PC Tips: Check your Windows XP / Vista Activation Status

Following are the steps to check your Windows XP / Vista's Activation Status :

Windows XP :

Goto Start Menu and Select Run

Type oobe/msoobe /a and press Enter

There will be a dialog window will appear and let you know the activation status.


Windows Vista:

Goto Start Menu and Select Run

Type slmgr.vbs -dli and press Enter

There will be a dialog window will appear and let you know the activation status.

PC Tips : Learn Linux through Windows

Instead of installing Linux OS separately, you can install the following software in windows, and learn Linux.


You can download software from http://cygwin.com.

This is not a complete Linux, this is simulator package, and will give experience like Linux. While installing you can select the required services, and through setup program you can install the new packages whenever needed.

This is very useful for students.

Try and give your feedback.

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

PC Tips : Reinstall your XP without Data Loss

Following steps will help you to reinstall your Windows XP without data loss :


Start Windows XP
Goto Command Prompt using CMD
Then, open your Windows CD Setup source files
Type WINNT32 /unattend

Example : D:\I386\winnt32 /unattend (D:\ - assume that your CD Drive is D:)

PC Tips : Best Excel Shortcuts

Following are one of the best shortcuts of MS Excel :

1. Outline border to the selected cells - Ctrl Shift &
2. Change Date format with day, month, and year - Ctrl Shift #
3. Change Time format with hour and minute, AM or PM - Ctrl Shift @
4. For the current time - Ctrl Shift :
5. For current date - Ctrl ;
6. Hide selected rows - Ctrl 9
7. Hide selected columns - Ctrl 0
8. Display Farmulas / Alternate in the worksheet - Ctrl `
9. Display the Find / Replace dialog box - Ctrl H
10.To insert Hyperlink - Ctrl K

PC Tips : Disable Registry Editor (Windows XP Pro)

As you know that, Registry Editor is a very powerful tool of Windows XP Pro. To use this you can control your XP completely.

If you need you can Disable Registry Editor and protect your computer from unwanted changes being made. Use the below steps to do that :

Start Group Policy Editor using gpedit.msc
In Left Panel Select User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System
Then, In Right Panel Select Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools and enable it

Now you can't access Registry Editor.

Note : This is not for Windows XP Home

PC Tips : Spelling Checker for any Win Application

If you need to use spelling checker utility other then Word Application, you can try the following application. That is TINYSPELL, this is handy application and it allows you to check and correct in any windows application quickly / easily.

TINYSPELL installs in system try for easy access and it comes with an American English Dictionary, contains more than 110,000 words. It works fine with notepad too.

Download link : EXE File - http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/tisp17012.exe
Download link : ZIP File - http://www.tinyspell.m6.net/tisp17012.zip

PC Tips : Shortcut for Removing USB Devices Safely

Normally we use tray icon Safely Remove Hardware to remove our USB devices from PC. But if we have more tray icons, then we probably need some time to find Safely Remove Hardware icon. So, we can create a desktop icon for removing USB devices Safely and Quickly.

Use the below steps to create a desktop icon for removing USB devices :

Right Click on Desktop and select New and then select Shortcut
Type RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll and press Next
Then Type the name of the shortcut like Remove USB

Your shortcut is ready now, you can double click to easily and safely remove your USB Devices.

PC Tips : Check Your Age on Other Planets

Every planet takes different time frame to rotate the sun. Our Earth takes 365 days or One year to do the same. In our solar system, some planets take less than one Earth year and others take many Earth years to rotate.

What would be our age if we were born on MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO ?

With the help the following website we can calculate our age in other planets

Check this website

Try this and give your comments.

PC Tips : More Registry Tips - Windows XP

More Registry Tips :


Automatically Kill Non-Responsive Tasks

Goto Registry Editor using Regedit
Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks
Set the value to 1
In the same section, select WaitToKillAppTimeout and change its vlue to milliseconds you want.


Change Internet Explorer Title

Goto Registry Editor using Regedit
Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window Title
Change the value to what you want to appear in the title bar

PC Tips : Enable / Disable - Highlight Newly Installed Programs

After installation of a new software, in start menu you will get a small pop up which will highlight that new software is installed.

We can disable / enable this option using the following way :

Right Click on Taskbar and select properties

Goto Startmenu Tab and click Customise

And in Advance Tab, Clear Highlight Newly installed programs check box and press OK

PC Tips : Search Option - Windows XP

Normally, Search option in XP will not display hidden files / unknown extension files. But, the following steps will help to find all the files in your PC.

Goto Registry Editor using Regedit and find

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex

In right side Panel select FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions

Change the value from 0 to 1

Press F5 to refresh and close your Registry Editor.

Now search option will display all the files in your PC.

PC Tips : Add Command Prompt in right click context menu (XP)

Following steps will help you to add Command Prompt option to the default right click context menu in Windows Explorer :

Open Registry Editor using REGEDIT

find entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell

create a key called Command Prompt and create a new key in command prompt named command and set the default string to

cmd.exe /k pushd %1

Close your registry editor check.

PC Tips : Stop Dialog Box asking you to restart after an update (Windows XP)

After windows updation, the OS needs to be restarted. Normally a dialog box will appear with no close button! We can avoid this dialog box if you plan to restart your PC later.

Use the below steps:

Start -> Run type CMD and press Enter
in command prompt, Type sc stop wuauserv and press enter

This command will stop the dialog box asks if you want to restart now or later.

PC Tips : Download Youtube Videos without using any Software

Below mentioned link will help you to download youtube videos without using any software :

www.kissyoutube.com

If you know your youtube video's download link, then just add kiss before link and press enter.

example:

your link is like : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7 sfjlsfjlsfjslsn then change it to

http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=7 sfjlsfjlsfjslsn and press enter.

The video will be downloaded in FLV format, you can use FLV Player to watch.

To download FLV Player, you can click here

PC Tips : Taking Ownership of Access Denied Folder(s)

If you reinstall Windows XP, sometimes you can get an error of Access Denied when trying to open a previous user's files / directory. Use the below steps to take ownership of that :

Log on to Administrator OR user with admin rights
Right click on specific folder and select Properties
Goto Security tab and click the Advanced button
Click on Owner tab and in the list of Names, click on your name
Then, click on Replace owner on subcontainers and objects and press OK and Yes

Now you can open the folder and browse.

PC Tips : Talking PDF

There is a facility, where we can listen to any PDF document instead of reading. Yes, with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or above we can.

Use the below shortcuts :

Ctrl+Shift+B to listen the full document (View-> Read out Loud -> Read to the End of Document)
Ctrl+Shift+V to listen current page (View -> Read out Loud ->Read This Page)
Ctrl+Shift+E to Stop Speech (View -> Read out Loud -> Stop)

But the voice is very fast, if it is not convenient to hear, we can adjust it by changing Voice Speed -> Slow Adjustment in Control Panel -> Speech.

PC Tips : Speed Up your Windows XP by Closing Idle Services

This trick will help you to increase your system speed by closing all idle services. To enable this feature, just follow the below steps :

Start -> Run then type : Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks and press enter.

Your system will take some time to kill idle process.

PC Tips : Solution for Dial-up Connection Disconnects while LOGOFF / Fast User Switching

This method is very old but still usable for dial-up internet users.

Use the below method to resume internet connection while LogOff / Fast User Switching,

Start -> Run then type regedit and press enter

Locate the following entry,

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Right-click within the right pane, select New and then select String Value, and give name as

KeepRasConnections

and press enter, then double click on KeepRasConnections and set the value to 1. Close the Registry Editer and restart your PC. Now, your dial-up internet connection will resume after LogOff / Fast User Switching.

PC Tips : How to Format USB Drive with NTFS File System

The advantage of NTFS file system is more security options and fast. Normally USB drive capacity is very small enough that NTFS is not recommended. But, nowadays USB drives are coming with larger capacity also. So we can format USB drive with NTFS to have more security options.

NTFS enabled USB Drives are write-able only on one PC and becomes read only on all other PCs. Hence, we can read and write on our own PC and transfer files to elsewhere without any fear of virus.

In XP, only FAT and FAT32 file systems are available in format options, use the below steps to format in NTFS File System.

a. Insert USB drive in your PC
b. Goto Device Manager
c. Select Disk Drives and expand
d. Right Click on USB drive and select Properties
e. Goto policies tab and select Optimize for performance and press OK
f. Open My Computer, Click on USB Drive and select Format Opton

Now you can have NTFS option there.

PC Tips : Enable Auto Login - Windows XP

Below are the procedure for XP Auto login :

Start -> Run type regedit then click OK

Locate the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

In Right Side Pane :

Double-click on DefaultUserName then type your user name as value and click OK
Double-click on DefaultPassword then type your password as value and click OK

If there is no entry like DefaultPassword, then create it using the following steps:

Rightclick and select New, and then select String Value
Type DefaultPassword as value name and Press OK
Double click on newly created entry and type your password there as value

If DefaultPassword string is not specified then Windows XP automatically changes the value of AutoAdminLogon key from 1 (true) to 0 (false) to turn off AutoAdminLogon facility.

Double-click on AutoAdminLogon entry then type 1 as value and Press OK

If there is no entry like AutoAdminLogon, then create it using the following steps:

Rightclick and select New, and then select String Value
Type AutoAdminLogon as value name, and then Press OK
Double Click the newly created key and type 1 as value

Close Registry Editor

Restart your PC, now your XP can log in Automatically.

PC Tips : View Folder Size - Windows Explorer

We can customize Windows Explorer to show file details and also its size. But, view the folder size is not possible. Below software will solve that issue, it can show size of files and folders in same column. This software will work as a plugin for windows explorer.

Download link is Here


After installation, open windows explorer then right click on header and choose folder size to view the folder size on same window.

This is freewere and supports Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit versions. But not for Vista.

Check and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Hi-Speed Online Dictionary

This is Hi-Speed online dictionary, get results within 14 micro seconds. Its back end is Ruby powered by Rails with MySQL Server.

Link is here :

Hi-Speed Online Dictionary


Try and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Some XP Tricks

Hide your XP Based PC from Network Neighborhood :

Goto Command Prompt or RUN then type :

Net config server /hidden:yes

Network Neighborhood can't see your pc now.


Simple Way to Share Multiple Folders :

Goto Run and Type SHRPUBW.EXE then press Enter

Select the folder you want to share and Set permissions, your share folder is ready now

PC Tips : Find Win XP Key From Installation CD

We can get the Win XP's Product key from CD,

Open XP Installation CD, Explore i386 folder and find UNATTEND.txt file and open it. Goto end and find the CD Key.

This works in corporate edition installation CDs. Need to check for other CDs, if you have any idea please post your comments here for future reference.

PC Tips : How To Make Bootable Pendrive using Makebootable

When critical windows problem comes, we need bootable CD to repair windows, instead of CD we can use our pendrive as bootable, for that we can use MakeBootable software. MakeBootable is a freeware and it helps to convert pen drive into a bootable media,

But only problem is pendrive will work only with FAT file system, hence take backup of your pendrive before start.

After convert your pen drive bootable, change your BIOS to select USB Device as First Boot device to boot from pendrive.

Download here

PC Tips : Fast Defraggler

Below mentioned software is the best defrag software, performance is very good and working very fast :

Piriform Defraggler


This has facility to defrag a single file. Works with 64bit system too.



Try and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Download Torrent Files Without Using Torrent Client

You can download Torrent Files Without Using Torrent Client if you use the following website :

www.bitlet.org

Just copy and paste your torrent file link and press download torrent, you can now download torrent file without using torrent client.

Try and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Create a new secondary id under your exisintg Yahoo ID

Use the below mentioned step to create a new secondary yahoo id under the existing yahoo id :

Just copy and paste and below link to the address bar after opened your yahoo account page, after verifying your password yahoo will allow you to create a new secondary email id under existing id,

https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.src=ym&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fedit.yahoo.com%2Fconfig%2Flist_alias%3F.src%3Dym%26.intl%3Dus

try and give your feedback.

PC Tips : Change your Yahoo Messenger's Title

Use the below steps to change your yahoo messenger's Title :

Close your Yahoo Messenger and Open C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger folder
Open the file ymsgr with Notepad, and goto end then type the following text :

[APP TITLE]
CAPTION=Enter your text here

Save and close "ymsgr" file

Run your Yahoo Messenger and check now

PC Tips : How to change the Location of Default Folders in Win XP?

Normally Windows XP won't allows you to change default location of its important folders like desktop etc..

But, use the below steps to change that if you wish...

install TweakUi and run, in that select My Computer section and then Special Folders, now you have a more options to change the default folder's path.

TweakUi is belongs to Microsoft and called as PowerToys. And from here you can get more powertoys.


Check and give your feedback

PC Tips : Increase your DVD Drive's Life

There is a software named dvdidlepro which will really increase your dvd drive's life. This DVDIdlepro saves DVD data into the hard disk cache or RAM cache, and then feeds into DVD player, this allows the DVD Drive to take rest.

Hence, a 8X-speed DVD drive will work for maximum 15 minutes only when you are playing a 90 minutes movie.

The download like is here

Try and give your feedback

PC Tips : How to Increase your PC's Booting Speed / RAM Cleaner

In Notepad, type :

FreeMem=Space(6400000)

Save it as ramcleaner.vbs and run it whenever your PC became slow. If you have a bigger RAM, you can change value from 6400000 to more.

One more option is, remove your ram and clean the metal portion (which part is going inside slot) with normal pencil rubber and install it again.

PC Tips : View Hidden Files

If you are unable to view hidden files even if you change the setting in folder options, you can try below mentioned steps solve your issue :

Goto Start --> Run, then type Regedit

Then goto

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

Find a key called CheckedValue

Change the key value to to 1. This will allows you to show all the hidden files

Note : Before change any values, take backup of your registry

PC Tips : Cool Firefox Tricks

Below are some Cool Firefox Tricks, just copy and paste it in your firefox browser's address bar :

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul
- Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the existing Firefox window

chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul
- Opens Options dialog box inside the tab

chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul :
- Opens BookMarks Manager inside the tab

chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul
- Opens History Panel inside the tab.

chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions
- Opens Extensions window in the current tab

chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul
- Opens cookies window inside the tab

chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul
- Opens Clear Private Data window inside the current tab

chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul
- Opens About Firefox Dialog box inside the tab

chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul
- Dancing Firefox


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PC Tips : Restore missing RUN Command to Start Menu - XP

Use the below steps to restore the missing 'RUN' command to the Start menu.


Right click Taskbar and select Properties, then

Select Start Menu and select Customize

Click on Advanced

Find a check box for Run command in the option window. Check the box and press OK.

RUN command is back now

PC Tips : Special shorcuts - Windows Xp

Try these special shortcuts,


Start -> Run then type . and Press Enter User Profile will open
Start -> Run then type .. and Press Enter Documents and Settings will open
Start -> Run then type ... and Press Enter My Computer will open


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PC Tips : Standby and Hibernate options (Win XP)

Standby

If your pc is idle for a some period of time, it goes into power-saving standby mode. Manual standby requires you to specify an action that puts your computer in standby mode or pressing the power button or the sleep button, and you can also select standby option when you shut down Windows, while in standby mode your PC will consume very less power and quickly returns when you power up your pc again.


Hibernate

If you select hibernate option, it saves all your open files and documents then it powers down your pc. And, when you press power button, your files and documents are open on your desktop exactly as you left them.

This is very useful utility for laptop users when their laptop battery power reaches a critically low level.


How to enable Hibernate option ?

open control panel, select power options and open it, select hibernate and enable it using check box. Then, select shutdown option using start menu, press Shift Key, you can see hibernate option there.

Try and give your comments.

PC Tips : Good Website for User Guides / Manuals

Check the below mentioned website, it has 80000 more user guides / manuals :

http://safemanuals.com

PC Tips : Escape from Key Loggers

Are you browsing in public computer and worrying about typing passwords ? There is a way to escape from that ;

Normally Key Loggers will record only key impressions, hence type your password with some additional letters and delete them using mouse.

This is a simple way to escape from key loggers temporarily.

PC Tips : System and Hardware Information of your XP System

Need to know more about your Windows XP System? MS Windows has a inbult facility for that. Try the following steps :


Start -> Run type msinfo32 and press Enter


You will get a new window with all informations.

PC Tips : Internet Programming Tips (HTML)

For internet programming help / tips, you can refer the below website :

Windows, Internet and programming tips / mini-tutorials

This site has good html help / tutorials, just check and give your feedback.

PC Tips : How to Enable / Disable Default ZIP Utility - Win XP?

WIN XP has a default feature of support ZIP files. How to enable or disable it ?


To Disable ZIP feature

Start -> Run Type regsvr32 /u %windir%/system32/zipfldr.dll and press Enter

To Enable

Just remove /u from the above said command and press Enter

PC Tips : Windows Error - Delayed Write Failed

Some times Windows OS gives Delayed Write Failed error,

The exact error message is:

Windows was unable to save all the data for the file drive_letter:\file_path\file_name. The data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elsewhere.To restore normal behavior.

Just Try this Solution :

Start -> Run -> type cmd and then press enter, you can get command window

Then, type the below mentioned command and press Enter:

REG ADD “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\3ware Storage Controller” /V CacheControl /T REG_DWORD /D 0 /F

You will get a message like "The operation completed successfully", then restart you PC.

PC Tips : How to Assemble a PC ?

Need help in PC Assembling ? below reference will help you,

PC Architecture - a book by Michael Karbo

This book is a complete illustrated guide to the PC Hardware, in HTML format


Try and give your comments

PC Tips : Device Driver Collector

Are you facing Driver missing problem while reinstall your PC ? The solution is backup your Device Drivers, below mentioned program will do that,

Program Name : Driver Collector
Version : 1.2 - Download from here

This is freeware, No need to install, even you can run from your pendrive and works with all Windows OS.

PC Tips : How to Create ISO Image from your CD?

Do you have an Important CDs ? just convert that CD contents into ISO image and save it in harddisk which will help in emergency. ISO image is the common CD Image format, most popular CD Burning programs can burn ISO images into recordable CDs. The full contents of the CD can be saved in ISO image file.

Steps to create ISO image :

Download undisker tool from here and rut it
Insert source CD into your CDRW Drive
Select Capture CDROM option and give your destination filename
Choose ISO as file format and press Save Button

Then your CD contents will be saved as ISO image in your harddisk.

PC Tips : Shortcut for Device Manager

Are you a frequent user of Device Manager? then, following shortcut will be useful for you,


Start -> Run then type devmgmt.msc and press Enter

Your Device Manager window will open immediately, even you can create a shortcut on your desktop to access easily.

PC Tips : How to change the physical path of "My Documents" folder?

By default, My Documents folder will be available in %userprofile% folder only,

Ex.: C:\Documents and Settings\"User Name"\My Documents

If you want to change the physical location / path of My Documents folder, just follow the below steps :

* Create new a folder in different drive / different location
* Apply folder permissions
* Then, In My Computer view, from Common Tasks pane on left side, right-click on
My Documents and select Properties
* And, in Target Tab, type the target folder path and click apply

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PC Tips : Login into Hidden Administrator (Win XP Pro)

The Administrator account is hidden on XP Pro Welcome Screen.

Just press ctrl + alt + del twice at the Welcome Screen to get login prompt window. Then, just type user name as Administrator and your admin password to login as administrator.

Note : In Windows XP Home Edition built-in Administrator will work only in Safe Mode.

PC Tips : Download Videos from Youtube

Needs to download videos from Youtube? that is never difficult anymore. Just install Firefox with any of the extensions mentioned below. In just a few clicks you can able to save videos from Youtube or any other sites into your harddisk.

VideoDownloader

Very popular extension for firefox and it enables you to download any video files from any site like Google, Youtube, IFilm, Dailymotion & Metacafe.

FlashGot

This supports multiple downloads using external download manager for any Operating System like Windows, MAC, Linux, etc..

Flashget

This is also a popular extension for firefox and it acts as a download manager

PC Tips : How To Access The Data Inside Crashed HDD? : PC Tips

Many of my friends when their Operating System (OS) crash, they just format the PC because they thought that they cannot access the data inside the Hard Disk. But even, if our OS crash, we can still access our data inside the crashed HDD. I hope most of you have seen the blue screen of death when your Operating System crash.

We can access the data by using Portable LiveCD like Portable XP / Linux Live CD. My preference is SLAX Linux Live CD.

Just boot your computer with newly burned bootcd (SLAX). After successful boot you can be able to see your hard drive contents from the folder view. No need to mount the partitions, because it is already mounted. Just use a pendrive to backup your importat data.

Otherwise, use the below method :

Just remove your crashed HDD from the your PC and connect that with other Xp based PC's secondary slot, check with bios for HDD detection and boot it. After booting you can see your HDD in My Computer view as D: or E:

Just use a pendrive to backup your importat data.

PC Tips : How to Backup your browser Favorites / Bookmarks? : PC Tips

While surfing , we used to bookmark some useful sites for future reference. But if our system has a problem and need to be formatted, we will loose our favorites/bookmark links. It is better for us to backup our browser bookmarks. The process of backup bookmarks / favorites is really simple:

Internet Explorer

Open My Computer and goto to C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\ and find the "Favorites" folder

Note: Before this just click on Tools > Folder Options > Show Hidden Files & Folders to view hidden files / folders.

Just copy this folder to your backup location.


Firefox

Goto Bookmarks then Organize Bookmarks from Firefox browser window then from the File menu select Export.

Choose the location to save the bookmarks.html file then click save.

PC Tips : Search in Rapidshare

As you know that Rapidshare.com has plenty of softwares, movies, ebooks, documents and etc.. but there is no direct facility to search their database.

To solve this problem we can use Mayoko, this utility has many features to search Rapidshare.com database. link is mentioned below :

http://www.mayoko.com

Try and give your feedback

PC Tips : Check your Internet Connection Speed

This speedometer will calculate the speed of your office / house internet connection instantly, check the below website :

http://www.abeltronica.com

Check and give your feedback...

Need Abbreviation? : PC Tips

In this computer world we cannot avoid Abbreviations, do you have any problem in getting abbreviations? Below mentioned website will solve this issue, you can get different options like abbreviations to word, word to abbreviations and word in definition.

http://www.abbreviations.com/

Try and give your feedback.

Find Geographical Info from any Telephone Number

Do you want to find out Geographical information of any Telephone Number ?

Use this link to find it out :

http://www.tp2location.com/

This site will help you to resolve any telephone number to its geographical information.

Fast and Safe Windows XP : PC Tips

As i mentioned in my previous post, we can disable further more unneeded startup services for safer and faster XP.

Open MSConfig and goto "Services" Tab and then Unslect the following services :

Alerter
Clipbook
Messenger
Net Logon
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
Remote Registry
Routing & Remote Access
Server
Telnet
Wireless Zero Configuration (if no wireless network)

If you use a Single / Standalone PC, the above mentioned services are not required while startup. This changes will make your pc's booting time less.

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Windows Configuration Utility : PC Tips

MSConfig is the very powerful in-built tool of Microsoft Windows. And, its allows you to enable or disable the programs that start when windows boots. To using this tool we can make the PC boots faster and crashes less and control the "Hidden" programs load in the background.
To open this : Start -> Run -> Type "MSCONFIG" and press Enter


The last tab controls "Startup" programs. Just uncheck the program to remove that from windows startup to make the pc boots fast.

PC Tips : Best Reminders

Reminder software is the one of the useful tool for our daily jobs, here i have given three different types of reminder tools, select any thing as use wish:

Rainlendar - This will start from pc's startup and keep on giving reminders to you, you get this software from : http://rainlendar.net/cms/index.php

Reminderfox - This you can use as a extension of Firefox, the only issue is firefox should run always, you can get this software from : http://reminderfox.mozdev.org/

Online Reminders - This is Online type, through Email or SMS, you can get reminders, to use this you can create login with : http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

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PC Tips : Group Policy Editor (XP Pro)

Group Policy Editer is a very useful and powerful tool of Windows XP Pro. Using this we can manage standalone, small work or home network. To open Group Policy Editer use the following command :

Start -> Run -> type GPEDIT.MSC

In Group Policy Editer select User Configuration and then Administrative Templates, in that you can get many more options to tune your Windows XP. Open and check it.

Pls put your feedback or comments after check.

Note : Group Policy Editer is a powerful tool, improper use may cause problems to your OS.

PC Tips : Welcome to My Blog

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