Saturday, September 27, 2008

Browse The Web Using MS Calculator

Now access internet via your standard Microsoft Calculator

1. Open your MS Calculator. This is normally found in Start => All Programs => Accessories => Calculator.

2. Open the help-window by pressing the F1 key.

3. Click the top-left corner icon of the help window once (Standard is a Document with a Questionmark).

4. Select 'Jump to URL'.

5. Type your address into the avaliable field, but remember to type http://salilsworld.blogspot.com

MOUSE WHEEL TRICK

If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel on it, you can do some cool tricks.......

1.Shift & Spin
Ever wonder what happens when you hold down the Shift key on a web page and spin the wheel on your wheel mouse? Explorer goes either back or forward, depending on which direction you spin.Give it a try. Open up Internet Explorer(or any other browser) and follow a few links. Then, hold down your SHIFT key and spin that wheel.

2.CTRL & Spin
If you are in a web browser (Explorer or Netscape or Firefox) , hold down your Ctrl key and spin the wheel. It makes the text larger or smaller depending on which way you spin. For Opera users, it magnifies both the images and the text.

How to create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on Desktop

Many u think to have the shutdown and restart buttons on our desktop. The traditional way includes going to start button and then choosing the Turn Off Computer button and again choosing between switch user, turn off and restart. It does takes a few seconds more(some times boring ).
Well there is a solution for itu can create a Shutdown Button & restart on the desktop.
To create a shutdown and restart button on Desktop we have to create a shortcut.
To do this first Right Click on the Desktop and then click New Button.
Then scroll down to Shortcut. On clicking it a new Window appears with a blank space saying "Type the location of items". In this space write
"shutdown.exe -s -t 5" or "%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 5"
Now the -s stands for shutdown and -t denotes the time in seconds to wait before windows shutdown. Then click Next and give a name as shutdown and click Finish.
To apply icons to it simply Right click it and Properties and then Change Icons.
For Restart simply change -s with -r like this way
"%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 10" or "shutdown.exe -r -t 10".

Thursday, September 4, 2008

FOLDER OPTIONS ARE MISSING

Many times we find that the folder options missing in windows explorer
Here is the solution for that
Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc".
Now goto
User Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer.
Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen
"Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools menu"
Just check it..
If it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configuredit will work......

Saturday, August 30, 2008

How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS

* Connect your Pen Drive or USB drive to your computer .
*Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options. Don't choose any of them , Just simply click Cancel.
*Now go to Start--> Run and type cmd to open the Command Prompt window .
*Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive . ( E.g. If it is written Kingston (I:) , then I: will be the drive letter .)
*In the Command Window ( cmd ) , type the drive letter: and Hit Enter .
*Now type dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter
*You will get a list of files . In the list , search if anyone of the following do exist
1. Autorun.inf
2. New Folder.exe
3. Bha.vbs
4. Iexplore.vbs
5. Info.exe
6. New_Folder.exe
7. Ravmon.exe
8. RVHost.exe or any other files with .exe Extension .

*If you find any one of the files above , Run the command attrib -h -r -s -a *.* and Hit Enter.
*Now Delete each File using the following Command del filename ( E.g del autorun.inf ) .
*That's it .
*Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure that you made your Pen Drive free of Virus .



Sunday, August 24, 2008

SECRET MOBILE CODES GSM/CDMA

SECRET CODE 4 all GSM mobiles-
activate call waiting:*43#
deactivate call waiting:#43#
display private no:*#30#
IMEI:*#06#
check call divert:*#61

Secret codes 4 nokia CDMA:
Name Set: *3001#12345#
Software Version: *#837#
Software Version: *#9999#
CDMA Mode : *#7738#

SPEED UP UR "RAM".. PLAY BETTER GAMES...

1. To speed up your windows or to increase RAM virtually,
Right click on My Computer
>> Properties
>> Advanced
>> Performance - Settings
>> Advanced
>> Virtual Memory -
Change Keep the initial size same as recommended and maximum size double of it then restart your system.
It will improve speed of windows and you can play some games which require higher RAM.

2. When a window is active, press the F11 key of the keyboard to get the biggest window possible and press F11 again to restore it.