PC Tips : Increase your Laptop's battery backup

Do you want to increase your Laptop's Battery backup time ? then try the below link, Software Name is TurnOffLCD.

Instead of using screen saver, you can use this software to switch off your LCD monitor instantly to save battery power.

Download from http://www.ziddu.com/download/2247333/TurnOffLCD.zip.html


This Software will work for desktop PCs too.

PC Tips : Repair your Mobile Phone Locally with help of Service Manual

Are you looking for repairing your mobile phone locally ?

Then you need a service manual of your mobile model to refer.

You can try the following site to get the Service Manual of any mobile phone model.

Site Name : http://www.ipmart-forum.com

You have to register as a user and login to search for any service manual. Registration is free.

Try and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Mute Windows XP Sound Instantly using Shortcut

Instant Mute (Windows XP)

Normally we all use windows sound settings / tray icon to mute sound if needed, Instead of that we can create a shortcut on desktop and use it instantly.

Use the following steps to create a small shortcut on desktop to mute the sound instantly :


Open Notepad


Just copy and paste the below mentioned codes :


set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.run"Sndvol32"
WScript.Sleep 1500
oShell.SendKeys"{TAB 2} "
oShell.SendKeys"%{F4}"


Save it to mute.vbs


Now double click on the shortcut to mute sound instantly.

PC Tips : Stop Internet Explorer opens by default

Your default browser is something like XXXX, but some web pages opens only in Internet Explorer. If you want to disable IE, here is the solution :

In Start Menu select Set program access and defaults (you can get this from
Control panel -> Add or Remove Programs also)

Select Custom

In Choose a default web browser :

Select your Browser and in right side Click on Enable Access to this Program check box
And Disable Access to Internet Explorer by unchecking the check box

Close all the windows and restart you default browser.

Now all your web pages will open in your default browser only.

PC Tips: Disable Thumbnails (Windows XP)

Thumbs.db is the cache file of the current picture which is available in the directory. To remove this, you can use the following steps :

Open any folder then goto Tools menu and select Folder Options

In folder options, select View Tab

in Under Files and Folders, Deselect Do Not Cache Thumbnails


Else


Open Registry Editor using Regedit, then goto

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In Right side pane, double click on DisableThumbnailCache and change the value to 1

Close Registry Editor and Logoff / Restart your PC.

PC Tips: Sollution for Windows Update Error

Are you getting any error like "The following updates were not installed" while windows automatic updatation ?

Then use the below mentioned steps to solve your issue :

Download WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe from Microsoft using following link :

http://download.windowsupdate.com/v7/windowsupdate/redist/standalone/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Copy that file into C:\WUAGENT directory, then goto command prompt using cmd and type :

cd\
cd\wuagent
WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe /wuforce

The above mentioned steps will help you to reinstall your Windows Update Agent. After installation you will not face any problem in updates.

PC Tips: Search Rapidshare through Google

Use the following search strings to search RAPIDSHARE thro Google search engine :

site:rapidshare.com inurl:users "*"
site:rapidshare.de inurl:users "*"
site:rapidshare.com inurl:files "*"
site:rapidshare.de inurl:files "*"

Ex. : If you need any Antivirus Software like Mcafee, then you can try following keywords to get all rapidshare folders or files related to Macfee :

site:rapidshare.com inurl:users "mcafee"
site:rapidshare.de inurl:users "mcafee"

PC Tips: Top 10 Torrent Search Engine Sites, Search Torrent Files Thro Google

Following are the top 10 Torrent Search Engine Sites :

Bitsoup
BiteNova
Isohunt.com
Demonoid.com
YouTorrent.com
Torrentscan.com
Torrentspy.com
Torrentz.com
Torrentmatrix.com
TorrentTyphoon.com

You can search Torrnet Files through google using following search string :

yourfilename filetype:torrent