Tag Archives: Hacks

Host Files – local DNS lookup

By Ajith | Published: February 17, 2008

This is a basic introduction to the host file, how they work, how to block web sites or computers on LAN using a host file etc.. Host file is a text file that the operating system uses to store the IP address of computers having a physical name (or site address). It is located at [...]

Posted in Network, Windows | Also tagged Admin, Customize, Tricks | Leave a comment

How to delete undeletable files

By Ajith | Published: February 8, 2008

This is a simple tool to delete files Windows would not allow you to delete. This will do the work most of the time. If you still have difficulty in deleting please go to other posts in this series. The problem with deleting a file can be caused by some application using that particular file [...]

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Globally control and change all users passwords in Windows

By Ajith | Published: February 7, 2008

The advanced user password control center in Windows is a hidden feature. It allows Administrative users to reset or remove passwords of every user account. It also allows to add or remove a user from the computer. You can access the User Accounts manager by typing control userpasswords2 in the run dialog (WIN+R – find [...]

Posted in Windows | Also tagged Admin, Tips, Tricks, User | 1 Comment

Hide files under other files (merge) using command prompt

By Ajith | Published: February 6, 2008

Here is how you can hide files from the prying eyes of others. This can be done by using the copy command in Command Prompt. The format of the command to merge files is copy /b FILE1.ext+FILE2.ext+….+FILEn.EXT destination.EXT The parameter /b tells the command to consider files as Binary. An example is “copy /b 1.jpg+2.zip 3.jpg” [...]

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How to clear full internet history from Internet Explorer

By Ajith | Published: February 4, 2008

The security and privacy consciousness of Internet users are at an all time high for sometime now. But very few of us who use Internet Explorer (I use IE only very rarely now) actually know that the whole history is not cleared even if we do Internet Options»Clear History. Well most of the History is [...]

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JavaScript in address bar, trick to make images in a web page dance

By Ajith | Published: January 30, 2008

I recently found this funny JavaScript code which will make the Images on any page go in a ring like dance. I got it through an e-mail forward, so I don’t know whom to credit. All you have to do is 1. Go to an Image rich page (eg:search for flowers in Google Images) 2. [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Funny, Image, Tips | 17 Comments

Can GMail be hacked – read this

By Ajith | Published: January 17, 2008

GMail has become popular ever since it was out for the public and Google has kept their promises to us all. Ever since the time when GMail become public there were a number of value additions done to it. But one of the basic questions everybody needs an answer is – Can GMail be hacked? [...]

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VoIP on your iPod – do it yourself

By Ajith | Published: January 8, 2008

Can you use your iPod for VoIP communication? Touchmods have accomplished this never thought before use of an iPod and is sharing it with us. I read about this on Hackszine.com. Thetouchmods is a place where you can find all kinds of DIY hacks for your . They have got tutorials for all the hacks [...]

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Play video in image and as wallpaper

By Ajith | Published: March 3, 2007

Make a video as your wallpaper easily. How can you do this?Why can it be done? Why can’t you get a screen shot of a DVD movie or other video files? All these questions are answered in this article.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Wallpaper | 5 Comments