Windows-8 : NTFS drives are not accessable in Ubuntu/Linux.

In windows 8, there is a feature of "fast start-up" which is somehow equivalent to hibernate. It saves your system state in hibernate.sys file so that when next time you boot up the system it takes just few seconds to start.
This feature is enables by default and most of the users are unaware of it.

But this feature cause a problem to Linux users. When you boot the Linux OS and try to mount the drives it throws the error and doesn't allow you to access it.

Fun with window registery

Playing with window registry is a great fun , you can change any setting from within it but remember if not handle carefully it may lead you into trouble and you will have no other choice but formatting and reinstalling the OS.

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A>> Changing the Title on Windows Media Player

You can change the title bar for the Windows Media Player
   1. Start Regedit by typing 'regedit' in command prompt.
   2. Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \
      WindowsMediaPlayer
   3. Create a string value of 'TitleBar'
   4. Give it a value of whatever you want to appear in the title bar, for example your name or anything.

Hiding Drives without any software

friends , Here are some very simple steps to hide your hard disk drive , without using any software,

May be some of you know this , but those who didn't , here it is ...