Changing .pps to .ppt

Changing .pps to .ppt (power point slide show to power point template) is not so difficult. But it is necessary in some instances and at that time we don't know the procedure of changing .pps to .ppt.

In the windows you can be changing .pps to .ppt and vice versa following these steps:

1. Change the settings to view all file extension types. (In Windows Explorer, Tools > Folder Options > View tab and unchecck the “Hide extensions for known file types” )

2. Just rename the files with .ppt extension. instead of pps extension. ABC.pps -to ABC.ppt

3. Now you can make changes and edits to the show. You can also do the reverse too, make a ppt into a pps just by changing the extension.

In ubuntu the extension should be visible and editable already.

To learn more about .ppt you can visit wikipedia.

Changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu

Changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu may be necessary under certain conditions. By changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu you can access the network that recognize computers through their MAC address. Changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu is easy. But the easiest way is temporary also. There are several ways that you can change MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu. I am discussing few of them.

First method:

This is the easiest of the methods for changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu. But you have to do it every time you reboot.
Go to the terminal and write (it will turn off your card and change MAC address):

sudo ifconfig eth0 down hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Here X will be replaced by your desired MAC number.

Then write in the terminal (it will start your card again):

sudo ifconfig eth0 up

Changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu is done (but temporarily).




Second method:

In this method, you will need to edit 'interfaces' file.
For changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu by this method, you'll have to go to terminal and write:

sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

And paste in this file the following lines (I think the first two lines are already there):

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hwaddress ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX


Again X would be replaced by the MAC numbers of your LAN card.




Third method:

I have tried this and I know this works for changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu.
I have got this from another website.

Open terminal and type as follow:

$ ifconfig

$ cd /etc/init.d

$ sudo nano ChangeMAC

The editing area is opened for editing. Now fill configuration file with new MAC Address.

sudo ifconfig eth1 down
sudo ifconfig eth1 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
sudo ifconfig eth1 up
sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
sudo /etc/ini.d/networking restart

Save and close the file

Apply configuration file.

$ sudo chmod +x ChangeMAC

$ sudo update-rc.d ChangeMAC defaults

Restart machine.
That should be enough for changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu.


To know more about changing MAC address in other operating softwares you can visit this website

To know more about MAC address you can go to this website also.


Hope you find the information helpful and enjoy changing MAC address of LAN card in Ubuntu.