Showing posts with label Cool Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool Tricks. Show all posts

Monday, December 13, 2010

Assign Permanent Letter to USB drive

If you have multiple pen drives you might have noticed that every time you put in your drive it will be assigned a different drive letter. This can be very annoying, when you trying to open files of pendrive from some software as recent drive letter is changed you have to change address again. So now here is one solution for this problem assign permanent letter to your USB pendrive. Its very simple just follow given steps:

1). Go to Start and then Run.

2). Type mmc in the box and press enter.
(mmc is microsoft console management)

3). Now in console window click on new option in file.

4). Now select File -> Add/Remove Snap-in.

5). In add and remove snaps in window select Disk Management and then click on Add.

6). In disk management window, select This computer and then click on Finish.


7). Now press OK on the Add or Remove snap-ins screen.

8). Now select Disk Management from the left menu.

9).You will now see all of your drives/partitions in the right hand side panel.

10). Right click the USB drive you want to assign a permanent letter to and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.

11). Click on Change.



12). Select a permanent letter.


13). Click OK.

14). It will warn you about making the change - there is little chance programs you use will be affected by this. If they will, you will probably already be aware of this so don’t worry.

15). The final step is to select File > Save and save the file in the default directory. Close the Console and you are done.

Its done..

Format Mobile Phones without any software - Cool Mobile Trick

Does your mobile phones contains viruses? n do you wanna format your mobile phone? then here is trick to format mobile phones. No need to go out to mobile agencies or customer care, format your mobile by yourself.
Before carrying out this process make sure you have copied all your contacts and notes onto your Memory, because every thing will be deleted. When its finished the formatted phone may be like new, just like when u have brought it from showroom.


This trick works for almost all Nokia models. Just follow these steps:

1). Switch off your phone.
2). Remove SIM card & memory chip.
3). Now press and hold these keys 3,*,call green.
4). Then without leaving these three buttons press power button, It will start formating function.
5). It must show you formatting screen, wait for formatting to be finished.
Its done.

This is called hard format.
After the completion of formatting, you can restore all your contacts , notes and other data from memory card.

Login automatically in window XP

If your Windows XP installation forces you to login every time you reboot, Sometimes this seems very annoying especially when you are installing a bunch of software or testing out configurations. Now you can automate the login process easily so that you won't have to login again.

For security reasons, you would usually want to have a password, but for a home computer you may not care.
Here are steps to automate the login process in window XP :
1). Go to the Start menu, click Run, and type control userpasswords2.
2). Uncheck this box user must enter a user name and password to use this computer.
3 ). Click the OK button.
Its Done.
A password dialog will open for the currently logged in user. Now when you reboot your system, you will automatically be logged in.

Turn off Monitor through Keyboard

This is an small, handy and very useful app, by using this you can switch off your monitor by just pressing shift and F1. You can also use this tool for your laptops as most oof the laptops dnt have on off switch for screen, you can save lot of energy by using this.

PushMoitorOff is very easy to use. Whenever you want to switch on or switch off your monitor you just have to press Shift+f1. You can change this shortcut key also using the options provided in the software.

Spypig - Get a notification when people read your email

Have you ever wondered that whether your friend read your mail or not? He/she is not replying or didnt see your mail. Wheteher your important mail reach to its destination. If yes then here is Spypig for you.



Spypig is a cool email tracking system that sends you a notification mail whenever recipient read your mail.

Its very simple to use just follow these steps:

1). Open www.spypig.com .

2). Here enter your Email id and message title.

3). It provides special image which contains tracking code, select 1 of the image provided. If you dont want that your recipient know about this tracking then select blank (white) image provided
there.

4). Select no of notifications you want and then press activate.

5). Now it will generate an image copy that image in your mail.

6). Send it.
Its done.

Now whenever your recipient open that mail you will got a notification email.

Keep your Programs in your USB drives - Cool USB Trick

Sometimes its very frustrating when we take our files to another computer and just discoverd that the software required to read the files is not installed. This situstion is really very annoying
Here’s the simplest solution for this problem – take your programs with you – on your USB drive. 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.
For this you have to download a software Portable Apps. Its an open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). ITs freely available on Internet.
Follow given steps:
1). Go to the Portable Apps website and download the installer, choosing the software you want to carry along.
2). Run the installer and install the software to the root of your USB thumb drive.
Its done! !!
As soon as you connect your thumb drive into a computer, Portable Apps will open up automatically.
Click here to acess Potable Apps

Split or Extract Video files by using ChopperXP

It is very useful when you have less storage space and require a particular portion of video.

Wanna
extract some particular part of some video or movie? Now you cna do it
easily, videos can be easily split or cut by using this software named
Chopper XP.

Chopper XP is a Vob cutting program with a video display and a great interface. It is a DVD cutting program and has very fast speed of operation. You can scroll to a location and select mark in and out points and save the file as a Vob file. The program also lets you set any priority of extraction and displays the estimated time left for extraction.

It let you extrat video files from any DVD and it preserve 100% quality as there is no recompression.

Its a freeware software, available on internet. You can download it by clicking on the link given below.

Click here to download chopper xp

Relax your eyes while working on your Computer

If you use computer for more than 2-3 hours per day, for any purpose work, fun, internet, games or anything. It may strain your eyes.


Long and continous working on computer makes eyes tired, which may lead to some serious eyes problems like
blurred vision, back and head aches, dry and burning eyes, forehead heaviness, light sensitivity, delayed focusing, sore eyes or distorted color vision. To prevent this we should give small brakes to our eyes during long working hour. this can be done by using a small application named Eye Relax.

Eyes Relax is a small application that can do just that, reminding you at a specified interval to relax your eyes. It alert the user after every 13 minutes( by default its 13 minutes but you can change it according to your preferences) that is time to take a 60 seconds brake.

It provides four options for display during brakes
display the default break dialog, blank screen, show an image or a slideshow of pictures from a chosen directory.You can choose one of them which is best suitable for you. It also provides an option to choose audio for brakes.

It has notification feature, displays user the time left for next brake. It also has a parent mode which allows user to password protect his settings so that noone can change is settings.

Eye Relax is freely available on Internet, so download it now and prevent eye strain and give your eyes some small brakes.
It will surely contribute to your health.

Click here to download.

Create Shortcut to shutdown computer - Cool Computer Trick

Leaving your computer in a hurry want to shutdown it but reallly it takes a lot of time first go to start menu then click on shutdown then click ok on shutdown dialog box. But now you can shutdown your system in 1 click. Create shortcut os shutdown on your desktop, To create shortcut follow these steps:


1) Go to desktop, Right click on it.
2) Select New >> Shortcut.
3) In new shortcut wizard window type "shutdown -s -t 01" in location.


4) Click Next.
5) Give any name to shortcut, I gave shutdown.
6) Click OK.

Its done.
now you can shutdown your computer by clicking on that shortcut.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Delete undeletable files in windows XP and Vista

Some files and folders are undeletable for example virus affected files and folders, when we try to delete them, it will show an error message like Cannot delete file: the file is in use by the other program or it can be like Disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use or any other such kind error message. Now here is trick to delete such kind of files
for this you simply need to download a freeware tool called Unlocker.
You can download this free. Follow these steps:



1). Download unlocker and then install it.

2). After installation, right click on file or folder that you want to delete.

3). Select the option Unlocker.

4). If your requested file or folder is used or locked by other application then a small window listing of lockers will appear.

5). Here simply click on Unlock All button.

6). Now you can easily delete this file by just pressing delete button of your keyboard.



Click here to download unlocker.

Scan and Replace window's corrupted System Files

If your computer running slowly or not working properly then there may be some problem in its System files. System files are group of program files that work together to run your computer. These files can be changed or corrupted with time, it may corrupts due to installation of softwares, some internal errors or due to viruses, which makes computer slower.

Scan your system files to check if they are working fine or having some errors. In case of damaged system files you can repair or replace them. It can be done by System file checker.


System File Checker is a utility in Microsoft Windows that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. This utility is available on Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.


Follow these steps to use System file Checker:

1). Go to Run.
2). Type SFC /SCANNOW and click on ok button.
3). It will start scanning proccess and this process takes longer time, it can be more than 30 mins.
4). In case window having some problems, It will display some steps to follow. just follow those steps.

Protect your computer by using Sandbox

There are several security mechanisms that help to prevent users from virus attacks and hackers. The most common are anti-virus, anti-spyware, but there is one more form of security known as sandbox. It is little known but its very effective.
Sandbox is security mechanism that creates a virtual space in which all changes to files, settings and downloads are performed intercepted and, after restarting the computer, they are erased from the disk.
There are few sandbox programs such as Sandboxie and Virtual Sandbox, which allows you to run any program installed on your computer.

Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer.

Sanboxie has many advantages. It provides Secure Web Browsing. As all malicious software downloaded by the browser is trapped in the sandbox and can be discarded trivially. It Enhanced Privacy, collects Browsing history, cookies, and cached temporary files while Web browsing stay in the sandbox and don't leak into Windows.It Secure from E-mail Viruses and other malicious software. They can't break out and can't infect your real system. It also Prevents wear-and-tear in Windows by installing software into an isolated sandbox.
It sounds like virtualizaiton, it is. But it's small, lightweight virtualization, whereas full blown virtualization products are large and cumbersome. Also, the changes Sandboxie makes to your computer are minimal compared to full-fledged desktop virtualization software like that offered by VMware.
Click here to Download Sandboxie.

Recycle bin for Pendrive

Whenever we delete something from a USB flash drive or pendrive, it never goes to system's recycle bin. This feature is very annoying when we accidently delete something from pendrive. Now here is solution for this problem. You can use IBIN, an application which creates a portable Recycle Bin on your USB flash drive.



whenever you delete something on your USB drive it will give you an option Dump into Bin. Later, when you need to recover or permanent delete any file then just right click on iBin tray icon and click on Dumping Management. Here you have options for restore and for permanently delete.
It is free to download.

Pdf files speak

Do you know the reading feature of adobe reader, Now you have no more need to read the long Pdf files line by line, pdf will read out itself for you.
This feature is available in all 6+ version of pdf, It will read the document in computer generated voice. Here are steps:

1). Open a pdf file using adobe reader. Make sure that you have 6 or higher version of adobe reader.
2). Go to view >> Read out Loud >> Activate Read out loud.
3). Then choose any from read this page only or read to end of document.

4). You can also stop or pause reading any time just by selecting option stop or pause in read out loud.

Here are some Shortcuts for the same:
Ctrl + Shift +V to Read this page only.
Ctrl + Shift+ B to read to end of document.
Ctrl + Shift+C to Pause.
Ctrl + Shift+E to Stop reading.

Enjoy listening...

Notepad As DIARY - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you maintain diary??? n want to maintain on your computer then now you can maintain it on your pc without using any software. Use notepad as diary. follow these steps:
1) Create a new notepad file.
2) Type .LOG in it.
3) Save it with any name and close it.
4) Reopen it.



Its done. On reopning it shows current time and date, Whenever you opened it, It will show date and time. So get ready n start writing..

Create Table without using mouse and menus in ms word

It’s possible create Table without using mouse and menus in MS word and Outlook. Here its that…

Type the content (+——+——-+——+) in Microsoft Word and press Enter. One row of a table will be created and for more rows you can press TAB.

Step 1:
+--+--+--+
Step 2: (After pressing Enter having the cursor at the last ‘+’ Result will be like the below one)

Step 3: (press TAB to create more Rows)
In this ' + ' represents the column borders and ' ' represents the length of the each column.

Remove Searchengine from Firefox Searh bar

Do you have some search engines on Firefox search bar which you never used. Keeping them in search bar is of no use, it is better to simplify it by removing search engines. Here are steps to remove searchengine just follow them:




1). Open Firefox and click on a triangle icon on left of search engine toolbar.
2). Click on Manage Search Engines.
3). It will open a window which contains all installed search engines, Select search engine which you want to delete.
4). Click on remove.
5). Click on OK.

Its done.
Close your firefox and reopen it to see the changes.

Use Your Camera Phone as Webcam!


Dont have web cam and want to do video chats? If yes then here is solution for you, now you dont need to buy webcam for videochat. You can use your mobile phone's camera as web cam and can do whatever you want. for this you need to download a software WWIGO(Webcam Wherever I Go).
WWIGO is a software which allows user to transform bluetooth enabled camera phone into a wireless webcam to be used along with PC/Laptop.

Wwigo currently supports Nokia Series 60 phones including both S60 v2.0 and S60 v3.0 devices. Supported Bluetooth stacks are IVT/Bluesoliel, Widcomm, Microsoft and Toshiba Bluetooth stack.
Its freely available on internet, you can ven download from here.

Cliclk here to download WWIGO 1.5

Tips to save your Mobile Battery - Some useful tips

If your battery get discharged very fast, then here are some tips for you. Follow these tips it will surely save your battery.
1) Decrease your display brightness, Go setting>phone>display> brightness (dark).
2) Go setting>network>network mode (gsm) [As dual mode used for 3g & GSM network but GMS used only GSM network, so dual mode need power more then GSM].
3) After used bluetooth you must turn off it, Because if your bluetooth turned on then after 8 hour your battery 50% charge over.
4) Used ringtone, do not vibration alert.
5) After hear songs must removed head-phone.
6) Turn off your mobile then charge. Its good 4 your mobile health.
7) More switch off/on need much power, so try to avoid turn off your mobile.

Tips to keep Laptop cool

A computer generates a great amount of heat. Fortunately desktop computers are usually fitted up with large vents and fans to keep the computers reasonably cool. But the case is different with laptops as they are designed to skimp on vents and fans and not surprisingly, so laptops get overheated very easily. Overheat can cause serious damage, so its better to prevent your laptops from overheating.


Here are some tips given to prevent overheating in laptops:

1. Adjust your power settings from high performance to a more balanced or power saver plan. This will tell the system to only use the power required to run your applications, rather than always using the maximum processor speed.

2. Keep the environment as cool as possible. Using a Notebook computer in the hot summer, you'd better use your air-conditioning. If there is no air-conditioning, at least use fans. Otherwise, even if the computer withstand, I am afraid you will not.

3. Put something under the computer to allow airflow between the laptop and the desk. It may sound like a small trick, but a very important one. You can put part of a book under it, or you can buy the computer cooling pads which works extrem4ly well considering how cheap they are.

4. When using the in the bed or sofa, try not to block the air outlet of the Notebook computer. There are so many cases that the computer died simply because there is no way to get the hot air out.

5. Use dust remover spray to clean out of the laptop's vents. Dust can accumulate in and block the laptop's fan vent.

6. Shut down your computer when not in use, and especially when you are not at home.

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