TRICK/TIP 1 Keep an easily accessible folder for copying files any time using the “SEND TO” menu.

STEP 1:  For this trick, just create a folder of any name in your program files folder or any other place so that its location is not easily guessable by others accessing your pc. It can be either your  c:\windows folder or any location of your choice.

STEP 2: Go to “folder options” in “tools” option of your m enu bar, click “VIEW” and check “show hidden files and folders” so that all hidden folders are visible now.

STEP 3: Now go to “ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\SendTo” where USERNAME is the current user which is logged-in!

STEP 4: Create a new shortcut to the folder you had created in step one by any name! ( you can also go to the folder and click “Send to” on its right click menu and select “DESKTOP”. now cut the shortcut from the desktop and paste it in the send to folder in step 3.

there you go! Now you can right click on any folder or file in windows explorer and click “Send to” and select the name of the shortcut you made in step 4! the file or folder will be copy pasted in that folder! so now you have a secret folder to paste files in!

TRICK/TIP 2 Access your favorite programs by just typing their first alphabets in RUN.

This trick is pretty simple to do and is very useful when you want to amaze your friends with your XP friendliness. suppose you want to access Firefox but do not want its icon to clutter space on your desktop then how it would be if you could just type “F” in the RUN and get Firefox running?? sounds cool??? herez how to do it!

Step 1: Just select Firefox ( or any other application) shortcut from the desktop and rename it by pressing F2 key to the first alphabet of its name ( for example: “F” for Firefox).

STEP 2: Now cut the shortcut and paste it into “c:\Windows\System32”

here you go. you can now access firefox just by typing “F” in the RUN.( access RUN by pressing “Win+R” ).

TRICK/TIP 3  To completely hide the folder

STEP 1: Click on it(single) then press F2(for rename).

STEP 2: Now hold ALT key and pres 0160 then hit the enter.

STEP 3: Now right click on that folder go to properties -go to customize -> click on change icon -> scroll among the icons and you can find a blank space for icon ->select it.so it will done. To make it more effective right click on it go to properties set attributes to hidden.

Hope you enjoyed this post! please leave your comments that rejuvenates me to find & write more better stuff!

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.

The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free and contains no spyware.It is a fully functional and free version. You don’t even have to give out your email address. It’s 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share since most programs it includes are either free or open-source too.

The package contains a web browser, email  client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you’re ready to go.

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Imagine if your PC could be balanced on your thumb! Seems far from reality? Not much nowadays! The initiative in freeing you up from those bulky and heavy laptops has been taken by Ringtube technologies in the form of their latest software product known as Mojopac.

Mojopac is a friendly technology that allows you to take your entire PC on any storage device such as iPods, multimedia phones and even your USB drives. Just install Mojopac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you anywhere.
Every time you plug your Mojopac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC, Mojopac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the Mojopac device, no trace is left behind? Your information is not cached on the host PC. This ensures complete privacy.
With Multiple user accounts, high portability and privacy, this product is set to revolutionize the market.
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If you are a cricket fan, i bet you can never give-up an opportunity like forming you own team from players around the world and watch them perform and score! Cricket fans in india are crazy about watching their favorite players create a massacre on the cricket grounds.
Aircel in partnership with many top sponcers such as yamaha, msn etc has launched a unique and interesting online competition which is name ” Indian fantasy league “! A one of its kind game where the players get to choose 16 out of their favorite players from IPL 09 and get their own scorecard ticking on the basis of the real time performance of chose players in T20 matches in south africa IPL season 2. Initially you get a credit of 750 points to buy players in their team!
since IPL starts in few hours, their scorecards will start ticking as their players perform. this is similar to an earlier initiative by ESPN during ICC world cup 1996.

There are hundreds of prizes to be won and many contests are waiting for you to scroll through them!

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Sliderocket:

Sliderocket is great online app that can help you create highly customized presentations without the need of MS PowerPoint. Besides this, the presentations developed here are stunningly beautiful and appealing. slide rocket gives the presentation you develop in its own format for which it provides a player as a free download. Once you register, it provides huge collection of templates and transitions which look extremely crisp. So get creative the next time you get your hands on those presentations.

Letterfu:

Letterfu is a website that provides you foldable letter templates. Choose the template you like, take their print out. Write your letter contents on it and finally just fold it according to the instructions on the printed template. The letters look really appealing. Great services for you’re your letter needs and too it eliminates the need of an envelope.

DrawAnywhere:

DrawAnywhere is an online diagramming website, where you can draw, modify and share flowcharts and other diagrams, with the look & feel of a desktop application. It runs on any browser with Flash 9 installed. There is no need to download software. It is an always-on-access-anywhere solution. which promises to meet all your diagramming needs without purchasing expensive software. Create any type of diagram such as Flowcharts, Process diagrams, Organizational charts, Floor-plans and more.

Quarkbase:

Quarkbase is a free tool to find complete information about a website. It is a mash up of over 30 data sources and many algorithms gathering information from Internet on various topics like social popularity, traffic, associated people, etc. They, at quarkbase have recently added many new features for you to explore.

Pleasenotifyme:

Do you have some jobs to be completed by your team? Or do you need to remind your friend to complete a college assignment. Here’s a way to do this other than your telephone buddy! Pleasenotifyme is a simple, free service to let you send tasks to people, and be notified when they’re done. Check out this cool and simple project management utility.

Anyvite:

Anyvite is a site designed to give you the ultimate freedom to manage and organize an event. Be it a party or a movie, it can do it all for you within few clicks. It even tells you of the recipient’s responses.

Jooce

Do you access the internet from a cyber cafe quite often? Then jooce is an online app that you were searching for. Jooce is your free online virtual desktop that will store your files and organize them in folder which can be accessed anytime from anywhere. All you need is a descent computer and an average internet connecting speed. And too it looks very beautiful and those 3-d effects combine to give you an ultimate online experience!

so that’s all folks!! Hope that for many of you, these apps will prove boosters! and for those who already knew these, there’s more to explore! happy surfing!

Command Services/ Functions
devmgmt.msc – Device manager
gpedit.msc – Group policies
services.msc – Various Services
msconfig – System Configuration Utility
regedit – Registry Editor
compmgmt.msc – Computer management
devmgmt.msc – Device manager
diskmgmt.msc – Disk management
mailto: – Opens default email client
command – Opens command prompt

Control panel functions

Services/ Functions Command
Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl
Display Properties control desk.cpl
Fonts Folder control fonts
Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl
Mouse Properties control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties control netcpl.cpl
Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl
System Properties control sysdm.cpl

Best windows keyboard Shortcuts

• CTRL while dragging an item Copies the selected item
• CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Creates a shortcut to the selected item
• F2 key Renames the selected item
• F3 key Search for a file or a folder
• ALT+ENTER View the properties for the selected item
• ALT+SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window
• ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
• ALT+TAB Switch between the open items
• F6 key Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
• SHIFT+F10 works as right mouse button
• F5 key Update the active window
• BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
• SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive Prevents the CD-ROM from automatically playing.
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Open Task Manager, same as Ctrl+Alt+Del)
• F11 switches to fullscreen modes in IE ,Firefox and opera.

hope these shorcuts will be helpful in getting you more productive! Windows seven is round the corner, getting familiar with these handy shortcuts will be a good deal.

Microsoft first introduced these limits into Windows to prevent viruses and worms from spreading—because they try and connect to thousands of addresses at a time looking for security holes. What ended up happening instead is a restriction on your BitTorrent downloads, especially from busy torrents where your machine may need to connect to plenty of other systems at once.

This utility patches a critical system file so readers must proceed with caution! it can be downloaded for free from here.

Half-open limit fix is a program designed to change the maximum number of concurrent half-open outbound TCP connections (connection attempts) in the Windows system file tcpip.sys. as the developers suggest, for majority of Internet users, changing the limit to 100 will be more than sufficient.

For Vista and Windows 7 users: Maybe sometime, after updating Windows or SP installation on a desktop will appear watermarks “Test mode”. They can appear because in all versions of Vista and Windows 7, except Vista without SP(x86), there is the obligatory drivers signature check, and the tcpip.sys file sign with test signature after patching. Most likely, to make it disappear will be necessary simply once again to patch tcpip.sys.

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This is just an easter egg in windows and i ‘m sure many of you already know about it! for others, you friends will be amazed to see when you play videos in Microsoft paint and resize the video pane. That sounds pretty cool. so, lets see howz its done..
step 1. Play any video file in VLC or other player. maximixe it!
step 2. press Print screen once(somewhere near your f12 key on standard qwerty KB). this creates a screenshot of the current screen.
step 3. Press Ctrl + C to copy it to the system clipboard.
step 4. open paintbrush.
step 5. press ctrl + V to paste the clipboard contents.

there you go…
you will have a video playing in paintbrush. control it using the controls on the player which it was playing on. bet on how many of your friends can do that? pretty lame i know but an easter egg is meant to be so, unofficially!

In our tests, it proved to work just fine only if you have good light arrangements in the room and a prety descent camera.
But it can be a good tool if you’re struck in a state of emergency and urgently need a scanner.

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