Resizing Virtual Box

  When I started using Vbox for setting up a work environment (XP as guest on Windows 7 host) , little did I realize that the set size of 10 GB is not that big enough. After a couple of days of playing around, the system was crying out for more space. Few minutes of googling landed me here, which I found was more than helpful. It explains step by step what to do. All we need to have is GParted  LiveCD (Gnome Partition Editor) and then just follow the guide. There you are, smiling to yourself how easy it really was.  


By the way,  my-guides.net is a great site !

SVN - My favourite Revision Controller

Subversion Best Tools Info
Windows Client : Tortoise SVN
Latest svn Binaries : Slik SVN
Managing a repository : VisualSVN . Svn binaries (command line tools) are also included.

How do i disable 'Autorun' for USB ?

Now a days, USB (pen) drives are no exception for being hosts to viruses. To prevent them spreading to your local drives or to other removable devices, it is a nice idea to disable autorun feature of Windows.

Here is a quick way to do it . Type gpedit.msc in Run.

Go to - Compurt Configuration\Administrative Templates\System

Now you can see a setting 'Turn Off Autoplay". Take its properties, select 'Enabled' option and press OK.
Hmm, you are done !

There is another way to do the same. Try this if you are a geek. Use Regedit and navigate to the following Key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Look for the key "NoDriveTypeAutoRun". The default value for this key is 95 0 0 0. Change the first byte to 91 and do a restart.

Now you have just built one more wall against those dangerous bugs !!