hide/unhide a drive-partition from console

this tweak is particularly for windows systems and has been personally tested by me on XP ,Vista and Windows 7.its pretty simple yet interesting.this mischief if done on other's computer, can drive the computer owner nuts to figure it out.there is nothing to be afraid to try this as it is just temporary hiding of a partition while all its contents remain the same.(still i'l recommend you to not to try this on a partition in which you have installed applications).

Steps:-
1.Go to Start-----Run------type "diskpart"
(and hit the enter/return key)This will open a console window in which you can use various diskpart utilities with the help of commands[here you can enter "help" and find more about diskpart commands. to know even more about a particular command enter "help ". i.e. "help format"]

2.type "list volume"
and hit enter/return. this will give details of all drives present on your computer.

3.type "select volume [vol_number] "
(for example if my partition(H:) has got a volume_number=3, then to hide this partition i have to first select it typing "select volume 3")

4.finally type "remove letter [vol_letter] "
(as for example "remove letter H").now if we close the console window and restart the computer that particular drive-partition wouldn't appear

Now to unhide the partition

follow steps 1 to 3 as mentioned before to select a partition/volume (as for here it would be the volume that we have hidden earlier). then step 4 will be:

4.type "assign letter [drive_letter]"
example "assign letter M". this will make the partition reappear but with letter M:\ this time.it could have been earlier drive_alphabet too.

[ notice that this tweak can be effectively used to change drive-alphabet too ]

increase torrent download speed

Simplest tips to increase your torrent download speed:

1.while selecting torrents for downloading ,select ones with greater number of seeds and peers:greater the number of seeds and peers , greater will be the availability and hence you'l get greater average download speed.

2.more the trakers ,more will be the download rate:each torrent is associated with a fixed number of trackers. try to add all the associated trackers.


3.set the maximum-upload rate=1kbps:this can be done by 1. open your torrent application. 2.right click on any torrent present in the que 3.then select "Properties" 4.then set the "maximum upload rate"=1kbps

4.create a firewall-exception rule for the torrent application: for this Windows-7 users click Here, while Windows-XP users click Here .other O.S. users are recommended to take the help of Google (type -create firewall exception rule + name of ur operating system).this will give you o.s. specific steps

5.port-forwarding: your torrent application listens to a particular logical port and it is over this port that it receives all the data.this logical port address should be "port-forwarded" to unblock it.generally certain o.s. processes keep monitoring this port if its not forwarded.the steps to obtain this port address are: 1.open ur torrent application(like utorrent). 2.open options------preferences--------connections. 3.u'l get the address here(i.e the random port number)

now Windows-XP users click Here while Windows-7 users click Here for port-forwarding related instructions.

how to download using torrent

[Step-1.Download and Install torrent ]: in case u don't know how to install torrent-downloaders and download torrent with them then here's a quick recap.There are several torrent downloaders like Bittorrent ,uTorrent ,vuze,etc. n you can choose anyone of them.my tutorials are based on utorrent .[in case you are confused about which downloader to use, then you see the review Here]

[Step-2.downloading your stuff using the torrent-downloader]:in this tutorial files are being downloaded from Mininova.org but it can be any torrent providing site(whether free or membership-based or paid-torrent sites)

top 5 Java IDE

Java applications have earned their reputation for being highly scalable and platform-independent .Since java(i.e. the java_development_kit or JDK) comes under the category of freewares and distributed widely as an open-source product hence the support available to it is also greater as compared to other programming languages.As such there are numerous IDEs (Integrated Development Enviornment) available using which u can develop your application.
I have been developing java applications for quite sometime and have used a number of IDEs over time. Here's how I rate them:

1.MyEclipse
advantages: 1.lots of plugins for enterprise application development(JSF,JMS,EJB,Struts) 2.very little configuration required 3.almost everything is included within this one installer. all round solution 4.very well documented.lots of help available within it 5.a real smart intellisence. 6.design modes available for configuration files
disadvantages: 1.its not a freeware.one needs to buy n its expensive 2.system requirement is comparatively higher than other IDEs (min 1gb RAM required)

2. NetBeans
advantages:1.freeware. 2.very well documented and lots of support(both within itself & in the internet) 3.good number of plugins
disadvantages:1.UI looks crappy (metal), icons suck. 2.no refactoring or refactoring templates (try/catch, rename field, etc...). 3.no JSTL-EL support in syntax highlighting/code completion. 4.cannot wrap arbitrary text in editor.

3. Eclipse
advantages:1.its a freeware 2.lots of plugins available 3.highly scalable
disadvantages:1.very little inbuilt support 2.though its highly scalable.yet configuring them into projects can be a problem

4. IBM RAD [Rational Application Developer] & JDeveloper[ by Oracle] :i rate them equal because both has got their own pros n cons. i have used both of them. they are highly used by various corporate group because they come with real powerful websevers which gives a number of customization and services.They are packed with features.

6. BlueJ
advantages:1.its a freeware. 2.very small in size as such easy to transfer the software(one can even mail) 3. the UI is very simple [probably the best IDE for school kids] 4.good for core java applications (like applets)
disadvantages: 1.has got very little functionality 2.only core java aplications can be developed 3.plugin support is very low. 4.the typing intellisence is not very smart

run sotwares after they have expired

These days most of the important utility software come under the category of "Sharewares" (i.e. the vendor/manufacturer of the software permits you to download and use the software for free only for a particular period of time). This is interval of time after which these software fail to work is to work is called "trial period".

This allows the vendor not only to advertise its products but also provide hand-on experience to the users.

but that's fine.the problem starts once the software has expired.so how to run them thereafter???

well RunAsDate one such impotant tool which allows you to run applications with back-date settings. thus select any valid date after installation-date of the shareware which has expired.so download this great tool and learn more about it here : RunAsDate