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10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Your Windows XP 2008-02-18 08:35:00 Here are some 10 quick tips to speed up your computer. I have already posted about ways of speeding up your computer. These will help your XP run faster.
Tips to speed up your Computer
1. Defrag Disk to Speed
Up Access to Data
One of the factors that slow the performance of the computer is disk fragmentation. [...]
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How to disable the Windows System tray 2008-02-15 23:55:00 One of the most frequently accessed places on your desktop will be your WindowsSystem
tray. What is good about this little tray is that it gives access to some of your running programs through a tiny icon. But when the installed programs are more it will occupy most of the space in the taskbar. [...]
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Video Capturing Devices 2008-02-14 13:49:19 Have you ever thought of converting your old VHS tapes into DVD’s. Well here is a type of device which will make that happen. It is called as Video Capture Deviceand you connect it to USB of your computer.
A Video Capture Device is a device which allows you to connect video playing equipment like VHS-players [...]
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How to choose a Printer for Digital Photography 2008-02-14 12:28:21 Although digital technology allows people to display and store their images using various media which are reputed to last for centuries, there’s still something to be said for having an actual photograph in your hands. Displaying digital images using various types of high-tech equipment can be a bit expensive. Because of this, many people still [...]
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Abacus Home : The place for complete info about abacus 2008-02-11 12:59:38 Today in this world of computers, the abacus may seem old fashioned and a play toy. However, it should be remembered that it is because of the abacus that today’s handhelds , desktops and supercomputers have become possible.
The abacus is as old as humanity itself. Archeologists believe that the abacus was invented in China more [...]
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Getting payday loans is very easy now! 2008-03-11 12:47:00 Cash or money , whatever be the name , is hard to earn. Even though you work so hard for it you will sometimes end up falling short of it. The only thing you can do to manage the situation is to get it by one way or other. As they say there are many [...]
Convert Text documents to MP3 files. 2008-03-18 03:41:09 Here is an easy way to convert Text documents and web pages and PDF files
to MP3 files online. A site named readthewords.com offers this service. As the domain name implies it is an online portal used to convert text to speech. In one of my previous post I wrote about one text to speech [...]
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Faxless Payday Loan. 2008-03-16 04:32:18 A payday loan is a short-term loan to cover your spending needs. It is secured against your future paycheck. These loans have grown in popularity for years, and now this is the main tool of assistance to get you out of that sticky situation or get you that new luxury toy.
So what is the site [...]
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Hide your folders without actually hiding them!! 2008-06-24 03:49:34 You ever have a folder on your computer that you don’t want any one to find? You can make this folder hidden but then you have to un-hide all the folders when you want to find and access the folder.
SO how can you make a folder truly invisible? Follow these simple steps and your unmentionables [...]
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How to make your own Orkut themes 2008-06-21 05:32:14 The social networking platform Orkut
has now has a feature to set a theme for your profile.But the bad thing is that the options are limited. there are just some 12 themes
and every one should choose from them.
If you want a change then you can to make your own theme. All that you need [...]
Change title bar of Yahoo Messenger! 2008-07-07 11:19:34 Hey guys now you can change the YahooMessenger
’s title bar which this little tweak.
Note: Before trying this tricks make sure to close all instances (windows) of yahoo messenger.Just follow these steps:
1. Open you yahoo messenger installation folder ( Generally C:\Program\Files\Yahoo!\Messenger).2. Then search a file named “ymsgr”. Double click to open it. If it [...] Read more:Change
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How to make a Torrent Tracker 2008-07-06 09:14:38 Many people are using torrents to download large files like softwares and movies from the Internet, and I think you already know that Torrent
is the fastest and best way to share files among large numbers of users. But have you considered sharing home videos, large files etc. with your friends and relatives using torrents? [...] Read more:Tracker
Firefox in the universe 2008-07-04 09:23:47 I love Firefox
and I think It is loved by the whole universe too. When I am going through my reader I came across this pic which was posted in ENGADGET. This was spotted in variable star V838 Monocerotis of the constellation Monoceros and it looks like the Firefox logo. Cool Isn’t it?
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Windows XP is not recognizing my USB drive? 2008-07-03 19:01:06 WINDOWS is not recognizing
my USB drive
. I got all the drivers installed and also the USB drive is working fine. I solved it by following a simple procedure. If you too are facing the same problem then this will help you solve it.
Windows
may be turning a blind eye to your external drive for [...]
How to create a special folder like My Documents in XP 2008-07-02 05:49:39 How can you create
a folder like My Documents
— one that will appear as a system folder in XP?Here’s how to create a custom folder in My Computer, one that can’t be deleted or renamed.
Step 1In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Create a new key with a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID). The GUID [...]
Contest from Million Dollar Portfolio 2008-07-22 11:44:53 James Wilcox of Wilcox Studios is celebrating his birthday by giving away prize to one lucky person. He is organizing a contest which is very easy to participate as all you have to do is to comment on the post.
To enter to win the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder you have several choices
1 entry is [...] Read more:Contest
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Discover music like never before 2008-07-21 13:30:34 Here is a site called StumbleAudio which is a social music discovery site. It will help you find music by new and exciting artists that you would like, rather than play or sell you the hits by known artists that are already liked by you. This is similar to StumbleUpon as StumbleAudio allows you to [...] Read more:Discover
Google Adsense is DOWN..!! 2008-07-19 12:13:39 Google adsense site is down. I noticed this when I was about to check my so called “earnings”. The first thing I do when I switch on my computer is to check adsense and be happy with the little cents I earn everyday.
Today when I logged into my account I saw this message.
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One application for all your needs 2008-07-15 23:10:02 This may sound like an advertisement but I am talking about this software called digsby. It was referred to me by my friend Sidharth. After trying the software I fell in love with it. It is so cool that you can do everything you need to do in a day using it.
For people like me [...]
Software for salons 2008-07-15 00:26:58 There are many software which will make your work a lot easier. One of that kind is Milano software. It has helped thousands of clients grow their business and significantly increase their profits. These clients have found the harmony through Milano’s innovative tools and efficient procedures, helping them simplify their daily routines. The intuitive nature [...] Read more:Software
Protect your data by Encrypting Your USB Drive 2008-08-04 22:30:17 USB drives are like key chains. They can easily be misplaced. You don’t want your data in the wrong hands, so encrypt it and spoil the thief’s party.
Here I will show you how to encrypt a USB drive using TrueCrypt, a freeware tool. TrueCrypt is fast because it does encryption on the fly.
Download And Install
Download [...] Read more:Protect
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Display a logo on the Windows XP logon and shutdown screens 2008-08-04 11:13:19 Replace the boring windows logo with your own logo on the windows XP logon and shut down screens. This requires a small registry hack and it is explained in the following way:
Step 1:
This crack needs a tool called Resource Hacker. You can download it for free by clicking here.
Step 2:
Create a Restore Point for [...] Read more:Display
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Remember everything by using Sticky Notes in Windows 2008-08-02 06:31:36 There are a few small, handy things which, unfortunately, aren’t part of Windows
. One such is Sticky Notes
—the virtual equivalent of writing down tasks on paper and sticking it somewhere around you as reminders. Adding such a feature to the OS is very easy—all you need to do is download and install a free tool! [...] Read more:Remember
Unlock PDF Files easily for FREE..! 2008-08-01 05:19:25 Did you ever get frustrated with those PDF files which are locked? Generally PDF authors will apply these restrictions to prevent their content from being copied, printed etc. Sometimes the author’s may forget the password.
If you want to unlock the Locked or Password protected PDF files you need to have the password. If [...]
How to Host A Web Server On Your Home PC for Free 2008-07-30 14:17:11 Many of us have at some point toyed with the idea of hosting a Web site. But be it the prohibitive Web hosting costs of days long gone by, or how complex we’ve imagined it to be, or just plain laziness, few of us have actually gotten down to doing it! The fact is, it [...] Read more:Web Server
Share Firefox Between Windows and Linux 2008-08-23 01:12:34 Dual-booters rejoice! Now you don’t have to worry about losing your settings between operating systems. If you dual-boot Linux
and Windows
, you will know the pain of not being able to access the same settings and data for Firefox
and Thunderbird under both OSes. If all your e-mail in Thunderbird is configured for the Windows [...]Share
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Simple Trick to Stream music on Gtalk 2008-08-20 05:12:59 Google talk or simply GTalk, one of the favorite chat clients can now be used to play songs too. This can be done by using a simple trick which will make you stream music so that you can make your friend listen to what you are listening. In this way both can listen to same [...]ShareThis Read more:Simple
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The Best Free CD / DVD / Blu-Ray burning software for XP and Vista 2008-08-19 10:39:10 There are many Burning software which will perform your required operations. Every one of them have their own problems and out of them the best one will be ImgBurn. It is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit.
It supports Unicode folder/file names, [...]ShareThis Read more:Vista
How to Create Your Own Linux Distribution 2008-08-19 00:34:19 Wouldn’t it be ultra-cool to carry around your very own operating system with you? Or share an OS with friends? Have you wanted to build an OS according to your requirements and needs? If you’ve answered “yes” to all the above, you’re in for a treat! Here, I show you how [...]ShareThis Read more:Linux
USniff - The Best way to Search Torrents 2008-08-18 07:00:50 Torrents are one of the main sources of downloads. But searching for them is one hell of a job because there are many fake torrents and also many torrents which contain virus. To avoid all these only way to go is to get the best torrents and here is a search engine for torrents which [...]ShareThis Read more:Search
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