How to Hide Your HardDisk Drives- Cool Trick

When you need to secure your important data from unauthorized users ,there are many choice like hide the folder,protect the folder using other softwares much more. But hidden files easily available when user enabled view hidden file options in Folder settings.If you want to use folder security software,many of them are shareware.So By this Trick you can easily hide your valuable documents,drives without any Registry Edit.

Free Screen Shooter Alternative to Windows Print Screen

The Print Screen is the most commonly used button to take screenshot in desktop but the  it doesn’t save the screenshot to a folder automatically so we need to paste it in an image editor, such as, MS Paint and then manually save it.

Screen Shooter is a simple light-weight tool which accomplishes such a task easily.

 This utility monitors system tray and enables to take screenshot of your desktop using shortcut key . It also saves the captured screenshot in the specified folder in the .png image format.

User  can configure the shortcut key for screen capturing and specifying the destination folder to save these captures images, by right-click on its system tray icon. See screenshot below

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I think readers will enjoy this new tool. If you liked this tool leave a comment here

Easy Trick to Enable or disable a device from the command line

Here is a cool trick that allows you to enable / disable a device from Windows XP from command line.
Now I am showing example to enable or disable Ethernet Card or Network Card by the help of command line. 

Step 1:Install Devcon
1.You can download Devcon Command Line Utility from Microsoft website here
2. Unpack the downloaded devcon utility file.
3. Copy \i386\devcon.exe to c:\windows\system32
4. Locate the device that you want : in the command prompt type: devcon find * 

Step2 Display all the devices in the system

In the command prompt type devcon find *> list.txt To get the list in a file.
For example, my network card Accton appears as:  c:\>devcon find *VEN_10EC
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_1211&SUBSYS_12111113&REV_10\3&13C0B0C5&0&48: Accton EN1207D Series PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter #2
1 matching device(s) found. 

You can verify is it  unique:

Type c:\>devcon find *VEN_1113 Hit enter

PCI\VEN_1113&DEV_1211&SUBSYS_12111113&REV_10\3&13C0B0C5&0&48: Accton EN1207D Series PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter #2

1 matching device(s) found. 

You must be sure that "VEN_10EC" means a single network card.
 
Step 3 :How to Enable/disable the device

devcon enable *VEN_10EC
devcon disable *VEN_10EC 

This allows you to enable / disable your network card.Similar way you can try for other devices.If you find difficulty leave a comment here.
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How to Extract Lyrics From Song Using Windows Media Player and Winamp

Are you music freaks? Many of you love to read the lyrics of songs,getting lyrics for every song is a difficult task.

Most songs or media doesnt come with lyrics with it.
A simple plugin can help you get the lyrics of the song you are listening to, in just few minutes. This ”Lyrics Plugin” will display the lyrics almost instantly when you start listening to the song. Here’s few simple lines on its website describes “Lyrics Plugin“.
 
 What is Lyrics Plugin?
Lyrics Plugin is a tiny application tailored for music fans. So it is an add-on to view lyrics in Winamp and Windows Media Player. When you start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be automatically displayed in seperate windows.And also if lyrics is not found, you can add it yourself"

Another thing is you need to be connected to internet for getting the lyrics of the song for first time,then after your system displays lyrics even if you are offline.  
This simple plugin after a installation integrate with Windows Media Player and cool Winamp. But you will need to install separate plugins for Windows media player and Winamp.

I hope readers would love this plugin.
 
Download Lyrics Plugin 
leave a comment if you know other plugins

How Prevent users from writing to USB drives

Now a days USB drives are extremely useful and easy to use!  Just plug it in to pc and backup your documents, files,movies,songs. When other user is in your computer they may try to steal your stuff.So to prevent this you have to disable USB Writing in your PC

Here is the Trick to modify USB write and execution sequences by manipulating “Registry Library”.By this you can actually stop other users from stealing stuff in your computer! 

Step1. Go to “Start >>Click  Run >> Type: Regedit”.

Step 2.In the registry window, just scroll down and look for this directory with the following key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor

Step4. Click on Start presint inside the registry editor Now you have to modify “Start”(as shown below),change the ‘value data’ from 3 to 4 . After the modification, click ‘OK’ and exit the Registry Editor.

“Start”=dword:00000003 (default)
“Start”=dword:00000004 (modified)

Step4. Click Ok......Restart the PC -Have fun and protect your computer from nastiest!

Easily Add Custom Alaram Ringtones to Android Phone

 

If you are a user of Android phone and also a heavy alarm clock user, you will know that the default alarm clock app in Android phone does not provides you with lot of options, especially the ringtone.If you are looking to choose from a wide range of songs/ringtones that you are going to wake up with, you are going to be disappointed. There are effectively only one option (another is silent mode) and that is the irritating buzzer alarm.

It is very easy to add custom ringtones to youralarm clock, so you don’t have to wake up with the irritating buzzer alarm.

1. First connect your Android phone to the computer, via USB cable.

2. Mount your phone’s SD card to the computer.

3. Create a new folder call “alarms” (without the quotes) in the main directory of the SD card.

4. Copy all your favorite alarm clock ringtones to the folder.

5. Unmount the SDcard.

6. Start the alarm clock app,  now you can see your favorite ringtone in the selection field.

The same trick can also apply to the call ringtone and notification tone. Simply create two folders, “ringtones” and “notifications” and place the songs in them. They will appear in the respective settings of your phone.

Trick to Create a Custom function Shortcut in MS Acess

To run certain custom functions in MS Acess, we have to follow very lenthy steps & there is no inbuilt shortcut in shortcut menubar. So by this trick we can create new shortcut in shortcut menubar.

This trick suggest:

1.How to add a command to that menu that calls your Custom Function.

2.How to place your own custom command on the Shortcut Menu where you can access it easily.

Step1 :Open your database. Right click on the toolbar. Select “Customize . . .” A Dialog window appears. Click on the “Toolbars” tab. Next, click the “Shortcut Menus” checkbox. A long bar of Shortcut menu bar should appear:

Step2. On the dialog box select the “Commands” tab. Click on “File”. In the window click on “Custom” and drag it to the Shortcut Menu Bar. Drag it to “Report” then “Print Preview” and drop it where you want it to be in the menu that appears.

Step3.Right-click on the “Custom” menu item you just placed. A dialog box opens. In the “Name” box type in the command name you want the user to see in the Shortcut Menu. For Example, Save As Snapshot, or Save Snapshot, etc.

Step4.Next go to the bottom of the dialog box and click on “Properties”. A Dialog window pops up. In the “On Action” box enter the command to run your function like this: =MyFunctionName()

Click “Close” and Click “Close” again and now  you are ready to try your new shortcut menu command.
You can also add a command to the Form Shortcut menu. Just drag the “Custom” menu item to “Form” on the Shortcut Menu Bar and drop it in the “Form View Title Bar” Menu. Now you can launch your Custom Functions from the shortcut menu.

Finally Access stores the data about your customized Shortcut Bar Command in the Registry so it is available any time you use an Access Database on that computer.

I think it helps to run your custom functions from shortcut.

How to Install Multiple Programs at Once-AllMyApps

Installing one application after another is a very tedious process. AllMyApps is a web service that lets you to install multiple applications at once with no or minimal human interference.

Features

1.AllMyApps is completely free and secure to use. 

2.User interface of AllMyApps is very simple – just add programs you want to the list and  click on install button when ready. 

3.AllMyApps features a huge collection of popular and shareware software’s at one place.  You can add applications like media players, instant messengers, runtimes, torrents, developer tools, utilities and more to the list to install on your computer.

First you have to register with the site to use its services for free, then install AllMyApps      All software’s that are featured in this site are 100% legal to use.

Visit AllMyApp  

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Steps to Fix DOM document error in Coreldraw -XML Core

Cannot create a DOM document. Class not registered. Please ensure that MSXML4 is installed.

To resolve this issue please make sure that the msxml4.dll library is registered correctly.

• Click on „Start -> Run“
• Enter: regsvr32 /u msxml4.dll (this command line de-registers MSXML4.DLL)
• Now enter: regsvr32 msxml4.dll (DLL is re-registered)
• You should now be able to run CorelDRAWIf problem persists you will need to update/install MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2 then re-register the dll libray.

You can download this through the following link directly from Microsoft:
MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2 (Microsoft XML Core Services)

After downloading and installing please do the following:

1. Click on „Start -> Run“
2. Enter: regsvr32 /u msxml4.dll (this command line de-registers MSXML4.DLL)
3. Now enter: regsvr32 msxml4.dll (DLL is re-registered)
4. You should now be able to run CorelDRAW
   

How to Fix Adobe Updater Could not be started error

This error presented itself with Adobe Photoshop CS2 (version 9.0 and 9.0.2 after updating manually.Some time it appeared in windows vista and Windows 7 after fresh installation.
Here's a screenshot of the error message

Steps to Fix Adobe Updater Could not be started error

Open the file at C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Updater\AdobeESDGlobalApps.xml in a text editor. The contents of the file look something like this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <AdobeUpdaterRegistrationManager> <Application appID="photoshop9-en_US-RET"> <DisplayName>Adobe Photoshop CS2</DisplayName> <InstallPath>C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\</InstallPath> <IsEnabled>1</IsEnabled> </Application> </AdobeUpdaterRegistrationManager>
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Modify the following line

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<IsEnabled>1</IsEnabled>
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so it reads
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<IsEnabled>0</IsEnabled>
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and then save the file. You should no longer see the error message when you start up Photoshop. Note that you'll need to check the Adobe website for future updates to your Adobe products, but since the updater wasn't running anyway it wouldn't have updated itself anyway. for more information Visit link below Adobe Photoshop Help

How to Enable Subtitles in Windows Media Player 12

Windows media player 12 is not playing subtitles like srt, sub etc. even if we install Direct VobSub. And Wehave to rename a system file called mfpmp.exe, present in C:\Windows\System32. But we need to take ownership of the file in order to rename it. Otherwise it shows the error message below.

Step 1: Open command prompt (Press Start+R, Type cmd andHit  Enter).

  Step 2: In command prompt, type: takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\mfpmp.exe
               and press Enter

 

Step 3:Type: icacls C:\Windows\System32\mfpmp.exe /grant (user name): F and hit Enter

Step 4:  Reboot the System,and now you should be able to delete or modify the file. 

if it gives error  try renaming the file to anything else then mfpmp.exe as shown below.

How to Copy scratched CD/DVD Using Copy Cat

There is common problem after certain period, CD or DVD are highly prone to scratches if we do not care them. There is very hard to get data back from CD or DVD. Yesterday, i have my backup CD of projects. This seems like impossible to get data.

The software named as Copy Cat 2.0.,it is freeware app actually skip the bytes which are not readable from file and copy all other bytes therefore it extracts max data which is normally not done by windows copy operation. Copy Cat can be helpful at times when you want to copy a CD or DVD which is scratched,when you want to copy data from harddisk area which is partially not readable.

 

Another an excellent feature about copy cat. It's also worked with floppy although it is not commonly used . But peoples usually have backup in Floppy Disc. So, it's also works with the same method of skip the unreadable byte on it.
Features of CopyCat

• It even tries to copy a highly damaged media byte by byte
• It gives you the option to skip the bytes if bad area found
• It is a very fast data recovery tool
• It also tries to copy damaged files on your hard disk
• Unlike Windows copy operation it does not stop the copy if bad area found

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How to Transfer Files Very Quickly-TeraCopy

 
Do you wish to copy/move your files fast? TeraCopy is a freeware app that move file at the maximum possible speed, providing the user a lot of features. Usually, moving or copying the files in hard-disk or Cd or USB takes times. But this app will help and provide the awesome way of transferring the data. In case of copy error. It will resume from the same part instead of copying the data from beginning.

Features of TeraCopy
Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.

• Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
• Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
• Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files.
• Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.

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How to Create a font from your own handwriting

Everyone can create a font from there own handwriting. There's no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner. Simply fill in the font template, scan and upload it to our website, and download your completed font. The fonts you create using fontcapture.com can be used on both Windows and Mac computers.

Steps to Create a font from your own handwriting
Requirement

• Printer
• Scanner

1) Download Font Template it is in PDF format, so you'll need a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader to open it.
2)Print the Font Template Page.
3) Fill the Font template Boxes with respective Alphabet:
After printing the font template, it's time to fill it in with your own handwriting. For best results it's recommended to use a black marker pen (Sharpie or similar). Make sure to leave a margin around each character.

Each character box has a set of guide marks to help you position the character. The middle one is called the baseline, and is the line on which a letter usually sits. Some letters, such as 'g' or 'q', descend to the descender line. Uppercase letters typically have their highest point on the ascender. It's okay for accents to reach slightly above the ascender, but if you go too far you risk having your characters cut off. It's therefore recommended to keep your characters within the ascender and descender portion of the boxes.
4) Uploading your completed font template:

After completing the font template, it's time to scan it. Here's a few tips on how to achieve good results:

• Set your scanner to operate in grayscale or color mode at 200 DPI or higher.
• Save the scanned image in PNG (preferred) or JPG format.
• Make sure you don't scan the template upside down. If you do, rotate the image 180 degrees using an image editor.

After completion visit this link click here ,then enter font name,font author and then select the file which is scanned in your computer [the form which is filled] then click on submit and wait till it is uploaded.

Now your New Font is ready .Download your new font by clicking Download link.

5)Installing New font in your computer: Go to control panel then click on fonts then paste the downloaded font.

6)Open MS word then click on the font option and look for your font (font name is the name which is given by you while uploading.)

Sample of New Font

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New Bluetooth 3.0 Released with speed improvement

This new release is faster, safer and backward compatible. With this announcement from Bluetooth SIG, consumer electronics and device manufacturers can now build their application according to Bluetooth 3.0 specification. Here is a synopsis of features this new version is going to provide, taken from SIG press release.

Special Cool Features of Bluetooth 3.0

1.Bluetooth 3.0 gets its speed from the 802.11 radio protocol. The inclusion of the 802.11 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) provides increased throughput of data transfers at the approximate rate of 24 Mbps. In addition, mobile devices including Bluetooth 3.0 will realize increased power savings due to enhanced power control built in.
2.This newest version of Bluetooth technology builds on the inherent qualities of the current 2.1 EDR version, including Simple Secure Pairing and built-in, automatic security. And as with all versions of the Bluetooth specification, Bluetooth 3.0 HS provides developers, manufacturers and consumers with the benefit of backwards compatibility, enabling both the expansion and enhancement of this technology with every new specification release.

3.Looks like this new version is primarily aimed at speed improvements, as their application area includes bulk transfer of videos, music and photos between user’s devices and the trusted devices of others, without the need for cables and wires. And what about those devices for general availability? It is expected to see consumer products in the market in 9 to 12 months.

How to Automatically Delete a Logo From An Image-Inpaint

If you have a photo and want to remove an object or scratched area from the photo, this is the finest solution for you. InPaint a smart tool released by Teorex hold a lot of features for you. The tool lets you effortlessly remove an object from the background. It is suitable for scratches, noise and all kinds of objects that are not belonging to the photo or spoil the composition. It is clearly given in the image below.



Moreover, the tool is able to reconstruct the selected image area from the pixel near the area boundary. Inpaint may be used to remove undesirable objects from still images.

At the same time, you can delete any unwanted object from your photo, such as logo, watermark, extra power-line, people, and text. The program is able to automatically inpaint the selected area to erase it. Therefore, it saves you energy and time from doing any unwanted work like using clone tool.

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How to View Microsoft Project Files Online-Trusted Viewer

There are several free viewers available for Word, Excel and PowerPoint,but Microsoft does not provide an official viewer for Microsoft Project (.mpp) files. That means if you don’t have the Project program installed on your computer, you can’t read any of those project plans lying in your mailbox.

There’s however an trusted option now that will let you view and print Project files in the browser itself without requiring MS Project. It’s called projec.to.

How to Open Microsoft Project Files Online

To open a project file without installing Microsoft Project, just sign-up for a free plan at projec.to and upload your .mpp (or .mpt template) file.
The service will then render your project plan in a browser based Flash-viewer from where you can view the plan and also print it or even embed it in external web pages using Flash.

The service offers both free and paid plans but if you opt for the free option, any MS Project file (or Template) that you upload onto projec.to will be public by default.

You can also delete files immediate after viewing them online but if your projects plans contain something extremely confidential, it may be a good idea to go with one of the paid plans that start at $5/month and allow private viewing.

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New Cool Way of Resize Windows with FreeSnap

Sometimes manually resizing windows is a difficult task and also aligning them to the screen. With FreeSnap, you can move and resize windows with your keypad. You can just run this program, and you can use hotkeys to center windows or send them to all corners of the screen. FreeSnap allows you to instantly resize any window edge to the corresponding screen edge.

The Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys move a window to the corresponding corner of the screen without resizing the window. The “Plus” and “Minus” keys on the number-pad will resizing the window to a specific dimension. The dimensions used are 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864, 1280 x 1024.

FreeSnap also supports multiple monitors and when multiple monitors are detected, FreeSnap remaps the “5″ key to move the window from one monitor to the next. You can grow and shrink an edge by 10 pixels by pressing Windows Key + Ctrl + (an arrow key) or Windows Key + Shift + (an arrow key). You can also grow and shrink an edge by 10 pixels by pressing Windows Key + Ctrl + (an arrow key) or Windows Key + Shift + (an arrow key).

FreeSnap does no run in the system tray but once it is started from the start menu, it can resize the window.

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How To Take Screenshots from Microsoft Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint inbuilt Tool

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta has been released and you can download and try the Professional Plus beta version. Office 2010 is having lot many new features including inbuilt “Screen-shots” feature thru which you can take screenshot of any window on your computer and attach that into the document without installing any other software. You can also save that screenshot on your local machine for future usage.

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Screenshot Tool is an easy to use option on Microsoft Office 2010 to take screenshots and here is the step by step guide on how to use that feature.

Steps to Take Screenshots

We are taking Microsoft Office Word 2010 in this example:

1. Open a document or blank document on Microsoft Office Word 2010

2. Go to ‘Insert’ tab and click on ‘Screenshot’ option available besides the Chart option (10’th position from left on menu bar)

3. It will show you the active windows on your computer. If you want to take a full snap of those active windows, then select the windows from the list

4. To take a screenshot of selective area only, Click on ‘Screen Clipping’ option at the bottom

5. Recent window on your computer will become active (faded window) and you can select the area to take screenshot

6. Screenshot will be copied to your Microsoft Office Word document

7. You can change the format and design of that screenshot image from the ‘Format’ Picture Tool on Menu bar

8. Save the screenshot on your local computer by right click on image ===> select ‘Save as Picture’ from menu

You can use Screenshot feature on other applications like PowerPoint and Excel on Office 2010. Here is the location of Screenshot Tool in these applications.

                                                        Screenshot Tool in PowerPoint

                                                         Screenshot Tool in Excel

 If you know any other interesting feature you can leave list of those features in comment box

How to Backup Firefox Plugin -FEBE

Everyone hate re-installing windows in case of any problem, because all the settings stored is lost and we need to start working from very scratch. The same is the case with Mozilla Firefox. When I open Firefox after a fresh windows installation I am not able to see my plugins there. This is kind of irritating for me because the one of the many plugin I cannot work without is last-pass which stores all my passwords and internet forms and secure notes.

FEBE is the last plugin you need to install to do just what you need the most – A Plugin Backup. With the FEBE add-on for Firefox, you can back up all the add-ons, plugins, themes and user settings. And it is pretty easy to use. The three awesome features of the add-on are:-

1. Scheduled backups
2. Selective backups
3. Verification of the backup file

So all you need to do is to install FEBE after a fresh windows re-installation and you will have your previous Firefox back with you.

Download Febe

 Let us know which are your favorite Firefox plugins?