Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Run multiple Gtalk application at same time

If you have a single PC and more than 1 person wants to Login to Gtalk (Maybe to check if someone has pinged)
Or you are more than single google Id's.

Follow the below steps to login to Gtalk and use multiple session at same time.

1. Right Click Gtalk icon in Start Menu or desktop Shortcut and click properties.

2. In the 'Shortcut' tab of the Google talk Properties screen  you will see '"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /startmenu' in the Target

3. Replace "startmenu" with "nomutex". The new Target should look like:-

'C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex'

You can now open as manu instance of gtalk on single Computer.

Cursor hangs in Ubuntu 11.04 - ( Tested Samsung Netbook N series)

Sometimes while you are working on your Ubuntu 11.04 the cursor might hang and there is no way to move it. Only restart might help.

Here is a simple command to get rid of it.

Open Terminal: ALT+CTR+T

Type:
sudo synclient touchpadoff=0 (Enter)
type your password on prompt.

That's it your cursor is alive again!
(Note: 0 is to switch on and 1 is for switch off touch pad)