Add “Open with Notepad” to the Context Menu for All Files

 Notepad has been an evergreen application since the Windows98 days. It opens all sorts of files and is used by people the world over to open, edit and create all sorts of files. A problem or annoyance rather is when one has to go through a right click -> open with -> select notepad from the options. A quick little hack is to add a “open with notepad” option to the right click context menu of every file with some registry hacking. This is one hack that will save time and make your life a little easier. Brought to you by site http://www.howtogeek.com. Follow the link below for detailed steps -

How to geek - Open with notepad context menu

Open ports for your Airtel connection (Port-mapping)

This write up will explain to you how to speed up your Airtel Broadband connection / solve other problems regarding connection failures due to closed ports.

Although I use Airtel and a Beetel 220 BX modem as my basis for this write up, the same rules can be applied to others as well. So lets get started. First thing make sure your DSL modem is on. Fire up your browser. Type http://192.168.1.1 as the address with the following Username/Password -

Username : admin

Password : password

Note : These are case sensitive. Make sure all are typed in lowercase.

Click on Advanced Setup -> NAT in the page that loads. If you do not see these options try entering http://192.168.1.1/main.html as the address. Some routers/modems deliberately try to prevent users from accessing these options. On the NAT virtual servers page click the add button. Now add the port number that you wish to open up. You can even open up a range of ports using the add button. You should see something similar to the screenshot below. Click it to view full image

This technique can be used for any operating system / modem / service provider. It may vary slightly but the essential principle remains the same.

XBOX controller power push button mod

The XBOX doesn’t have a way to power on/off itself without actually having to leave your seat, walking to the console and then pressing the power button. While this is ok for a while, it does get annoying after a while. This mod will show how to add a small push button to the controller that can be later used to remotely turn on/off the console. On a side note, I will try and be more regular with updating the blog. I have not been update the blog in recent times due to time constraints. Also hence forth I will be producing tutorials/articles as PDF files as this seems to be the preferred way for storing articles for later retrieval. Click the following link to download the file.

Download the tutorial in PDF format (~213 Kb)

Hack a Nokia 6600 using Bluetooth and Fedora Core 3!!!

I came across this article while doing some random surfing. Seems pretty cool although I yet have to try the hack myself. Nonetheless I was too tempted to post it.

Written by A. Varin Khera

Click here to read the article