Turning this feature on couldn’t be simpler. Just stick the flash drive, SD card, or whatever flash gear you want into your system. Note that this will only work with USB 2.0 devices or SD cards.

There’s a very simple command structure on how to do so. I’m assuming that you’ve alreadyinstalled Samba Serverat this point. There are two steps to creating a user. First we’ll initiate the smbpasswd utility to create a samba password for the user. sudo smbpasswd -a Next, we’ll add that username to the smbusers file. The format is = “”.

Thankfully it’s also easy to disable.

This will require a Unix account# in this server for every user accessing the server. See# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html# in the samba-doc package for details. First we’ll trigger the smbpasswd utility to create a samba password for the user. sudo smbpasswd -a Next, we’ll add that username to the smbusers file. The format is = “”.

There’s an easy way to switch back to using Windows as the default. You will need to change that number 0 to match the Windows boot section. Typically it’s always going to be 4 on a default dual-boot configuration. Change this value to 4, and then save and reboot your machine. You should go into Windows instead of Ubuntu automatically. Note: The blocks at the bottom of the file match the items in the menu....

Samba Server allows you to share the home directories of users automatically. This can be useful so that you don’t have to manually create every share for every user. First, check that that you’veinstalled Samba server. Change next parameter to ‘yes’ if you want to be able to write to them.

You had to check the registry in more than one place, as well as your start menu. With Windows Vista, there’s a built-in panel that handles all that for you. The link for “Stop a program from running at startup” shows up immediately. Now you’re able to see the Windows Defender screen that lets you manage the startup programs.

To do this, smack the Start button, and then right tap on your User name.

Here’s the easy steps to make Google the default search engine instead. check that you check the default search provider box. This will also work in IE7 on XP as well.

In Google Calendar, go to tweaks \ Calendars and then select your calendar in the list. I also chose a friendlier name. That’s all there is to it. Notice the blue appointments are the ones that came from Google Calendar:

Windows 7 and Vista include an enhancement to the system clock that lets you display 2 additional clocks when you hover your mouse over the system clock. Here’s an example of the London clock in Vista: And here’s the hover clock in Windows 7: Adding these additional clocks is extremely easy. First right-go for the clock in the system tray, and choose Adjust Date/Time: tap the Additional Clocks tab, and go for the options and time zone as shown:...

There are a lot of reasons you might want to manually set your MAC address for your connection card. I won’t ask you what your reason is. To change this setting, we’ll need to edit the /etc/web connection/interfaces file. you could choose to use a different editor if you’d like. sudo gedit /etc/web link/interfaces You should see the line for your web link interface, which is usually eth0. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart...

Installing MySQL 5 Server on Ubuntu is a quick and easy process. It almost feels like it should be more difficult.