Computer Tweaks

     You can start your computer applications automatically and control the sequence of the programs when your computer comes up. You can start number of applications that you want to start at the time of startup using batch files.     Here we consider you want to run three different applications (WordPad, calculator, and notepad) and minimized automatically with sequence at windows startup. However, you can write a batch file to open any program that is installed on your system. There are many other uses of a batch file but here we are not going to discuss them.     Open any text editor like notepad and type the following command. start /min wordpad.exe start /min calc.exe start /min notepad.exe     Now choose the option, Save As to save this file with .bat extension. For example filename.bat.     Now Right- click on Start button and choose open > Double click Programs > here open Startu...

Windows Vista or Windows 7, will have problems running some older versions of applications, just because so much has changed under the hood from Windows XP days. Thankfully there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set per application. To configure the compatibility mode for an application, just locate the installation directory and right click on the .exe, selecting Properties from the menu. Select the Compatibility tab: You can choose to run the program in Windows XP compatibility mode, or even all the way back to Windows 95 compatibility. Probably the most useful setting to start off with would be to disable the visual themes and desktop composition, if you can’t get things working. If you are trying to run a video game, you will often need to choose “Run this program as an administrator”. You’ll have to play around with it, but most likely you can get your application working this way.

Twitter Applications- Desktop Versions Tweetdeck Seesmic Twhirl Tweetie For Mac Destroy Twitter Nambu Socialite Spaz Digitweet Snitter Skimmer Twibble Twitterriffic Digsby Sideline by Yahoo! Tweetglide Feedalizr Tweetybot Twitteroo Sobees Shared Minds Mitter Mixero Blu Twitter Applications for Photo Sharing Twitpic Tweetphoto Yfrog PegShot Posterous Twitgoo Twic.li Flickr Mobypicture SmugMug Twitngo Twitrpix Twitpickr SnapTweet Pikchur picktor Web Browser Run Twitter Applications Hootsuite Pluggio Power Twitter for Firefox Chromed Bird TweetIE for Internet Explorer Seesmic Echofon for Firefox (formerly Twitterfox) Twitbin Twitter Applications- Link Shorteners     A s twitter allows only 140 characters to post. It becomes difficult to post bigger links. In that situations you need to shorten URLs. BudUrl Bit.ly Ow.ly StumbleUpon Tinyurl Tweetburner is.gd doiop Shadyurl...

  Microsoft has an unsupported virtual CD-ROM program. Why buy alcohol or Daemon Tools?  Alcohol and Daemon Tools are excellent software packages that allow users to mount ISO files as virtual CD-ROMs. Yes, there is a way to use that ISO without burning it to a disk. Although these tools are very useful and liked by many people, Microsoft has a free, 60kb program that does the same thing! Of course, it is not supported… and it’s not as friendly as the software listed above; however, it works and it’s free. Here’s the download link. winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel Here’s the readme: Readme for Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1 THIS TOOL IS UNSUPPORT BY MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES System Requirements =================== - Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional Installation instructions ========================= 1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder. 2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe 3. Click "Driver control"...

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scriptsthat make on-the-fly changes to HTML web page content on the DOMContentLoaded event, which happens immediately after it is loaded in the browser (also known as augmented browsing). As Greasemonkey scripts are persistent, the changes made to the web pages are executed every time the page is opened, making them effectively permanent for the user running the script. Greasemonkey can be used for adding new functions to web pages (for example, embedding price comparisons within shopping sites), fixing rendering bugs, combining data from multiple webpages, and numerous other purposes. Technical details Greasemonkey user scripts are written in JavaScript and manipulate the contents of a web page using the Document Object Model interface. Scripts are site-specific and written by hand. userscripts.org maintains a database of Greasemonkey scripts, and for each, lists the URLs of web pages to which the...

Guys you might be thinking that our previuos blogs were also based on the short cuts used in Windows operating systems. This blog is also going to list some more shorcuts ... I will request you all to just bookmark this page so that you can refer it back .... its really impossible to remember so many short cuts .... here we go ..... General keyboard shortcuts CTRL+C(Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) F2 key (Rename the selected item) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a blo...

%ALLUSERSPROFILE% - Open the All User's Profile %HomeDrive% - Opens your home drive e.g. C:\ %UserProfile% - Opens you User's Profile %temp% Opens - temporary file Folder %systemroot% - Opens Windows folder Wupdmgr - Takes you to Microsoft Windows Update

Shortcuts access.cpl - Accessibility Options hdwwiz.cpl - Add New Hardware Wizard appwiz.cpl - dd/Remove Programs timedate.cpl - Date and Time Properties desk.cpl - Display Properties inetcpl.cpl - Internet Properties joy.cpl - Joystick Properties main.cpl keboard - Keyboard Properties main.cpl - Mouse Properties ncpa.cpl - Network Connections ncpl.cpl - Network Properties telephon.cpl - Phone and Modem options powercfg.cpl - Power Management intl.cpl - Regional settings mmsys.cpl sounds - Sound Properties mmsys.cpl - Sounds and Audio Device Properties sysdm.cpl - System Properties nusrmgr.cpl - User settings firewall.cpl - Firewall Settings (sp2) wscui.cpl - Security Center (sp2)

Management Consoles certmgr.msc - Certificate Manager ciadv.msc - Indexing Service compmgmt.msc - Computer management devmgmt.msc - Device Manager dfrg.msc - Defragment diskmgmt.msc - Disk Management fsmgmt.msc - Folder Sharing Management eventvwr.msc - Event Viewer gpedit.msc - Group Policy -XP Pro only iis.msc - Internet Information Services lusrmgr.msc - Local Users and Groups mscorcfg.msc - Net configurations ntmsmgr.msc - Removable Storage perfmon.msc - Performance Manager secpol.msc - Local Security Policy services.msc - System Services wmimgmt.msc - Windows Management

This may not be new to everyone, but still will help you a lot. here I am going to make a list of Run Commands. Hope you all will enjoy it .... Run commands  Calc - Calculator Cfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration Wizard Charmap - Character Map Chkdisk - Repair damaged files Cleanmgr - Cleans up hard drives Clipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewer Cmd - Opens a new Command Window (cmd.exe) Control - Displays Control Panel Dcomcnfg - DCOM user security Debug - Assembly language programming tool Defrag - Defragmentation tool Drwatson - Records programs crash & snapshots Dxdiag - DirectX Diagnostic Utility Explorer - Windows Explorer Fontview - Graphical font viewer Ftp - ftp.exe program Hostname - Returns Computer's name Ipconfig - Displays IP configuration for all network adapters Jview - Microsoft Command-line Loader for Java classes MMC - Microsoft Management Console Msconfig - Configuration to edit startup files Msinfo32 - Microsoft System...

You can create keyboard shortcuts for any program in Windows 7/XP/Vista.  Right-click the program icon and select Properties .  Select the Shortcut tab,  click in Shortcut key , and set the keyboard shortcut for that program.

Keyloggers also known as key Stroke recorders are the softwares that can record the key strokes.These are Used in phishing websites to steal your username and password.These keylogger can also be installed on a computer and they can send usernames and passwords using your Internet connection.You can protect yourself using special tips and tricks.And if you follow the guidelines we are providing your username and password will be safe even if a keylogger has been already installed on your system.Here are the tips and tricks to protect yourself from the keyloggers 1.Enable Your Firewall:- Firewalls donot stop the keyloggers from entering into your PC But hey can help in stopping the keyloggers from sending your information.It is always recommended that you install a good firewall software to protect your computer from unauthorized access.By default Microsoft windows firewall is enabled. 2.Use Good Antivirus Software And Avoid Downloading cracked Softwares:- Use g...