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Also, use this config and compile the latest kernel. It's stripped of the stuff you don't need. I had a play about an got about 20 secs off my standard Ubuntu Kernel boot time.

Though it does make assumptions on the wireless encryption. I can assure this wouldn't be so easy with wpa.

I am an admin who supports both Linux and Windows coputers, I run Ubuntu as my main OS and run XP in a VM using VirtualBox. Have always used VMWare until recently I stumbled on VirtualBox. Using seamless mode, I have easy access to all the windows tools i need -all integrating with my linux desktop. Bit like this without OSX as the host:

You could try using Wine if you want that specific piece of software to work, else try plugging the device in and see if the network manager picks it up as a modem. Try the Ubuntu forums for better support.

I installed vista 7 on my acer one - ran pretty well, maybe better than ny curfrent vista install. If it were not for the wifi drivers not working within the time I spent trying, I'd have considered leaving it as the primary OS.

You won't get any visual effects like Aero on a VM as it doesn't use GFX acceleration. Give it as much resources as you can for the best results but In my testing, it requires less than Vista.

LOL at having internet blocked by your parents, how old are you? If I'm honest, you don't have the basic network knowledge needed to circumvent your parents security and should probably respect their decision -they've obviously implemented it for a reason. If you want full internet access, buy your own...

So you're not supposed to be accessing t system? Naughty...

Do you actually have enrypted files? Not many users do, never had a prob with this tool.

Try http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Casting is really easy. All you need do is place the desired type in parentheses (fancy word for brackets) and follow it with the variable. Say you had a char, 'numb' containing the value '1' that you wanted to perform mathematical work on, you only need do (int)numb to cast the char to an int. It's useful and worth grasping.

Bump keys, probably the easiest method. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping

You can block addresses and domains on many routers. You xcould use a hardware FW solution as well. A proxy could be used to control access as well.

Best way to stop the application from just closing would to encompass the entire program in a loop which checks for a certain condition such as the user pressing 'x'. In psuedo: While (user input) != 'x' { your code; } //end while

regsvr32 -u <dll to unload> This command is also useful for cleaning up corrupt dll that you can't delete or removing files related to spyware. Use the same command without the -u trigger to load a DLL.

Using openDNS you can control what domains are accessable. Check your router, many allow the blocking of sites from there for certain IPs. Editing the Host file to point DNS to wrong locations isn't really the tidiest way to do things.

You could try unloading the DLL instead of deleting it.

Hardware firewalls aren't expensive and provide other functionality like VPN plus it means all your network is protected by it. Check out the Watchguard range. You can pick up their smaller units for very little and they all run linux. :)

I've used the Offline NT PW & Reg editor numerous times to gain admin access to machines for work when the user has forgotten the P/W. As long as you have a clean shutdown of Windows, Linux doesnt have any major issues writing to NTFS. I don't know if it still works but alternatively you can set the screensaver to point to the command.com in the registry. Wait for the screensaver to appear on the login screen and boom, a shell. Hello btw - I'm new.