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Oct 15, 2010

Windows 7 Tips,Tricks and Cracks

Key board shortcuts:
ALT + G :D isplay Gadgets On Top Of Other Windows
ALT + P :D isplay Or Hide The Explorer Preview Panel
:P review Photos In Windows Explorer
Windows key + Left key :D ock The Current Windows To The Left Side Of The Screen
Windows key + Right key :D ock The Current Windows to the right side of the screen.
Windows Key + Plus Key :D esktop Magnifier
Windows Key + Minus Key: Zoom out (in desktop)
Windows Key + Up Key :Maximize Or Restore The Foreground Window
Windows Key + Down Key :Minimize The Active Window
Windows Key + T :Move through theTaskbar icons(Alt + Tab in XP for moving across opened programs)
Windows Key + Home Key :Minimize Everything Except The Current Window
Windows Key + Shift Key+
Left or Right Key :Toggles between monitors if you have multiple screens installed.
Ctrl + Shift+application :Run any application as a administrator
Features which are present in WINDOWS 7 ONLY but not in XP
1.Normally file copy happens in a single thread,which takes more time,which happens much disadvantageous in case of dual core processors or higher ones.But ,in order it to make a multi threaded program with n number of threads ,you can specify “/MT[:n]” in command line.The optimal value of n will be equal to number of processors.
2.Press the Windows key and type Gpedit.msc. Go to Computer Navigation -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Application Control Policies -> AppLocker. Right click on one of the options and create a new rule.Through this,you can block the users of executing vulnerable scripts and other harmful executables.
3.Effective power management can be done by pressing the Windows Key and typing “POWERCFG –ENERGY –OUTPUT ”,which will create a file called energy-report.html in the folder.You can then view the power options for all devices and can compare with the specified ratings.
4.Hold down Shift, right-click the drive and “Open in New Process” which can open even a folder as a new process if it can cause you a crash and terminate all your works.

Oct 9, 2010

4 Tools For Working Remotely

Tools for working remotely

Below are all the tools I use on a daily basis for working remotely. I’m sure that you’re already using some of them.

Skype

Skype is perhaps the most used communication tool for companies. You can use skype for chat, making and receiving calls, or for doing screen sharing. Best of all skype is free and works on every platform.

Campfire

Campfire is a web application by 37signals for keeping track of communications with your team. We use campfire extensively and we never had a single issue in many years.

Google Apps and Google Docs

Google apps together with google docs provides most of what you’ll ever need for sharing documents. I personally use these tools only occasionally, except for gmail where I can sync many account into a single one.

Basecamp

Basecamp is another web application by 37signals. You can use basecamp to keep track of your projects and things to do. If your requirements are simple you can probably use pen and paper, otherwise this is an excellent program. I am personally not using basecamp anymore, as my requirements are very specific and I don’t have a team to manage.

Sep 17, 2010

Torrents Explained..



Torrent is a very small file whose file name ends with ".torrent" extension. It (A torrent file) contains all the information about the file to be downloaded like file name, file size, date of creation and some other information. A torrent file also contains a list of trackers. You can download very large files like games, movies, videos etc very easily using torrents. You can also use torrents to share files with your friends instead of sharing files through messengers.

What is a tracker ?
A tracker is a computer on the internet. It comes into action as soon as you open the .torrent file using a torrent client. Tracker manages the torrent file on the internet. Tracker also allows the parts of the file to be downloaded from more than one server.

What is a seeder ?
A seeder is a person who has more than 0% of the file associated with the torrent file.

What is a leecher ?
A leecher is a person who is attempting to download the files through torrent.

The downloading time will depend on the number of seeders and leechers. More the seeders, lesser the time and more the leechers, more the time.

How to download files using torrent ?
It is very easy to download through torrents. First of all download and install a torrent client software. You need this software to open torrent files. uTorrent is the best torrent client software. Now find a file that you want to download from a torrent search engine. After you find the desired file, the torrent search engine will allow you to download a .torrent file. Download that torrent file. Now open this torrent file using uTorrent (Or any other client software) and it will start download the file for you

Download complete websites to your desktop and surf them offline




Website eXtractor saves you time and effort by downloading entire Internet sites (or the sections you stipulate) to your hard drive.

Whether you browse the web for research, work, or fun, there's nothing worse than having to wait for page after page to load in Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator (or in other popular browsers). The problem is they will only load one page at a time. So if you are viewing a large website with a thousand pages, you'd have to click the mouse a thousand times ... and ... choose a directory/folder a thousands times when you want to save each file. You end up spending a lot of time waiting around and not enough time reading or viewing pages on the Internet.
Note: Using a regular browser to surf large websites or photo galleries takes the fun out of web browsing and makes research a real chore.
But now, with WebSite eXtractor, you can download whole websites (or parts of them) in one go to your computer. You can then view the whole site offline at your leisure - and you can whiz through the saved pages at lightning speed.
WebSite eXtractor is a great tool for researchers, journalists, students, equity analysts, business and marketing executives - as well as for those who want to browse family websites containing digital photo albums.

Advantages :
  • Transfer whole websites to CD-ROM or floppy
  • Another big benefit of the program is it changes html-links to relative names. In other words, it turns web addresses (URLs) into addresses that work on your computer.
  • Researchers, writers, and journalists can easily archive reference material from the Internet.
  • The program can download up to 100 files at a time, which saves you a huge amount of time compared to ordinary browsers.
  • Website eXtractor automatically lets you download any files that were not copied due to transfer errors or bad connections.

To download the full version use the given torrent : http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/3655896/Website_eXtractor_9.52_Retail.3655896.TPB.torrent

Keep You PC Clean and Error Free with CCleaner - A must have Utility


CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! CCleaner 2.11.636 Changes: - Optimized startup and closing of application. - Improved Registry cleaning on 64-bit OS. - Improved memory usage on Windows Vista. - Added System Tray icon status. - Internal refactoring of code for efficiency. - Improved Uninstall Tool accuracy with MSI installers. - Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool on 64-bit OS. - Fixed bug in INI file folder recursion. - Fixed bug in INI file OS detection. - Added Live Messenger cleaning for .SQM files. - Added Vietnamese translation. - Minor tweaks and improvements.

How to open office 2007 files into Office 2003 from COMPUTER TRICKS

Today tip will help you to resolve the compatibility issues between the Office 2003 and Office 2007. Because all programs in office 2003 used the old file extensions for its different programs.  For example Word 2003 saved files with extension .doc, Excel 2003 with .xls and PowerPoint with .ppt. but on the other office 2007 used the new file extensions for its different programs.  For example Word 2007 saved files with extension .docx, Excel 2007 with .xlsx and PowerPoint with .pptx. Now the problem is that when you will try to open office 2007 files into office 2003 and you will not open the file due to compatibility issues between both office versions.  Microsoft provides a free compatibility pack to convert office 2007 documents to the office 2003 format. There are many third party free converter are available but here we are using Microsoft office compatibility pack.
Follow the given steps to download free Microsoft compatibility pack and install it.
To use this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.
Visit the following link to download the Microsoft compatibility pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en