Showing posts with label dos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dos. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Watch Movie from DOS

Hey, long time no see. Just joking. Now, in Schools I know that most computer stuff is known by the Geeks and Nerds but I ask you this question:
How can you impress someone you like via computer?
 Well, the answer is pretty simple, just show them a movie from DOS (I know there are tons of different ways, this is one of them).

Enough about impressing (seriously dude this trick is awesome and plain simple), you can use this trick for show off or any other thing you like. Just, as a reminder, the movie is Star Wars. So, here's how:
  • Start cmd (Mentioned here)
  • Type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl and press Enter.
If you get an error message, something on the lines that telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command or file name, then probably your telnet is switched off (Don't worry, it's there with every Windows).
If it's switched off, then:
  • Click Start Button
  • Click Control Panel
  •  Click Programs and then Click Turn Windows features on or off
  • A new box will appear, scroll down and click on the check box for Telnet Client.
  • Press OK.
After that Windows will activate Telnet and you can watch the movie.

Thanks for reading and as always please comment.

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

See All Hidden Files

You know the easiest way to keep something on a system which everyone uses and still keep it private is to make it hidden. Microsoft took a big leap with that concept and so it's most important files are hidden. Not common hidden, like you would hide a folder or file. You can even try to see it by doing:
  • Open Windows Explorer.
  • Click on Tools.
  • Click on Folder Options.
  • Click on View Tab.
  • Under Advanced Settings section, inside Hidden Files and Folders, click on Show hidden files, folders and drives.
But still you would be disappointed. Not to fear, there is another way.
  • Start cmd. (Mentioned in earlier post)
  •  cd (Yep! This is a command) to the place where the hidden files are supposed to be.
  • Type dir/ah and there you go.
  • If there are many files, type dir/ah/p
Now, the boring part. These files are system hidden. Simply put, even if you try to unhide it using the conventional style, it will not work. This is the so far only way I know (without using any software) to do so.

See it was pretty easy. Thanks for reading and please comment.

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