A Unique collection of computer tips and tricks

12) Do you need to charge your new mobile phone 24 hours for the first time?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:09:00 +0000

No, with modern battery technology there is no need to charge a mobile phone for 24h or more for the first time.
It seems to me that this misunderstanding originates from the use of NiCD & NiMH battery's which was previously common in mobile phones. In modern mobile phones use (Li-Ion) battery that charging stops when the battery reaches full capacity, so it's sufficient to charge the battery until the phone indicates that the battery is full.

Please note that still now cordless land phone use the old NiCD & NiMH battery's that need to recharge 24 hours for the first time.

11) How to partition your Laptop Hard disk?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:16:00 +0000

1. Open Computer management by clicking START > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Create and format hard disk Partition. Or, Go to Run command and write “diskmgmt.msc” hit enter.

2. Right-click (C:) Drive on your hard disk and then click Shrink Volume.

3 On the New window Type the size of the volume you want to create in MB (40GB =

40000 MB) on the ‘blank space’ after “Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB:”
4. then click Shrink and follow instruction.
[Note: This instruction was based on Windows vista home premium]

10) How to lock a folder without any software?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:23:00 +0000

Follow these steps.
1. Suppose you have a folder named abcd in D:\abcd.

2.In the same drive next to the folder create a new notepad file with the exact statement
ren abcd abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

3.Now save this text file as loc.bat

4.Create another notepad file and type
ren abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} abcd

5. Save this as key.bat

6. Now there are two batch files . Double click loc.bat and your folder will change into Control Panel and its contents cannot be viewed.

7. To open the folder double click key.bat and you get back your original folder .

8. For more safety keep the key.bat in another location .Only for unlocking copy paste to the original location and double click .

If you combine this with the hidden folder trick, it will be impossible for anyone else to access it .

9) Multiple log in to Yahoo messenger

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:37:00 +0000

You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger.

1st Method:

1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then enter .
2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo ----->pager---->Test
3.On the right pane , right-click and choose new Dword value .
4.Rename it as Plural.
5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.
That's it done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger .For signing in with new id open another messenger.

2nd Method:

You can also do it by a small software [65kb].Just download and run the Patch. The same instructions have been used in it. You can find it here.
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?1f9sm34rj5z

8) Some popular add-ons for Mozilla Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:46:00 +0000

Some important and necessary add-ons of Firefox are listed below with download link:-

☺ Cooliris -This provides 3D browsing experience of picture, movie and etc.
You will be able to see facebook picture album in full screen.

☺ColorfulTabs - This add-ons provides different colour for each opened tabs.

☺Personas for firefox - Personas for Firefox is a special extension that improves theme management for Firefox and makes it easier. So far, you can apply a new theme to your favourite web browser .

☺Aero Silver Fox -It turns Firefox icon into a glassy icons on a light background.

☺ Screengrab! 0.96 It will help you to saves entire webpages as images.

☺ 1-ClickWeather - Using this add-ons you can stay updated with your desired location's weather report.

☺Flagfox - Displays a country flag depicting the location of the current website's server and provides quick access to detailed location and web server information.

☺Google toolbar for firefox - It add Google toolbar in Firefox browser.

☺IE Tab - Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox...

☺Remove Cookie(s) for Site - A very simple extension to remove all the cookies of currently opened site. It adds an option to the Right Click menu of the page, and a toolbar button to perform this operation. It displays the status of operation in the status bar.

☺Yahoo Toolbar for firefox - This adds yahoo toolbar in firefox.

☺ Poroshmoni - This is for viewing some old bangla newspaper site that does not support UNICODE. This add-ons allow you to read the following Bangla paper in your Mozilla firefox browser. This Convert Some Old Bangla Newspaper Website to Unicode 4.2.
>www.prothom-alo.com
>www.amadershomoy.com
>www.ittefaq.com
>www.bhorerkagoj.net
>www.manabzamin.net
>www.jaijaidin.com

7) Get Folder Option Back in Windows XP

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Sometimes in Windows XP if you get attacked by any virus it removes the "Folder Option" from the "Tools" menu. Even if you get read of the virus somehow, sometimes it doesn't come back. Without the folder option you can't hide or show files. Here's how to get Folder Option back.

1st Method

1. Click on 'Start' and then 'Run'.
2. In the 'run' dialog box type gpedit.msc and hit the enter Button. The Group Policy window will open.
3. Navigate to the following location: User Configuration> Administrative Templates>
Window Components> Windows Explorer
4. In the right pane, find the 'Remove the folder options menu item'. Set its value
to 'Not Configured' by double clicking and setting the correct option.

2nd Method

If you are comfortable with modifying Windows Registry values, follow these steps:

1. Open registry editor by typing regedit in the run dialog box.

2. Navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

3. Find the NoFolderOptions key in right pane. Change its value to 0. If you don’t see any NoFolderOptions then you should create a DWORD named NoFolderOptions and put 0 as it’s value. That means you’re forcing the explorer to show folder options.
restart the explorer after applying the tweak

6) Download Free English To Bangla Dictionary 1.2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Requirements: Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Microsoft .Net Framework
Shoshi English to Bangla Dictionary is a complete dictionary software with all the current words. The main purpose of creating the dictionary is to help the researchers, teachers & students who needs a dictionary very frequently. This dictionary will fulfill their needs without wasting their valuable times on a paper based dictionary. The dictionary is built in such a way so that anyone can use it without having any bangla font & language supports in their systems.To find the bangla meanings of an English word, just enter it into program's searchbox, the meanings will instantly appear on the left.You can check your vocabulary by clicking program's "Randomize" button. Each time you click, five random words from main dictionary will appear. You can creat your personalized words list & in the same way you can randomize them. See program's help line menu for details.
Download now-click here

5) Speed up Windows vista

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:28:00 +0000

1. Lose What You Don't Need (Windows Features On or Off)

Open Control Panel and click Uninstall a Program to launch Vista's Uninstall or Change a Program Window. In the Tasks pane on the left, click Turn Windows Features On or Off.
Check the list of features. Each feature is preceded by a checkbox which, if filled, indicates the feature is installed. If you put the mouse over a feature, a help tooltip appears to tell you what it is.

• Do you really need Windows Meeting Space or Tablet PC components?
• Uncheck any feature you don't need. Some of the features are headings with a sub-list below them; just click the little + sign to expand.
Note that when you uncheck features, you're not removing these features from your system; you're simply turning them off so they don't sit in the background eating up resources. You can turn any of them back on by invoking this window and filling the checkboxes.

2. Lose What You Don't Need (services that you don't want or need)

Click the Start button and type in services.msc and hit Enter. (The cursor jumps to the Search bar in the Start Menu when you click the Start button; you can usually just punch in whatever program or module you want to run right there).
The Services applet appears. Each service is basically a little nest of software support code for something the computer can monitor or do.
Well-written services include a description of what they do (note that lots of third-party services don't include a description, to which we say: shame). The Status column in the Services window shows whether or not the service has been started. Startup Type means how the service starts:
• Automatic means the service starts when Windows starts.
• Manual means the service starts when Windows detects that something needs it.
• Disabled means the service doesn't start at all.

Most services are either set to Automatic or Manual. There's no need to change any manual services; they only start when it's necessary for them to do something. There are probably some automatic services you really don't need, though.
To change how a service starts, right-click it and click Properties. If you don't want a service to load, first stop the service by clicking Stop. Then, pull down the Startup Type list and set the service to Manual or Disabled.
If you're not sure about a service, it's safer to set it to Manual; that way, if something calls it, it should start up. If you know you don't need a service, set it to Disabled.
The services you need depend on what you do with your PC. For instance, if you're not using ReadyBoost, you can disable that service; you can disable Windows Error Reporting if you don't want to report errors; you can disable Tablet PC Input Service if you don't want to use Tablet PC features; and so on.
You can almost certainly disable some services that start automatically by default:
• Computer Browser
• Distributed Link Tracking Client
• IKE and AuthIP IP Keying Modules
• Offline Files
• Remote Registry
• Tablet PC Input Service (unless you're using a tablet PC)
• Windows Error Reporting
Some services that you absolutely should not disable include:
• Multimedia Class Scheduler
• Plug and Play
• Superfetch
• Task Scheduler
• Windows Audio
• Windows Driver Foundation

3.Lose What You Don't Need( Manage your System Tray)

System tray is located next to the clock on the taskbar. The more icons you see there, the more stuff is running that you may not actually need.
I recommend a two-step process for getting rid of any background applets that you don't need. Check out the tray icons and use the interfaces from those programs to disable them natively. Then, run good old MSCONFIG to clean out anything else.
First, look at the tray. Some of the stuff there belongs there; you might see a little speaker icon, a battery power icon, an icon for the Sidebar, network status icons, and a few other odds and ends that Windows puts in the tray. Look for third-party icons; in the picture shown here, QuickTime and Steam occupy parts of the tray.

Right-click on any icons you find that aren't simple Windows status icons. Look for a settings, properties, or a similar option. Then, in the resulting window, look for a way to prevent the program from loading when Windows starts. For example, to prevent Steam from automatically loading, you would:
1. Right-click the Steam tray icon.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Interface (see the screenshot).
4. Uncheck Run Steam When Windows Starts.
5. Click OK.

4. Disable unnecessary start-up programme:

Click the Start button, type msconfig, and hit Enter.
You'll see the System Configuration window, which operates essentially the same as it does in Windows XP. Click the Startup tab.
Look at the list of startup items. Each is preceded by a checkbox. You can prevent any of these programs from starting simply by unchecking it.
You'll note that QuickTime, which wouldn't let me disable it through its interface, is there. Simply uncheck it to prevent it from running in the background—and sucking up resources.

Steam, QuickTime, and many other such programs will start automatically when they're needed. For example, if you launch an MOV file, QuickTime will start whether or not its little applet is running in the background. Steam will launch if you start a Steam game, even if it's not running behind the scenes.
Now, some items are necessary. You might see things like a mouse or gamepad applet that's the hardware needs to offer its programmability. You might see Windows Defender, which, if your computer has constant Internet access and lacks another anti-spyware program, could help protect it.
Here's a good rule of thumb: If an application in MSCONFIG references hardware, you should keep it. If it references software, get rid of it (unless it's a vital security program). Hardware applets often supply needed front ends; software applets usually help a software program open faster. Software opens just fine without helper applets, so there's no need for them to suck up processor cycles all the time.
When you've cleaned out the list, unchecking anything you don't need, restart the computer.
5. Use ReadyBoost Feature
ReadyBoost is a Vista feature that uses a compatible USB flash device to enhance performance. Note that the oft-misunderstood feature isn't a replacement for a memory upgrade, and it doesn't affect game performance—you won't see higher frame rates by adding a keychain drive to your system.
ReadyBoost caches disk reads on the fly and can often speed up data access. Reads from a USB key or other ReadyBoost device are much faster than random reads from a platter on the hard drive. ReadyBoost data is encrypted, so if someone swipes the flash device he or she can't tell what you've been up to. It's secure, and it really does speed up access in certain instances.

To enable ReadyBoost, just plug in a flash device (Microsoft recommends one about the same size as your system's main memory. For instance, if you have 1GB of RAM, grab a 1GB ReadyBoost device). The system will automatically detect the drive and offer to use it either as an external drive or as a ReadyBoost drive. Simply choose the latter, and a window like the one in this screenshot will appear.

6. Speed Up the Interface

Windows Vista features what some of us think is the prettiest GUI in the OS industry. Its stylish transparencies and nifty animations—driven by Direct3D and your graphics card—give it a polished look that's a pleasure to use.
Unfortunately, that shiny, new interface, called Aero, is also a resource hog. If you're running Vista on a PC that's near or just above the system requirements, you might want to shut off some or all of those features.
Here are some actions you might want to take to tweak interface niceties:
• Lose the transparency. Right-click the desktop, click Personalize, and click Windows Color and Appearance. Uncheck Enable Transparency. Click OK.
• Get rid of the Sidebar. It's cool, but some of those gadgets chow down on memory. Right-click the Sidebar, click Properties, and uncheck Start Sidebar When Windows Starts. Click OK. Then, right-click the Sidebar and click Close Sidebar. If you ever want it back, you can simply click the Start button and key in "sidebar" and hit Enter.
• Get rid of some of the visual effects. Open Control Panel, click Performance and System Tools, and click Adjust Visual Effects. In the resulting window, you can uncheck line items for animations, fades, and other effects; or simply click Adjust For Best Performance.

• Go with a non-Aero theme. To get rid of Aero entirely, use the Windows Classic, Windows Vista Basic, or Windows Standard theme. Right-click the desktop, click Personalize, and click Windows Color and Appearance. Click Open Classic Appearance Properties... and choose a theme in the Color Scheme list box. Click OK.
Use a non-Aero theme to cut down on the GUI's use of resources.
When you perform such tweaks, Windows Vista won't look as pretty. It will, however, respond much faster. A high-end system might not benefit a whole lot from these adjustments, but they'll improve low-end computers in spades.

7. Miscellaneous Hacks:

If your system is equipped with a serial-ATA (SATA) hard drive, go to Device Manager (the quickest way to do that is to click Start and punch in "Device Manager" and hit Enter). Expand the Disk Drives entry. Right-click on your SATA hard drive and click Properties. Click the Policies tab, and click Enable Advanced Performance. This option enables extremely aggressive write caching, which can speed up drive access but also cause you to lose data if the power goes out suddenly.
A couple of tweaks require you to hack the registry. To do this, click the Start button, type regedit and hit Enter.
Note: You should make a backup of the registry before you alter it. Click File, click Export, and in the resulting window, make sure All is selected at the bottom. Give the file a name and click Save. This will create a full backup of your Windows registry; if you accidentally hose something, you can go into Windows Safe Mode and restore it. Alternately, you can create a Restore Point before you alter the registry; go to Control Panel, then System and Maintenance, and then System. Click System Protection in the Tasks list. Click the Create... button, and follow the prompts.
I recommend two registry hacks for minor performance gains. First, turn off the low disk space checks:
1. Using the left side of the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
2. Right-click in the right pane and select New Key.
3. Name the new key Explorer.
4. In the Explorer key, right-click in the right pane and click New DWORD (32-bit) Vaue.
5. Name the DWORD NoLowDiskSpaceChecks.
6. Right-click the new DWORD and click Modify.
7. Set the Value Data to 1.
8. Click OK.
This will prevent Windows Vista from checking the space on your hard drive and popping up the notorious "Hey, you're running out of space!" warning balloon.
Next, you can probably safely disable the NTFS habit of creating 8.3 versions of filenames for backward compatibility. DOS is dead, right?
Open the Registry Editor and:
1. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
2. Find the DWORD called NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation.
3. Right-click it and click Modify.
4. Change the value to 1.
5. Click OK.
You should reboot after you alter the registry. These tweaks mildly speed up hard drive access by removing needless overhead.

4) Windows General keyboard shortcuts

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:06:00 +0000

General keyboard shortcuts

CTRL+C(Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager) Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor without changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.

CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

3) How to download online (YouTube and other video) video by Mozilla Firefox?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:58:00 +0000

You have to download and install the Firefox Extension from Fast Video Download - Free Firefox Extension by Applian Technologies. You will get a icon on Firefox browser. Play the video that you want to download and click on the icon.

2) 100 useful Windows commands(run commands)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:07:00 +0000

Sometimes it takes time to find out any desire programme from Windows. But you can easily run the programme from run commands

Apply the commands on >start > Run

Add Hardware Wizard: hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs: appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools: control admintools
Automatic Updates: wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard: fsquirt
Calculator: calc
Certificate Manager: certmgr.msc
Character Map: charmap
Check Disk Utility: chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer: clipbrd
Command Prompt: cmd
Computer Management: compmgmt.msc- Date and Time Properties: timedate.cpl
Device Manager: devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel: directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter: dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility: cleanmgr
Disk Defragment: dfrg.msc
Disk Management: diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager: diskpart

Display Properties: desk.cpl
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility: drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility: verifier
Event Viewer: eventvwr.msc

Findfast: findfast.cpl
Free Cell Card Game: freecell
Hearts Card Game: mshearts
Iexpress Wizard: iexpress

Internet Properties: inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration): ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents): ipconfig /displaydns
- IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents): ipconfig /flushdns

- IP Configuration (Release All Connections): ipconfig /release
- IP Configuration (Renew All Connections): ipconfig /renew
- IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS): ipconfig /registerdns
- IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID): ipconfig /showclassid

- Java Control Panel (If Installed) : javaws
- Local Security Settings: secpol.msc
- Local Users and Groups: lusrmgr.msc
- Logs You Out Of Windows: logoff

- Minesweeper Game: winmine
- Mouse Properties: main.cpl
- Network Connections: ncpa.cpl
- Network Setup Wizard: netsetup.cpl

- Notepad: notepad
- ODBC Data Source Administrator: odbccp32.cpl
- On Screen Keyboard: osk
- Password Properties: password.cpl

- Performance Monitor: perfmon.msc
- Power Configuration: powercfg.cpl
- Quicktime (If Installed): QuickTime.cpl
- Registry Editor: regedit

- Registry Editor: regedit32
- Remote Desktop: mstsc
- Removable Storage: ntmsmgr.msc
- Scanners and Cameras: sticpl.cpl

- Services: services.msc
- Shared Folders: fsmgmt.msc
- Shuts Down Windows: shutdown
- Sounds and Audio: mmsys.cpl

- Spider Solitare Card Game: spider
- System Configuration Editor: sysedit
- System Configuration Utility: msconfig
- System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately): sfc /scannow

- System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot): sfc /scanonce
- System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot): sfc /scanboot
- System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting): sfc /revert
- System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache): sfc /purgecache

- System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x): sfc /cachesize=x
- System Properties: sysdm.cpl
- Task Manager: taskmgr
- Telnet Client: telnet

- User Account Management: nusrmgr.cpl
- Utility Manager: utilman
- Windows Firewall: firewall.cpl
- Windows Magnifier: magnify

- Windows Management Infrastructure: wmimgmt.msc
- Windows System Security Tool: syskey
- Windows Update Launches: wupdmgr
- Windows XP Tour Wizard: tourstart

1) Recipe: Pancake

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Ingredients:

Flour-1 Cup

Milk-1 Cup

Egg- 2 Pieces

Salt –As it requires

Preparation Instructions:

In a suitably sized bowl, combine all of the ingredients. Stir until thoroughly mixed.

Preheat a non-stick pan. When the pan is hot, pour few oil or butter then pour 1/3 cup of pancake mix. Fry as you would a pancake. Serve with jam.