Recent Posts Tagged With 'tips'

• Never For Get Your USB Drive When You Log Off

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 07:11 in Software, tips, usb, autohotkey

  I use my USB stick in college a lot. And I keep forgetting it in a hurry and when your in a hurry it can be a pain to use the mouse, it would be a log easier to just logout with the keyboard. So I decided to use AutoHotKey to solve my problems. Yes, ...

• How does one rearrange desktop icons to represent a image?

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 17:53 in Software, tips, pictures, windows vista, desktop, pranks, april fools, windows xp, icons, arrange by image

  This app called “Arrange By Image” is pretty cool. It allows a user to rearrange there desktop icons to represent a image. This program is a fork of “Arrange By [male genitalia]” which was inspired by the video “Web Dude...

• Windows XP: TOP 10 TIPS OF WINDOWS XP - 2008

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 01:30 in Software, internet, tips, windows, Microsoft, xp, site update news

  TOP TEN TIPS Everyone likes to tweak Windows XP according to their needs and requirements here you can find TOP TEN TIPS for WIN XP of 2008. You can download the detailed information of these tips and tweak for WIN XP. Contents are: How do I … t...

• Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 18:10 in Software, list, tips, legal, Students, Free, College, Microsoft, website, websites, Alternative, student

  If you’re a broke student (like me) and need software for college then open source is for you. Open source is free, which is great for a student. There is pretty much open source for everything. For example, Open Office is a great replacement ...

• Recently used file list : MS Office

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 00:37 in tips, windows, Microsoft, office

  Many of us has already experienced that, there is a good option in Ms Office 2003 and earlier versions about recent opened file list. But most of us does not know that w can change number of recnt files from 4 to 9. Simply click tools — > o...

• Tip: Easy Kill Apps That Freeze

  Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 22:23 in Software, tips, vista, windows, Microsoft, tip, xp

  Instead of pressing “Ctrl + Alt + Del” to kill a task that is not responding, why not create a shortcut on your desktop to do the same? Heres how. Right click on the desktop. From the menu hover over New and click on Text Document. Name...

• Killing Internet Explorer 6

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 10:51 in Software, internet, tips, Security, Microsoft, website, websites, webmasters, internet explorer 6

  Webmasters can help kill IE6 by adding this code before </body> tag on there webpage: <!–[if IE 6]><script type=”text/javascript”>     /*Load jQuery if not already loaded*/ if(typeof jQuery ==...

• Microsoft Sliverlight Alternative

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 23:51 in Software, internet, apple, tips, Microsoft, Linux, websites

  Since Sliverlight is not available on other Operating Systems such as Mac and Linux, there is a alternative called Mono. Check it out at http://mono-project.com...

• Find out how fast is your download/upload rate is.

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 20:34 in internet, tips, communication, download, upload, broadband, speeds

  I came across the new ISP speeds for the broadband in installed in the house. It jumped from 3Mb to 7Mb. I wanted to know have the ISP upgrade the line into the house. So, I went to www.speedtest.net/, choose the nearest server. It turns out the li...

• Forgot your Windows password???

  Posted on Sunday April 5th, 2009 at 20:24 in Software, tips, vista, Security, Linux, tip, xp, password, ophcrack, winodws

  Next time you forget your password, you can easily retrieve it. Firstly check if you have access to another admins account. From there, you can reset the password. Start menu -> Control Pane User Accounts. If that fails you can boot into safe mode a...

• Linux N00b: Mount a HDD

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 21:38 in tips, Linux

  So, I changed from Ubuntu to Xubuntu over the week end. One thing I found with Xubuntu is that installed Hard Drives don’t automatically appear in the “Places” drop down menu. When that HDD is clicked in the “Places” me...

• What program opens that extension?

  Posted on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 08:49 in Software, internet, tips, web, Microsoft, websites, extensions, openwith.org

  There are many websites out there that give info on what program opens what extension. But, do they link to free programs that will open the file? One site does. http://www.openwith.org/ I’ve booked mark the site. Its a little gem....

• Opt-out of tracking cookies

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 08:28 in internet, tips, Firefox, Microsoft, Linux, websites, ads, cookie, browser, internet explorer, add on, noscript

  Online Advertising Company’s place a small file called a cookie, which can be used to track what websites you visit. This builds up a profile of the web surfer, so the company can target certain ads at the surfer. So, if a surfer visits a lot o...

• Stuck printing job?

  Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 15:22 in tips, windows, Microsoft, shooting, problems, printer, xp, trouble, windows xp, batch, spool, .bat

  Have you ever tried to print a file and it ends up getting stuck in Windows XPs printing tray? Well here is what to do Open up the command. Start-> Run; type cmd Type these following lines: net stop spooler (HIT ENTER) del c:\Windows\System32\Spool\P...

• Tip:Map a Network Easily…

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 14:25 in tips, vista, windows, Microsoft, network, server, xp

  So you want a “Z: Drive” but you don’t know how to get one. Easy. Open up the command line, in XP it is under “Start -> Programs (All Programs Vista) -> Click Command Prompt” Open the command line. And type in: subst (d...