk and copy them to your USB drive.Now USB is ready to boot windows.
9.       Now restart windows and boot from USB.(You can change boot priority in BIOS)
10.   Windows installation will start as normally like windows disk.(Enjoy : ))

If you find any problem ,then feel free to ask question and leave your comments…