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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