Why would you want to map a folder to a drive letter? Maybe some folder you work with constantly is hidden under a convoluted folder structure, like: ‘U:DataUser FilesSharedClientsVIPClientPensky FileProject 232’ Wouldn’t it be easier to refer to it as: R: ?This is pretty common to do with network locations under Tools -> Map Network Drive. However I didn’t know of a way to do this with local folders until recently. You can either do it via command line or use a simple program known as Visual Subst.(1) Using “subst” commandUnder Windows, there is a legacy dos command named “subst”: C:>subst /? Associates a path with a drive letter. SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path] SUBST drive1: /D drive1: Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign a path. [drive2:]path Specifies a physical drive and path you want to assign to a virtual drive. /D Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive. Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual drives. C:>
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Antivirus 2008 Pro
Reading the title, one gets the impression that its about the latest antivirus or something. Well, its actually a spyware (for noobs: its a virus, so install a firewall soon).
After completing my industrial training (didn't I made a post for that ??) , most of my time is spent in front of my PC. I'm the guy short on RAM, so, no firewalls or antivirus installed.
This sunday my PC got infected with Antivirus 2008 Pro, and it infected my explorer.exe, first 2 drives were gone(unless manually typed C: in address bar), taskmgr was gone, start-menu was gone too, a privacy protection-named page got active on my desktop, all in all got infected by a spyware/malware, so, obviously first thing I did was googled it, and found some tools which wasted most of my sunday (don't use "spyware doctor", it sux, no let me rephrase it, it REALLY SUX...)
then, I again googled the same thing again and saw a search result of answers.yahoo.com, where 1 reply was hving the link of a thread on cnet forums, i visited there and tried SmitFraudFix, it worked only in safe mode.
Now, I've installed a ZoneAlarm Pro firewall.
Concluding, install atleast a firewall even if you're not an antivirus-guy, there is a nice firewall freeware "Comodo Firewall Pro" otherwise, use this tool if your PC gets infected - "SmitFraudFix" , its freeware and standalone application.
Download link for SmitFraudFix (thanx SIRI) :-
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php
Download link for Comodo Firewall Pro :-
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
Don't be stupid, install a firewall...
After completing my industrial training (didn't I made a post for that ??) , most of my time is spent in front of my PC. I'm the guy short on RAM, so, no firewalls or antivirus installed.
This sunday my PC got infected with Antivirus 2008 Pro, and it infected my explorer.exe, first 2 drives were gone(unless manually typed C: in address bar), taskmgr was gone, start-menu was gone too, a privacy protection-named page got active on my desktop, all in all got infected by a spyware/malware, so, obviously first thing I did was googled it, and found some tools which wasted most of my sunday (don't use "spyware doctor", it sux, no let me rephrase it, it REALLY SUX...)
then, I again googled the same thing again and saw a search result of answers.yahoo.com, where 1 reply was hving the link of a thread on cnet forums, i visited there and tried SmitFraudFix, it worked only in safe mode.
Now, I've installed a ZoneAlarm Pro firewall.
Concluding, install atleast a firewall even if you're not an antivirus-guy, there is a nice firewall freeware "Comodo Firewall Pro" otherwise, use this tool if your PC gets infected - "SmitFraudFix" , its freeware and standalone application.
Download link for SmitFraudFix (thanx SIRI) :-
http://siri.geekstogo.com/SmitfraudFix.php
Download link for Comodo Firewall Pro :-
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
Don't be stupid, install a firewall...
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