Office 2003: the SP3 blocks certain files

“The old” formats of files are not any more in odor of holiness in the office automation continuation Office 2003, which after application of the SP3 published in September 2007, refuses their opening.

With the row of excluded, files with the format Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003 like CorelDraw (.cdr) regarded as less sure and likely to present a risk for the user.

Small surprise with the SP3 of Office 2003

To pass unperceived initially, several users started to complain about this measurement installation by Microsoft, the more so as it was not explicitly mentioned in the notes of version of the SP3.

Via-a-via growing dissatisfaction, Microsoft published in December an explanatory note on this subject. These explanations in any case truly did not convince Corel which belongs to the injured third editors. Referring about it to the publications of centers of day before in computer security (like the US-CERT) virgin of any information against CorelDraw, Corel indicated not to include/understand the classification of Microsoft for its files .cdr, while specifying to work with the firm of Redmond to draw the things with light.

In order to circumvent this “security measure”, it is possible all the same for the users of Office 2003 concerned, to pass some by modifications to operate in register base.

Tricks for easy Internet Explorer 7 optimization

So let start with Internet Explorer 7 Tricks. No matter what one says some, competition also has good sides. It is enough to look with attention the phenomenon Mozilla Firefox alluring always more users, for better including/understanding why Microsoft integrated great number of new functionalities with Internet Explorer 7 (navigation by tabs, anti-phishing filter, implementation CSS 2, management of RSS feeds, increased safety, respect of the new Web standards, etc).

Like one often says it, it is very difficult to lose his practices. In that, the absence of the traditional menus “File, Edition, Posting, Favorites, Tools” in the Windows explorer and even in IE7, represents without any doubt one of the largest embarrassments for the user. It is however enough to a simple pressure of the Alt key to post these “menus temporarily”.

Under Internet Explorer 7 (64 bits), it is rather current to encounter problems of Flash posting. What very quickly becomes painful? To solve this problem, it is enough to proceed to the manual installation of Player Flash by carrying out the FlashUtil9c.exe file located in the repertory Windows \ SysWOW64 \ Macromed \ Flash. Rarer, it is however possible to meet this same type of problem with the version 32 bits of Internet Explorer 7. The method is then identical: to reinstall the FlashUtil9c.exe file manually located this time in the repertory Windows \ System32 \ Macromed \ Flash

Optimize the posting of the characters with a screen LCD

With the democratization of screens LCD, the posting of the characters misses clearness and suffers from a light blur. If the ClearType function made it possible to improve posting under Windows XP, Microsoft made some improvements of the function by integrating it even in IE7. It is enough for that to open small Outils, Options Internet, then to click on the Advance tab for finally selecting the option “Always to use ClearType for the HTML”. Do not forget to apply the changes before closing and starting again Internet Explorer 7.

Internet Explorer ClearType Tuner (only under XP)

To go a little further, Microsoft placed at the disposal of the users, a ActiveX control named ClearType Tuner which makes it possible in 3 stages to apply a smoothing of your bills of character in a more thorough way. What makes it possible to improve clearness of the bills of character and consequently occasion, the legibility of the pages under Internet Explorer 7. It should be noted that there is also the software ClearType Tuner PowerToy for those which do not wish to use the solution in line proposed by Microsoft.

You are still numerous to be unaware of that when you sail on the Web, whatever the navigator Internet which you use (Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc), this one records great number of information more or less without your knowledge:

* Temporary files Internet,
* Cookies,
* History of the consulted Web sites,
* Recorded forms, namely various personal information seized on certain sites: for example your name, your address, telephone number, addresses email, etc …
* Passwords

The interest of the safeguard of this information is to accelerate navigation Internet by automatically providing information which you will have already seized (URL addresses, e-mail, personal information, etc). But with the wire of time, the accumulation of all these temporary files Internet causes not only decelerations system, but it also poses problems related to safety. Since many malwares is capable of harm your practices, and even to fly of confidential information. This is why it is preferable to remove these temporary files, cookies, history, given forms, and passwords. With this intention, press key ALT, then open “Tools”, and “Remove the history of navigation… ”.

For the largest rebels, i.e. those which do not wish to resort to any software dedicated to cleaning or which present FLEMMITE ACUTE, it remains possible to create a short cut personalized having for task to carry out the cleaning of temporary Internet files. For that, nothing complicated since it is enough to create a small script using the assistant of creation of a short cut (click right on the desk, new, create shortcut). You will have only to indicate the site of the short cut, by helping you of the list below (respect breakage), before informing the names which you wish to allot to the short cut that you have just created.

Temporary files Internet:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
Cookies:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
History of navigation:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16
Passwords:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32
Remove All:
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

Under Windows Vista, and for reasons of safety, functionality telnet (Final NETwork) is not activated by defect. For recall, telnet is a protocol of the client/server type making it possible to connect itself on a distant machine as a user. That gives you for example the possibility of reaching your office computer since your residence.

Perhaps according to your activities, you will need to reactivate telnet. For that, open the Control panel, then open the module “Programs” and “Programs and functionalities”, before selecting the bond “Activate or decontaminate Windows functionalities” located on the left shutter. It any more but does not remain you to notch the box “Customer telnet” if you use your PC as a customer, and “Waiter telnet” following your needs.

Whereas Firefox integrates navigation by tabs since strong a long time, it is only since the last grinding of IE7 that the faithful admirers of Microsoft can benefit from such functionality. But to be honest as much, since one uses a great number of tabs, it becomes rather difficult to juggle between all these tabs and to find that which interests us. And it is precisely what the functionality “QuickTabs” accessible via the combination from Ctrl+Q keys proposes to do (or on the button located on the right of the buttons of management of the favorites). You will post a mosaic then containing a miniature of all the active tabs. You will be able to thus choose that which interests you in a more convivial way. If you encounter problems of legibility, think of using the combination CTRL + serrated roller of the mouse to increase or reduce the size of the labels.

Very practical, IE7 integrates a field of research being pressed on an engine. And by defect, it is the search engine Live Search which is used. Each one having its own preferences, it is possible to indicate which engine to use by defect. With this intention, unroll the drop-down menu of the small magnifying glass located at the end in top on the left of the navigator and select the option “to modify the parameters of research per defect”. If the engine that you wish to use does not appear in the list, you can add other engines, simply while clicking on “still Seeking search engines… ”, in order to post a new window containing of other search engines.

If the engine that you wish to use does not make party of this list, it is then enough to open the page of the search engine to be added and to carry out a research on the word TEST. Copy the URL of the page of the results in zone URL of the window “Create yours” (is needed that the word TEST appears in the URL), then indicate the name of the search engine as illustrated on the image below. However, it is possible to be a little further limiting research to an Internet site in particular. Let us take for example our case, namely our Internet site.

You will be able in this way, and for example, to carry out a research on the Windows processes only on our site. This easy way can be made possible via the modification of the base of the registers. Appointment in branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ InternetExplorer \ SearchScopes and create a new key which you will name GNT. Inside this key, create a value chains that you will name DisplayName and seize Generation-NT in the field given of the value. Then create a new value chains that you will call URL, then indicate http://www.generation-nt.com/divers/search.php?kw= {searchTerms} before applying the changes and starting again IE7…

Well that would be it if you have any problems during these tricks we advise you to visit our forums and post your problems. We hope that we helped you a lot with these Internet Explorer 7 Tricks to understand more how to use and optimize you favorite web browser. If you need more tricks you can find them in right side of this page, we sort them by date and their popularity

Maintain your Blog with Microsoft Word 2007

Do you have your own Blog and you are tired with his old look? You can try to use Microsoft Word 2007 to change look of you Blog. It is very easy to publish or redesign your favorite Blog to your Blog site using Microsoft’s Word 2007. Using Word 2007, you can literally save tons of time to post a new blog entry or modify an existing blog entry.

Important Note: One issue that we found especially when modifying a blog is that all your pictures are recopied! So, make sure that you go back to your blog site and delete duplicate pictures- We know, it is painful, but a little planning can reduce the number of times you modify your blog. The other option is to make your (minor) changes directly in your blog site. But, the advantage of using Word 2007, to publish your blogs, out beats the pain caused by this issue.

It is extremely easy to blog straight out of Word 2007, here are the detailed instructions:

1. From Word 2007, when you are creating a new document, choose the “New blog post” option,
2. Now Microsoft Word 2007 will prompt you to register a blog account at this time; click the “Register Now” button to continue,
3. Next, choose your blog provider; you can add multiple blog providers- We will show you how to do this later in this blog. For now, just select your favorite provider to continue with the registration process,
4. Next provide your blog’s account information - your blog site address, user name and password- suggest checking the “Remember Password” option; typically, the URL will be your blog address followed by the “/xmlrpc.php”,
5. Next you will provided with options to store any uploaded pictures; select the appropriate option,
6. Next Word prompts with a warning about sending your login/account information to the service provider and that it is possible for others to see that information. Click YES if you comply and if you want to continue; you are done with the registration!
7. You are now ready to create a blog, just like you create any Word document. Once you are done creating a blog all you have to do is Publish your blog. While your blog is being published you will see the following prompt (Image 1).
8. That’s it! Additionally, you can add a category for your blog by clicking the “Category” button. You can also modify your existing Blog Provider information or add additional providers by clicking on the Manage Accounts button
9. Apart from creating new blog entries, you can also open & modify existing blog entries; simply click on the “Open Existing” button- you will then be allowed to select any of the existing blog entries as shown

Hope this was helpful! Blogging is fun and creating and modifying your blog entries should be made easy- Microsoft Word 2007 is an awesome tool to help you do just that. More blog power to you!

Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center Test

This new Vista Media Center Edition will be including in the versions Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Premium; in Windows Vista Home BASIC we will not have multimedia center. The basic functionalities are those that already have come observing during these last year’s within Media Center, TV, DVD, Photos and in general all the related one to the digital entertainment, which if it has improved remarkably is the experience of user and the menus of navigation which now they are from top to bottom and left to right.


Seeing tale and the DVD: The televising experience has improved slightly, the controls are such of always and the functionalities also, now the use of software is more intuitive, the improvements are practically imperceptible. Music, videos, photos… multimedia! Now he is much more intuitive to add folders from the system to the bookstore and is centralized in a single point. The system detects automatically that type of multimedia we are adding so that later he is available in each one of the menus. The interface does not have great improvements in functionalities, but the usabilidad and the interface have given an important qualitative jump. We can see discs of a much more familiar way, being able to order by author, sort, album… The photography’s have a spectacular system of “slideshow” the quality with which we see the material is excellent.

Media Center Extenders: Perhaps we have proven to connect XboX 360 to our Media Center; this is to extend commonest in all the houses, in previous versions Now it is easier that to never connect extenders to the PC, simply with an assistant, introducing the code that indicates Extender to us, the system will be connected automatically.

In summary: The next version of Windows Media Center bring us many surprises, and of course for many Media Center goes has to be one of them, since it continues being one of the great strangers in the world Windows. With the arrival of the digital home integration between TV and PC increases day to day and MC will help us to have all our bookstore perfectly organized multimedia.

Download Free Cell Phone Videos (3GP) With Google

Do you want to download a bunch of free videos for your cellular phone? This technique will show you how to search Google to find tons of open directories containing free cell phone videos. No P2P or torrents required. Start your collection from the open collections of others.
I know I beat this poor search technique to death; however, I always enjoy finding new uses for it.

This time we will be using a Google search to find people’s open directories of 3GP videos. This is a common video format used to view videos on cell phones.

1. Open Directories of 3GP files:

Google: -inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:asp intitle:”index of” 3gp

2. Specific Searches for 3GP files:

Google: filetype:3gp inurl:3gp

Now this search is not nearly as sexy as it brings in a ton of junk. However, this search casts your net wider. The magic here is the filetype and inurl filters telling google to only include these video files in your search. By leaving these filters in place, you can add more search terms to narrow your search.

For example, to search 3GP video files that are associated with rock.

Google: filetype:3gp inurl:3gp rock

Diagnose And Repair An Unbootable XP Or Vista PC

What to do when your Windows XP or Windows Vista system refuses to boot.

How do I prepare an emergency boot disc so I'm ready in case Windows becomes unbootable?

Alas, the days when Windows came with a program for creating a useful emergency boot floppy are long gone. And those old boot floppies wouldn't help with XP or Vista--even if you PC had a floppy drive.

Boot from one of the discs that came with your PC, and examine the menus (don't select anything that might wipe your drive). You're looking for emergency utilities.

You're in real luck if you have a full Windows XP CD or Vista DVD. These come with great tools for diagnosing and repairing an unbootable PC. In fact, if you don't have a real Windows disc, find one you can borrow in an emergency. Don't install Windows from a borrowed disc, but if it has the same version of Windows as your PC, use its repair tools.

Boot from an XP CD, and press R at the 'Welcome to Setup' screen to see the Recovery Console, a DOS-like command-line environment with a number of useful utilities.

If you boot from a Vista DVD, click Repair your computer to open the System Recover program. There you'll find options to automatically fix boot problems, restore your hard drive from an image backup, diagnose memory, or perform a system restore.

If you're ready for a Windows alternative, try Puppy Linux, which you can download as a ready-to-burn .iso file from the Puppy Linux Web site. Boot from the CD, and you'll have a nongeek's version of Linux running on your PC. Puppy Linux is the best tool I've found for one extremely important job: copying important files off an unbootable hard drive. Unlike UBCD4Win, Puppy recognizes USB drives, making it extremely easy to put these files where you can readily access them.

The XP CD's Boot Tool Kit

Enter these commands in Windows XP's Recovery Console to perform CPR on your disks and files.

Command	Action
Attrib	Changes the attributes of a file or directory.
Batch	Executes the commands specified in the text file.
Bootcfg	Boot file (boot.ini) configuration and recovery.
ChDir (Cd)	Displays the name of the current directory or changes the current directory.
Chkdsk	Checks a disk and displays a status report.
Cls	Clears the screen.
Copy	Copies a single file to another location.
Delete (Del)	Deletes one or more files.
Dir	Displays a list of files and subdirectories in a directory.
Disable	Disables a system service or a device driver.
Diskpart	Manages partitions on your hard drives.
Enable	Starts or enables a system service or a device driver.
Exit	Exits the Recovery Console and restarts your computer.
Expand	Extracts a file from a compressed file.
Extract	Extracts files from compressed .cab archives.
Fixboot	Writes a new partition boot sector onto the specified partition.
Fixmbr	Repairs the master boot record of the specified disk.
Format	Formats a disk.
Help	Displays a list of commands you can use in the Recovery Console.
Listsvc	Lists the services and drivers available on the computer.
Logon	Logs on to a Windows installation.
Map	Displays the drive letter mappings.
Mkdir (Md)	Creates a directory.
More	Displays a text file.
Net Use	Connects a network share to a drive letter.
Rename (Ren)	Renames a single file.
Rmdir (Rd)	Deletes a directory.
Set	Displays and sets environment variables.
Systemroot	Sets the current directory to the systemroot directory of the system you are currently logged on to.
Type	Displays a text file.

I hope these will help you :)

Disabling Notification Area Balloon Tips In Windows Vista

Do the balloon tips keep annoying you? Then don’t worry, here’s how you can disable notification area balloon tips in Windows Vista:

1. First Go to Start > Run and type Regedit.exe

2. Navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Create a new REG_DWORD (32 bit) value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips

4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0

5. Close Regedit.exe

6. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

If you dont want to do the above method you can download the below file and just run it.
Download From Here - Disableballoontips.reg

Source - BizznTech

Quick Way To Speed Up Internet Explorer At Startup

Here’s a fast trick which will help you to speed up IE startup. Follow the below instructions in order to do so:

1. Right click your Internet Explorer shortcut and Click Properties.
2. Go to the Shortcut tab and in the target row add the suffix -nohome, so for the line should become as follows>>
“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -nohome
4. Click Apply and OK.
5. The next time you start IE, it will start faster than before.

Please comment if you liked this post.

Adding Lyrics Plugin To Winamp

Want to sing a song that’s playing in your Winamp but don’t know the lyrics ? Here’s an easy way. The Leo’s Lyrics Plugin now makes it possible. This plugin uses the ID3 data of the song to retrieve the lyrics. But in case there’s no ID3 data then you won’t be able to see any lyrics.

Installation:

1. Download the Leo’s Winamp 5 Plugin (v1.3) from here.
2. Run LeosLyricsPlugin.exe and follow the installation instructions.
3. The plugin should launch when Winamp is started.

Source - BizznTech

Make Your Opera Faster Than Before

For those Opera users who think it is a bit slow, here is a tricks to make it faster than before.
Just follow these steps:

1. First go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Network
2. Select Server name completion.
3. Now you have two options within it;
Try name completion

Look For local network machine

4. If you uncheck both of the above options, i.e.; Try name completion and Look for local network machine, Opera will stop cycling your CPU, trying to guess what you’re typing in the address bar.
5. Restart the browser after applying the settings. You’ll see the speed difference.

Enjoy a faster Opera experience :)

[via BizznTech]

The Back Button Hack In Firefox To Reduce Memory Usage

Sometimes Firefox becomes quite slow because it uses caching to increase the speed of browsing while you click the back button. This actually results in using more memory. You can disable this feature by doing the following:

1. Start Firefox and type about:config and hit enter.
2. In the Filter column enter “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers” and instead of the -1 setting, change it to 0 and hit Enter.
3. Restart your browser, now as soon as you start go to a particular site and then just check the Firefox memory usage, you’ll see the difference.

Enjoy a faster Firefox experience :)

[via BizznTech]

Easy Way To Download Videos From Google, YouTube, etc

Have you ever faced problems downloading videos from sites like Google, YouTube, IFilm, Metacafe, etc ? If you did then you have come at the right place. I just came across a great site which allows you to download such videos with ease. All you need to do is, first go to keepvid.com then;

1. Choose the site you want to download from.
2. Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it in the textbox.
3. If you download an flv file, you need an FLV player.

Source - BizznTech

Adding Windows Vista Fonts In Windows XP & Win2000

If you are bored of the old XP and Win2000 fonts, then here comes Windows Vista to the rescue. It has some cool and sexy fonts like Candara, Consolas, Calibri, Cambria, Constantia and Corbel, etc. Now you can install these in Windows XP and Windows 2000 as well.
Just follow the instructions given below:

1. First go here and download the Microsoft Compatibility pack (MCP). The MCP is a free utility that allows you open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

2. Save to desired location and install it.

3. That’s it now you’ll have these vista fonts in all office applications including the previous fonts.

Please comment if you like this post :)

Small Yet Awesome Utilities To Make Your System Faster

Friends, this is nothing new. Some may have used them, some may not even heard of them.

This is for those who's system is becoming slower day by day and they don't have a solution.

Download CachemanXP 1.1.2.2, GetDiz 3 and StartEd from:

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=downloads

1. CachemanXP
This is a must have. A very necessary tool for gamers and graphics professionals. Optimises your windows Ram cache and make everything more faster and responsive. It also recovers memory occupied by previous programs. CachemanXP is a system service designed to improve the performance of your computer by optimizing several caches, auto-recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings. Auto-Optimization makes it suitable for novice and intermediate users yet it is also powerful and versatile enough for computer experts.
Backups of settings ensure that all user modifications can be reversed with a single click. Due to the system service nature, it uses minimal resources and virtually no CPU time.

2. GetDiz
Go to Options -->Setfont and select ComicSans/ 14 regular,/ yellow color and go to choose color and select Black color. Apply and Exit. Now, it becomes a very healthy replacement for default windows notepad. It can do everything notepad does and has more features. So easy to read and it will open ur .diz/.nfo/.txt files from downloaded torrents without fuss.
It also displays ASCII art correctly which is an added bonus :)

3. StartEd
Is is what its name says. Handy because you will never again open msconfig from run to do startup changes. You can optimize your startup very easily from this software. Remove unnecessary and extra startup entires you don't need. But remember don't remove any entries whose function you don't know, because this may cause your system to become unstable.

Enjoy a faster system :)

Defrag Multiple Hard Drives At Once In Windows XP

As you would know its a painful process to defragment all hard drives at the same time in Windows XP, as the Disk Defragment utility in Windows XP doesn’t have any option to defrag all the drives at once.

But a simple batch file trick can get over this problem and defragment all of the drives, one after the other.

The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be called from the command line with the following syntax:

Windows Disk Defragmenter

Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.

Usage:

defrag [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]

volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:volmountpoint)

-a Analyze only

-f Force defragmentation even if free space is low

-v Verbose output

-? Display this help text

To make Windows defrag all the drive at once we need to create file named defrag.bat [you can have any name, even yours :) ] . Now for each hard drive, assign a line to the batch file. For instance, if we want to defragment drives C: , D: , F: and G: we will add these three lines:

defrag c: -f
defrag d: -f
defrag f: -f
defrag g: -f

Now to defrag at once, just either double-click on the batch file or start it from the command line.

Source - Thinktechno.com

Speed Up SATA Hard Drives & USB Drives In Windows Vista

Window Vista has built in support for SATA and external drives, but they seem to be slow because the advanced write cache features aren’t automatically activated. With just few steps you can enable them and get a much faster response.

First you need to go to the Device Manager which you can go directly by just typing device in the start menu search box or just type in devmgmt.msc in command line.

Now open the Disk drives section and right click on your hard drive. Now click on the Policies tab and you’ll find this dialog box:



Now click the checkbox for Enable advanced performance, and you are done.



Write caching isn’t enabled by default as removing devices directly without using the “Safely remove removable device”may lose your data, so be cautious when enabling this options. But enabling this option also when speeding up performance significantly when writing to the disk.



Now select the external drive and double click it to open up the properties screen. Then
just change the setting to “Optimize for performance” and hit OK to continue. You’ll have to reboot for all the settings to take effect. Next time you boot into Windows Vista you’ll see faster bootup times and better disk writing performance.

[Source - Thinktechno.com]

Increase The Number Of Simultaneous Downloads In IE 7

Internet Explorer 7 doesn’t allow you to download more than 2 files at a time. In case if you want to download more than two files at a time then here’s a way:

1. Go to Start and select Run and then type regedit and press Enter.

2. Now you’ll be in the registry editor, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

3. Right click in the empty space, and create a new DWord (32-bit) value by choosing
New > DWord Value . Name it as follows:

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
(Note: The 0 beside Server is a zero)

4. Double click this entry and modify the value to 3.
(Substitute 3 for the preferred maximum number of downloads)

5. Create another DWord:

MaxConnectionsPerServer

6. Once again, double click this entry and modify the value to 3.

Now restart your browser. You’ll be able to download more than two files.

How To Search Google For Confidential Files On The Internet

Google hacking is considered to be divided into 2 distinct categories. The first category is called ethical Google hacking, which means that people who conduct these hacking ventures on Google only aim to improve the quality of their searches in terms of results. For instance, there are additional syntax and character strings that can bolster the chances of your Google searches to provide you with the results you need.

On the other hand, unethical hacking is the process of entering private networks or sites on the Internet and offline in order to access confidential information and the like. The data that is retrieved from hacking into these sites and networks are then used for criminal activities. These criminals oftentimes use the confidential information they gain to extract passwords, banking details, credit card accounts, and even personal data that can be used to further support their criminal activities.

There is a Google hack that makes use of the filetype syntax followed by any file format directed towards a domain extension as well as the particular type of information. For instance, you can do a search on Google for all file types related to the data you want to acquire by keying in: filename:xxx site:yyy zzz where xxx is the file extension, yyy the domain extension, and zzz the type of information. In more general terms - if you wanted to have access to the confidential documents of any government, you can key in filetype:doc site:gov confidential.

Remove Windows XP From A Vista/XP Dual Boot

If you just installed and tried out the new MS Windows Vista on your machine, you just might be planning to get the old MS Windows XP out of your computer because of the new features being offered by Windows Vista satisfies your daily computing needs. The boot loader process bundled with Vista has changed, yes, but the changes are so minor the steps to configure other OS versions installed on your computer are basically similar to that of MS Windows XP.

First, just boot up and choose MS Windows Vista. Afterwards, format the Windows XP partition. The bootloader process of Vista allows you to make necessary changes on the boot operations of your machine without configuring the boot.ini file of the Windows XP OS version installed on your computer.

Next, insert the Vista CD 1 or the Vista DVD in your drive. Reboot your computer afterwards. Finally, choose the repair console option after the setup process has commenced, choose to have access to a DOS prompt, and key in the following:

• bootrec.exe /fixmbr
• bootrec.exe /fixboot

Key in the first command and execute it by pressing the Enter key. This will remove XP from the Vista bootloader. Then, key in the second command in order to ensure that XP has been unloaded from the boot.ini file of Vista. At this point, Windows XP is history!

Clean Your Junk With PC Decrapifier

License Type: Free
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista
File Size: 518KB
Author: PC DeCrapifier
Download - Here

You always want your brand new PC to be clean and junk proof but over some time you'll find it full of crap software installed for no reason other than that the PC maker gets paid to put it there. These extra (waste) software slow down your PC startup and its day to day operation.

The free PC Decrapifier removes dozens of these softwares automatically. Using this program is very simple. Just run it, and it does its cleaning work automatically. Don't expect it to completely clean your PC, because it removes only a specific set of softwares and trialware programs namely, those that are specifically put on new PCs, such as QuickBooks Trial, Wild Tangent Games, Dell URL Assistant, and many more. For a complete list of softwares it removes, go to here.

Note: When using this program, it's good to first create a restore point. Just in case it removes something that you wanted to keep.

Surprise Yahoo! Messenger Friends Who Pretend To Be Offline

You want to chat with a buddy on Yahoo! Messenger but his status on Yahoo! says Off-Line. There are two possibilities here - your friend could be really offline or he may have logged into Yahoo! Messenger in “Invisible Mode” to avoid interruptions. (Yahoo! Messenger has a Stealth settings feature that lets you choose the people who see you as online and offline.)

You can however beat that mask easily with services like Xeeber or VNGrabber that reveal the exact status of your Yahoo! Messenger friends. All you have to do is type the Yahoo! Messenger username and you will instantly know the exact online status of that person. Time to put on your detective gloves.

Visit:
http://www.xeeber.com/

Remove Yahoo Messenger Banner Ads

There are two methods:

1. The automated and the simplest method, just download and run the included Batch file from the archive.

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/36536751/noYMads.zip
Note: You must close the Messenger from the taskbar Before running the batch file.

2. The Manual method. So follow this steps:

a.) Launch Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Regedit).
b.) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl
c.) Replacing the following registry values with dummy asterisk (*):

Messenger Ad
Webcam Upload Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad Big
Webcam Viewer Ad Medium
Change Room Banner
Conf Adurl
Chat Adurl

NOTE: If the registry key doesn’t exist, simply create a new String Value registry key with the name by right clicking on the above registry branch and select New -> String Value.

d.) Close Registry Editor and launch Windows Explorer.
e.) Go to C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\
f.) Locate the file urls.xml
g.) Clear the content of urls.xml
h.) Save the empty urls.xml file (it should be an empty file).
i.) Change the attributes of urls.xml to Read-Only by right click on the file and select properties, and click on Read-only.

And Thats It. Enjoy the banner and stupid ads free Yahoo Messenger. Please comment if you liked this trick.

Some Cool Yahoo Messenger Themes

Bored of the same old Yahoo Messenger theme? So here are some cool yahoo messenger themes for ya. Just try them and have fun.

1. Copper:



http://rapidshare.com/files/29552254/Copper.zip

2. Flames:



http://rapidshare.com/files/29552279/Flames.zip


3. Gold:



http://rapidshare.com/files/29552451/Gold.zip

4. GreenBay Packers:



http://rapidshare.com/files/29552479...BayPackers.zip

5. Vista Gray:



http://rapidshare.com/files/29552572/VISTA_GRAY.zip

6. Another 16 Yahoo Messenger Themes:

* a LiL Bit Girly byNiKY
* black widow
* Blue Jeans
* BlueSky
* Bronze
* Celadon
* Gel LED(green)
* Grayorange
* half_life2
* Indigo
* Maverick
* Metallic Black
* Pink
* ToeBee's_Skins
* XBOX 360
* Hot Rod
* Silver
* Woody
* Y! Vista

http://rapidshare.com/files/50337503...hoo_Themes.rar

*FAQ Installation*

Q1. How to Install Yahoo Messenger Skins?

1. Download the skin.
2. Unzip the file using WinZip or a similiar program.
3. Open your skins folder (My computer\C:\Program Files\Yahoo\Shared\Graphics).
4. Copy and paste all the theme folders there one by one.
5. Once you have all the files in the folder sign into Yahoo Messenger (if you weren't signed in already).
6. Now click on "Login" on your messenger window, then click on "preferences".
7. A new window will open and in that window on the left side click on "appearance".
8. Click on the arrow pointing down next to "current theme" and you'll see the new skin in the list that is in the pull down window (eg. Simpson's). Click on it then click on "apply" which is located at the bottom of that window
9. Click on "Ok" and that's it now your new skin shoud be on your messenger window.

Note: You can also change the color of the writing in your messenger (eg. friends list) so that it matches or so that you can see the names of friends more clearly.

Q2. How To Change The Color Of The Writing?

1. Click on "Login" on your messenger window.
2. Click on "preferences".
3. In the new window that opens click on "appearence".
4. Click on the colored (probably black) square next to "text color" and pick a color you think will look cool. Experiment a little Smile you'll find one that will look great.

Q3. How Do I Open Multiple Accounts In Yahoo Messenger At The Same Time?

1. Open registry editor (Start > Run > type "regedit").
2. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Test"
3. Create a new DWORD Value.
4. Name it "Plural".
5. Edit the DWORD Value to "1".
6. Close the registry editor.

Run Yahoo Messenger as many times as you want :)

Yahoo Messenger With Tabs: Mozilla Like Style

Imagine chatting with 5-6 friends at a time and you whole computer screen is filled with chatting windows. It just seems a nightmare. So guys there's a solution to this problem. With this registry tweak you can mod your yahoo messenger so it won't open multiple windows while chatting with many people at the same time.

You will have tabs for different friends like these days we have tabs in browsers. If you don't want tabs at a particular time, you can also turn off this feature with a simple right click on the person's tab and choose open in new window. This little hack will change your chatting experience because you will have a neat screen to look at.

I have made two registry files for the mod. Just download the file and unzip it. It will have two registry file; one named "Tabs" and one "No Tabs". If you want to enable tabs in your messenger just double click on "Tabs" file and click ok when a dialog box appears.


While you can turn off the tab feature in yahoo messenger itself, I have also provided a "No Tabs" registry file so that in case you want this feature to be completely out of your messenger, you can simple double click on this file and choose ok when a dialog box appears.

Size: 24 KB :)
Download: Mirror 1, Mirror 2

Find The Best Media Over Internet By Yahoo! Player

Yahoo! Player makes it easy to find and play the best MP3s, videos, and radio stations available on the Internet.

Yahoo! Player also features "skins" available from Yahoo!'s Web Site, a CD-lookup service that automatically finds and displays the title, artist, and song titles of the current CD, easy-to-configure preset buttons so you can play your favorite streams or files with one click, a built-in web browser used to locate the latest music news, interviews, free music downloads, radio stations, and videos.

Requires MS-Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, MS Windows Media Player, Sound Card, Speakers, P200 MHz Processor, 800x600 16-bit color display or better.

Yahoo! Player supports AIFF, AU, CD Audio, Indeo Video, Microsoft Video, MPEG, MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media.

Download from here.

Some Cool Google Talk Tips And Tricks

With Google Talk being the talk of the town right now, some people loving it, and some hating it, I thought of posting some cool and useful tips and tricks for those who wanna tweak and get some more juice from it. I will try to keep it short and easy.

~Some General Info n Tips~

1. Insert Line Breaks - If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter. You can add as many new lines as you want to create.

2. Bold Text - To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word, like *this*.

3. Italic Text - To use italics, use an underscore before an after the word, like _this_ .

4. Switch Windows - Hitting tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM's and don't care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one.

5. Length Of A Single Message - A message can be max 32767 characters long.

~Some More Tips And Tricks~

1. How To Make Conference Calls:
What you need to do to have conference calls: Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference. After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk but at the end of the target add /nomutex. If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex. Open 2nd instance of the software on every user's computer. After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.

2. Nickname & Status Message:
You can't change your nickname in a way that other people will see it change. Every nickname in the Google Talk contactlist is the part that is before @gmail.com (only the alphabetical characters are used) or the name you chosen for your GMail account. To change the nickname need to go to your Gmail account and change the name there. Choose Settings, Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name. As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to seperate the two. You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you.

3. Contacts:
You don't need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this).
Wierd: The Gmail account 'user@gmail.com' can't be invited as your friend.

4. Keyboard Shortcuts:
Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - Selects all the text typed.
Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It goes at the end of the last line.
Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It goes at the begin of the last line.
Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + Esc - It Minimize the current open window.
Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray).
F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact.
F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend.
F12 - It cancels a telephonic call.
Esc - It closes the current window.

Set Process Priority To Speed Up Specific Processes

Follow this little and cool tip to increase the priority of active processes, this will result in prioritization of processes using the CPU which will speed up specific programs you want.

Follow these steps:

1. Press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC

2. It will open Windows Task Manager showing current running processes.



3. Now right click on any one of the active processes (whichever you want to speed up), the last option will be of setting the priority. It will have the following options:

• Realtime
• High
• AboveNormal
• Normal
  
• BelowNormal
• Low
  

The default option is Normal. Now for example, if you are burning a CD/DVD so set the priority of your CD/DVD writing program high, and guess what, less chances of crashed CD’s.

You can also set the priority of some programs low so that they don't consume much of your system's resources. Like for example, if you are downloading something using uTorrent, then you can set its priority low, so that there's ample resources left for other programs to work smoothly.

So just keep trying it with different programs and you will notice the difference.
Hope you liked this trick. Send in your comments to support me :)

Change Yahoo Messenger's Title Bar Text

Hey guys now you can change the Yahoo Messenger '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 (default C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger).
2. Then search a file named "ymsgr". Double click to open it. If it doesn't open, then use notepad to open this file.
3. In this file just go to the end and paste the following code in a new line:

[APP TITLE]
CAPTION=Cool Wizard

As you can guess, you can replace the word Cool Wizard with any text of your choice. You can have your own name being placed in yahoo messenger title bar.

Now open your yahoo messenger and see the change. :)