write protection usb

http://usb-fix.blogspot.com/
http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/repair-your-usb-flash-drive
upantool.com

• Find the manufacture of the controller by looking up VID / PID information, using by using Flash Drive Information Extractor or ChipGenius.
• Get the manufacture utility (Mass Production Tool, MPTools) to erase the usb.

network monitoring tools

• umit, zenmap (nmap frontend)
• http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/ can be portable
• The Dude
• observium
• nagios
• zabbix

Block Adobe activation on Windows 7

All you need to do is open this file - %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts on Windows 7 - C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and put these lines at the bottom.

127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com