Free Open source Encryption Software- TrueCrypt

This is an amazing open source on-the-fly disk encryption software for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can encrypt entire disk (internal/external/USBs) as well as encrypt any files/folders into encrypted file which can be mounted later.

TrueCrypt has an fantastic feature of two levels of encryption which helps to protect the volume in case if you have to reveal the password. In this case he creates a Hidden Volume which will never be known to others and opened with another password. It uses Encryption Algorithm such as AES-256, Serpent, Twofish and mode of operation is XTS

Advantage is you don't need to decrypt every files/folders to view it. You just have to mount with correct password and it operates as normal volume.

Only disadvantage is that IF YOU FORGET THE PASSWORD, YOU WILL LOOSE ALL DATA.

READ THE DOCUMENTATION AND TUTORIAL BEFORE INSTALLING...

URL to site: http://www.truecrypt.org/
Download: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads
Docs: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/

Deleting Services Forcefully from Services MMC

Few days back I modified my Windows Service .NET Application and compiled to MSI to be re-installed. Somehow during un-install process, service was not removed from Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and it came to my notice during re-installation of MSI.

As there is no Delete option available in Services MMC, it was becoming a nightmare to re-install it. Some how I found SC.EXE which is a command line program to communicate with Service Control Manager and Services.

There are many available options but what interested me is you can Create, Start, Stop, Delete a service with a Command Line.

Creating a Service:

sc.exe create PayCalcService binPath= "C:\Program Files\PaymentCalculation\paycalc.exe" DisplayName= "PaymentCalculationService"

Starting a Service:
sc.exe start PaymentCalculationService

Stopping a Service:
sc.exe stop PaymentCalculationService

Deleting a Service:
sc.exe delete PaymentCalculationService

Hope this helps for similar problems...

Shortcut to create Property out of Field - C#

To create Property out of Field, you need to declare a field as private and create Property for the field. But now you can create Property out of Field with combination of three keys. Yeah..., its Ctrl+R+E.

Declare the field as private and press "Ctrl+R+E" on the field name. It will popup a dialog where you can set the name of property (its almost what you want). Click OK to create Property in your C# code.

Property gets created automatically on click of OK

Shortcut to implement methods and properties of Interface in inheriting class - C#

Whenever you create an Interface and implement in a class, you need to remember and override all methods or need to verify whether all methods/properties are impmenented. Using shortcut below you can implement all methods and properties of an Interface in inheriting class with click to three keys... i.e. "Alt+Shift+F10".

In the example below, I have created Interface with two methods and one property. While inheriting this interface in a class named "Test", you need to press "Alt+Shift+F10" on interface to implement all the methods and properties.






Press "Alt+Shift+F10" and press enter to implement all methods and properties.

Shortcut to add Namespace automatically while coding in class file - C#

While coding a class file, you might encounter situations where you come to know that namespace is missing and you need move to top of file and add a namespace by "using" keyword.

e.g. you are writing a DAL (Data Access Layer) and have to create a variable of "SqlDataReader". Suddenly you recognize that "System.Data.SqlClient" is missing (its a pain sometimes..). In this case you need to move top and type there.

Below is the shortcut for this problem. Taking above example, type SqlDataReader and press "Alt+Shift+F10" and press enter to create a namespace automatically.



Press "Alt+Shift+F10" to show Smart Tag and press enter to select first option.



You see, "System.Data.Sqlclient" got added without going and typing it...


Let me know your comments..

Shortcut to load MS Visual Studio faster

There is a way to load MS Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 IDE faster than ever to save your time. There is always some time involved in loading IDE but using the command below you can load IDE faster.

Type the command in your Run dialog:
devenv /nosplash

Happy Coding!!!

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