Anas Ismail Khan

Often users face this problem, after uninstalling Linux, and re-partitioning the _un-allocated space. _What actually happens is that they keep on getting stupid errors saying “Not enough space on the disk to complete this operation,” whenever they try to create new partitions using the Disk Management tool in Windows.

The reason behind being that the Windows Disk Manager is not… Ah _capable _of creating partitions in the middle of the disk, and thus, it displays the error. Users who created the Linux partitions at the end of the HDD, wont face any such difficulties.

Anyways, the solution is to go for some advanced partitioning tool _e.g. GParted which is for Linux. There might be a _Windows _compatible _version, but I never was successful with my searches, so you might wanna go for the Ease Us Partition Master, which comes with a lot of advanced features, and would certainly get you across this error.

Ubuntu, based on Linux  though is free and open-source, not everyone would be satisfied with it, as an average user would get pissed off in a week, because there arent many of the desired apps available for Ubuntu  and those that are, people get a hard time installing them. I haven’t got anything against Ubuntu, and I’m not asking anyone to stop using it, but those that regret installing it in the first place, here’s how you can uninstall it.

Often when you’ve got updates on, there comes a time when your desktop background disappears, and you keep on getting errors and popups saying that your copy of windows is not genuine, and stuff like “you might be a victim of software counterfeiting.” The reason behind is that you are using a pirated version of Windows which you didn’t obtain the legal way._ _Now the point is that these errors and popups can be annoying, and people would always welcome a cure, and well here’s one. I’m not encouraging anyone to go for pirated software, but i’m still posting the solution cause not everyone can afford to buy their own licensed copy of windows.;-)

So getting rid of the error is quick, simple and clean though a bit annoying as you need to restart twice in a row.

1. Go to Windows update and click on the link on the bottom left corner, saying “installed updates.”
2. Look for the update KB971033, and uninstall it (right-click>uninstall,) and reboot.
3. Run Command Prompt as Administrator. To do so, just press start, type cmd, and on the first link, right-click>Run As Administrator.
4. In the CMD window, type the following command: slmgr.vbs -rearm, and press enter.  At first, nothing would happpen, but this is normal, but after a few _seconds, _a box would pop up, saying that you need to reboot for the changes to take effect. Well, do as it says.

Note: This would only rid you of the WGA notifications and popups, but remember, this wont fool it into believing that you are using genuine windows, means that you’d still be unable to use the Security Essentials.

An eco-friendly, affordable, easily-recycle-able, Cardboard Wi-Fi Router.

A cut in some fiber cable has slowed down internet by 60% in Pakistan, and several other Europian countries. The cable in questions is said to be the _primary internet backbone between Europe, Middle East, Sub-continent and Europe. _Cut somewhere near Egypt; Internet is being supplied through a substitute cable.

Nowadays, you cant surf around fb, without coming across some confessions page. It’s just another trend, like those viral videos of Gangnam Style and Harlem Shake, that spread like worms. The idea behind these confessions page is that everyone feels uncomfortable about certain things and has trouble sharing stuff, holds secrets, and to make them public, one can simply message the page admin, and he’d post whatever the person has to say.

The first such page i came across was the “TWS Sixth Form Confessions” which was limited to a certain organization, and such pages have been appearing ever since, with a rate that is increasing by the day.

Dunno about the older versions, guess you have no choice but to download some app that provides this feature, but since 4.0, android comes with a built-in screenshot taking utility, and all you need to do is press and hold the power + volume down button.

Komodo edit is a code editor and an alternative to notepad++, in fact, its even better, and runs in all 3 i.e. Linux, Mac and Windows. Installing it in linux can be a bit tricky for newbies, so here’s what you need to do.

Download the archive, and extract it wherever you wish, but if you dont wanna complicate things for yourself, just extract them into the home folder.

Open a terminal windows by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T, and navigate to the directory where you extracted the archive. To do so, type:

cd your_directory.

If you extracted it into the home folder, just copy and paste this code:

cd Komodo-Edit-8.0.0-12188-linux-x86_64

Once in the directory, type:

./install.sh, and press enter. Now it’ll prompt you for the install directory, which doesnt honestly make much difference, so just leave it blank and press enter. That’s it!

A swap partition is simply the place from which your computer borrows some memory if it runs out of RAM. The RAM is way faster than the hard disk, but in case you do run out of memory, and are in real need of it, the computer resorts to paging, and borrows some “virtual-memory” from the hard-disk, and in computers running linux, it borrows from the swap partition.

While installing ubuntu 12.10, when i got to the partition-ing part, i kept on receiving an error saying something like “no root file system is defined.” After countless attempts, i figured out  a solution to this.

Firstly, make sure that the partition where you are installing ubuntu is an ext4 partition, and  dont leave _mount point _empty. To do so, just double click the partition, and in the box that pops up, select the ext4 journalling file system, and in mount point, just add a single “/”

That’s it! you should be able to proceed now.