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Replace Windows Notepad with Notepad2

2010-04-16T05:55:00.000-07:00

As Windows Notepad is fast and small it is used extensively to store notes, contact nos., email id etc. However there are some draw backs of this notepad. They are as follows.

What are some of the things I do not like about Windows Notepad:

Does not handle large text files well.
Does not show line numbers next to each line
Does not support advanced search and replace features.
Does not open text files from other platforms in a readable manner.
Can't change the background or foreground colors.
No good indent support

So what are our options? Replace it with a freeware notepad replacement. For this tutorial we will focus on Notepad2. Notepad2 is a freeware replacement to notepad with the following features:

Customizable syntax highlighting
HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, PHP, CSS, Perl/CGI, C/C++, C#, Java, VB, Pascal, Assembler, SQL, Python, NSIS, INI, REG, INF, BAT, DIFF
Drag & drop text editing inside and outside Notepad2
Basic regular expression search and replace
Useful word, line and block editing shortcuts
Rectangular selection (Alt+Mouse)
Brace matching, auto indent, long line marker, zoom functions
Support for Unicode, UTF-8, Unix and Mac text files
Open shell links
Mostly adjustable

Notepad2 notepad replacement

Providing a seamless replacement of notepad can be difficult, though, due to Windows XP's and Windows 2000/2003's Windows System File Protection (SFP) security feature. What this means is that when you replace a Windows system file with another file, SFP will automatically replace it with the original. I have though, provided some information below that should make it easier to do this replacement.
Replacing Notepad with Notepad2
The goal here is to make working with Notepad2 seem like you are working with the original Notepad by actually replacing notepad.exe with the notepad2 executable. To do this we will rename notepad2.exe to notepad.exe and copy it to the proper locations so as to overcome SFP as described above. Before we do anything, please enable the viewing of hidden system files.

Now we need to download Notepad2 from the following link:

Download NOTEPAD2

Save it to your hard drive and extract the files to C:\Notepad. Once extracted, rename notepad2.exe to notepad.exe. Now you should have a folder called C:\Notepad that contains the file notepad.exe.

When you have have followed the steps above you need to do the next series of steps. These steps should be done fairly quickly in order to beat SFP at its game. If you go too slow, then SFP may replace notepad.exe with the original Windows notepad. For those who do not want to deal with the instructions below, I have created two batch files that will do all these steps for you and almost always gets past the SFP problem. These batch files can be downloaded from the following link depending on your operating systems:

Notepad Replacement for XP

As long as you have notepad2.exe saved as C:\Notepad\notepad.exe, then the batch files above should be able to perform the replacement for you. After running the batch file you may get an alert from Windows saying one of your files (notepad.exe) was replaced with another file and asking if you want to restore it. You should press the Cancel button and the Yes button so that it does not replace the file. When done, feel free to delete your C:\notepad folder and hide your files again.

If instead you would like to do this manually, then below are the manual steps that the batch files does for you. These steps should be done in this exact order and as fast as possible to bypass SFP:

1. Make backup copies of notepad.exe in the following directories (Not necessary but good in case you want to roll back to the original notepad):

* C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe

* C:\Windows\notepad.exe

* C:\Windows\system32\dllcache\notepad.exe

* C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\notepad.exe

* C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\notepad.exe

2. Copy C:\Notepad\notepad.exe to all the directories listed above overwriting the notepad.exe that is there.

3. If Windows will issue an alert stating that the new notepad.exe is not the correct one and if you would like to correct. Press cancel at this prompt and then press Yes as we want to keep the new notepad replacement.

4. Delete the C:\notepad folder.

5. Hide your files again.

This will certainly work....

Give a Feedback after you have used it

How to Install, Configure, and Use Avast Antivirus

2010-01-24T02:13:00.000-08:00

An essential piece of software for every computer is an Anti-Virus. An Anti-Virus protects your computer from many common viruses and trojans which can be deadly for you system. Avast Anti-Virus Free Edition is very good and effective FREE Anti-Virus.

Downloading/Installation

Please visit this link: http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html and download the version that matches your language.

Once you have downloaded it locate the file that you just downloaded. The icon should appear like the image below:

Now double-click on the file to launch the installation of Avast!

Next you'll see this screen:

Click next.

You will get another window with the ReadMe File, just click Next, again.

Now you get the beloved Legal Agreement, just click I agree, and then click Next to continue. You will now see an image similar to the one below:

I would recomend using the "Typical" installation. Make sure Typical is selected then click Next.

Now if you selected "Minimal" you won't see "skins" here. After reviewing this for a second and confirming that what you have on your screen is similar to mine, click the Next button. (Note: the "Free Space" will vary from computer to computer. Since I have about 170 Gigabytes free that is why my Free Space is so large.)

After pressing Next, you will get the above message. Basically if you select Yes it will do a quick scan of your hard drive upon boot-up. This scan will start before you log-in into Windows. I recomend you select No, because even though this scan will only happen once, this scan can take quiet a while. It took almost an hour for my hard drive.

If you have Microsoft Anti-Spyware, or other similar program installed you may be prompted with a similar message. Click the Allow button to allow this change to take affect.

Now you have to restart your machine. I highly advise you to select Restart and then click Finish.

After you restart you will get a message about Avast! it will give you the general "Hello and Thank you for choicing our Product." Also after you restart you will notice 2 new icons in the bottom right corner of the screen.

The icon with the I is for the "Virus Recovery Database" (VRDB). What this does is virutally makes copies of the program you have installed and if one of them gets infected with a virus this will replace the files infected so the program function like before. The A is the On-Access Protection.

Very Important - after restarting, right click on the A in the taskbar and select Updating, the highlight Program.

You will get this popup after its done updating. If Avast! had to download anything for your computer you may get a message asking you to restart.

Configuring

Now right click on the A in taskbar and click Start Avast! AntiVirus.

Click Program Registration and you will be taken to their website. Fill out the form and then check you e-mail. Once you get an e-mail from them (usualy about 1 minute after submitting the form) copy and paste the serial they provided into the highlighted box. Then click ok.

Now you will see this screen. Click the little hard drive like icon in the top right corner, below the X.

Click each icon on the right once until the options in the center read:

Scan local drives: ON
Scan removeable media: ON
Scan selected folders: ON
C:\

Also adjust the slider at the top from Standard Scan to Thorough Scan, and make sure to check "Scan Archive Files."

Now click on the A on the middle left side and adjust the Resident Protection from Standard to High.

Ok now to set-up and configure the On-Access Protection.

Right click on the A on the taskbar
Click On-Access Protection Control

I recomend changing the default slide from Normal to High, depending on how fast your system is.

What makes Avast! unique is that it scans many parts of the system. It scans Instant Messenging, Internet Mail, Network Shield, Outlook/Exchange, P2P Shield, Standard Shield and Web Shield. So regardless of what you do on the computer you will be protected no matter what.

Scheduling a Scan

To schedule a scan: (from: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=3796)

Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Scheduled Tasks
Click (or double-click) on Add Scheduled Task
In the wizard that appears click Next - a list of programs will appear
Click Browse and navigate to C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4 (or whatever folder in which you installed avast!)
Click (or double-click) on the file ashQuick.exe
On the next screen give the task a name of your choice and choose how often you want it to run and click on Next
On the next screen choose the appropriate scheduling options and click on Next
On the next screen enter the user name and password for the Windows user you want the task to run as, then click on Next
On the next screen check the box for the option "Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish" , and then click Finish
On the next screen, in the "Run" field you will see the path for the ashQuick.exe program. After the closing quote enter a space and type in the path(s) that
you want scanned. Multiple paths must be separated by a space and any paths that include a space in the path name must be in quotes. Here are a couple of examples:

"C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe" C: E: - this will scan the entire contents of the C: and E: drives

" C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashQuick.exe" "C:Program Files" E:Downloads - this will scan the contents of the Program Files folder on the C: drive and the Downloads folder on the E: drive, including all subfolders (Note the first path is in quotes due to the space in the folder name "Program Files")
Click OK
In the Scheduled Tasks window, from the menu, click on Advanced and choose "Start Using Task Scheduler"
To test your newly created task, from the Scheduled Tasks window, right-click on the task's icon and choose "Run" from the popup menu. If the scan doesn't begin correctly you'll get an error message. The problem is most likely in the scan path (missing quotes or something like that.)
Close the Scheduled Tasks window

Keep in mind that this is just a "quick scan" and I'm not sure with what sort of depth that ashQuick.exe scans, but it beats nothing at all.

I don't know if there is any way to pass other parameters to the ashQuick.exe program for various options like scanning depth, what to do if a virus is encountered, etc. If anyone has any info on how to pass other parameters please feel free to add the information to this thread.

Lastly, I wouldn't suggest using the screen saver scanner in conjunction with this scheduled scan, as they may end up running at the same time and cause conflicts.

NTFS or Fat32: Which should Be Chosen?

2009-12-29T04:57:00.000-08:00

A common questions when installing Windows XP on your computer is whether or not you should format your hard drives or Fat32. This is indeed a critical question to ponder over.

The specifications for both systems are as follows:

Fat32

Use it if your hard drives is 32GB or less.
Is slightly faster than NTFS, but not by much.
Can be used by other Operating System If you plan on having multiple operating systems on your machine, you want FAT32.

NTFS

Should be used if your hard drive is greater than 32GB
Has better compression allowing you to store more data.
Has file security.

In generaly, with drive sizes being by default greater than 32GB, you should use NTFS. NTFS also gives you greater security on your hard drive to eliminate possible unauthorized access of your data.

On the other hand, if you are using Windows 95,98, or ME, NTFS is not an option so you must use FAT32. You will also want to use FAT32 when you have multiple operating systems on one computer.

I hope this clears up some of the confusion.

Backup Tool For Windows 7

2009-12-23T11:54:00.000-08:00

Backing up your computer’s main hard drive is the most important task every user needs to do on a regular basis. Still, I hear end-users say they have nothing of value on their computers, so they really don’t need to do backups. This is not true. I hope this article will help you understand why backups are important to do.

To setup a backup in windows 7 follow the steps given below:

1. Right click on system drive (Normally C:\)
2. Go to tools tab and choose the option backup
3. In backup and restore window choose setup backup
4. Now Windows 7 will give you list of drives which can be used to store the backup file , you can choose network location also.
5. In the next step you can let windows to make automatic backup or custome choose the files which you want to backup by choosing option "Let me choose" , but if you'll let windows to choose then it won't backup Program Files,and anything formatted with FAT file system and files stored in recycle bin and any temp files that are 1GB or more.
6. After selecting the files you can select option to create an image of your local drive.
7. Save the backup settings and run the backup. Here you done wth backup.
8. Now if you want to restore it back simply double click on the backup file.

Youtube URL Tricks

2009-12-21T10:27:00.000-08:00

Instead of just searching and playing on youtbe, here are some top Youtube URL tricks that you should know about :

View high quality videos

Youtube gives you the option to switch to high quality videos for some of the videos, however you can check if a video is available in high quality format by appending ‘&fmt=18′(stereo, 480 x 270 resolution) or ‘&fmt=22′(stereo, 1280 x 720 resolution) for even higher quality.

Embed Higher Quality Videos

While the above trick works for playback, if however you want to embed hig quality videos you need to append “&ap=%2526fmt%3D18″ and “&ap=%2526fmt%3D22″ to the embed url.

Cut the chase and link to the interesting part

Linking to a video where the real action starts at 3 minutes 22 seconds, wondered if you could make it start at 03:22? You are in luck. All you have to do is add #t=03m22s (#t=XXmYYs for XX mins and YY seconds) to the end of the URL.

Hide the search box

The search box appears when you hover over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0′ to the embed url.

Embed only a part of Video

Just append ‘&start=30′ to skip first 30s of the video. In general you can modify the value after start= to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

Burn a Disc Image from a ISO or IMF file in Windows 7

2009-12-21T10:13:00.000-08:00

This will show you how to use the built-in Windows Disc Image Burning Tool to burn a CD or DVD disc image from a ISO or IMG file in Windows 7.

Place a blank unformatted CD or DVD into your CD/DVD drive.
Click on the ISO or IMG file you want to burn a disc image with, then click on Burn disc image.
Next to Disc burner, click on the drop down arrow and select the CD/DVD drive with the blank CD/DVD in it.
Check the Verify disc after burning box if you want Windows 7 to verify the disc image afterwards, otherwise leave it unchecked.
Verifying the disc will take a little bit longer for the disc image to be finished.
you checked the Verify disc after burning box in step 4, then you will see this next.
NOTE: You will not see this if you did not check the box. Instead you will see step 7.
it is finished burning the disc image, click on the Close button.
Remove your new CD/DVD image from the CD/DVD drive.

Get Rid Of Facebook Lite

2009-11-23T07:58:00.000-08:00

Facebook is one of the most widely used Social networking site where people share their thoughts, business, activities and meet new and like minded people. Once I was sharing my thoughts and activities on face books in Facebook then I could not stop myself from clicking the application Facebook Lite. I don't know why, I didn't like it. All options seemed to be disappeared and was feeling very uncomfortable.

However, after some time I found a way to return back to previous Facebook interface which I was used to.

I would like to share this solution for the people who don't like Facebook lite.

Steps

Scroll down to the below of the home page of your Facebook home page untill you can see the link "Feedback"
Click that link, then you will be redirected to another page where you will find a feedback box and above that text box you will see the link "just click here"
Then in no time you will be having your old but great FACEBOOK interface..

If you found this post helpful then please comment and let me know if it worked for you

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta for Windows

2009-11-19T05:00:00.000-08:00

I am sure that I have again something which you all will like. Go through the post to explore the same

The first public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is now made available by Microsoft. Other than Office 2010, Visio 2010 beta, SharePoint Server 2010 and Project 2010 beta can also downloaded for your Windows computer.

The main component of Office 2010 are enlisted as below:

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft InfoPath
Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Communicator

Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available now. The Office installer is around 700 MB in size but around 3 GB of free space is needed on your hard drive for the installation. The expiry date of Office 2010 is October 2010. Microsoft is offering essentially is the Professional Plus edition, but customers will be able to get not just the actual bits from Microsoft, but also the product keys necessary to activate the productivity suite.

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta for windows

Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta

Download Microsoft Visio 2010 Beta

Download Microsoft Office Web Apps Beta

You Tube : Warp

2009-11-14T06:17:00.000-08:00

If you are tired of seeing all linear frames, here’s a cool trick called Webview – or ‘warp Speed’ to get you literally bouncing. Go to YOU-TUBE WARP and click on any of the video links turn into floating balls, hovering over a dark background.

Move the mouse to hover the cursor over a particular circle and other related video burst out for your reference, with the first one in the center. Besides, a tag appears too- this time in a speech balloon- to show you what the video is all about. Click on any one of them for the video player to appear and watch your favorite video in a new mode. Similar videos are colour coded- the circles around them are of the same colour- and every time you click on a different kind of video, a dot of the same colour appears on the top left corner of the screen. Videos you have watched are connected by lines as a quick review of your viewing history.

Do leave your comment if you like this post....

Install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.04 [How to]

2009-11-11T07:21:00.000-08:00

Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is already out & available for download. Though not many new features but you can expect bug fixes and more stability. now here is simple guide on how to install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu for those newbie Ubuntu users.

How to Download & Install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu

Installing using wget

Below one line command can install Firefox 3.6 on your Ubuntu

wget – o – http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6b1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.6b1.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~

Is it helpful Tell us in comment section! :D

Install And Run Different Version Of IE

2009-10-11T08:06:00.001-07:00

Nowadays many people have started using IE 8 as it is secure, fast and easy to use. IE has always come up with various versions perhaps to let its users be comfortable and have a secure surfing. However, many designers, software developers and even the users require to use different versions of IE at the same time to get their software and other browser related product be tested in the testing process.

Unfortunately windows PC don’t allow this. I am writing this article to let the readers aware of a great package which lets the them use different versions of IE at the same time. Isn’t it a great package? I must let it be revealed to you all so that it can be unleashed to have its awesome benefits..

You can download Internet Explorer Collection from HERE

Technorati Tags: Internet Explorer Collection,IE,IE 8

Convert FAT Partition To NTFS Partition Without Losing Any Data

2009-09-05T10:26:00.001-07:00

NTFS is the standard file system of Windows NT, including its later versions Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

NTFS supersedes the FAT file system as the preferred file system for Microsoft’s Windows operating systems. NTFS has several improvements over FAT and HPFS (High Performance File System) such as improved support for metadata and the use of advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability, and disk space utilization, plus additional extensions such as security access control lists (ACL) and file system journaling.

conversion of a partition from FAT or FAT32 to NTFS can be done by an inbuilt utility(convert.exe) in the Windows XP OS .So if you want increased security and faster data encryption,go ahead and convert to NTFS.

steps for conversion:

Click start, click run, then type “cmd” to open the command prompt window
In the command prompt window type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs (For example,running the command convert E: /fs:ntfs would format drive E: to the NTFS format.You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.)
After doing this the inbuilt utility will attempt to convert the drive for you.

Warning:

*This is a one-way conversion.Once the drive is converted to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. It is required to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data, including programs and personal files, on the partition.

*Make sure there is minimum 3% free space on hard disk drive partitions for proper conversion.

Note:

*Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT to NTFS is minimal, it is best to perform a full backup of the data on the drive that it is to be converted prior to executing the convert command.

Technorati Tags: NTFS,FAT32,hard disc

Cool NAVIGATION BAR for blogger

2009-08-30T11:12:00.001-07:00

Navigation bar is a set of links to other Web pages in a Web site. For example, navigation bars are usually located across the top or down the side of a page and contain direct links to the major sections within the Web site. Navigation bars can be automatically maintained and generated by using Web Site Designer.

Navigation bars really help the visitor to access different pages of the website while remaining on the same page. It makes the accessibility easier to the visitors. It often happens that some good Blogger templates don’t have navigation bar. It generates a reason to discard the template. Well, don’t worry I have a great way to design a Blogger Navigation Bar for your Blog. Just follow the steps and enjoy a COOL Navigation Bar.

steps:

Login to your blogger Account
Navigate: layout>Edit HTML
Mark Check Box “expand widget”
Find the code ]]></b:skin>
Just before this code place the following CSS code

#top_bar {height:32px; background:transparent ; width:auto;}
#top_bar p{border:0; margin:0; padding:0; margin:0 auto; width:960px;}
#top_bar a:link, #top_bar a:visited{display:block; float:left; border-right:solid 1px #7FABC4; padding:0 10px; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:11px; height:20px; line-height:20px; margin-top:6px;}

6. Now you are required to place the following code snippet where ever you want to place the Navigation bar ( generally it’s placed below the header section")

<div id='top_bar'><p>
<a class='tabbed-bar' href=’#’>NAME</a>
<a class='tabbed-bar' href=’#’>NAME</a>
<a class='tabbed-bar' href=’#’>NAME</a>
<a class='tabbed-bar' href=’#’>NAME</a>
<a class='tabbed-bar' href='#’>NAME</a>
</p></div>

Replace '”#” with the link you want and replace “NAME’ with the Web page name

NOTE: Before doing this make sure to take a backup of the template you are previously using.

Technorati Tags: blogger,CSS,Navigation bar,HTML

Hide Recycle Bin Desktop Icon

2009-08-23T10:16:00.001-07:00

Step-by-step

We can remove/hide Recycle Bin icon from Desktop. Hiding Recycle bin icon from desktop won’t disable this feature, instead Recycle Bin icon will not be shown on desktop.
Why we need this?

Simple, we can hide almost every icon from the desktop, i.e. My Computer, My Network Place, My Document etc from start menu, i.e. shown below:

just select Show on Desktop to show/hide the desktop icon. But, this method can not be used to hide desktop icon of Recycle Bin.

To hide desktop icon of Recycle Bin, follow these steps:

1. Click on Start -

Run Type regedit and press Enter.

This will start the Registry Editor.
2. Search the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons

NOTE: Before making any changes in the registry backup this item.
Right click on HideDesktopIcons key and select Export

Type a name and select Export.

3. Now click on ClassicStartMenu key and create a new DWord value with following details

Value Name ={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Value Data= 00000001

4. Now Click on NewStartPanel key and create a new DWord value with following details:

Value Name ={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
Value Data= 00000001

Close the Registry Editor and Refresh the Desktop/Log off and Login again. Recycle Bin icon should not be showing on the desktop.
Tips
To Show the Recycle on Desktop, change the Value Data of the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} DWord key to 0.

Warning
This requires Registry changes, so please backup the appropriate registry key, before you proceed.

Technorati Tags: Registry edit,regedit,recycle bin,windows

Get Windows XP Product Key From Your Installation CD

2009-08-16T11:14:00.001-07:00

Its probably a nightmare if one loses his Window XP installation CD’s serial key when he needs to format his PC. PC normally has to be formatted when it suffers malware attacks, Virus attacks and by spyware. After, all these things happened one need to wash of his PC and get it go fast as it was going.

Well, have you lost your Windows XP installation serial key? No backups? What do you do now?

Perhaps you go erratic, worried and restless. You phone a friend, run to your neighbor etc. Stop doing all this as you have the matter of your pursue within your reach. Didn’t understand? Read below ….

I have a way just follow the below process and get the serial key from the XP CD itself

Steps:

Insert the Installation CD into your CD / Drive Drive.
Explore the CD and navigate to the i386 folder.
Open the file UNATTEND.txt and scroll down to the last line.
You will find your Windows XP Product key there.

This is the way to get the CD key from the installation CD probably

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Save Your e-Mail Accounts From Being Hacked

2009-08-12T09:21:00.001-07:00

Today in this post I’ll you all know how to prevent Email accounts from being hacked. Nowadays it’s a common complain that “my account has been hacked, what should I do?” The single answer to these two questions is “be careful from getting befooled” . It is neither easy to hack an email nor difficult to protect an email account from being hacked.

What are the reasons many people lose their accounts?

The answer is very straightforward. They don’t know how to protect themselves from being hacked! In fact most of the people who loose their email accounts are not the victims of hacking but the victims of Trapping. They loose their passwords not because they are hacked by some expert hackers but they are fooled to such an extent that they themselves give away their password.
Its mentioned below about some of the most commonly used online scams which fool people and make them loose their passwords. Solutions are mentioned too.

1. BY USING KEYLOGGERS

The other commonly used method to steal password is by using a Keylogger. A Keylogger is nothing but a spyware. If you just access your email account from a computer installed with keylogger, you definitely loose your password. This is because the keylogger records each and every keystroke that you type.

Solution:

Protecting yourselves from a keylogger scam is very simple. Just install a good anti-spyware program and update it regularly. This keeps your PC secure from a keylogger. Also there is a program called Anti-keylogger which is specially designed to detect and remove keyloggers. You can use this program to detect some stealth keyloggers which remain undetected by many anti-spyware programs.

2. WEBSITE SPOOFING

Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, with the intention of misleading the readers. The website will be created by a different person especially for the purposes of cheating. Normally, the website will adopt the design of the target website and sometimes has a similar URL.
For example a Spoofed Website of gmail.com appears exactly same as Gmail Website. So most of the people believe that it is the original site and loose their passwords. The main intention of spoofed websites is to fool users and take away their passwords. For this,the spoofed sites offer fake login pages. These fake login pages resemble the original login pages of sites like Yahoo,Gmail,Orkut etc. Since it resemble’s the original login page people believe that it is true and give away their username and passwords by trying to login to their accounts.
Solution:
• Always type the URL of the site in the address bar to get into the site.Never click on the hyperlink to enter the site.
• Never try to login/access your email account from the sites other than the original site.

3. ACCESSING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT FROM CYBER CAFES

If you access your email account from cyber cafes, then definitely you are under the risk of loosing your password. In fact many people loose their email account in cyber cafes. For the owner of the cyber cafe it’s just a cakewalk to steal your password. For this he just need’s to install a keylogger on his computers. So when you login to your email account from this PC, you give away your password to the cafe owner. Also there are many Remote Administration Tools (RATs) which can be used to monitor your browsing activities in real time.
This doesn’t mean that you should never use cyber cafes for browsing the internet. I know, not all the cyber cafe owners will be so wicked but it is recommended not to use cafes for accessing confidential information. If it comes to the matter of security never trust anyone, not even your friend. I always use my own PC to login to my accounts to ensure safety.
Please don’t forget to comment and give your feedback after going through this post…

Technorati Tags: hacking,email Id,keylogger

Close Multiple Programs By One Click

2009-07-20T08:12:00.001-07:00

It's difficult and often discouraging to have to open Task Manager and kill the processes by hand. It's very useful to be able to close applications from the command line, and even more useful to keep a batch file for it.

We have already learned how to open multiple file by using a batch. The process

Steps:

1. Open Notepad. Copy and paste the following into notepad:

@echo off
cls
TASKKILL /F /IM notepad.exe /IM mspaint.exe /IM calc.exe /IM excel.exe
pause

• This example kills every single occurrence of notepad.exe.

2. The syntax is somewhat simple /F stands for force, /IM kills by the process name, and taskkill supports * wildcards.

3. echo off, cls, and pause are just to make the batch script neater.

4. Go to File, and Save As.

5. Where it says "Save as type:", select All Files, and at File Name, type "myUtilityKiller.bat".

• The name doesn't matter, only the .bat matters.

6. Now double-click the .bat file, and all occurrences of notepad.exe, mspaint.exe, calc.exe, excel.exe/ whatever you have added will disappear.

Tips:

• You can add "pause" onto a new line so that you can see the output.

• You can also use wildcards to specify process to kill such as :
TASKKILL /FI "IMAGENAME eq n*"
This will close all processes beginning with n.

• To Kill process running on different system use the following syntax

TASKKILL /S system /U username /P password /FI "IMAGENAME eq note*"

Such as:

TASKKILL /S 192.168.0.14 /U administrator /P xyz /FI "IMAGENAME eq note*"

This will terminate all process matching the wildcard on system 192.168.0.14 [IP address of the system]
Warnings

• It closes the process, and closing the wrong process may cause system instability.

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Hide Your Data In Image

2009-07-17T12:36:00.001-07:00

There are many encrypting techniques which are used. Encryption of files having data is used to get it transmitted through internet safely to the recipient. When a file is transmitted via mail there is a great possibility of that file to get hacked. Unauthorized access of any file is prevented through the process called encryption.

Well, I have a great way to encrypt any file or multiple file within an image. Does it not sound amazing? To me it did. when I came to know this method I just spun off from my chair. I am sure that you all gonna like it.

To get this encryption done we need to use DOS command prompt using /b to covert any type of file to an image. The file may have extensions like file1.txt, file2.mp3 and file3.wav etc. So we must look at the process instead of narrating the Jargon.

suppose you want to encrypt the files: file1.txt, file2.mp3 and file3.swf . Put all this files in a folder namely “sample”. We now need a compressing s/w like Winrar.

Thereafter, all we need is to compress the files and name it as “Test” (say). Put this folder in any drive. suppose it is kept in drive D:/. Now its required to open the DOS command prompt. ( type cmd in run dialogue box ). The default directory must be changed to the directory which is containing the stuffs to be encrypted. Here, it’s the folder “sample” in drive D:/.

The DOS command would look like D:\Sample>

Now, use a image say “image1.jpg” to hide the data inside it. This image must be kept in the drive which contain the folder “sample”.

Now there is a small operation which will encrypt your data by hiding it in the image “image1.jpg” type the following in DOS prompt ( the blue part)

D:\sample>copy /b Test.rar + image1.jpg encrypted.jpg

Single.rar is our combined files in rar format and image1.jpg is the image file where we are going to hide the sample1.rar file. Test.jpg (you can use any name of your choice) is the resultant image file that contains the rar file.

The switch ‘/b’ indicates that we are performing the binary copy.

Now, everything is done. Using this method we can hide virtually any file type like rar, swf, mp3, txt, exe etc within an image. The image file may be a jpg, png, bmp or gif.

Advantages:

- Supports hiding any file type within an image.
- No additional tool/software is required.
- Less time and resource consuming.
- You can hide an exe file into jpg and send it through e-mail .

Disadvantages:

- It is not a good method for encrypting any important data.
- The resultant image does not open when a file of higher size is hidden inside it.

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XP Tricks & Tips

2009-07-17T09:23:00.001-07:00

Remove MSN Instant Messenger Program

Some of us just don't like to use this IM program. I myself have looked in the Add/Remove Program panel and can't find any way to remove it there. I found out how to do it with a little research.
Just go to Start->Run and type in rundll32 setupapi,InstallHin fSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot% \INF\msmsgs. inf and hit ENTER. Do a copy and paste to avoid typographical errors.

Remove Internet Explorer Completely - All version of Windows

Microsoft said that removing IE may make Windows unstable because it has key components that makes Windows function properly. Well, there is a way to remove it completely. Go to this site and get IEradicator. Many people have used it before and removed IE with no problems afterwards.

Shutdown Windows Faster

All versions of Windows have the same problem. It usually takes a little longer to shutdown when you have the Exit Sound enabled. To disable this go to Start->Settings->Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices->Sounds. Scroll down and look for Exit Windows . Click on it once and then under Sounds, choose None. You should see faster shutdown times.

Clean out files in Prefetch Folder

There are files located in the Prefetch folder (C:\Windows\Prefetch ) that you may safely delete. These files are usually left there by other programs that were using. You can either manually delete them or use this batch file that I created to do it.
All you need to do is unzip the file called prefetch.bat into your Desktop and then double click on it. You will see the command prompt come up shortly and disappear. That's it.

Remove temporary files from Temp Folder

You may have noticed that .tmp files appear in the Temp folder ( C:\Windows\Temp). You may delete these files. Since these files might be accessed by another program, it's a good idea to delete these

when you don't have any programs open.

It's best to do this right after you login to ensure that no programs are using it. If you don't want to bother going into that folder every time to delete it, you can download xp_downloads. zip which contains a file called del_temp.bat . Just extract that file and double click on it to run it.

Add programs/folders to SendTo menu

When you right click on a file/folder and choose SendTo, you will get a list of programs/folders to send it to. Let's just say that you want to add or delete one of your own programs/folders. This could be accomplished very easily. Just navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\your_ username\ SendTo.
In this folder you may add or delete any program/folder shortcuts. All you need to do is right click on the program you want to add, and drag and drop (choose Create Shortcuts Here) it into the SendTo folder.

Make XP stop displaying zipped files as folders

In XP, zipped folders could be viewed just by opening up the file. If you have a third party zip program that you want to use instead of the built in one by XP, you can stop XP from displaying the zipped files as folders. This may also be useful for those who are on a slow PC and don't want to open zip files using

XP's built in zip program.

To disable this in XP, go to Start->Run and type in regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll. You may just copy and paste the command into the Run menu. If you want to undo it, just type in regsvr32 zipfldr.dll. Zip away.

How to Create a Password Reset Disk

Windows XP allows you to create a password reset disk, just in case you forget the password and can't login. This is only for computers that are not on a domain. Those that are on a domain may or may not work the same way.
Go to Start->Control Panel->User Accounts and click on your username. Under Related Tasks on the left pane, click Prevent a forgotten password . A wizard will show up. Click next and then insert a floppy disk into your floppy drive and choose to save the reset disk on the floppy.
Enter your current password and then click Next and Finish. The floppy will now contain your encrypted password. If you forget your password, you can just use the Password Reset Wizard to create a new one. Just make sure to create another reset disk once you changed your password. So if you forgot your password and changed it to a new one, create another reset disk by repeating the above procedure again.

Set User Logon Hours

You can restrict a certain user to only use the computer at a certain time interval. Let's say you have a username called Bill and you want Bill to access the computer only from 9AM - 9PM from Monday through Friday.
You can do this by going to Start->Run and type in net user Bill /time:M-F,9am- 9pm. For 24-hour time, you can replace the time with 09:00-21:00 instead. This will only allow the user to login during those hours on those days.

Disable XP Messenger Service

Disable the messenger service built into Windows XP to prevent ads or other popups from coming up when using Outlook (and maybe even Outlook Express). Anyway, just disable it for better performance.
To disable it, right click on My Computer->Manage->Services and Applications->Services and right click on Messenger and choose Stop. This will stop the service. There may be cases when the Messenger Service is required for some programs to run properly, so if that's the case, I would set it to Manual instead of Stop .

Customize SendTo Menu - All versions of Windows

Have you ever wanted to use some other program to open up a certain file but had to go through My Computer->Program Files and then click on the program's folder and then the program itself. You can open a file with any programs you have with ease by adding them to the SendTo menu. You know, when you right click on a file and choose Send To.
To do this, go to Start->Run and type in sendto to open up the SendTo folder. Now go to My Computer->C: Drive->Program Files and open up any of the program folders you want. Then right click on the individual programs and drag it to the SendTo folder and choose Create Shortcuts Here. Do that for each program you want to be listed there. The next time you right click on a file and choose Send To, you should see those programs listed there.

Disable Personalized Menus

Some XP users might not like the personalized menus that XP has. One example of this feature is the highlighting of newly installed programs in the Start Menu. Some users might find this annoying. To turn this feature off right click on the Start Button->Properties->Start Menu tab->Customize->Advance tab->uncheck Highlight newly installed programs. Click OK. Now when new programs are installed they shouldn't be highlighted.

Using XP System Restore

One important feature in XP is System Restore. This makes a backup of your data. To create the restore points go to Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore. Click Create a restore point and click Next. Type in a description for the restore point and click Create.
You're all set. If your system fails for some reason you may use the restore point by hitting the F8 key repeatedly during boot time until a menu comes up. Choose Last known good configuration. This will restore everything to the last time when everything was working ok. It's using the most recent restore point that you created. If you can get into Windows XP, you can go to Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore.

Clear System Restore Points

System restore points can take up a huge amount of space due to the many restore points created. You can delete all these restore points by right clicking on My Computer->Properties->System Restore and check Turn off System Restore on all drives.
Then make sure to create them again manually for each drive using the method above (Using XP System Restore). That will get rid of the older restore points and leave you with the new and updated one.

Disable/Remove Hibernation Mode

The hibernation file which allows a user to use hibernation mode takes up a lot of space. If you use this feature you are allocating/creating space so that when you come back everything (programs and folders) are still open. If you don't use it that much then there's not much sense keeping it. So you may remove it.
Go to Start->Control Panel->Power Options->Hibernate tab and uncheck Enable hibernation. That should remove the actual hibernation file. You may double check by doing a Search (F3 key) and search for hiberfil.sys in the C: drive. It shouldn't be found, but if it is, you may safely delete it.

Disable Indexing Service

Speed up XP by turning off the Indexing Service for your hard drive. This feature is used to make your searching needs faster, but it's affecting the overall performance so it's best to turn it off.
Go to My Computer and right click on the drive that you want the feature to be disabled. Choose Properties and uncheck the box where it says Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching. When a box come up choose to Apply to all folders and subfolders.

Rename Multiple Files

This is something new in Windows XP - renaming multiple files. Let's say you have a huge photo collection and want to name them in sequential order. You can do this very easily.
Just select all the photos you want to rename (you may use the ctrl key and click on individual files if desired). Then hit the F2 key and type in the name of the file. Hit Enter. It should all rename. So if you entered VacationPhoto, you will have VacationPhoto (1), VacationPhoto (2), VacationPhoto (3), etc.
Reinstall Windows XP Without Repeating Online Activation
This has probably happened to most of us already. We have XP installed already and when we reinstall it, we are asked to go online and activate it again. You can avoid doing that by backing up a very small file that has the activation information.
Before you do this, keep in mind that your hardware should be the same as before when you activated in order for this to definitely work. Go to C:\Windows\System32 and look for wpa.dbl. Copy that file to a floppy. After you finished reinstalling XP, just rename the current wpa.dbl file in C:\Windows\System32 to something like wpa.old.

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e-Shopping: Security

2009-07-14T09:17:00.001-07:00

How secure is your transaction?
1. Secure Internet Connections

How do you tell if the Internet connections are secure?

Many web sites use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the credit card information that you send over the Internet. These sites usually inform you they are using this technology. Or, check if the web address on the page that asks for your credit card information begins with "https:" instead of "http" if so, this technology is in place.
A different security technology, which works on different principles, is Secure Electronic Transaction, or SET, technology. SET or SSL technology are designed to make your connection secure.
Other ways to tell whether a web site uses security software:
Your browser displays the icon of a locked padlock at the bottom of the screen

You see the icon of an unbroken key at the bottom of the screen (earlier versions of Netscape Navigator
You see the icon of a lock on the status bar

2. Phone-In Option
Would you rather give your credit card information over the phone?
Many web merchants allow you to order online and give your credit card information over the phone. If you’re more comfortable with this option, make a note of the phone number, company, the date and time of your call, and the name of the person who recorded your credit card number.
You should only give your password and credit card number in a secure connection on a web site, not in ordinary e-mail. "Theft of identity," in which someone gets access to your bank account or gets credit cards or loans in your name, is a growing problem, and you should carefully guard personal information that might allow a thief to impersonate you.
3. Passwords

Do you use different passwords?

If you use a password to log on to your network or computer, use a different password for orders. Some web sites may require you to create a password for future orders. You may want to create a special password for particularly sensitive sites, such as your home banking site.

How did you choose your password?

The best passwords are not your address, birth date, phone number, or recognizable words. Choose a string of at least five letters, numbers, and punctuation marks. One easy way to create a memorable password is to take the first letter of each word in an expression or song lyric, and add some numbers and punctuation marks. For example, "tmottobg!" is derived in part from "Take Me Out To The Old Ball Game."

How should you record your password?

Don’t write down any password near your computer where someone could see it. If you do record it somewhere, reverse the order of the characters or transpose some letters or numbers. That way, someone finding it won’t have discovered your true password.

Who wants to know your password or other identifying information?

Be very careful about responding to an e-mail, phone call, fax, or letter from anyone who asks for your password, social security number, birth date, bank account, credit card number, mother’s maiden name, or other personal information. To verify that the person contacting you really does work for the seller, call and request to speak to that person directly. Except for your password and credit card number, you should never have to give any other information to place an order online. And you should only give your password and credit card number in a secure connection on a web site, not in ordinary e-mail. "Theft of identity," in which someone gets access to your bank account or gets credit cards or loans in your name, is a growing problem, and you should carefully guard personal information that might allow a thief to impersonate you. Viruses How can you avoid viruses? If you receive an unsolicited commercial message, you should not open any attached file whose name ends in ".exe." Clicking on such files could activate a computer virus that might affect the operation of your computer and/or damage the information stored on your computer. You can also protect yourself against viruses carried by e-mail or by computer files that you’ve received on a floppy disk, by purchasing and installing on your computer or network a virus-protection program.

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e-Shopping: Payment

2009-07-14T09:13:00.001-07:00

How are you paying for the item?

1. Safest Way to Pay

Why is paying by credit card safer than paying by check, cash, or debit card?
If you have an unauthorized charge on your credit card, under federal law. In fact, some credit card issuers and web site operators say that under certain circumstances they will even pay this amount for you.

Can paying by credit card help in a dispute?

You may be able to dispute the seller’s charges if the goods don’t arrive or if you aren’t satisfied with them and return them. However, under the federal Fair Credit Billing Act, you can only effectively dispute charges billed to your credit card (but that you have not yet paid) if ALL of the following are true:

1. You have made a good faith attempt to resolve the dispute with the seller;
2. The dispute involves the amount of $50 or more; and
3. The dispute arose within the state of your credit card billing address, or within 100 miles of your address

4. The seller of the goods (for example, a department store) has not issued the credit card that you used to pay.

5. If the seller of the goods has issued the credit card you used to pay, as when you use a department store credit card, you may be able to dispute the seller's charges as long as you have first made a good faith attempt to resolve the dispute. The $50, 100-mile requirements do not apply where the seller and card issuer are the same company.
Be aware that if you buy goods or services from a seller through a web site, there may be some legal uncertainty about where a dispute arose.

What are other reasons to pay by credit card?

You may save money by using a credit card if you pay it off in full when the bill arrives. Payments made by credit card allow you to keep the payment amount in your bank account, earning interest, until your credit card bill for those payments comes due.
In addition, some credit card issuers grant you extended warranties or other advantages for purchases made with the card.

1. Credit Card Account Protection
How can you protect against unauthorized use of your credit card account number?
Carefully and promptly check your credit card statements when they arrive. If you identify any irregularities, you should immediately bring these to the attention of the issuer of the credit card by telephone and in writing.
Do you need a separate credit card?
Consider dedicating a single credit card for online purchases. It will be easier for you to review your records. Also, should the security of this number be compromised, you’ll still be able to use your other credit cards.

Do other payment options offer as much protection as a credit card?

When it comes to other types of payment options such as debit cards, money orders, cashier’s checks, certified checks, teller’s checks, and cash on delivery (C.O.D.), you’ll find the level of protection isn’t as high as with credit cards. Although there are pros and cons to these other payment options, using a credit card is still your best bet for safety.

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e-Shopping: Seller

2009-07-14T09:08:00.001-07:00

What do you know about the seller?

The Seller - Do you know the seller’s reputation?

You might feel safer dealing with companies you already know and trust. If you’re not familiar with the name and reputation of a company–and especially if a seller has sent you an unsolicited e-mail message ("spam")–find out more before you buy.

Spam - How can you avoid "spam"?

Although many e-mails ask you to reply if you would like your name removed from the seller’s mailing list, some experts have advised against responding. That’s because your e-mail address might then be sold to others who wish to send you unsolicited commercial messages. A better way to deal with spam is to contact your Internet service provider to complain about these messages and to ask whether they can be blocked.

The Individual - Do you know the individual's reputation?

Some online auction sites offer "feedback" areas where customers discuss their experiences with a particular person

The Address - Will the seller be at the same web address tomorrow?

With a physical store or a catalog, you know where to turn to if you run into problems. But in cyberspace, all you may have is a web address. Look on the site for a street address and phone number. (Be wary if the seller’s only contact information is a post office box.)

International Buying - Are you buying from someone located outside your country?

Since it’s the World Wide Web, sellers might well be located in other countries. If so, you might not have the same legal rights, or be able to enforce your rights as easily, as when the seller is located in your own country.

Company Experience - Does it matter if the seller has experience selling the product?

The law generally gives you more protection when you buy an item from a seller who regularly sells those items.

Authorized Seller - Is the company an authorized seller?

You may get better warranty service if you buy from an authorized seller. How do you know who’s authorized? You can call the manufacturer of the product you’re interested in, or visit the manufacturer’s web site to check if the operator of the site has been authorized to sell the manufacturer's product.

Electronic Agent - Shopping for the lowest price?

Some web sites offer an "electronic agent" to identify the sites that charge the lowest price for a specified product. Be aware that some sellers have taken technological steps to block these "agents" from gathering pricing data. In addition, "agent" sites might not take shipping costs or return/refund policies into account when comparing the prices.

Still Selling - Is the seller still in business?

You might wish to telephone or send an e-mail to be sure the seller is still in operation, particularly if the web site’s material appears to be old or out of date.

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e- Shopping: Products

2009-07-14T09:05:00.001-07:00

Updates - Have you checked for updates?

If you frequently access a web page, you may be seeing outdated pricing or old inventory information. The reason: Some Internet browsers, that is, a program such as Netscape Navigator™ or Microsoft Internet Explorer®, save frequently-accessed pages. Check whether the seller indicates when the information was last updated. To insure you’re seeing the latest version, use your browser’s "reload" and "refresh" capabilities available under the "View" menu to update the page you’re viewing.

The Product - What are you buying?

Be aware that some claims are just someone’s opinion and the consumer has no legal claim if it is not true. For example, if the seller claims: "This is the best book ever written on this topic," that is merely an opinion. However, you may have a legal case if an item that you buy does not conform to the seller’s specific description. For example, if the seller’s e-mail or web page states that the book is 1,000 pages long and published last year, you may have a legal claim if the book that's delivered is half that long and ten years old.

Double Check The Price - Does the price of the product seem reasonable to you?

Whether the product is being sold as new or used, be suspicious of prices that are too good to be true. Also, consider carefully whether you may be paying too much for an item, particularly if you’re bidding through an auction site. You may want to comparison-shop, online or offline, before you buy.
Authenticity - How do you know your product is authentic?
Is the seller offering a real brand-name item, or just a replica? Review the site for a guarantee of the product’s authenticity.

Check Your Order - Have you checked the item number and amount?

After typing in your order, double check the online form. It’s easy to order "22" rather than "2" of an item if your finger stays on the keyboard a little too long.
Many electronic order forms will tell you the total price of your order before you buy. Pay attention to that total price so you can crosscheck the items and quantity. Also, check any confirmation e-mail that you receive from the seller. If it doesn’t agree with what you wanted, immediately notify the seller by e-mail or telephone.

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e-Shopping: Terms

2009-07-14T09:03:00.001-07:00

What are the legal terms of your purchase?
Terms - Where do you find the terms?

Different web sites have different ways of displaying legal terms; some ways are more conspicuous than others. You might find a link on the home page or order page to something like "Legal Terms" or "Disclaimers," or you might find that the "(c) 1999" at the bottom of a home page is such a link.
Other sites might display legal terms on a "click-wrap" screen, which requires you to mouse-click on a button that says "OK" or "I agree" to the terms displayed on that screen. Some courts have held that clicking will indicate that you agree to the terms, while other courts have held that the click doesn’t create agreement to the terms. In any case, if you aren't comfortable with the terms displayed, you should shop elsewhere.
Shipping, Returns and Refunds - What if you don’t see the seller’s return and refund policies?
You might want to ask the seller, through an e-mail or telephone call, to indicate where these policies are on the site or to provide them to you in writing.
You may want to specifically ask:
• Does the seller charge a flat shipping fee (for example: $5 per order), a per-item fee(such as $1 per book), or some combination of these?
• Can you return an online ordered item to one of the seller’s retail outlets for cash or credit?
• Can you return a product if you've already opened it?
• Will the seller deduct a "restocking fee" from your refund?
• Will the company charge for a second shipment if it is shipping part of your order now and part later?
• When will the seller charge your account: only when each item ships, or at some time before that?

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e-Shopping: Warranty

2009-07-14T09:01:00.001-07:00

Warranties - Is there a written warranty?

If there’s a written warranty, it must be made available to you before you buy the item. When you review the warranty, look for the same information buying online as you would buying from a store or catalog:

• What does it cover and how long does it last?
• Whom do you have to contact for repair, refund, or replacement under a warranty?
• Is the seller limiting its liability if the item doesn’t work or causes damage?

A "full" warranty generally means that you’re entitled to free repair of the product during the warranty period, and do not have to pay shipping, removal, or re-installation costs. If the seller cannot fix the product after a reasonable number of attempts, you’re entitled to a free replacement or full refund.
Any lesser warranty is "limited." As you’d expect, there are more limited warranties than full ones. Nonetheless, they often provide substantial protection and value to a consumer.
If a product is sold "as is" or "with its faults" that means the seller gives no warranty. If the seller "disclaims the implied warranty of merchantability," that means the seller does not promise that the goods are fit for ordinary use. In some instances, the law provides that you must be given this warranty of fitness for ordinary use. Then a disclaimer isn't effective. A lawyer could advise you on when this is so.
Liability - Are there limitations of liability on the warranty agreement?
The seller might say that if something goes wrong with the item you purchased, the seller is liable only for a fixed amount of money. Or, the seller is only required to repair or replace the item. Even if you have suffered other damages–say you lost thousands of dollars in business because your computer crashed–you’d only collect for the value of the product or the cost of repair.

Arbitration or Mediation - Arbitrate or mediate?

Check the agreement to see if you’re able to go to court to sue. Some agreements say that you have to go to arbitration (have a third party decide the case) and give up your right to ever go to court. Or the agreement could specify that you must attempt to mediate any disagreement (through a third party, who will attempt to settle the case) before you can take your claim into court.
Suing - Where can you sue?
The seller may try to specify that you can only sue in a certain state. If it’s not your home state, you might have to travel to the seller’s state if you want to sue.

Under whose law will you sue?

Not only can the seller try to specify which state’s courts will hear your case, but also which state’s laws apply. The terms might not only require you to sue in Texas’ courts, but also require the Texas courts to apply New Jersey law. This could result in courts far from home applying the law of a state that might be particularly tough on cases like yours.

Time Limit - Is there a time limit on lawsuits?

In most states, you have at most four years to sue if you think the seller has violated the warranty. Wait longer, and you’ve lost your right to sue. Often, you’ll find that the seller has cut the time to as little as one year. But take note that the seller can’t limit the statute of limitations to less than one year. Find out the statute of limitations (time limit) on lawsuits by checking the seller’s legal terms posted on its web site or see if a time has been specified in its correspondence with you.
Damaged Merchandise - What happens if your purchase is damaged or missing a piece?
To preserve your legal rights, inspect your purchase carefully as soon as you receive it. Contact the seller as soon as possible if you discover a problem with it. Tell the seller in writing about any problem that you are concerned with, ask for a repair or refund and keep a copy of your correspondence.

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e-Shopping: Delivery

2009-07-14T08:59:00.001-07:00

When can I expect delivery of the item?

Is the seller complying with the 30-Day Rule?

A Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") rule states that if a seller says that a product will be shipped within a certain time, the seller must reasonably believe it will. If the seller doesn’t specify the time within which an item will be shipped, the seller must reasonably believe that it can be shipped within 30 days from the day the order is placed. If the seller can’t ship the goods within the stated or 30-day deadline, the seller must notify you, then give you a chance to cancel your order and receive a refund. Or, the seller can just cancel your order and refund your money.
Violating these rules or regulations can expose a seller to legal action by the FTC, the Postal Service, and state law enforcement authorities. The FTC can assess penalties of up to $10,000 for each violation. These regulations do not apply to products ordered on a cash-on-delivery (C.O.D.) basis.

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e-Shopping: Records

2009-07-14T08:58:00.001-07:00

How should you keep records about your purchase?

Keep Records - What documents should you keep when purchasing online?

We suggest you retain the following records when shopping online:
• A printout of the web pages indicating the seller’s name, postal address, and telephone number;
• A printout of the web pages describing the item(s) that you ordered;
• A printout of the web pages or pop-up screens that provide the seller’s legal terms;
• Printouts of any e-mail messages (for example, confirmation messages) that you send to or receive from the seller. This includes:
o Those that might show that the seller indicated that the product would be suitable for the specific purpose for which you needed it,
o Those in which you notify the seller of problems with the merchandise that you have received; and
o Those that would show your good faith attempt to resolve with the merchant a charge that you do not feel should have been made to your credit card.
• Notes or e-mail confirmations of any telephone conversations that you have with the seller.
If the current date does not appear on these printouts, you should add it in writing

Technorati Tags: online shoping,online shoping tips

e-Shopping: Complaints

2009-07-14T08:56:00.001-07:00

To whom can you complain if you're not satisfied?

Do you know to whom to complain or contact if you are not satisfied or have a question?
Check the site for a customer service page, "contact us" link, e-mail address, or phone number to get your complaint addressed or questions answered. If you have a complaint, ask for what you think is fair – even if it’s more than the legal terms stated. A merchant isn’t forbidden from doing more than required to make the customer happy. If you still are not satisfied with the answers or action taken, contact the Better Business Bureau, The Commission's Consumer Complaint Forum, Consumer Courts, or the Office of the State Attorney General in your state or the state where the seller is located which can be accessed through the National Association of Attorneys General.

Manage iTunes 8

2009-07-14T08:40:00.001-07:00

I have brought to you all some settings and functionalities you may access in iTunes 8 released by Apple. I hope you will be benefitted

Organize your playlists in folders by clicking File >New Playlist Folder, thereafter drag playlists into each one.

Create a playlist of an entire album by clicking Music in the Library menu at left, and thereafter View > Show Browser. Thereafter drag the album from the Album list to the space beneath everything else in the bluish pane at or just Shift-click the Add (+) button on the album name to do the same thing.
Create an instant playlist of a group of selected songs by Ctrl-clicking each song, and thereafter drag the whole batch to the same space on the left.
Right-click a song name to see a group of useful shortcuts, including the ability to display all the playlists in which a song currently appears, or cue it as the next song in Shuffle mode.

Navigate iTunes like a pro.

Lost your place in the Library view while listening to a song? Then jump to the currently playing track by a click to the curved arrow to the right of the progress bar at the top.

Right-click any column heading in order to change which ones are visible.
Work the iTunes controls from the keyboard by holding down the Ctrl key: Ctrl-Right Arrow skips to the next song, while Ctrl-Left Arrow skips back. Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down change the volume, while the space bar plays or pause the current track.

Delete duplicate songs. Now that Apple is finally pulling DRM off its iTunes Store tracks, 30-cent upgrades are available for prior purchases, and, thrown into the bargain, the upgrades double the bit rate—to much-better-sounding 256-kilobit-per-second AAC files. Although iTunes offers to delete the old 128-Kbps files in the process, I found that iTunes misses a lot of them—seemingly because the iTunes Store changed the name of albums along the way. So knock them all out in one fell swoop by selecting File > Show Duplicates, and thereafter deleting all the unwanted versions.

Beef up artist recommendations. iTunes 8's new Genius feature is pretty cool, but take it a step further and install the free iLike Sidebar. It attaches to the right of your iTunes window and generates new recommendations, free MP3 links, and even related videos as you play different tracks.

Create extra libraries. Apple wants you to keep all of your music in one library, but that doesn't mean you have to. Hold down the Shift key when starting up the app; you'll see a small dialog box asking whether you want to create a new library or look for an existing one. This little trick lets you archive music you don't feel like staring at all the time but don't want to delete forever, either—and it's also great for people with different musical tastes who share the same computer.

Improve the sound quality of imported CDs. Now that storage prices have fallen through the floor, and the standard iPod classic has a 120GB hard disk, consider bumping up the sound quality of imported CD tracks to at least 256 Kbps AAC, if not Apple Lossless..

Source[ PC MAG]

Technorati Tags: iTunes,Apple

You Tube: Tips and tricks

2009-07-12T09:51:00.001-07:00

YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.YouTube is an online public communications site. The site allows for registered users to upload and have available for the public their videos for viewing. Anyone who goes to the site can view the videos that are posted on this site. The videos are anything from beginner videos to more professional videos. Here I have in this post written some tricks about you-tube which many don’t know. These tricks are really helpful and you-tube users will certainly find it helpful. So, enhance the efficiency of you-tube with the following tips

Embed only a part of Video

Its easy!! only append ‘&start=20' to skip first 20s of the video. In general the value of "start=" can be changed to the number of seconds you want to skip the video for.

Hide the search box

The search box appears when one hovers over an embedded video. To hide the search box add ‘&showsearch=0' to the embed url.

Loop an embedded video

Append ‘&loop=1′ to make the video start again without user intervention after it reaches the end.

Autoplay an embedded video

Normally when a page embedded with you-tube video is loaded , the player is loaded and it waits for you to hit the play button. You can make the video play automatically by adding ‘&autoplay=1' to the url part of the embed code.

Download Video

Although not inherently a youtube trick but useful all the same for downloading videos. Just change youtube to kickyoutube in the url of the video and it will take you to kickyoutube.com with all the options for downloading the video you were watching.

Hope that I have helped out with this trick. Feel free to ask any thing about the posted stuffs. Do let me know If I have helped you .. :)

Technorati Tags: video,youtube,tips and tricks

Download HD wallpapers

2009-07-11T13:06:00.001-07:00

Wallpapers printing techniques…

Wallpaper printing techniques include surface printing, gravure printing, silk screen-printing, and rotary printing. Mathematically speaking, there are seventeen basic patterns, described as wallpaper groups, that can be used to tile an infinite plane. All manufactured wallpaper patterns are based on these groups.

I have a great collection of desktop wallpapers to share with you all. These wallpapers are my favorite and I am sure it will fascinate you all. So explore these wallpapers and give your desktop a new and refreshing look.

I will certainly post some more exciting wallpapers soon. Till then use these wallpapers to give a awesome look to your desktop….

Click The Photos to Download…

Leave your valuable comments to assist me..

Technorati Tags: HD wallpapers,Desktop,wallpapers,abstract wallpapers

Start Blogging on blogger

2009-07-11T10:08:00.001-07:00

I have uploaded a Video to illustrate the process of starting the journey of blogging . In the Following video the illustration is quite easy to understand and execute it thereafter. I, feel the pain a person thinks to start blogging and surfs here and there to know the process, so I have uploaded a video that illustrates the process in very lucid way. So start blogging with new ideas, share and gain knowledge..

Hopefully this post helped the persons thinking to blog on blogger.

Technorati Tags: blgger,start blogging,blog

How To Add Fly-Out Menus To Start Menu?

2009-07-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

How do you access "My computer", "my documents", and "control panel"?. Whatever your way is to access them I don't have any idea. However, I have a alternative process to access the components of above mentioned options.

I will, thereby explain the process of adding fly-out menus to your start menu corresponding to those options. The process is quite easy until one explores it. I will explain to add the fly-out menus to one of the option say, control panel. Other options may be accessed via fly-out menus in the similar way I have explained below.

Now I will explain to add fly-out menus for "Control Panael" .

Steps to perform:

Step 1. Right-click the Start button on the desktop, and then click Properties.

step 2. In the Start Menu tab, click the Customize button. XP users should then switch to the Advanced tab.

step 3. You'll see entries marked Computer, Control Panel, Documents, Games, Music, and so on. For any or all of them, enable Display as a menu.

step 4. Click OK twice to exit.

I hope this has helped you a lot.

Stay Connected: Blogger Widget

2009-07-08T09:35:00.001-07:00

Hi, Readers. I have a great widget which I came across of late. Its a excellent widget for blogger blogs which lets the visitors of your site to remain connected with you. It allows the traffic to your blog/site to get associated with you through the social networking sites. Its easy to install in the blogger blogs. I have stated the steps to do so in a most lucid way I could have.

Steps:

1.Login to blogger

2.Go to “layout”

3.Select “Add a Gadget” and then select “HML/JavaScript” from the POP-UP window.

4.Copy and paste the below code and give a proper Heading.

Replace “#” with your respective profile links in corresponding sites

Stay connected widget.....

<div style='padding: 6px 0pt;'>
<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%'>
<tbody><tr>
<td width='100%'>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Add me on Orkut'><img border='0' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3627/3517922519_cfd986c939_o.jpg'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Add me on Facebook'><img border='0' height='16' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3541243317_b319d98116_o.png' width='16'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Checkout my Del.icio.us bookmarks'><img border='0' height='16' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3541243313_121d9a8c99_o.png' width='16'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Add me on Technorati'><img border='0' height='16' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3541246267_40fd356eb0_o.png' width='16'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Follow Me on Twitter'><img border='0' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3409/3541247791_81624992ea_o.png'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='View my pics on Flickr'><img border='0' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/3541246245_0c2221546c_o.gif'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Join My Community on MyBlogLog'><img border='0' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/3541246253_152bbaa61d_o.png'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='Add me on FriendFeed'><img border='0' height='16' src='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3608/3541246247_d943535f4b_o.png' width='16'/></a>
<a href='#' target='_blank' title='My Professional Profile on LinkedIn'><img border='0' height='16' src='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/3538499023_c8abe478b6_o.jpg' width='16'/></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>

This is all You have to do and your blog is ready with a Great looking widget that let the readers connected with you. I hope It would be helpful to YOU

Technorati Tags: blogger,blogger tips,javascript,widgets

Install OpenOffice.org 3.0 on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-07-06T11:31:00.001-07:00

I guess everybody knows about open office suit. It’s a light and well functional free software that replaces other bulky counterparts. Well, I would like to explain about Open office

OpenOffice.org (OO.o or OOo), commonly known simply as OpenOffice, is an office application suite available for a number of different computer OS. It is distributed as freeware. It supports the ISO/IEC standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) for data interchange as its default file format, as well as Microsoft Office formats among others. As of March 2009, OpenOffice supports over 75+ languages.

STEP 1 - Add the OpenOffice.org 3 repositories

Navigate to System -> Administration -> Software Sources...

Navigate to the second tab, "Third-Party Software," click on the "Add" button, and paste the line below...

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main

Get key files HERE Navigate to the fourth tab, "Authentication", click the "Import Key File" button, navigate to to the location were you've just saved the key file (File System/home/YOURUSERNAME/Desktop) and double click it. You will immediately see a new entry called "247D1CFF 2009-01-21 Launchpad PPA for OpenOffice.org Scribblers".

Now, click the “Close” button, then the “Reload” one and wait for the application to termnate!

STEP 2 - Update OpenOffice to version 3.0.0

When the Software Sources window will close itself, the update icon will appear in the system tray...

Click on it and update your system. Your open source office suite will be up-to-date from now on. Take a look below for some shots of OpenOffice.org 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10 .

Work on it and enjoy

Technorati Tags: ubuntu,OS,open office

Save Share Settings and Permissions

2009-07-06T10:00:00.001-07:00

How to save and restore share names and permission on a windows 2000/XP/2003 computer?

After surfing, experimenting and reading a lot I ultimately found out the solution to the above question. Its really a great method to achieve the same. It’s simple and can be done tweaking in the Registry Editor. The method is easy and can be followed by any person. I have tried to explain the method in best way I could have. Read the steps carefully…

I will explore the method to you all

Steps:

1. Open the registry editor.

navigate: HKEY_LOCAL _MACHINE sub-tree, go to the following key:

SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares

2. Save or export that Registry Key.

3. Type in new file name (a file extension is not necessary), and then save the file to a floppy

4. Reinstall Windows and run the registry Editor.

5. Restore or import the registry key. You’ll need to type in the path and file name of the file you saved.

6. Restart your PC

*You can always restore your previous configuration by pressing [F8] at boot-up and selecting he “Last known good configuration” option

Technorati Tags: Regedit,Share permissions,restore windows,share names

VLC Media Player: Tips And Tricks

2009-07-04T12:55:00.001-07:00

VLC 0.9 has released to widespread acclaim. The media player of choice for many, has packed in a horde of new features and marked changes in the design and interface. The playback bar has jazzed up buttons, which won’t appeal to those who went for the minimalist charm of VLC. They have also inverted the direction in which the scroll works with the media, you scroll down to go backward, and scroll up to go forward which is counterintuitive to everyone and irritating to the long term users.

Adjust The Colour Of The Video

In the playback bar, click on the icon that looks like the equaliser for lesser media players. This is right next to the playback button.
Then select the ‘video effects’ tab. The ‘basic’ tab will be selected by default. Check the ‘image adjust’ checkbox. From here, you can adjust the hue, saturation, contrast, brightness and gamma of the image. There is also a ‘brightness threshold’ slider.

Use VLC As A Transcoder

Open a file, then Navigate: Media > Convert/Save. In the file tab, click on the Convert/Save button.
Select the ‘File’ checkbox under ‘Outputs’. Enter a file name. Make sure that draw raw input is unchecked.
Then select an encapsulation, that is basically the format under ‘profile’.
Select a video codec and audio codec under the ‘Video codec’ and ‘Audio codec’ tabs.
You can save files in a format to be played on a portable media device and save.

Listen To Online Radio

To listen to online radio, Navigate: Playlist > Shoutcast Radio Listings.
Then Navigate: Playlist > Show Playlist. The Shoutcast radio option should have appeared below the ‘Playlist’ and ‘Media Library’ options. A long list of genres and radio stations will appear. Select one that you want to listen to you. Some of the stations listed don’t work, and some might make the player crash. Some stations are listed under multiple genres.

Skins

VLC supports skins. VLC skins can be downloaded from their site, but VLC also supports winamp 2 and xmps skins. Navigate: Tools > Preferences. In ‘Interface’, select the ‘Skins’ radio button and load the skin file from here.

Prevent Screensaver Interruption

This is a highly useful feature that prevents a screensaver from interrupting the movie you are watching.
Navigate: Tools > Preferences. In the dialogue that pop-up, look at the bottom left corner, and select the ‘All’ radio button under ‘Show settings’. Click on ‘Video’ preferences, and under ‘General Video Settings’ look for the ‘Disable Screensaver’ checkbox.

Overlay A Logo On The Video

Navigate: Tools > Preferences. Select ‘All’ under ‘Show Settings”
Navigate: Video > Subtitles / OSD > Overlays.
Click on ‘Logo Subfilter’ under Sub Picture Filter Module. Enter the path and filename in the bar below.
To do this via command line, Navigate: Tools > Add Interface > Command Line.

To Resume Playback From A Specific Time

If you were interrupted while watching a video or a movie, and want to resume from the exact moment you left off, there are two ways to do it.
While playing the movie, Navigate: Playback > Navigate: specific time, and enter the time in dialogue that pops up.
The other way to do this is to Navigate: Media > Advanced open file, check ‘Show more options’ and enter the Start Time.

Using The Loop Function

VLC can loop a part of a song or a video over and over again. To use this feature, Navigate: Tools > Advanced controls.
The loop button should appear on the playback bar. Open the file you want to play, click the button when you come to the part on the media you want to start the loop at. Click on the button again at the part of the file you want the loop to end. VLC will now start playing that portion of a file in an endless loop till you click on the loop button again to stop the loop.

Take Snapshots Of The Video

Navigate: Tools > Preferences > Video. Under video snapshots, enter the directory, a prefix, check ‘sequential numbering’ and choose a format. The default is .png.
To take the snapshot while the video is playing, Navigate: Video > Snapshot.
Through keyboard  [Shift] + [S].
To use a button to take a snapshot, Navigate: Tools > Advanced Controls. The snapshot button appears on the playback bar.

Add A Ticker To The Video

Navigate: Tools > Preferences, select ‘All’ under ‘Show Settings’
Navigate: Video > Subtitles/OSD > Marquee. Enter the text in the marquee, and the text will scroll across the screen while the video is playing.
You can also ste the settings to get an RSS feed to scroll across the video. Copy the feed URL then Navigate: Tools > Preferences, select ‘all’ under ‘show settings;
Navigate: Video > Subtitles/OSD tick on “RSS and Atom feed display’ and enter the URL in the bar.
There is an option to display or not display images in the feeds.

Technorati Tags: VLC MEDIA PLAYER,AUDIO,Video,media player

View your saved passwords for any page.

2009-07-04T11:05:00.001-07:00

To view the password associated with any website in Mozilla browser you are just required to follow some steps. It’s really an easy job that any novice can follow. I have mentioned some steps below. Just follow it and you can access the saved password of an associated website.

Steps:

· Go to login page

· Right click and select “view page info” from the menu

· A window will pop-up, select “Security” tab.

· Select “view save passwords”

· A window will pop-up showing usernames associated with some sites

· Then click “view password” to access the passwords corresponding to a site

If you want to view all of your saved usernames and passwords just follow the steps below

* open Options under the Tools menu

* select the Security tab.

* Click Saved Passwords to open a list of every site you've ever saved a password for

* Again, click View Passwords and the list will display all of your passwords.

You can't print this list, but you can just as easily take screenshots if you want to store your passwords for safekeeping. But it’s a big security hole. A question arises, Knowing how easy it is for anyone with access to your PC to view all your passwords, passwords can be hacked? To protect passwords from unauthorized access , In the Options | Security tab, click Use a master password and enter a password. Now this password will have to be entered any time you or anyone else tries to view saved passwords. You'll be asked to enter your master password every time you open Firefox; without it, Firefox won't automatically enter saved passwords for you

Technorati Tags: mozilla,Mozilla tricks,password,browser

Apple iPhones Shut Down in Summer Heat

2009-07-04T10:00:00.001-07:00

Some news tell that i-phones get overheated. Apple has taken them gravely enough to divulge the presence of a temperature warning screen for the iPhone 3G and 3GS.

A very small number of iPhones have been affected by overheating, some white iPhone 3GSes have allegedly turned pink too.

Apple has issued what some might call a "common sense" warning:, a support document that warns users not to keep the iPhone in an environment where temperatures can exceed 112 degrees Fahrenheit.

Actually using the iPhone in temperatures over 95 degrees can also activate the temperature warning. "Low- or high-temperature conditions might temporarily shorten battery life or cause the device to temporarily stop working properly," Apple warns.

That will prompt the device to activate the temperature warning above, only emergency calls is allowed while iPhone is locked

Summer temperatures in many locations top 95 degrees

Apple also says that the iPhone 3G and 3GS should not be stored where the temperature can fall under -4 degrees Fahrenheit, or used in less in temperatures under 0 degrees F.

It is said by apple that if the phone exceeds those temperatures the iPhone may stop charging, its display might dim, a weak cellular signal may be experienced, and the temperature warning screen above may also appear

If that happens, Apple says, you'll need to let the iPhone cool down before you use it again, although the phone may be able to place emergency calls during that time.

How long will the cool down process take? It cant be said still

Technorati Tags: iPhone,Apple

CCleaner: Cleans Fast And Efficiently

2009-07-03T12:50:00.001-07:00

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from system - allowing Windows to run faster. It cleans traces of online activities such as Internet history. But the best part is that it is fast.

Cleans the following:

· Internet Explorer: Temporary files, URL history, cookies

· Firefox: Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history.

· Opera: Temporary files, URL history, cookies.

· Windows: Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.

· Registry cleaner: Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons etc

· Third-party applications: Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more...

screenshot

I personally use this and find it great. It works fast, and is efficient. Really a s/w worth using. It keeps the PC clean from all sorts of unwanted data that we can, perhaps not erase or remove from our system. Do give me feedback if you like thi s/w

SIZE: 3.10 MB

Publisher: Visit website

Download: “HERE”

Technorati Tags: freeware,clean PC,adware,spyware,malware,ccleaner

Shareholic: Share, Bookmark, eMail Quickly

2009-07-03T09:39:00.001-07:00

Its a general tendency that a guy after getting a webpage of his interest wants to share it with his friends bear like-mindedness about the concerned matter. He either e-mails the page, call his friend to let him know about the information he grabbed or share it with him through social networking sites. However, its cumbersome job to follow the above ways to share the webpage. In doing so, the reader loses the concentration and is prone to lose some more important related to that article he explored of late.

Had it been a way which would enable the reader to directly share the page to his friends without navigating to other pages. If it so then there is less chance of losing concentration.

Don't be disappointed, I have a great ad-on to share with the Mozilla users

This ad on is called "SHAREHOLIC".

Now, through this you can share a certain page directly without moving here and there.

Shareholic gets set in your browser from where you can share any article by a single click

Its also available through right click. Just its required a right click and you are not far from sharing a article..

Visit the site Shareholic.com

Technorati Tags: mozilla,ad-on,shareholic,share,bookmark

Password Safe 3.18| Download

2009-07-01T12:29:00.001-07:00

Password Safe allows you to administer your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords are just a few clicks away.

Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references—for example, by user ID, category, web site, or location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home, for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and running in minutes.

DOWNLOAD FROM “HERE” OR FROM “PUBLISHER’S SITE”

Technorati Tags: software,Password,administrator

Finzan: Safe Browsing

2009-07-01T11:12:00.001-07:00

Finjan SecureBrowsing provides safety ratings of URLs showing in your browser.

Utilizing inventive security technologies, proven in large enterprise environments, it helps keep safe from online scams as you search and browse the web.

With all of the viruses and spyware on the Internet, security is a major issue.
You should already have up-to-date antivirus/spyware running on your computer but even at that you seem to pick up some junk on your travels.

Twitter a social networking site best for micro-blogging is a place which is most prone to spam and virus containing links. Twitter users unknowingly click the link and fall prey to the spam.

Finzan, which can easily be installed on Mozilla and on IE and gives a brief summary of site’s safety-status.

Provides the highest rate of malicious code detection:

* Scans the current form of a page as it available on the Web in real-time.
* Detects malicious content based on code analysis
* Provides the most accurate page safety rating based on the actual page content

Privacy:

* Doesn’t track each and every URL visited.
* Doesn’t need identification details.
* Doesn’t install additional programs.

Technorati Tags: Mozilla,IE,ad-on,Browsing,security

Vista Sidebar 2.5 | Download

2009-06-30T12:41:00.001-07:00

Vista sidebar for Windows XP and Vista has Utilities like media players, Google search, yahoo search and lots of more search engines. It has also gadgets like weather and system uptime and many more.

The sidebar uses 49% less RAM and is quicker than the original Microsoft Sidebar with more extras and works on Microsoft Windows Vista and XP. Thoosje´s Vista Sidebar is also part of the Vista Transformation Pack that turns your XP OS into Windows Vista.

This new versions runs stable and small bugs have been resolved

Download it from Here

You can get many utilities in the Publisher’s website Thoosje´s site

Technorati Tags: freeware,Vista,Windows,Transformation pack

Restore Deleted Files- Recuva 1.28.424

2009-06-30T12:13:00.001-07:00

Recuva is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your Hard Drive. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user from digital camera memory cards. It will even bring back files that have been deleted from your iPod, or by bugs, and crashes

Key Features:

• Simple to use interface - just click 'Scan' and choose the files you want to recover
• Easy to use filter for results based on file name/type
• Simple Windows like interface with List and Tree view
• Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
• Can be run from a USB thumb drive
• Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems
• Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick,
• It's fast, tiny and takes seconds to run!

What's New in Recuva 1.28.424 :

• Added native 64-bit support.
• Added support for exFAT drives.
• Fixed browse issue with the Wizard in Win98.
• Minor UI tweaks
• Improved Windows 7 support.

Download from HERE or from Publisher’s Page

Technorati Tags: Freeware,Softwares,restore,delete,file,FAT,NTFS

“Twitter Updates” On your Blog

2009-06-29T00:10:00.001-07:00

Twitter is one of the most efficient site which is capable of driving lots of visitors to your blogs. I personally use Twitter to pull traffic. The short messages termed as Tweet is quite fascinating which lets the users share their ideas. It is one of the best way of micro-blogging. Tweetmeme is a service which lets you promote your blog by tweets. It guarantees that its a mechanism which lets you get 1000’s of new followers on twitter

I would like to share a simple way to integrate “Twitter Updates” on your blog. Its very simple to execute and quite efficient as it lets your blog reader follow you on twitter and get your latest updates too

Now how to integrate

Follow the steps:

Steps:

Go to:

Layout > Page Elements. Click on Add a Gadget. Select HTML/JavaScript from the list. Copy/paste the code given below and Save.

<div id="twitter_div">
<h2 style="display: none;" class="sidebar-title">Twitter Updates</h2>
<ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul>
<a id="twitter-link" style="display: block; text-align: right;" href="http://twitter.com/anand_chauhan">follow me on Twitter</a>
</div>
<script src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/anand_chauhan.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5" type="text/javascript"></script>

Just replace the red letter line in the snippet by your Twitter username.

Tweet This post if you liked it...

Technorati Tags: Blog Widgets,twitter,javascript

See you Tube Video Without Distraction

2009-06-28T12:36:00.001-07:00

YouTube, the world’s most popular video sharing platform is visited by millions of video fans daily. But, some of you don’t really like the irritating ads, the absurd comments and other crap which are worthless to you. To watch videos with no distractions, try Quietube.

When you’re on any YouTube page, simply click on it and you’ll be directed to a page on Quietube. With this useful tool, you can watch all your videos in peace in the future!

This is really a great tool. After you have accessed the site of Quietube you are just required to drag the application on to your tool bar. Once its installed on your tool bar of your one is just one click far to witness a You Tube video without distraction. So visit the site and I hope you will enjoy this application

So finally VIsit Quietube

Technorati Tags: You tube,quietube,video,application,audio

Copy Fast and Secure

2009-06-28T06:44:00.001-07:00

TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy/move files faster and more secure. Can resume broken file transfers. TeraCopy skips bad files during copy and even shows the skipped files at the end of files transfer. Calculates files CRC checksum on the fly to speed up source and target files comparison. Seamless integration with Windows Explorer allows you to keep working with files as usual.

Features:
• Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.

Download Tera Copy From HERE

Or Visit The Publisher’s Website To download it

McAfee Avert Stinger

2009-06-28T01:13:00.001-07:00

McAfee AVERT Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.

You can download it form the Publishers Site or directly from the following link “McAfee Avert Stinger”

Technorati Tags: software,Freeware,McAfee,Virus,antivirus,Scan PC,Infected

Panda USB Vaccine-1.0.0.51

2009-06-28T00:51:00.001-07:00

I found Panda USB Vaccine, a free utility from Panda Security Research which helps prevent malware infections due to the autorun feature of Windows OS. After execution the user can choose two types of vaccinations, they are- Computer Vaccination or USB Drive Vaccination.

Here is a screen shot:

USB Vaccine allows to vaccinate their PCs in order to disable autorun completely so that no program from any USB/CD/DVD drive can auto-execute. This is a helpful feature I think personally. Panda USB Vaccine can be used on individual USB drives to disable its autorun.inf file in order to prevent malware infections from spreading automatically. When applied on a USB drive, the vaccine permanently blocks an inoffensive AUTORUN.INF file, preventing it from being read, created, deleted or modified. Once applied it effectively disables Windows from automatically executing any malicious file that might be stored in that particular USB drive. The drive can otherwise be used normally and files copied to/from it, but they will be prevented from opening automatically. Panda USB Vaccine currently only works on FAT & FAT32 USB drives. Also it must be kept in mind that USB drives that have been vaccinated cannot be reversed except with a format.

Get This S/W downloaded from the link Panda USB Vaccine

Technorati Tags: Panda Antivirus,USB,Freeware,Software,Vaccine,Autorun.inf,CD/DVD/USB

Blogger Tips & Tricks

2009-06-27T11:25:00.001-07:00

Adding widgets to blogger plays a Great role in optimizing Blogger Blogs. These are done by hacking the blogger template code snippets. Perhaps, not the experts, but the beginners in blogging must be wondering about "moving any bar", adding "recent comment" widget, adding "recent posts" etc. These modifications can also done by any beginner in blogging world.

I am happy to share a great site I found which have all this hacks/techniques to bring about significant changes assembled together. Now, you don't have to surf crazily to get those widgets installed on your blogger blogs.

Some of the Tips and Tricks are as follows

1. Expandable Posts or Read More Hack

2. Recent Posts Widget

3. Recent Comment Widget

4. Top Commentators Widget

5. Remove Label Post Count

6. Add Page Element to Header and Blog Posts

7. Sticky Posts in Blogger

8. Add Images or Icons to Sidebar Links

9. Remove NavBar in Blogger

10. Add Scrollbars to Blog Widgets

11. Add Favicon to Blogger URL

12. Simple Search Widget

13. Wrap Adsense Ads in Post Body

14. Special Effects for Peekaboo Posts

15. Page Navigation Hack for Blogger.......

More are there with detailed explanations in the site below:

50 Amazing Blogger Tricks & Hacks

Technorati Tags: blogger tips,blogger,widgets,expandable post,recent comment widget,recent post widget,label,sidebar,Adsense,Sticky post

Add “Email Me” link html/javascript for your webpage/blog

2009-06-27T10:05:00.001-07:00

Adding email me link to blog/site helps the visitors to contact the author. In this way author gets to know the need and query of the visitor better. This can help the webmaster to generate traffic. The more a author of blog/site become convergent to his visitors more is the probability of traffic to his webpage.

However, just putting the email address on the site like xyz@gmail.com invites the spammers to get your email id. No sooner do they get your ID than your inbox is flooded with unwanted mails.

So, why not think of a way which lets the good readers contact you and not the Spammers. Don't worry I have a way to keep the spammers away as a cow who keeps the flies away from her body using her tail....Sorry, I was just joking.

So here is the way..

Text Link:

Suppose,your email id is xyz@gmail.com ,here is the code you have to add

<a href="mailto:xyz@gmail.com">Email me </a>

Image link:

Suppose,if you want the visitors to email you by clicking on an image like the below one

First you have to upload your picture to some image hosting services.They will give a direct link for the uploaded image.Take a note of it.

<a href="mailto:abc@gmail.com"><img src="http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt10/anand_chauhan/email.gif" alt="Email me" width="120" height="57" border="0" /></a>

I have used this link :

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt10/anand_chauhan/email.gif

you may use this link or get another by uploading your picture to image hosting sites like "Photobucket" etc.

Technorati Tags: Email me Link,Email,Javascript,html,photobucket,mail,albums,webpage

Add Tweet Button In Your Post

2009-06-26T11:23:00.001-07:00

Twitter is one the most famous social networking site where people meet and share their thoughts. People get to know each other and interact online. It is nowadays one of the most efficient media where one can use its networking power to pull traffic to their respective sites, blogs or splash pages. In twitter.com one is just required to follow people who bear like mindedness and get followed by similar people. Personally I prefer twitter.com more than any social networking sites.

To pull traffic from twitter I have utility to explore. Its called "tweet button". It facilitates the visitors to share a certain post or article on your blog by just a single click. The button comes in two format: compact and full.

visit the site Tweetme for detailed specification.

To add the tweet me button in blogger blogs I have illustrated the process in best way I could have.

Before following the illustration download the full template as precautionary major

Process:

Layout>> edit HTML

Mark the "expand widget" box.

Find for the snippet <data:post.body>

paste the below code just above this code

For FULL MODE

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'>
<script type='text/javascript'>
tweetmeme_url = '<data:post.url/>';
</script>
<script src='http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js' type='text/javascript'/>
</div>

For COMPACT MODE

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'>
<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_style = 'compact';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script>
</div>

Preview the template, if there is no error then save the template and Tweet crazily....

If you are really helped by this post then tweet me please.

Technorati Tags: Blogger code,Blogger tips,Twitter,widget,javascript,retweet button,tweet button

How To Prevent Data To Be Transferred From PC To USB Drives?

2009-06-25T10:44:00.001-07:00

Sometimes we don't want our confidential data to be accessible by other persons. Those confidential data may contain some issues related to Security, integrity or something personal.

Sometimes it happens that a guy comes all of a sudden and transfer some data, may be confidential, in his/her USB drive. This entails unauthorized exposure. Its really painstaking matter. Oh!! its really bad. I have a great utility S/W to share with you all. It just prevents others to steal your data into their USB drives. It is called USB WriteProtector.

Here is a screen shot of the mentioned S/W.

Download USB WriteProtector from “HERE”
and unzip it in a folder. Run the USB WriteProtector exe, select your language, click ‘USB write protection ON’ button for write protecting USB devices. You can disable it at any time by clicking on ‘USB write protection OFF’ button.

This can be performed manually by editing the Registry Items. I have described the process as under

Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

Right click on ‘Control’ and create a new key and name it StorageDevicePolicies. On the right pane create a new DWORD value by right clicking and name it WriteProtect, insert a value of “1″ and reboot PC. Now no one can copy content onto USB devices. To re-enable this, change the DWORD value to 0. This is what the above tool does

Technorati Tags: Pc Tips,USB,Drives,Softwares,write protect

Creating Shutdown Icon or One Click Shutdown:

2009-06-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

I found a new way to shut down your PC in a single click. I just wanted to share. Below are few steps, follow them and do post comments if you like it.

Steps:

1.Go to your desktop.

2.On the desktop
right-click and go to New

3.Then to Shortcut (in other
words, create a new shortcut).

4. You Will now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.

5. Use this path in "Type Location of the Item" SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

6. If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive.

7. Click the "Next" button. Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button.

Now whenever you want
to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done…

Technorati Tags: PC Tips,Shutdown,desktop,Registry edit,Hybernate,Icon

Get Updates via Email

2009-06-24T04:36:00.001-07:00

Enter your Email Id To get "Tech Zone" latest updates

If you like the posts and find it beneficial then subscribe to grab the latest updates via email. I am pursuing engineering in field of computer science. I, in this blog tried my best to let the readers know to fight with common PC problems. I have tried to make it as lucid as possible for the readers. Hope you will benefited by my endeavor....

Add Tag Cloud In Blogger Blog

2009-06-23T11:59:00.001-07:00

TAG CLOUDI wondered a lot about having a tag cloud widget in my blogger blog. I ultimately, after a huge Google organic search got my self a tag cloud in my blog. I would like to share the same with you all.

First of all login to your Blogger account and then follow this path layout>> add widget

Then select the "label" option from the window. click save and view the blog.

Now again follow the path layout>> Edit HTML
Check the "expand widget" box

Search for the line

<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Tags' type='Label'>

in the template code or find for the word "label" in the template code as the code may vary.

*Replace the code with the following code snippet

<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Tags' type='Label'> <b:includable id='main'> <b:if cond='data:title'> <h2><data:title/></h2> </b:if> <div class='widget-content' style='text-align: justify;'> <script type='text/javascript'> /* Simple Blogger Tag Cloud Widget by Raymond May Jr. http://www.compender.com Released to the Public Domain */ //Settings / Variables var max = 150; //max css size (in percent) var min = 70; //min css size (in percent) var showCount = false; // show counts? true for yes, false for no var minCount = 1; // what is the minimum count for a tag to be shown? 1 for all //Begin code: var range = max - min; //Build label Array var labels = new Array(); <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'> labels.push("<data:label.name/>"); </b:loop> //URLs var urls = new Array(); <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'> urls.push("<data:label.url/>"); </b:loop> //Counts var counts = new Array(); <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'> counts.push("<data:label.count/>"); </b:loop> //Number sort funtion (high to low) function sortNumber(a, b) { return b - a; } //Make an independant copy of counts for sorting var sorted = counts.slice(); //Find the largest tag count var most = sorted.sort(sortNumber)[0]; //Begin HTML output for (x in labels) { if(x != "peek" && x != "forEach" && counts[x] >= minCount) { //Calculate textSize var textSize = min + Math.floor((counts[x]/most) * range); //Show counts? if(showCount) { var count = "(" + counts[x] + ")"; }else{ var count = ""; } //Output document.write("<span style='font-size:" + textSize + "%'><a href='" + urls[x] + "' style='text-decoration:none;'>" + labels[x] + count + "</a></span> " ); } } </script> </div> </b:includable>

</b:widget>

Save the template and you will be having your tag cloud

Technorati Tags: java script,blogger,blogger code,widget,tag

Reinstall Windows XP Without the CD

2009-06-23T10:50:00.001-07:00

Step-by-step

Sometimes manufacturers do not include the Windows XP Operating System CD when you first buy your new computer. This how-to will explain how to reinstall the Windows XP operating system (with similar rules applying to its predecessors) without the need of the Windows XP CD.

1. Understand that after a while your computer will start to slow down, freeze and sometimes not even shut down correctly. These symptoms are perfectly normal for operating systems that require a clean, fresh start. But sometimes manufacturers do not include a copy of the operating system on a disk to save you money when purchasing your computer and ultimately save them money too.

2. Access the copy of the operating system on the hard drive. If manufacturers do not supply a Windows XP OS (Operating System) CD with the purchase of your new computer, they have most definitely stored a copy in your hard drive for later use. You can easily access this copy of the CD on your hard drive to completely reinstall or format partitions on your computer.

3. Make sure you have your Windows product key/serial number. This could be located on the computer itself, or in the original packaging it was supplied with. If you do not have one, contact your manufacturer immediately for more support regarding the issue.

4. Access path C:\WINDOWS in My Computer. Find a folder named "i386". If you can’t find this folder please see the Tips & Warning section. [Remember you can find this folder only if manufacturer has stored a copy of OS on your Computer]Open it.

This is the a part where a lot of people get confused. They realize that a copy of there Windows OS CD is here, but they look for the incorrect files. Most people will try to find a file named "Setup", "Install", or "Windows". The file you are looking for is called "winnt32.exe".

5. Open this application and proceed with the instructions given. It will lead you through 5 simple phases that will wipe out your computer and reinstall the operating system.

6. Get your product key ready to enter it. Make sure you agree with the terms that should be provided when using the winnt32.exe application.

7. If you are using any operating system below Windows 2000 or Me, try looking for the winnt.exe application as the winnt32.exe application may not be availible for your version of the Windows OS in the I386 folder.

Winnt.exe uses a command driven interface, and therefore requires simple commands to use to reinstall windows or format partitions.

You can find these simple commands at Microsoft’s website :

[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol
/windows2000serv/reskit/deploy/dghm_stp_codt.mspx?mfr=true]

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you close any unnecessary software and applications that run in the system tray like Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Instant messenger and others, before using winnt32. This should speed up the whole process.

• Make sure you have backed up all of your files before you clean out your computer.

• Make sure you have all the required softwares on CD to reinstall the drivers that will be wiped out.

• For some of the lower versions (operating systems) of the Windows franchise, you may wish to use the winnt.exe application instead which will use the Command Prompt application and require certain commands to operate. The Winnt32.exe application may not be available for those who use any OS below Windows 2000/Me.

• If you are having trouble finding the folder, download WinACCESS, it searches your Windows folder for the Windows CD and executes it straight from your hardrive. This small software can also proove useful if the manafacturers installed it to a different location (which in many cases is unlikely).

Warnings

• All drivers will be wiped clean. That includes graphic cards, audio drivers, wireless drivers, etc. Make sure your manufacturers has supplied you with the correct softwares to reinstall the drivers that will be lost on reinstallation of the OS.

• Do not forget to back up all of your data with a system restore tool, or else everything will be lost. This means all software and programs currently installed on the computer.

• Remember Microsoft will not take any responsibility for anything that may go wrong and cause damage to your computer system.

• If the I386 folder or Winnt32.exe/Winnt.exe application does not exist, or you cannot find it, use the Search feature to help you (Start>Search). If it does not wield any results, a copy of the CD may not have been stored on your hard drive. Contact your manufacturer for more support.

Technorati Tags: PC Tips,XP,Windows,Format,Technology

Using Disk Defrag on Windows XP

2009-06-23T03:46:00.001-07:00

Accessing Disk Defragmenter

Click OK
• Start | Administrative Tools | Computer Management. Expand Storage and select Disk Defragmenter
The first two methods take you to a standalone window containing Disk Defragmenter. The last method opens Microsoft Management Console and displays Disk Defragmenter as one of the snap-in modules. In all cases, a window similar to the one below will be displayed.

When Disk Defragmenter first opens you'll see a list of the hard drives displayed at the top of the screen. The Estimated Disk Usage Before Defragmentation and Estimated Disk Usage After Defragmentation will be blank until a drive is selected and the Analyze button is clicked. In the screen shot above, I've already analyzed the drives as evidenced by the Session Status showing as Analyzed and the Estimated Disk Usage Before Defragmentation area containing a graphical representation of the drive fragmentation.

After the Analyze button has been clicked and the process completes the window shown above (Fig. 02) opens with a brief recommendation of what action Disk Defragmenter thinks should be taken regarding the drive. It's important to note that this is just a recommendation based on the percentage of fragmented files to total files and doesn't prevent the drive from being defragmented if you feel it needs to be done and might improve system performance. If you want to go ahead and defragment without more information, click the Defragment button. If you're in agreement with their recommendation and don't want to defragment, click the Close button. Click the View Report button to view a more detailed drive analysis.

An Analysis Report contains quite a bit of additional information about the selected drive. The report shown above (Fig. 03) details the File Fragmentation status of drive New Volume (D:). The top pane provides Volume information, and as you can see there are 3,851 fragmented files. This may not seem like many fragmented files, but consider that this is only a 29GB drive, which is very small by today's standards, and that 97% of the total drive space is currently unused. Look at the Average Fragments Per File number of 1.04 and this tells you that approximately 4% of the files on the drive are in two or more pieces. My experience has been that when this number reaches 1.05 the message in the quick analysis window (Fig. 02) will recommend defragmenting the drive. The bottom pane, Most Fragmented Files, lists the files in descending order that are the most fragmented.

Click on Defragment button to Defrag the drive.

You can see the status of Defragmentation in the status bar.

Disk defragmentation is now complete, click on View Report button to view the Defragmentation Report.

In spite of the recommendation not to defragment this particular disk, I went ahead and clicked the Defragment button. The results of that choice are shown above (Fig. 04) in the Estimated Disk Usage After Defragmentation section. The graphical representation clearly shows that not only have the red lines depicting fragmented files been eliminated, many of the contiguous files indicated by the blue have been repositioned toward the beginning of the drive, reducing the amount of searching the drive heads have to do to locate a file. The drive in this example is not a system drive, nor does it have a paging file which would be indicated by the lime green Unmovable Files color.
After the defragmentation process completes, clicking the View Report button will bring up the Defragmentation Report (Fig. 05). It takes the exact same form as the Analysis Report (Fig. 03) but shows the post defragmentation results. The Total Files and Average File Size remain identical, but notice that Total Fragmented Files and Total Excess Fragments have been reduced to zero (0) and the Average Fragments Per File is now 1.00, indicating most or all of the files are contiguous. In addition, there are no files listed that did not defragment.

Technorati Tags: PC Tips,Disk defragmentation,Window Xp,Xp,Windows,Windows Maintenence

Disk Defragmentation

2009-06-23T03:30:00.001-07:00

Introduction to Disk Defragmentation

As advanced as hard drives have become, one item they are not very good at is housekeeping, or maybe that should be drive keeping. When files are created, deleted, or modified it's almost a certainty they will become fragmented. Fragmented simply means the file is not stored in one place in its entirety, or what computer folks like to call a contiguous location. Different parts of the file are scattered across the hard disk in noncontiguous pieces. The more fragmented files there are on a drive, the more performance and re

liability suffer as the drive heads have to search for all the pieces in different locations. The Disk Defragmenter Utility is designed to reorganize noncontiguous files into contiguous files and optimize their placement on the hard drive for increased reliability and performance.

Technorati Tags: PC Tips,Disk defragmentation

ATM Tips

2009-06-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

ATM?

There is no such defined formula that can assurance you about the security of the ATM selection. Therefore, the ATM user needs to exercise some carefulness when selecting an ATM.

There are some steps to fellow:

• Always go for banking in daylight hours and specially avoid to visiting ATM at weekend night.

• lways choose ATM location which you are most familiar, most nearest point from your home or heavily traveled areas.

• First observe the surroundings of ATM before make any transaction, if there are any person looking you then tries to avoid using ATM this time.

• The best practice is that always go for ATM with any family member or with your best friend.

• Avoid using if you find any other machine or code reader attached with the ATM machine.

• Always select the ATM that is monitored by bank security or with security camera.

ATM Tips

Using an ATM
• Be careful when any strangers offer to help you at an ATM, even if your card is block by machine or you are experiencing difficulty with the transaction.

• Check your surrounding any other person in the queue keep an acceptable distance from you.

• Stand very close to the ATM and shield the keypad with your hand when keying in your PIN code otherwise any other person can guess your number.

• Press the Cancel key on keyboard when you find the ATM is not working properly and withdraw your card. Avoid force your card into the card slot.

• Always keep your printed transaction record so that you can compare your ATM receipts to your monthly statement.

• If your card jammed in ATM, report this immediately to the bank.

ATM Tips

Manner to use your ATM

• Try to memorize your PIN code and avoid writing it down on public access book, doing so on secret book.

• Never tell your PIN to any third person, whether to family member, office staff.

• Avoid using easily guessable numbers for your PIN code for example your date of birth, your phone number and others.

• Change your PIN code on weekly basis.

• Weekly check your account balance and bank statements if you find any problem, contact to your bank immediately.

Scrap Notifier : Orkut

2009-06-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

Orkut the popular social networking site in India and Brazil just rolled out new changes to their interface where they are now showing ads right on the top of the page.

Orkut is one the most popular Social Networking Sites. Mainly in India and Brazil it is most popular. As a Orkut user I, sometimes find it cubersome to check for scraps updates. I surfed the Net a lot and found a S/w which notifies you about the scarps on your Desktop. Isn't it exciting?

Download the S/w from the given link Scrap Notifier

Remove Advertising Banner From Orkut

2009-06-21T01:02:00.001-07:00

Orkut is an online community designed to help people connect, build relationships and create engaging communities around common interests. Since its inception in 2004, orkut has seen incredible growth around the world; we often hear users tell us how much orkut has come to mean in their lives

Now I have a thing to share with you all. Nowadays the members get irked by seeing the advertisement block at the place where they used to see their friend's list. This is quite irritating and leaves a bad impression. I too got irritated and searched to find a way out by hook or by crook. I, ultimately found the way and wanted to share with you all.

I discovered a add-on in mozilla that removes those ads. Just navigate to the following link to get that add-on

Download Orkut Advertising Banner Remover

Google Search

2009-06-20T12:54:00.000-07:00

GOOGLE

Several of us use Google through out the day for simple stuff, but we've never quite grasped the power of this tool. Several of us use Google through out the day for simple stuff, but we've never quite grasped the power of this tool.
1. .. Download and install the Google toolbar. Not only does it put the Google search box into your browser full-time, but it also blocks pop-up ads and fills in forms for you. For Windows at http://toolbar.google.com .. (Ad blocking, form-filling and Google's search box are already built into the Apple's Web browser, Safari.)

2... Phrase your question in the form of an answer. So instead of typing, "What is the average rainfall in the Amazon basin?", you might get better results by typing "The average rainfall in the Amazon basin is."

3... This is an old one, but very important: Put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. If you put quotes around "electric curtains," Google won't waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word "electric" and another set containing the word "curtains."

4... Similarly, put a hyphen right before any word you want screened out. If you're looking up dolphins, for example, you'll have to wade through a million Miami Dolphins pages unless you search for "dolphins -Miami."

5... Google is a global White Pages and Yellow Pages. Search for "phonebook: home depot norwalk, ct," Google instantly produces the address and phone number of the Norwalk Home Depot. This works with names ("phonebook:robert jones las vegas, NV") as well as businesses. Don't put any space after "phonebook." And in all of the following examples, don't type the quotes I'm showing you here.

6... Google is a package tracker. Type a FedEx or UPS package number (just the digits); when you click Search, Google offers a link to its tracking information.

7... Google is a calculator. Type in an equation ("32+2345*3-234=").

8... Google is a units-of-measurement converter. Type "teaspoons in a gallon," for example, or "centimeters in a foot."

9... Google is a stock ticker. Type in AAPL or MSFT, for example, to see a link to the current Apple or Microsoft stock price, graphs, financial news and so on.

10... Google is an atlas. Type in an area code, like 212, to see a Mapquest map of the area.

11... Google is Wal-Mart's computer. Type in a UPC bar code number, such as "036000250015," to see the description of the product you've just "scanned in." (Thanks to the Google Blog, http://google.blogspace.com, for this tip and the next couple.)

12... Google is an aviation buff. Type in a flight number like "United 22" for a link to a map of that flight's progress in the air. Or type in the tail number you see on an airplane for the full registration form for that plane.

13... Google is the Department of Motor Vehicles. Type in a VIN (vehicle identification number, which is etched onto a plate, usually on the door frame, of every car), like "JH4NA1157MT001832," to find out the car's year, make and model.

14... For hours of rainy-day entertainment, visit http://labs.google.com .. Here, you'll find links to new, half- finished Google experiments-like Google Voice, in which you call (650) 623-6706, speak the words you want to search for and then open your browser to view the results. Disclaimer: It wasn't working when I tried it. (Ditto a lot of these experiments.)

15... Poke around the "Services & Tools" link on the Google.com home page and you'll find some of the better-known lesser-known Google features, if that makes any sense.

For example, there's Froogle (product search), News, Groups (Internet discussion boards), Google Catalogs (hundreds of scanned- in product catalogs), Images (find graphics and photos from other people's Web sites), Blogger (publish your own online journal), Google language translation, Google Answers (pay a couple of bucks to have a professional researcher find the answers for you) and much more.

Smart Card

2009-06-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

What is a Smart Card?

A smart card resembles a credit card in size and shape, but inside it is completely different. First of all, it has an inside -- a normal credit card is a simple piece of plastic. The inside of a smart card usually contains an embedded microprocessor. The microprocessor is under a gold contact pad on one side of the card. Think of the microprocessor as replacing the usual magnetic stripe on a credit card or debit card.

Smart cards are much more popular in Europe than in the United States. In Europe, the health insurance and banking industries use smart cards extensively. Every German citizen has a smart card for health insurance. Even though smart cards have been around in their modern form for at least a decade, they are just starting to take off in the United States.

Magnetic stripe technology remains in wide use in the United States. However, the data on the stripe can easily be read, written, deleted or changed with off-the-shelf equipment. Therefore, the stripe is really not the best place to store sensitive information. To protect the consumer, businesses in the U.S. have invested in extensive online mainframe-based computer networks for verification and processing. In Europe, such an infrastructure did not develop -- instead, the card carries the intelligence.

The microprocessor on the smart card is there for security. The host computer and card reader actually "talk" to the microprocessor. The microprocessor enforces access to the data on the card. If the host computer read and wrote the smart card's random access memory (RAM), it would be no different than a diskette.

Smarts cards may have up to 8 kilobytes of RAM, 346 kilobytes of ROM, 256 kilobytes of programmable ROM, and a 16-bit microprocessor. The smart card uses a serial interface and receives its power from external sources like a card reader. The processor uses a limited instruction set for applications such as cryptography.

The most common smart card applications are:

• Credit cards

• Electronic cash

• Computer security systems

• Wireless communication

• Loyalty systems (like frequent flyer points)

• Banking

• Satellite TV

• Government identification

Smart cards can be used with a smart-card reader attachment to a personal computer to authenticate a user. Web browsers also can use smart card technology to supplement Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for improved security of Internet transactions. Visa's Smart Card FAQ shows how online purchases work using a smart card and a PC equipped with a smart-card reader. Smart-card readers can also be found in mobile phones and vending machines.

Create "Related Post" Section At End Of POST

2009-06-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Another great hack for blogger.com is to dynamically generate at the end of every post a "Related Posts" section . The goal is to have your visitors stick around longer and take more of an interest in your blog.

It's very easy to do, but as with every modification to the template be very careful.

For Template code modification process visit How To Modify your Template Code?

Look for the code

               
<data:post.body/>

After that place this code:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

<div class='similiar'>





<div class='widget-content'>

<h3>Related Posts by Categories</h3>

<div id='data2007'/><br/><br/>

<div id='hoctro'>

Widget by <u><a href='http://hoctro.blogspot.com'>Hoctro</a></u> | <u><a href='http://www.jackbook.com/' title='Related Posts on Blogger Modified by JackBook.Com. Read More?'>Jack Book</a>. Brought to you by <a href="http://bloggerblackhatseo.blogspot.com">Blogger SEO</a>.</u>

</div>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var homeUrl3 = "<data:blog.homepageUrl/>";

var maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 4;

var maxNumberOfLabels = 10;

maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 100;

maxNumberOfLabels = 3;

function listEntries10(json) {

var ul = document.createElement('ul');

var maxPosts = (json.feed.entry.length <= maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel) ?

json.feed.entry.length : maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel;

for (var i = 0; i <>

var entry = json.feed.entry[i];

var alturl;

for (var k = 0; k <>

if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {

alturl = entry.link[k].href;

break;

}

}

var li = document.createElement('li');

var a = document.createElement('a');

a.href = alturl;

if(a.href!=location.href) {

var txt = document.createTextNode(entry.title.$t);

a.appendChild(txt);

li.appendChild(a);

ul.appendChild(li);

}

}

for (var l = 0; l <>

if (json.feed.link[l].rel == 'alternate') {

var raw = json.feed.link[l].href;

var label = raw.substr(homeUrl3.length+13);

var k;

for (k=0; k<20; label =" label.replace(">

var txt = document.createTextNode(label);

var h = document.createElement('b');

h.appendChild(txt);

var div1 = document.createElement('div');

div1.appendChild(h);

div1.appendChild(ul);

document.getElementById('data2007').appendChild(div1);

}

}

}

function search10(query, label) {

var script = document.createElement('script');

script.setAttribute('src', query + 'feeds/posts/default/-/'

+ label +

'?alt=json-in-script&callback=listEntries10');

script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');

document.documentElement.firstChild.appendChild(script);

}

var labelArray = new Array();

var numLabel = 0;

<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>

<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
textLabel = "<data:label.name/>";

var test = 0;

for (var i = 0; i <>

if (labelArray[i] == textLabel) test = 1;

if (test == 0) {

labelArray.push(textLabel);

var maxLabels = (labelArray.length <= maxNumberOfLabels) ?

labelArray.length : maxNumberOfLabels;

if (numLabel <>

search10(homeUrl3, textLabel);

numLabel++;

}

}

</b:loop>

</b:loop>

</script>

</div>

</div>

</b:if>

SAVE THE TEMPLATE AND SEE THE "RELATED POST" SECTION AT THE END OF YOUR POST....

Technorati Tags: Java script,blogger code,blogger,widget,posts,templates

How To Modify your Template Code?

2009-06-19T12:56:00.001-07:00

Many newbies to blogging world find difficult to tweak with their blogger template code. I, once faced the same music. I thought how people can modify their Blogger's template Code. Ha Ha!! Wisdom comes by sufferance. I tried a lot and discovered the process and felt to share with the new Bloggers, Hope my endeavor will benefit my visitors

Here is step by step description of Template's Code Modification

Steps

Login to your Blogger Account
click "layout"
Click "Edit Html"
check the box "Expand widget"
press Ctrl+f, if using Mozilaa to modify a certain code snippet, otherwise copy the whole code in notepad and then find the particular snippet by using the "find" option from "Edit menu"
Thus, all is done ..save the template after Modication or replacement

A SEO Optimization Blogspot Meta Tag

2009-06-19T12:47:00.001-07:00

Here I have a Meta Tag for Google SEO. Its really very easy to change the Blogspot meta tag so that your blog becomes Google Optimized. All you are required to replace a small code snippet within your "Template Code". To know how to modify or tweak template code follow the link "How To Tweak your template Code For Optimization". Here is the small trick to catch the attention of Google.

Replace the code

By The Snippet

***Besure to change my description, keywords and author name with yours.

Technorati Tags: blogger code,javascript,blogger,Meta,keywords,SEO

Tweak blogger title tags for SEO

2009-06-16T12:44:00.000-07:00

Few days ago I was wondering that how can I improve the rank of my blog in a easy step. I then thought that only way must be that we get optimized in search engines. Well, I have a bit idea about SEO technique. Now, I should unveil a chunk of a SEO technique.

There are two parts of SEO. "off page " and "on page" optimization.

"Off page" optimization stands on link building procedure. It is a sort of democratic way of popularizing your blog. It allows other site/blog include your site's link. It encourages traffic.

"On page" optimization deals with technique by which we understand how well we can optimize our blog for search engines. This includes keywords in your post titles, title tags, using header tags (h1, h2) and other tactics.

I have a small chunk of technique which can make your blog ranking improve.

It is well known fact that the topic which is searched appears on the first half of the web page title bar. This should be the real way or the optimized way. Unfortunately blogger don't have optimization technique already implemented. Below lies a perfect example of what I am trying to illustrate:

To do this I have a illustration( For Blogger) :

Steps:

Step 1: Login to blogger

Step 2: Click "layout"

Step 3: click "Edit Html"

Step 4: Find The code

Step 5: Replace the above Code by the Following code

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "index"'>

<title><data:blog.title/></title>

<b:else/>

<title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title>

</b:if>

Step5: Save the template and view the blog, you will have a optimized blog

N.B: Do all the changings after taking backup of the previously uploaded template

Google Analytics...

2009-06-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

Google wants you to draw more of the traffic you are looking for, and assist you turn more visitors into customers.
Use Google Analytics to be trained on online marketing initiatives which are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, make targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits.

Do know how popular your blog is?

Are people actually reading your blog or are you just writing for nothing ?

It's significant to know about your blog traffic such as how many visitors come to your blog each day and what your most popular posts are. Besides, just encouraging you knowing that others are actually reading your content, it also provides you with some very important data.

To get all this information is actually quite easy yet a very small percentage actually does this! All one needs is Google Analytics which is a free powerful product.

Want to know how to install Google Analytics on your blog? Go through "How to setup Google Analytics on Blogger"

Expand First Letter Of Post

2009-06-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

I have a great trick to expand the first letter of your post. This feature ads to the beauty of your post, moreover, it imparts a proffesional look too. I had been searching for this trick from long time. I got the trick ultimately and wanted to share this information with my blog readers. I have made a step by step tutorial to make the trick work for you.

STEPS:

Login to blogger account.

Write your article

Before publishing the post you are required to do the following tweaking

1. copy the code

 
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="float:left;line-height:80px;padding-top:1px;padding-right:5px;">

just before the first letter of the post and copy the code

</span> after the first letter of the post

3. Ultimately at the end of the post apply the tag

</p>

Having done what is stated above you will be having a well modified and lucrative first letter of your post. Hope you have capitalized on this trick. If you have any doubt do leave a comment.

Introduction to Internet

2009-05-28T08:39:00.001-07:00

The Internet is a computer network made up of thousands of networks worldwide. The Internet backbone, through which Internet traffic flows, is owned by private companies.

All computers on the Internet communicate with one another using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol suite, abbreviated to TCP/IP. Computers on the Internet use a client/server architecture. This means that the remote server machine provides files and services to the user's local client machine. Software can be installed on a client computer to take advantage of the latest access technology.

An Internet user has access to a wide variety of services: electronic mail, file transfer, vast information resources, interest group membership, interactive collaboration, multimedia displays, real-time broadcasting, shopping opportunities, breaking news, and much more.

The Internet consists primarily of a variety of access protocols. Many of these protocols feature programs that allow users to search for and retrieve material made available by the protocol.

WORLD WIDE WEB

2009-05-28T08:38:00.002-07:00

The World Wide Web (abbreviated as the Web or WWW) is a system of Internet servers that supports hypertext to access several Internet protocols on a single interface. Almost every protocol type available on the Internet is accessible on the Web. The World Wide Web provides a single interface for accessing all these protocols. This creates a convenient and user-friendly environment. The Web gathers together these protocols into a single system. Because of this feature, and because of the Web's ability to work with multimedia and advanced programming languages, the Web is the fastest-growing component of the Internet.

The operation of the Web relies primarily on hypertext as its means of information retrieval. HyperText is a document containing words that connect to other documents. A single hypertext document can contain links to many documents. In the context of the Web, words or graphics may serve as links to other documents, images, video, and sound. Overall, the Web contains a complex virtual web of connections among a vast number of documents, graphics, videos, and sounds.

Producing hypertext for the Web is accomplished by creating documents with a language called HyperText Markup Language, or HTML. With HTML, tags are placed within the text to accomplish document formatting, visual features such as font size, italics and bold, and the creation of hypertext links. Graphics and multimedia may also be incorporated into an HTML document. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), led by Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, coordinates the efforts of standardizing HTML. The W3C now calls the language XHTML and considers it to be an application of the XML language standard.

The World Wide Web consists of files, called pages or home pages, containing links to documents and resources throughout the Internet.

The Web provides a vast array of experiences including multimedia presentations, real-time collaboration, interactive pages, radio and television broadcasts, and the automatic "push" of information to a client computer. Programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, Cold Fusion and XML are extending the capabilities of the Web. A growing amount of information on the Web is served dynamically from content stored in databases. For more complete information about the World Wide Web, see Understanding The World Wide Web.

E-MAIL

2009-05-28T08:38:00.001-07:00

Electronic mail, or e-mail, allows computer users locally and worldwide to exchange messages. Each user of e-mail has a mailbox address to which messages are sent. Messages sent through e-mail can arrive within a matter of seconds.

A powerful aspect of e-mail is the option to send electronic files to a person's e-mail address. Non-ASCII files, known as binary files, may be attached to e-mail messages. These files are referred to as MIME attachments.MIME stands for Multimedia Internet Mail Extension, and was developed to help e-mail software handle a variety of file types. For example, a document created in Microsoft Word can be attached to an e-mail message and retrieved by the recipient with the appropriate e-mail program. Many e-mail programs, including Eudora, Netscape Messenger, and Microsoft Outlook, offer the ability to read files written in HTML, which is itself a MIME type.