Get back your flip 3d shortcut in windows 7

Flip 3d is the main reason that i have shifted from windows xp to windows Vista i was very much impressed by this 3d effect.Even my friends came to my house to see this effect.For guys who never heard about this Flip3d.It is a enhancement made to Alt+tab  to switch between different windows lying on the taskbar  .

In vista you can invoke FLIP3D effect by clicking here

When i installed windows 7 to my surprise i found out that this cool shortcut was missing .I thought for some days why microsoft people removed such a cool feature from its new shipment.Later a friend of mine told the shortcut was still present and he showed me how to get it back in windows 7.
Follow these steps to get it back on your pc

Step 1. Right-click on Desktop, select New and then Shortcut.
Step 2. In the New Shortcut Wizard, type the below path as location:
RunDll32 DwmApi #105
Step 3. Click next, assign name as Flip-3D.
Step 4. Lastly, click on Finish button.
Step 5. Once you click Finish, a new icon will appear on the Desktop.
Step 6. You can stop here if you don’t like to change the look of the icon.
Step 7. To get the default Flip-3D icon, right-click on the new Flip-3D icon and select Properties.
Step 8. Under the Shortcut tab, open Change Icon.
Step 9. In the location box, type C:\windows\explorer.exe and click OK to get new icons.Now select the icon pointed by arrow.

Step 10:Now right click on the icon and select pin to taskbar to access it from taskbar like u do in vista.
Flip 3d effect can be also invoked using by holding Ctrl+Win keys and pressing tab button.

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Make your life easier with mouse extender

Daily we Run many applications,access many folders,visit many sites of interest.It would be better if there is a central repository where all these apps,folder,webpages can be stored to access them daily without taking any pains of remembering or navigating all those paths.Here comes the use of a tiny,portable called Mouse Extender i called this portable because there is no need to install the software just click the .exe file and use it.The happiest thing  is it a FREEWARE .and runs on all windows platforms.
I highly recommend using this tool and customize it.
Our first look at this app would look like this:-

When u press on the button located in green ellipse you can dive into controlpanel.If u press the button present in the Blue colour ellipse your system restarts and if u press the button present in Red rectangle swoooosh your system Shutsdown.These are the default buttons now let me tell you how to add folders,apps,websites to it.

Rightclick on the mouse extender to add web address,add apps,add folder and even files.
Also you can just drag and drop to add shortcuts to it just as i did.

Download this cool application by clicking here Mouse Extender

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How to download youtube video without any software

Many people download their fav youtube videos either by using a software or going into certain sites like savetube  and paste their links.Now am going to tell you a trick which requires no third party software or no other  site to download youtube videos.You can download youtube videos using ur mozilla or chrome browser.
Add a bookmark in your chrome or firefox and save this following code .
To download video in FLV  format
  javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];
To download video in MP4 format
javascript:window.location.href = 'http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=' + swfArgs['video_id'] + "&fmt=18" + "&l=" + swfArgs['l'] + "&sk=" + swfArgs['sk'] + '&t=' + swfArgs['t'];

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Make your friends computer shutdown with a message

This is a simple dos command shutdown  to shut your computer.Also u can use this command to shutdown your after a certain time .This command is actually useful when we are downloading something and want to shutdown our computer after certain period of time.we can also use this command to play a prank on our friends computer.Copy the below code and save it with .bat extension.

@echo off
msg * I don't like you
shutdown -c "hi time to sleep" -s

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Make ur friend type "you are a fool"

This one of the most funny pranks you mave haave ever confronted with.This prank makes ur frnd type Iam a fool .Copy the below code and save it with .vbs extension.Make him click and you enjoy.

Set wshShell = wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "You are a fool."
loop

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A small animation showing how google works

Have you ever wondered how the mighty search engine Google works.There is small animation which gives a clearcut idea on how Google works,it covers each and every step performed by google .This is an interactive video which helps us to learn how it works.click on this link How Google works

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Funny Backspace prank

Today am gonna share with you another cool prank you can play on your friends pc. This Trick continously presses Backspace on your friends pc.Whatever he types the letters will be erased with  backspace keystroke.
Lets get into action.
Open a notepad Type or copy and paste the below code in a notepad .Save it with any name.vbs extension.Now double click the file am sure your friend will jump like anything.
MsgBox "enter into past"
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{bs}"
loop

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Funny CD drive prank

Today am gonna tell you another funny prank that You can play on ur Friends computer.Make him go crazy this christmas by popping out his cd drive tray infinite times.You can stop this cd popping whenever you want by killing the task wscript in task manager or just restart the system.Copy the below code save it with .vbs extension in notepad.Double click to see  fun on your friends face


Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
do
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
End If
wscript.sleep 5000
loop

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Fix windows xp bootsector problem

Many times my friends have confronted with this problem ,Windows doesnt start saying that NTLDR is missing or damaged boot sector  .My friends used to format their system to fix this problem,even i used to do the same when i  was a noob.After many trial and errors i have found this trick to solve that NTLDR or Damaged Boot Sector problem.Whenever you confront with such a problem boot Your system with Xp bootable cd.Now enter into Recovery console  .
TO deal with NTLDR problem type COPY G:\i386\NTLDR C: and  COPY G:\i386\NTDETECT.COM 
          The above method replaces the corrupted NTLDR files,here G: is your CD/DVD rom drive.
To deal with   damaged boot sector  at the command prompt type FIXBOOT and press Enter. Then answer "Y" These Tricks will save u lot of time spent on formatting .
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Remove Autorun.inf virus

Iam going to tell u two methods to remove autorun.inf virus which is common in pendrives.
Method 1:-Open the command prompt and type del /a:rhs [yourdriveletter]:\autorun.inf  .For example if your virus is in h: drive then you should type del /a:rhs H:\autorun.inf .Just restart the computer after doing that.
Method 2:-This method looks weird but very useful one .You require winrar software to make this work. After installing Winrar all you have to do is insert ur  pendrive.It pops up a autoplay window dont open it from there,dont open it from My computer or Run .Just open it from Winrar software and you could see all the Virus  files such as autorun.ini.,Newfolder.exe present in the Pendrive along with our files.

Delete the unwanted files.Mission accomplished enjoy folks

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tiny tricks in Run dialog box

Invoke your RUN dialog box.
Now type . and press enter.
Now type .. and press enter.
Now type ... and press enter.

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Use timestopper to use your trail software forever

With the growth of internet usage ,we are downloading more and more softwares.But we cannot afford to buy all of them,To get around this we can follow a simple trick i.e use a trail software as if it was a purchased one.Yes download any trialware of your choice and you can use it as long as u wish to.computer geeks in the olden days used to stop their system time to make the trail software work forever.But now softwares are smart enough,so the best way to trick them is by using a software called TimeStopper.
Follow these steps to work with TimeStopper our ultimate Timemachine
Step 1. Open Time Stopper
Step 2. Browse and select .exe of required trial software
Step 3. Choose the new date (Any date which occurs in between your trial software time period before expiration, suggestion: set it to two days before trial software expiration date.)
Step 4. Choose any time
Step 5. Click open software on your selected date

If you wish to create an icon for your modified trial software and do not want to open Time stopper every time then use last button in software to create new icon. open that trial software after that from that newly created icon always otherwise it can expire. Download this amazing software from here TimeStopper

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Disguise as Google bot to access sites.

Many of us have experienced this we try to search for something in google; the engine returns with a number of finds, but if you try to open the ones with the most promising content, we are confronted with a registration page instead, and the ccontent we are looking for will not be revealed to us unless we agree to a credit card transaction first or a registration is needed to access the contents....

can we solve this yes? we can let me tell u one thing that google can go in or lurk around those dark corners in the internet where we cannot.

so if we use google as our mask then we can also make it

but how google can access????

lets see for ourselves

In fact, many sites that force users to register or even pay in order to search and use their content, leave a backdoor open for the Googlebot, because a prominent presence in Google searches is known to generate sales leads, site hits and exposure.

Steps to disguise  as a Googlebot
Download a addon called User Agent Switcher .This extension adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.Download this here User Agent Switcher .

Next goto tools>Default User Agent >Search Robots>Google bot 2.1
thats it .
Download another addon called Configuration Mania .To set More Advanced (hidden) configurations.
Download it by clicking  here Configuration Mania .

Thats it folks njoy

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"AVATAR" step into another world

Many of u may wondering why am i posting about a movie in a site related to computer tips.Well to speak in technical terms this movie was made using CG (computer graphics) so why not of talking about the movie.Let's take a sneakpeak into the AVATAR world.AVATAR  is a cameo created by James cameron.This movie is really a eyecandy .Cameron decided a decade ago to make this movie but he couldnot step further due to the lack of technology then.After watching lord of the rings-return of the king,he was convinced that he can make this AVATAR movie.This movie was a $230 million baby.

To give scenes the realistic look Cameron along with his cameramen Vince  pace and Patrick campbell made a pace/cameron fusion camera system to capture image the same way human eye does.He then used a virtual camera to fly around in the scifi world to record any shot of the N'avi and merged the scenes with the real world footage.If u want to see James interview with NewYork times click here .Here am gonna show how these charecters were actually sculpted using zbrush

See the magic of computer graphics .Here you can see the actress in motion sensor suit on the right hand side and the CGI on the left hand side the motion sensors maps her actions to her CGI(computer generated imagery)

The avatar birds were simply awesome creatures .It was a superb experience watching actors riding them .Iam going to show you how these birds are made.

Notice jake is sitting on the bird trying to ryde it.wait for more avatar secrets.......

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windows 7 frequent access folder shortcut

Do you know that you guys can create a virtual drive for ur frequently accessed folder.This tip is extemely useful when u want to access your favourite folder which is deep rooted in the system such as d:\myfav\wallpapers\gizmo\gadgets\computer .To do this click on Start type CMD in the search box and press Enter. Let us assume that you have a folder called dinu  your d: drive.Now u wanna create a virtual partition so that u can access it whenever you want.Type  SUBST X: "D:\DINU" Here x is the unused drive letter in your computer.Now open explorer voila u hav created a new partition to access ur favourite folder.Now whenever you click on that you will be taken directly into d:\dinu.you can drag and drop your files here.The same trick works for windows vista as well.After sometime you may think of removing it.To do that follow my footsteps.type SUBST X: /D   in command prompt and press enter.Thats it enjoy enjoy friends.

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Access multipe logins using Internet Explorer 8

This trick helps you to login your mutliple gmail,hotmail or facebook accounts simultaneously.We know that upto now  if we login through one gmail acc then we cannot access another gmail account until we sign out.Internet explorer 8 has come up with a new feature called New session under File menu.Using this option you can login into multiple gmail accounts,by opening each account in seperate session window.

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Difference between Low-level formatting and High level formatting

This is short post to tell the basic differences between different types of formatting to the noobs.
Low-level formatting happens at the factory where the disk is manufactured.Low level formatting divides the blank surface into Cylinders,Heads and Sectors.It also maps any physically defective sectors on the drive and does some fine tuning.
High-level formatting prepares a logical drive for use with particular Operating system by establishing a file system on the drive that the OS can support.There are many file systems such as FAT16,FAT32,NTFS.Ill cover     these file systems in detail in upcoming posts.
The formatting done by end user is often  reffered as High-level formatting.I think many of you have formatted your HDD and USB a zillion times.Do u remember, there is another option called quick format.If you check this option and start formatting it formats instantaneously.Have you wondered why this formatting happens at a rapid pace.This is due to the fact that it doesn't check for badsectors in Quick-format mode.

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Common laptop positions to avoid

According to studies the second position mentioned above is ideal for doing ur work on  lappys.Remaining all positions are prone to RSI(Repetitive Stress Injury).Follow these pictures for healthy computing

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shell commands in windows 7 & xp

Shell commands are useful to quickly access certain folders or locations which are deep rooted in the Operating system .Using Start menu we can access them easily Type these commands in the box present in start menu.For example to access administrative tools generally you go through Control panel which of course is a tedious task.Using Shell:administrative tools  you can quickly gain access to them.Here is the list of shell commands that can used.

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All about Registry

Before showing the tweaks  you can make using windows registry.I would like to give a indepth tutorial on what is Registry ,how can we use it to suit our needs.
Definition:In simple terms "Registry is a hierarchial database where you can store information related to hardware ,System software(operating system),application software,system preferences and user preferences."
The hierarchial organisation of the database is divided into machine information,user information and software information.When the system starts it looks in the registry for the configuration settings of hardware and software installed.Its organisation depicts the directory-subdirectory concept in windows explorer. The registry is divided into six main divisions called HIVES  which are inturn divided into keys and subkeys which contain values where information about software,hardware and users is stored.
The values are divided into 3 types they are DWORD,BINARY,STRING based on the usage.
DWORD  is used for storing binary values where you can store list of values.Each value leads to different behaviour of OS,HARDWARE,APPLICATION SOFTWARE.String is used for human readable format.While BINARYis for storing raw data in hexadecimal format which contains hardware settings.

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Disable hibernation in windows 7 to save hdd memory

This tip is meant for people who donot use Hibernate feature at all.To those who never heard of hibernation.
let me tell few words about this feature.Hibernation is a feature which stores all the contents of the ram into our harddisk before the system is shutdown so that the user can resume the work from where he stopped.To do this this feature takes good chunk of memory to store all the contents in the Ram .Windows users coin this feature as Hibernate while mac users coin it as Safesleep . This feature is also found in latest microsoft shipment i.e win7which takes hdd space in gb.Inorder to free that space we have to delete a file called Hiberfil.sys .Deletin g dis file is nothing but disabling hibernate feature .To do this type cmd in search box now right click on it and choose the option Run as administrator .
Now type the following command powercfg.exe -h off .Now type exit and restart ur computer.

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How to send secret messages

Steganography is the art of sending secret messages in such way that apart from reciever and sender no other person can see the message.According to greek origin the word steganography means concealed writing  .Steganography is different from Cryptography in which the message is made unreadable by others except the reciever.But the existence of a message is known in Cryptography.
In olden days Steganography was most prevalent when a secret message has to be sent from one king to the other.They used wood carved with message ,concealed it in wax to send the message.Usually no suspicion arises when seen by a third person.Believe it or not Human urine was also used to send secret messages.

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Workrave our health guide(health is wealth)

Stop working on computer for some time and be healthy.Yes its true according to Doctors it is not advisable to work on computers without having rest.Working several hours on computers make us prone to some illness such as Repittive stress injury.There is an excellent software called Workrave which keeps us healthy by showing some workouts using animated pictures. 

We know the famous saying Health is wealth without proper health we cannot accomplish our goals,health is to be given the utmost importance.Nowadays many people especially kids playing online games for long hours on computer suffer from Repititive stress injury related ailments.

let me show some screenshots of this software so that u can understand it better .

This excercise is meant to relax our eyes.

 This excercise is meant for hands .

 This excercise to make our neck muscles relax.

Download this workware now and be healthy .You can download this workware absolutely free by clicking here Workrave . 

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See how others view your website using Browser size

Browser size another innovative product from Google labs.Using this tool you can evaluate how others see Your site.This tool is useful to all who want to get maximum of their website.Whenever we read a Newsapaper our first glance would be at Headlines ,the most important ,must watch news are generally placed here.Without reading this section no one goes to others sections the same principle can be applied to Webpages.According to Browser size the most important elements in  a webpage should be placed at the top of the page to increase its usage or number of  views.

  This works  based on a sample of data from visitors to google.com. Special code collects data on the height and width of the browser for a sample of users. For a given point in the browser, the tool will tell you what percentage of users can see it. For example, if an important button is in the 80% region it means that 20% of users have to scroll in order to see it. If you're a web designer, you can use Browser Size to redesign your page to minimize scrolling and make sure that the important parts of the page are always prominent to your audience. We hope people will use this tool to make their websites better, in turn making the web better for everyone.click here to see your site Browser size

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Panda cloud antivirus

Panda one of the Antivirus gaint has launched a new antivirus called Cloud antivirus which is based on cloud computing concept.Cloud computing in short refers to dynamically scalable system .To know more info information about Cloud computing click here Cloud computing . See dis video
. Download this antivirus from here download  .This antivirus takes less computing power and more reliable.

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How to install windows Vista with 512 mb ram

We know that Windows vista is a resource monger.So microsoft has taken a strict measure to prevent Vista to be installed on system with less than 1 gb ram.However we can outsmart this check and install Vista on a system with only 512 mb ram.Follow these steps to accomplish this task.
1)Boot your system with Windows Vista DVD  and select Repair Your Computer option.
2)Proceed next to  see System Recovery Options .Now launch the command prompt and navigate to you dvd drive.Finally execute the command  i:\setup /nosyscheck where i: is ur dvd drive to install vista on a machine with less than 1 gb ram.

Enjoy but do remember to change the advanced settings to adjust for better performance for its smooth running.This setting can be found by right clicking on my computer icon and select properties.

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Prohibit access to control panel in windows Vista & windows xp

Control panel is the core of windows operating system.Using this we can tweak any setting in windows .If you dont want others to mess with your system settings you can prohibit access to control panel in two ways.
Either by using GPEDIT.MSC or by tweaking Registry.you can tweak through gpedit in Windows xp professional,windows vista business,ultiamte editions .For other version of windows Registry will do the trick .
Let's start with Regedit.
1)Open Registry editor by typing Regedit in Run dialog box.
2)In windows vista  UAC dialog box opens click on continue.
3)Navigate to the  following paths
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4)Create a dword  NoControlPanel in both the above hives and set its value to 0 to disable the control panel or set its value to     1 to enable the Control panel.

Using Gpedit.msc 
1)Invoke grouppolicy editor by typing Gpedit.msc in run dialog box.
2)In windows vista click on continue in UAC.
3)In the left pane navigate to User configuration\Administrative Templates\Control panel.
4)In the right side pane Click on Prohibit access to Control panel select properties and select Enabled.

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How to create single installer for multiple applications

You have installed a fresh copy of windows 7 on your computer.Your next step would be to install all the preliminary softwares such as media player,skype,chrome firefox ....To install these applications we have to run the setup file for each of them seperately.Now we are going to learn about a single installer for multiple applications that saves our precious time .

Ninite is a free online service that allows you create a single installer for multiple free applications.

Here are the available applications at Ninite site:

 Web Browsers

* Google Chrome, Safari, Opera and Firefox

 Messaging

* Skype, Messenger, Digsby, Google Talk, Pidgin and Thunderbird

 Media

* VLC player, iTunes, Audacity, Hulu Desktop, AIMP, KMPlayer, & Spotify

 Imaging

* Paint.net, Picasa, IrfanView, XnView, & GIMP

 Documents

* Office 2007 Standard (trial), OpenOffice, CutePDF, Foxit Reader and Adobe Reader

 Anti-virus

* Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast and AVG

 Runtimes

* Flash, .NET, Flash, Silverlight and Java

 File Sharing

* uTorrent and eMule

 Other

* Dropbox, Evernote, BumpTop, & Google Earth

 Utilities

ImgBurn, CCleaner, Launchy, Revo Uninstaller, Defraggler, RealVNC, CDBurnerXP, & Recuva

 Compression

* WinRAR & 7-Zip

Check   all applications that we want  as a single unit and click on Get Installer to start downloading the selected package based on the number of softwares selected the download time varies .After downloading run the installer, if a particular software is already installed then its installation will be skipped. Time is precious guys dont waste it.

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How to change windows 7 welcome screen

 After booting into windows 7 you see a nice blue background in your login screen.Windows 7 allows you  to replace this bluescreen with a background of  your choice .It is as simple as changing ur wallpaper.
Step1 All you have to do is select a background of ur choice but make sure that its size is less than 256kb and it should be a jpeg file.Now rename your background  to backgroundDefault.jpg and save it in c:\windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds path.If the directories info & backgrounds doesn't exist dont worry.Just create a directory with name info under oobe directory.Create another subdirectory called  backgrounds under info directory.
Step 2  Open registry editor by typing the command Regedit in Run dialog box.
Navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\WindowsCurrentversion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background
in the left pane create a Dword called OEMBackground and assign its value to 1 .If the Dword already exists with a value 0 change its value to 1.Restart the computer its done.

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how to format pendrive in NTFS format with/using widows xp

 When we try to format a usb drive using windows xp only two file systems are available FAT,FAT32

.But we know that NTFS file system is far better than the other two file systems in storage and security aspects. To format the usb drive in NTFS format goto command prompt and type

c:\format i: /FS:NTFS here i is your usb drive letter.

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Blue screen of death- funny prank

Have u seen BSOD(Blue screen of death) this is a nightmare to all windows users.Whenever an incompatible hardware or software is installed ,sometimes due to driver conflicts our computer shows BSOD  and immediately crashes to protect our system, then system will dump all of its memory to a file on disk. Data in memory would then be lost but in some circumstances it could be retrievable from the dump file.To know more about BSOD click this link Wikipedia .

You can play a prank on your friends computer by showing the BSOD to appear on his computer using the keyboard.All you have to do is tweak the registry settings .

For USB keyboard:-
Open regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\kbdhid\Parameters 


For ps/2 keyboard:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters

Now right-click on the right-hand pane and add a new DWORD key name it  CrashOnCtrlScroll, giving it a value of 1.Now restart the computer for the changes to take effect.Now you can invoke the blue dragon by holding down Right CTRL and press scroll lock twice.See your friends emotions...

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Create twitter backgrounds for free using Twitlay

DO u want to create your own background for your twitter layout .Twitlay is a service that offers you to create your own twitter backgrounds using your pictures for free or You can order these guys to design one for 50$.

 Click here Twitlay . Enjoy friends.......

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Prevent windows from asking password on wakeup from sleep

To protect our sytem we usually setup with a password this is a good measure.Usually if we have little work to attend then we set the system to sleep,but system prompting for password everytime it wakes up from sleep is irritating.To disable this feature tyep in Powercfg.cpl  in run  which inturn invokes the powermanagement settings.Uncheck the box Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby.

For Windows 7 users:-

Type powercfg.cpl or dive into power options in control panel .Now  click on Require a password on wakeup

Now click on change settings that are currently unavailable

finally click on  the activated Don't require password radio button.

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Send executable files through gmail

Have u ever tried to send a executable file via gmail attachment.I bet u cannot send the Exe as a attachment.To overcome this iam going to tell u three tricks.
As we know that we cannot send .exe files via google .
1)Now using Winrar or Winzip softwares zip the  file and send via attachment.
2) To do this trick we require Microsoft word.Open word document,now drag the .exe file into the document.The .exe file will be embedded as object.Now send the saved .Doc file as attachment.
The above two methods best worked for me.
3)Just change the extension of the file and send it.But it is risky.

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Create a restore point in windows 7

Create Restore point option help us to take the snapshot of the system when it is in healthy state.So that we can revert back the changes we have made after a system crash.This is like travelling back in time.This feature was actually introduced in Windows-Me(millennium) edition.This feature is also included in it latest shipment i.e, Windows 7.Now lets have a quick glance at creating restore point in windows 7.

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See yourself in intel rockstar ad

Have u seen the famous Intel rockstar ad where Ajay bhatt walks in a stylish manner.Do u want to see youself in the add and boast ur friends .If you dont have any idea about what am i talking watch this ad.

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Recover lost password from windows xp

This tip is extremely useful both for noobs as well as system admins.Sometimes we set a  strong  password to our system so that nobody can trace it inturn. we dont remember it after coming from a vacation .Sometimes our friends or relatives who wanna play a prank on us may change the password . To help us in such situations ill tell u 2 tips to help us recover our lost passwords.

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How to protect computer from virus

Tips to protect ur computer from viruses

1.Nowadays pen drives has become a common way to carry info .This has become a boon as well as bane .Whenever we insert a  pendrive autoplay window pops up .if some malicious code is attached to AUTORUN.INF which is responsible for autoplaying as soon as we click on ok our system gets infected.

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Google facts

Here am going to present before you list of interesting facts about Google.Dive in to read more.......

1)The  name "Google"  was unintentional.Google co-founders Larrypage and Sergey brin christened their company name as GOOGOL which means 1 followed with hundred zeroes .They wanted to name it so which reflects that they want to collect large volumes of information in the internet.The name GOOGLE was a type (Typing mistake) on the first check they recieved and also the name Googol was already taken

2)Have you ever wondered why the Google interface was so simple its the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and wanted a interface instantly. The domain www.google.com was registered on 15Sept 1997 Google started its work in this garage .

3)Google recieves daily search requests allover the world including Antarctica

4)It has largest network of translators all over the world

5)Employees working in google are called Googlers and its headquarter is called as Googleplex.

6)Gmail was used internally for 2 years prior to the launch to the public.They discovered that there were six types of email users, Gmail was designed to suit them all.

7)If u ever wanna send a feedback to google send them they listen to every feedback actively.Mailing them is not mailing to vaccum.

8)Now and then Google make small changes and tests it by giving to set of users and see how they use it.

9)Tom vendetta is the youngest google employee to be hired.

10)Google first employee name is craig silverstein.

11) In the early days of testing Google employees noted people just sitting and looking at the screen. After a minute the tester asked “What are you waiting for ?”. To this the users replied “We are waiting for the page to load”.I too had the same feeling when i had looked it for the frst time.

12) The biggest break in search came when Google introduced their improved spell checker seen as “Did you mean ? ”.This feature doubled their traffic and soon the developers discovered that the ideal placement was at the bottom of the search results.

13) when they introduced their much improved spell checker  “Did you mean…” feature. It instantly doubled their traffic.

14) The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.

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Cool trick to open and close CD/DVD rom drive

Lets  play a prank on our friends computer note that this trick doesnt work for windows-xp sp3,vista,win 7.
Open notepad type the below code or simply copy it.Now save it with prank.vbs.Double click to see your friend's emotion.

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know your system installation date

At one time or other many of us  may think that "what is the date of my OS intallation".Here iam going to show you a short and sweet trick to find it.Goto command prompt, type systeminfo|find/i "install date" press enter to see the magic

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view the contents in a folder using Mouse

This trick will help you to know the files and subfolders in a folder.Think of situation where you have a huge database of songs and want to print the list in a file.This trick will help you to do that .

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Run commands for vista

These commands are exclusively for WINDOWS VISTA & 7
Function                         command

• Display Adapter Troubleshooter                        AdapterTroubleshooter
• Authorization Manager                                      azman.msc
• Bitlocker Wizard                                               bitlockerwizard
• Color Management                                           colorcpl
• Computer Management Launcher                     CompMgmtLauncher
• Control Panel                                                   control
• Credential Backup and Restore Wizard            credwiz
  

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Run commands in windows

Shortcuts make our life easier.The more shortcuts u learn the more productive your work will be.Many programs can be invoked thru windows Run dialogue box which  acts as gateway to most of the hidden options for Windows xp,windows vista and higher.Some of the commands are exclusive to Vista and higher versions.To get Run dialogue  box use the combination WIN+R.
These commands are divided into 7 categories.

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Address bar shortcuts

I f we want to goto www.google.com then many of  us still type the complete path.Now am going to tell you some shotrcuts wihch helps you to just type in the domain name and enter into that site using keyboard shortcuts.

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Run as administrator in windows vista/7 run box

In windows vista/win 7 to run an application or command with administrator rights You hav to right click on the application and select Run as administrator option.Now if you type any command in run box then you cannot right click on it to run as administrator.

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Google Wave demystified

Google has comeup with a new app called Google wave.Many people have asked me what is wave 

A wave is collection of pictures,videos,text,maps to bridge the gap between people inorder to improve the intercommunication and intracommunication.It is too early to tell anything about this app since this is in devoloping stage .In simple terms it is an interactive application which combined the features of  email,instant messaging ,wikis,social networking.Gmail + Gtalk + Picassa + Gdocs = Gwave.

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history of search engines

Todays many of us got addicted to search engines .Our daily  internet routine starts by loading a search engine page and proceed from there. They have become very essential in the present digital age.  Many search engines evolved with time .I would like to shed some light on the history of search engines.

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Remove virus from USB devices

We all know the famous saying "Prevention is better than cure" the same applies to computers as well.
Now am going to tell a trick to identify whether a pendrive is infected and how to remove the infection through dos prompt.

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How to run program in isolated memory

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make taskbar vanish using C

Now am going to tell u my favourite trick.This trick hides the taskbar .It doesnot appear even u hover mouse over that place.

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Disable paste option using C

Lets play another funky prank on ur friends computer.This trick  helps us to disable paste option..It will be very useful for us especially lab assitants during exams.

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Swap mouse keys using C

Use this simple prank on ur friends whenever u visit them.See the expression on their face after performing this trick.

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Turn ur keyboard leds into disco lights

Got bored lets do something different today.Now am going to present  a trick which flashes our Caps, Num, Scroll lock keys.

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Clear memory without restarting

When u run your computer each program u open occupies some place in ram .When the program is closed the memory gets freed.so that  the memory is available for the usage of the next program .At times (windows) sometime you might feel that your computer was run slowly. It might because of the memory is almost reach it capacity.

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Enable Run command in windows vista/7

My friend recently shifted from windows XP to windows vista .But he found out that da run command is missing in windows vista.He asked me to fix it .

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mutilpe googles at a time

We all know that whenever we open  www.google.com  it opens with a single page .To have the power of fantastic 4 i.e four google search pages at a time.

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Google new year counter

Google is simply superb always giving surprises to us .Let me reveal a easter egg that google has included in its search page for this new year eve.

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Open/close CD drive using keyboard

Some people may fear that repeated usage of their DVD-rom eject button  to insert or remove DVD may spoil  their button.One way to get around this is to rightclick on the corresponding drive in my computer and select  Eject or Create a shortcut   to eject  cd/dvd drive.

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Turn off monitor using keyboard

Can u try to turn off the monitor without touching the monitor .I bet u can't. Some of us  may say that we can just turnoff the monitor by unplugging the powercable from it.lets figure out how to do that.

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Disable writing to USB devices using windows registry

In the previous post i hav mentioned how to block a pendrive to protect against information theft.But in real world scenario its not advisable to block a pendrive unless it is really required.So i made up my mind to post this trick .

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Block pen drives

pendrives revolutionised the way  we can carry data from one place to another place.When compared with cds or dvds pen drives are extremely portable.Due to this feature the usage of pendrives increased enormously .As we know every thing has got its own pros and cons .Virus developers took this to their advantage and started developing virus which loads automatically

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Google goggles

Google unveiled another innovative,revolutionary,superb application called Google goggles .Wear them to see the web thru Google's eyes.Using this application we can take photo  of  any object in this world and get information about it cool na .lets dive in to know more about this story  ."A picture speaks lot more than words" google has made this  real.
Using this cool application you can point ur android based cellphone at your friend ask him to smile

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Cranberry DiamonDisc disk that lasts 1000 years

"We all know that to cut a diamond we reqire a diamond" .This line tells us the rigidity and stubborn nature of diamond.Now they have invented a disk which is as strong as a diamond and is transparent.believe me this is true. It was named as

  Cranberry DiamonDisc . This can be our ultimate backup solution in the present digital age.

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Portable applications

Using any software requires it to be installed .Installing a software or application requires considerable amount of memory as all of us know the famous saying "Less luggage more comfort". If u use a software without installing it then can u can save lot of harddisk space.They could be extremely useful when you want to carry ur work on others system without installing it.You can carry  the portable application anywhere you want with ur pendrive/portable harddisk/flash memory drive and can execute on da system u want.Thats meant by portable application in brief.There is a site from where u can download portable applications .Click here Portable Apps enjoy.

    

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Launch Google chrome in incognito mode

Google chrome has launched a feature called incognito mode .Incognito actually means Someone who is incognito is using a false name or wearing a disguise, in order not to be recognized or identified.So using the mode your can cover your tracks from prying eyes while surfing.

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open Microsoft.docx files

when i went to my hometown last month a friend of mine confronted with a problem .He asked me to write a application for him.I wrote the application using microsoft 0ffice 2007 and gave it to him .He was having microsoft 2003 so the file failed to open in his computer.Then he called me and i gave the following solution

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tezguru.com a true inspirational story

Iam proud that a 15 year old boy named shivendu madhava from bihar a state located in india  has launched a new search engine called http://tezguru.com .He went through many hardships to achieve his goal

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Hot news in computers

Google gave away free wifi to many american airports as a year end gift.

Tim berners lee founder of  WWW says he is sorry for the inconvenience for the double forward slash in web site address.

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Google dictionary

Here iam going to show a cool trick to use google as a dictionary
goto www.google.com in the space provided to type the search query type as shown below
define:required word
ex:-  define:apostle
google displays several meanings which are closely related to the word apostle the information is coming from a variety of dictionary related websites,and ther's link to the full entry of each site.

Earlier we used to search like this.

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Run as another user option in windows 7

In windows vista if we want to launch any administrator related task then we have to right click on the item and select Run as administrator option.windows 7 provides much more advanced feature that is either u can run as administrator or  u can Run as another user.to do this
step1:- Holding the shift key right click on da application u would like to run
step 2:-select Run as another user
the above option is also available in winvista but thru command prompt.here u can do this directly.
So simple isnt it .

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funny computer video

Recently i have come across a funny video titled icon wars where all the icons on a desktop fight with each other.I felt like watching a starwars movie .
Its worth watching try this link http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm u will simply love it.

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AIRTEL song in c language

Let us create the revolutionary airtel song using c language.U need c or c++ compilor to do this.After compiling run the exe file.Enjoy da song .
#include

#include
float main(void)
{
float A,Bb,D,G,F;
A = 440;
G = 780;
Bb = 461;
D = 586;
F = 687;
sound(G);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*D);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*Bb);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
sound(2*Bb);
delay(500);
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(D);
delay(500);
nosound();
//end 1
sound(G);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*D);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*Bb);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
sound(2*Bb);
delay(500);
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(D);
delay(500);
nosound();
//end 2
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
sound(2*Bb);
delay(500);
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(D);
delay(500);
nosound();
//end 3
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(G);
delay(250);
nosound();
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(2*A);
delay(250);
sound(2*Bb);
delay(500);
sound(2*A);
delay(500);
sound(G);
delay(250);
sound(F);
delay(250);
sound(D);
delay(500);
nosound();
return 0;

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Google public DNS server

 has launched its own Dns server to improve our web experience.
This new service allows u to use google specified DNS(domain name servers) severs to speed up our intenet access by resolving names faster.As we have already talked about dns servers.DNS servers' duty is to domain names with unique IP addresses.

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