The comment lines usually starts with the # character and these comments can be filtered out while viewing the config file by using the command line sh$ sed -e ‘s/#.*//; /^$/d’ . This command line gives the config files in a compact screen void of the comments and white spaces. To view the active directives in the Apache Configuration file we could use the...

In linux,we have a user account-root which has all privileges and power. It is the equivalent of Administrator in Windows. It is risky to use the root account in general as any small error could lead to the system crashing. So it is mostly advisable to hold enough powers for the time wherein the user has to perform a particular application. In ubuntu the root user is locked...

            Are you having a problem of backing up your office files online? Are you looking to work on office online? Are you looking to get rid of Microsoft office? If you answered Yes to all the above questions, then you are Google Docs!             Google Docs have become made our life a whole lot easier, and you can credit for Google for providing...

 DNS cache is used by windows to store recently visited websites. DNS information is stored in DNS cache by windows operating system when a website is visited. This can be viewed- Go to windows vista Start, go to run and type cmd, command prompt window pops up. Type ipconfig/displaydns. A list of all website addresses stored in the cache can be viewed. When the user goes...

Converting Pdf file to Word can be done directly using Zamzar, an online file conversion service. Conversion of Pdf to Excel or JPG is a two step process which is also very easy. Convert a PDF file to JPG – First method Open the website ZamZar.com, now browse for your Pdf file and choose PNG format as the format to which the Pdf file is to be converted in step 2. PNG...

When you are looking the task manager, sometimes you can see a dozen of iexplore.exe processes listed there. Clicking the End Process button for each item will steal your precious hour. So we should find a method to kill them all the processes in one step. The solution to above problem is to use a quick command line utility which will kill all the processes by their name...

The BitLocker feature introduced in Windows Vista allows users to encrypt the content of their hard drive. Windows 7 offers an advanced version of this called “BitLocker To Go” which will allow the users to encrypt their portable USB flash drives. For this first open My Computer and now Right-click on the flash drive icon which you want to encrypt and select the option...

In a dual boot system for switching back and forth from Vista to XP, you have to reboot the system, wait for the boot menu to come up and then choose the right OS. The task can be made simpler with some simple batch files and command prompt lines. Two shortcuts can be made so that you can just simply click them to “Reboot into XP” or “Reboot into Vista”. 1)     ...

A guide to running multiple profiles at the same time in Firefox Ever since Mozilla Firefox was introduced in 2004, it’s slowly been ending the monopoly that Internet Explorer has had over the internet browsing domain.  Five years since, it’s undoubtable which of the two browsers is considered better by users and critics alike. The only question that remains...