| F5 | Refresh current page, frame, or tab. |
| F11 | Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
| Backspace | Back a page. |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Back a page. |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Forward a page. |
| Ctrl + I | Display the saved favorites. |
| Ctrl + N | Open New browser window. |
| Ctrl + P | Print current page / frame. |
| Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time. |
| Tab | Moves from one link to another. |
| Shift + Tab | Moves backward from one link to another. |
| Esc | Stop page or download from loading. |
| Ctrl + (- or +) | Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Auto complete a url address. For example, type thecomputricks in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.thecomputricks.com. |
| Ctrl + D | Add the current page to favorite. |
| Alt + Down arrow | Display all previous text entered in a text box. |
Monday, December 28, 2009
Some Useful Microsoft Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Changing Windows' Icons
You can change the Icons Windows uses for folders, the Start Menu, opened and closed folder in the Explorer, and many more.
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Icons 3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change. Example: "3" ="C:\Windows\Icons\MyIcon.ico,0" This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to "MyIcon.ico". Here is a complete list for each value.
0= Unknown file type 1= MSN file types 2= Applications Generic 3= Closed Folder 4= Open Folder 5= 5.25" Drive 6= 3.25" Drive 7= Removable Drive 8= Hard Drive 9= NetWork Drive 10= Network Drive Offline 11= CD-ROM Drive 12= RAM Drive 13= Entire Network
14= Network Hub 15= My Computer 16= Printer 17= Network Neighborhood 18= Network Workgroup 19= Start Menu's Program Folders 20= Start Menu's Documents 21= Start Menu's Setting 22= Start Menu's Find 23= Start Menu's Help 24= Start Menu's Run 25= Start Menu's Suspend 26= Start Menu's PC Undock 27= Start Menu's Shutdown
28= Shared 29= Shortcut Arrow 30= (Unknown Overlay) 31= Recycle Bin Empty 32= Recycle Bin Full 33= Dial-up Network 34= DeskTop 35= Control Panel 36= Start Menu's Programs 37= Printer Folder 38= Fonts Folder 39= Taskbar Icon 40= Audio CD
You need to reboot after making changes. You may need to delete the hidden file ShellIconCache if after rebooting the desired Icons are not displayed.
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Shell Icons 3. Add a string value for each Icon you wish to change. Example: "3" ="C:\Windows\Icons\MyIcon.ico,0" This will change the closed folders in the Explorer to "MyIcon.ico". Here is a complete list for each value.
0= Unknown file type 1= MSN file types 2= Applications Generic 3= Closed Folder 4= Open Folder 5= 5.25" Drive 6= 3.25" Drive 7= Removable Drive 8= Hard Drive 9= NetWork Drive 10= Network Drive Offline 11= CD-ROM Drive 12= RAM Drive 13= Entire Network
14= Network Hub 15= My Computer 16= Printer 17= Network Neighborhood 18= Network Workgroup 19= Start Menu's Program Folders 20= Start Menu's Documents 21= Start Menu's Setting 22= Start Menu's Find 23= Start Menu's Help 24= Start Menu's Run 25= Start Menu's Suspend 26= Start Menu's PC Undock 27= Start Menu's Shutdown
28= Shared 29= Shortcut Arrow 30= (Unknown Overlay) 31= Recycle Bin Empty 32= Recycle Bin Full 33= Dial-up Network 34= DeskTop 35= Control Panel 36= Start Menu's Programs 37= Printer Folder 38= Fonts Folder 39= Taskbar Icon 40= Audio CD
You need to reboot after making changes. You may need to delete the hidden file ShellIconCache if after rebooting the desired Icons are not displayed.
Disable the Outlook Express Splash Screen
You can make OutLook Express load quicker by disabling the splash screen:
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 3. Add a string value "NoSplash" 4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 3. Add a string value "NoSplash" 4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value
Add Open With to all files
You can add "Open With..." to the Right click context menu of all files.This is great for when you have several programs you want to open the same file types with. I use three different text editors so I added it to the ".txt" key.
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell 3. Add a new Key named "OpenWith" by right clicking the "Shell" Key and selecting new 4. Set the (Default) to "Op&en With..." 5. Add a new Key named "Command" by right clicking the "OpenWith" Key and selecting new 6. Set the (Default) to "C:\Windows\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1", C:\ being your Windows drive. You must enter the "OpenAs_RunDLL %1" exactly this way.
1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell 3. Add a new Key named "OpenWith" by right clicking the "Shell" Key and selecting new 4. Set the (Default) to "Op&en With..." 5. Add a new Key named "Command" by right clicking the "OpenWith" Key and selecting new 6. Set the (Default) to "C:\Windows\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1", C:\ being your Windows drive. You must enter the "OpenAs_RunDLL %1" exactly this way.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cool Website Info(Book 5 star hotels at half the rate in india)
There is a cool(no spam) website which lets u book 5 star hotels in some cities of india at less than 50% rate.
NAME OF WEBSITE :- www.bid2travel.com
HOW IT WORKS :-In this website 1st u need to search for the hotel u want and then check the rate for rooms.Then u can bid any amount which is greater than 40% of the room rent.Then the website will contact the hotel and ask if any room is available and if they want to book this room for ur provided rate.As in off season some rooms are always empty so the hotel will prefer to give u the room to earn some revenue.Also once room is booked they know that they can also earn some revenue from other activities that the costumer will engage in , such as playing pool,swimming etc. so if ur bid is not to low then they will give u the room for ur prefered rate.
ENJOY!!!
To watch how this all works u can watch this flash video at:-
http://www.bid2travel.com/How_Bidding_Works_Customer.aspx
NAME OF WEBSITE :- www.bid2travel.com
HOW IT WORKS :-In this website 1st u need to search for the hotel u want and then check the rate for rooms.Then u can bid any amount which is greater than 40% of the room rent.Then the website will contact the hotel and ask if any room is available and if they want to book this room for ur provided rate.As in off season some rooms are always empty so the hotel will prefer to give u the room to earn some revenue.Also once room is booked they know that they can also earn some revenue from other activities that the costumer will engage in , such as playing pool,swimming etc. so if ur bid is not to low then they will give u the room for ur prefered rate.
ENJOY!!!
To watch how this all works u can watch this flash video at:-
http://www.bid2travel.com/How_Bidding_Works_Customer.aspx
Thursday, June 4, 2009
15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever
Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better.
But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks.
1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.
2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.
3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):
* Spacebar (page down)
* Shift-Spacebar (page up)
* Ctrl+F (find)
* Alt-N (find next)
* Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
* Ctrl+T (new tab)
* Ctrl+K (go to search box)
* Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
* Ctrl+= (increase text size)
* Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-W (close tab)
* F5 (reload)
* Alt-Home (go to home page)
4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.
5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:
* Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
* Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
* Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:
* Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
* Shift-scroll down (previous page)
* Shift-scroll up (next page)
* Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
* Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
7) Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.
8) User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this tutorial.
9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where the profile folder is) and see this example user.js file that you can modify. Created by techlifeweb.com, this example explains some of the things you can do in its comments.
10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and screenshots.
11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:
* Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
* Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
* Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.
14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.
15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:
* 0: Display a close button on the active tab only
* 1:(Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
* 2:Don’t display any close buttons
* 3:Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)
But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks.
1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.
2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.
3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):
* Spacebar (page down)
* Shift-Spacebar (page up)
* Ctrl+F (find)
* Alt-N (find next)
* Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
* Ctrl+T (new tab)
* Ctrl+K (go to search box)
* Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
* Ctrl+= (increase text size)
* Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-W (close tab)
* F5 (reload)
* Alt-Home (go to home page)
4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.
5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:
* Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
* Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
* Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:
* Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
* Shift-scroll down (previous page)
* Shift-scroll up (next page)
* Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
* Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
7) Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.
8) User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this tutorial.
9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where the profile folder is) and see this example user.js file that you can modify. Created by techlifeweb.com, this example explains some of the things you can do in its comments.
10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and screenshots.
11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.
12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:
* Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
* Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
* Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.
14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.
15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:
* 0: Display a close button on the active tab only
* 1:(Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
* 2:Don’t display any close buttons
* 3:Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)
Start a movie in paint!
Start movie in Paint!
* First start a movie in any player.
* Then open Paint.
* Now, in the player when the movie is being played, press "Print screen" button on your key board.
* Now, Press ctrl+v in Paint
* Leave the movie player open and don't minimize it.
* Open Paint now and see the movie in the Paint! :)
* First start a movie in any player.
* Then open Paint.
* Now, in the player when the movie is being played, press "Print screen" button on your key board.
* Now, Press ctrl+v in Paint
* Leave the movie player open and don't minimize it.
* Open Paint now and see the movie in the Paint! :)
Great Tip For Mp3 Searching On Google
Go to google copy and paste in
?intitle:index.of? mp3
and after mp3 put in an artist or album or whatever and hit enter… what you get is lists of downloadable mp3s
eg:
?intitle:index.of? mp3 atif
enjoy downloading…………
?intitle:index.of? mp3
and after mp3 put in an artist or album or whatever and hit enter… what you get is lists of downloadable mp3s
eg:
?intitle:index.of? mp3 atif
enjoy downloading…………
Let The Light Flash On Your KeyBoard
These codes when executed makes your Caps, Num, Scroll lock keys flash..
very kewlll...i have tried it...
Instructions:
*paste any of the codes in notepad
*Save as AnyFileName.vbs
*Run the file
*to stop, launch task manager and then under "Processes", end wscript.exe
1.This piece of code makes your keyboard a live disco...
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop
2.This one makes it looks like a chain of light....
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 200
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wscript.sleep 50
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop
That's it for today's post, feel free to try and post comments.
very kewlll...i have tried it...
Instructions:
*paste any of the codes in notepad
*Save as AnyFileName.vbs
*Run the file
*to stop, launch task manager and then under "Processes", end wscript.exe
1.This piece of code makes your keyboard a live disco...
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop
2.This one makes it looks like a chain of light....
Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 200
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wscript.sleep 50
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop
That's it for today's post, feel free to try and post comments.
Run High-end games on ur pc without high-eng graphic card
There is a graphic card emulator called 3-D analyze which lets u emulate high-end graphic cards.Just google for it and install and run the exe file of ur game through this software.
Use Pen Drive as RAM
Follow these steps :-
1. Insert the Pen Drive (1GB atleast) in the USB port
try to prefer 4GB.
2. Let the PC do what it wants to do to detect it..
3. After it finished his work, you have to act smart,
" Here goes the real thing "
4. Right Click on My Computer -> Properties
5. Advanced -> Performance Settings
6. Advanced -> Change
7. Select the Pen Drive
8. Click on Custom Size
" Check the value of space available "
9. Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns
" You just used the space of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "
Restart...
" VOILA !!! Your PC is fast and furious "
1. Insert the Pen Drive (1GB atleast) in the USB port
try to prefer 4GB.
2. Let the PC do what it wants to do to detect it..
3. After it finished his work, you have to act smart,
" Here goes the real thing "
4. Right Click on My Computer -> Properties
5. Advanced -> Performance Settings
6. Advanced -> Change
7. Select the Pen Drive
8. Click on Custom Size
" Check the value of space available "
9. Enter the same in the Initial and the Max columns
" You just used the space of the PenDrive as a Virtual Memory "
Restart...
" VOILA !!! Your PC is fast and furious "
SET A VIDEO AS YOUR WALLPAPER
This is a pretty simple tweak using which you can set any video as your desktop wallpaper.
Just follow the steps given below:
1. Download VLC Media Player and install it.
2. Run VLC media player, go to Settings->preferences->Interface->General, then click on wxWindows. Remove the tick on "Taskbar" and put a tick on "Systray icon".
3. Now go to Video->Output Modules->DirectX. On the bottom right put a tick on advanced options check box. You will now see some options. Put a tick on "Enable Wallpaper Mode".
4. Now, select playlist, then click General and put a check or tick on "Repeat current item".
5. Press the Save button. Now close the vlc player and run it again (to save the settings permanently).
6. Now play any video you would like to set as Wallpaper. Right click on the video and click on "Wallpaper".
The video would be set as your wallpaper!!!
Just follow the steps given below:
1. Download VLC Media Player and install it.
2. Run VLC media player, go to Settings->preferences->Interface->General, then click on wxWindows. Remove the tick on "Taskbar" and put a tick on "Systray icon".
3. Now go to Video->Output Modules->DirectX. On the bottom right put a tick on advanced options check box. You will now see some options. Put a tick on "Enable Wallpaper Mode".
4. Now, select playlist, then click General and put a check or tick on "Repeat current item".
5. Press the Save button. Now close the vlc player and run it again (to save the settings permanently).
6. Now play any video you would like to set as Wallpaper. Right click on the video and click on "Wallpaper".
The video would be set as your wallpaper!!!
Google Chrome Cool Stuff
As you know the new Google Chrome is out. If you had a chance to try it out you should know how fast, simple and minimal it is. Google Chrome is an excellent software and apparently it looks like it doesn’t need any tweaks to improve its already good performance. Anyway, for those of you guys who are always looking for good stuff to improve your software beyond its limit, here is a list of useful tricks or hacks:
1. Control + Shift + N : Opens the famous “incognito” windows. Thanks to it you will be able to surf without leaving any footprint on your PC (cookes, history etc.)
2. You can also open a website in an “incognito” window by right-clicking on a link and selecting: Open link in incognito window.
3. Alt + Home : Loads your Google Chrome home page along with thumbnails of your most visited sites.
4. Control + T : Opens a new Tab.
5. Control + Shift + T : Opens your most recently closed tab. Press this key combination again to open the tab closed before the one you just opened.
6. Control + 1, Control + 2, Control + 3, etc. : Lets you jump to different tabs.
7. Control + Tabs : Lets you open tabs in order.
8. As in Fireofx 3, you can drag a link onto a tab to it , or drop it between two tabs to open a new tab.
9. Control +B : Hides or shows the bookmark’s bar.
10. Control + H : Opens the History page.
11. Control + J : Opens the download page.
12. To delete an item from the download page, right-click on the selected item and click Remove.
13. Right-click the top of the browser window, select Task manager to find out how much memory tabs and plug-ins are taking from your computer to work. Select one of them and click End process to stop it running.
14. About:plugins (write it in the address bar): Lets you see what plug-in you are using.
15. About:crash (write it in the address bar): Lets you see what a crashed tab looks like.
16. To know more information about Google Chrome you can also type in the address bar the following commands: about:stats, about:network, about:histograms, about:memory, about:cache, about:dns, about:internets.
17. To delete all of your data stored into Google Chrome: click the Tools icon and select Clear browsing data…
18. Shift + Escape: Lets you bring up the Google Chrome Task manager.
1. Control + Shift + N : Opens the famous “incognito” windows. Thanks to it you will be able to surf without leaving any footprint on your PC (cookes, history etc.)
2. You can also open a website in an “incognito” window by right-clicking on a link and selecting: Open link in incognito window.
3. Alt + Home : Loads your Google Chrome home page along with thumbnails of your most visited sites.
4. Control + T : Opens a new Tab.
5. Control + Shift + T : Opens your most recently closed tab. Press this key combination again to open the tab closed before the one you just opened.
6. Control + 1, Control + 2, Control + 3, etc. : Lets you jump to different tabs.
7. Control + Tabs : Lets you open tabs in order.
8. As in Fireofx 3, you can drag a link onto a tab to it , or drop it between two tabs to open a new tab.
9. Control +B : Hides or shows the bookmark’s bar.
10. Control + H : Opens the History page.
11. Control + J : Opens the download page.
12. To delete an item from the download page, right-click on the selected item and click Remove.
13. Right-click the top of the browser window, select Task manager to find out how much memory tabs and plug-ins are taking from your computer to work. Select one of them and click End process to stop it running.
14. About:plugins (write it in the address bar): Lets you see what plug-in you are using.
15. About:crash (write it in the address bar): Lets you see what a crashed tab looks like.
16. To know more information about Google Chrome you can also type in the address bar the following commands: about:stats, about:network, about:histograms, about:memory, about:cache, about:dns, about:internets.
17. To delete all of your data stored into Google Chrome: click the Tools icon and select Clear browsing data…
18. Shift + Escape: Lets you bring up the Google Chrome Task manager.
Mozilla Firefox Cool Stuff !!!
Hello Friends , Here I am writing some cool Firefox tricks which are very helpful in using Mozilla Firefox. As we know Mozilla Firefox is the Best and very good browser with extensions, add-ons, Language Packs, Plug ins and themes and many new things by which you can execute JavaScript. Mozilla Firefox also has other features like Tabbed browsing, Pop up blocking, Cookie Manager, Download Manager, pause downloads, JavaScript Console, JavaScript Debugger, Select text and perform search, View Selection Source, Cross-platform, Display icons in tabs and address bar, HTTP Pipe lining, XML Base, CSS generated content, CSS2 selectors, Caret Browsing etc. Below are some tricks and tips by which you can use Mozilla Firefox easily.
1. Here are the Keyboard shortcuts.
- Space bar (page down)
- Ctrl+K (go to search box)
- Alt-N (find next)
- Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
- Ctrl+= (increase text size)
- Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
- F5 (reload)
- Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-W (close tab)
- Alt-Home (go to home page)
- Ctrl+F (find)
- Shift-Spacebar (page up)
- Ctrl+T (new tab)
2. Sometimes in hurry by mistake you click on close button of Firefox tabs. But In Mozilla Firefox you can remove or move close tab button by about:config. Type about:config in address bar then search for browser.tabs.closeButton in search bar. When you find it double click on it. It will show you a prompt with by default value 1. You can change it to different values for different behaviors.
- Enter 0 to display a close button on the active tab only.
- Enter 1 (default Value) to display close button to all tabs.
- Enter 2 to don’t display any close buttons.
- Enter 3 to display single close button at the end of the tab bar.
3. Now we know Mozilla Firefox have giving feature of multiple tabs , so sometimes it is very hard to handle multiple tabs with mouse, so you can also handle tabs by keyboard. Below are some tips to handle tabs by keyboard.
- Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
- Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
- Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
4. Here is the Mouse shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox.
- Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
- Shift-scroll down (previous page)
- Shift-scroll up (next page)
- Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
- Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
5. about:config : This is a feature of Mozilla which lists aaplication and configuration setting setting of Mozilla. You can Get all settings configuration of your Mozilla by enter about:config in your address bar of Mozilla.
6. If you want to speed up your Mozilla Firefox then
- Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. Type network. http in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
- Set network.http.pipelining to true
- Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
- Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
- Now, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0?. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
1. Here are the Keyboard shortcuts.
- Space bar (page down)
- Ctrl+K (go to search box)
- Alt-N (find next)
- Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
- Ctrl+= (increase text size)
- Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
- F5 (reload)
- Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-W (close tab)
- Alt-Home (go to home page)
- Ctrl+F (find)
- Shift-Spacebar (page up)
- Ctrl+T (new tab)
2. Sometimes in hurry by mistake you click on close button of Firefox tabs. But In Mozilla Firefox you can remove or move close tab button by about:config. Type about:config in address bar then search for browser.tabs.closeButton in search bar. When you find it double click on it. It will show you a prompt with by default value 1. You can change it to different values for different behaviors.
- Enter 0 to display a close button on the active tab only.
- Enter 1 (default Value) to display close button to all tabs.
- Enter 2 to don’t display any close buttons.
- Enter 3 to display single close button at the end of the tab bar.
3. Now we know Mozilla Firefox have giving feature of multiple tabs , so sometimes it is very hard to handle multiple tabs with mouse, so you can also handle tabs by keyboard. Below are some tips to handle tabs by keyboard.
- Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
- Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
- Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)
4. Here is the Mouse shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox.
- Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
- Shift-scroll down (previous page)
- Shift-scroll up (next page)
- Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
- Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
- Middle click on a tab (closes tab)
5. about:config : This is a feature of Mozilla which lists aaplication and configuration setting setting of Mozilla. You can Get all settings configuration of your Mozilla by enter about:config in your address bar of Mozilla.
6. If you want to speed up your Mozilla Firefox then
- Type about:config into the address bar and hit return. Type network. http in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
- Set network.http.pipelining to true
- Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
- Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
- Now, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0?. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
Use your pc as alarm
Now this is specially for the ones who are too lazy to get up even when the trust cellphone dies screeching its lungs out. Its pretty simple Creating the playlist create a playlist of your favourite songs in Winamp, WMP or any other player. Export the playlist as a M3U playlist. M3U is generally accepted by almost every player.
Triggering the alarm point to start> programs >accessories > system tools >scheduled tasks Create a new task and choose program as windows media player or winamp (May work with others too but I haven’t tried anything else) Choose “daily”, Enter the time and choose “every day” at next screen. It would now ask for password (leave blank in case you don’t have one) Right click on the newly created task and check the “run only if logged in” check box. In the properties. Append the path to the playlist you created in the “run” text box. It should now look like Code:
Code:
“D:\windows mediaplayer\wmplayer.exe”K:\Playlists\smoothies.m3uthe text inside quotes is my WMP’s path.
It may vary for you. The text after WMP’s path is the one to the playlist. Click OK and you’re done.
Triggering the alarm point to start> programs >accessories > system tools >scheduled tasks Create a new task and choose program as windows media player or winamp (May work with others too but I haven’t tried anything else) Choose “daily”, Enter the time and choose “every day” at next screen. It would now ask for password (leave blank in case you don’t have one) Right click on the newly created task and check the “run only if logged in” check box. In the properties. Append the path to the playlist you created in the “run” text box. It should now look like Code:
Code:
“D:\windows mediaplayer\wmplayer.exe”K:\Playlists\smoothies.m3uthe text inside quotes is my WMP’s path.
It may vary for you. The text after WMP’s path is the one to the playlist. Click OK and you’re done.
Enabling the desktop cube in Ubuntu
To make Ubuntu more attractive to the end user, the Ubuntu developers have included some eye-candy 'desktop effects' with the recent versions of Ubuntu. These are actually done with external plugins, such as the Expo plugin. Ubuntu comes with some pre-installed visual effect plugins but only a few of them are active by default. A one feature that most people ask for but seems not available is the Desktop Cube. The Cube is also already installed but not enabled. This article will guide you to manage the plugins and enable the cube.
In this article I assume,
That you have a working Internet connection.
That you have a faster graphics card with at leaset 64 MB of memory.
We need to follow the steps below.
Install CompizConfig Settings Manager
Enable the Desktop Cube
Using the Desktop Cube
Configure Desktop Cube
Install CompizConfig Settings Manager
These plugins I mensioned are actually components of a software package caled Compiz Fusion. By default, the configuration tool for Compiz Fusion does not come with Hardy. So the first thing we need is to install that configuration tool. This tool is called CompiConfig Settings Manager.
To install, type the following command in the Terminal.
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Press y and then press Enter when it asks to confirm installation. Exit the terminal after you have successfully installed the Settings Manager.
Enable the Desktop Cube
First, you need to enable the desktop effects if you have not done so. To do this, go to the System menu and then Preferences --> Appearance. Click on the Visual Effecs tab. Select the Normal option or the Extra option. Then close the window.
However if it displays a message saying 'Desktop effects could not be enabled.' that means your graphics card is not supported or video memory is not enough.
Now we are going to use the CompizConfig Settings Manager to enable the Cube. To start CompizConfig Settings Manager, go to the System menu and then Preferences --> Advanced Desktop Effects. That is the CompizConfig Settings Manager.
On the left side pane, under the Filter, type cube.
Cube and related plugins will appear on the other side. To enable, just mark the check box in front of each you prefer. When enabling Desktop Cube, it may ask to disable Desktop Wall (or something like that). To avoid collisions between plugins, it is necessary to disable the Desktop Wall. So disable the desktop Wall and enable the Desktop Cube.
Now you have successfuly enabled the Cube.
Using the Desktop Cube
To see whether all are working properly, press Ctrl + Alt + -> or Ctrl + Alt + <- to rotate the Cube.
Configure Desktop Cube
In the CompizConfig Settings Manager, if you click on the plugin name instead of the check box, you can configure the plugin as you prefer. For example, the key bidings to enable/ disable plugin, effect appearance and etc.
After you finished working with CompizConfig Settings Manager, close it.
Congratulations!
In this article I assume,
That you have a working Internet connection.
That you have a faster graphics card with at leaset 64 MB of memory.
We need to follow the steps below.
Install CompizConfig Settings Manager
Enable the Desktop Cube
Using the Desktop Cube
Configure Desktop Cube
Install CompizConfig Settings Manager
These plugins I mensioned are actually components of a software package caled Compiz Fusion. By default, the configuration tool for Compiz Fusion does not come with Hardy. So the first thing we need is to install that configuration tool. This tool is called CompiConfig Settings Manager.
To install, type the following command in the Terminal.
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Press y and then press Enter when it asks to confirm installation. Exit the terminal after you have successfully installed the Settings Manager.
Enable the Desktop Cube
First, you need to enable the desktop effects if you have not done so. To do this, go to the System menu and then Preferences --> Appearance. Click on the Visual Effecs tab. Select the Normal option or the Extra option. Then close the window.
However if it displays a message saying 'Desktop effects could not be enabled.' that means your graphics card is not supported or video memory is not enough.
Now we are going to use the CompizConfig Settings Manager to enable the Cube. To start CompizConfig Settings Manager, go to the System menu and then Preferences --> Advanced Desktop Effects. That is the CompizConfig Settings Manager.
On the left side pane, under the Filter, type cube.
Cube and related plugins will appear on the other side. To enable, just mark the check box in front of each you prefer. When enabling Desktop Cube, it may ask to disable Desktop Wall (or something like that). To avoid collisions between plugins, it is necessary to disable the Desktop Wall. So disable the desktop Wall and enable the Desktop Cube.
Now you have successfuly enabled the Cube.
Using the Desktop Cube
To see whether all are working properly, press Ctrl + Alt + -> or Ctrl + Alt + <- to rotate the Cube.
Configure Desktop Cube
In the CompizConfig Settings Manager, if you click on the plugin name instead of the check box, you can configure the plugin as you prefer. For example, the key bidings to enable/ disable plugin, effect appearance and etc.
After you finished working with CompizConfig Settings Manager, close it.
Congratulations!
Create your own BSOD in Windows XP
While it may seem odd to think about purposefully causing a Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD), Microsoft includes such a provision in Windows XP. This might come in handy for testing and troubleshooting your Startup And Recovery settings, Event logging, and for demonstration purposes.
Here's how to create a BSOD:
1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters.
3. Go to Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value CrashOnCtrlScroll.
4. Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value Data textbox, and click OK.
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on the right side of your keyboard, and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD.
If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to disable the Automatically Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Press [Windows]-Break.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel.
4. Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure panel.
5. Click OK twice.
Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration:
1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters.
3. Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, pull down the Edit menu, and select the Delete command.
4. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
Note: Editing the registry is risky, so make sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.
Here's how to create a BSOD:
1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters.
3. Go to Edit, select New | DWORD Value and name the new value CrashOnCtrlScroll.
4. Double-click the CrashOnCtrlScroll DWORD Value, type 1 in the Value Data textbox, and click OK.
5. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
When you want to cause a BSOD, press and hold down the [Ctrl] key on the right side of your keyboard, and then tap the [ScrollLock] key twice. Now you should see the BSOD.
If your system reboots instead of displaying the BSOD, you'll have to disable the Automatically Restart setting in the System Properties dialog box. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Press [Windows]-Break.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery panel.
4. Clear the Automatically Restart check box in the System Failure panel.
5. Click OK twice.
Here's how you remove the BSOD configuration:
1. Launch the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters.
3. Select the CrashOnCtrlScroll value, pull down the Edit menu, and select the Delete command.
4. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows XP.
Note: Editing the registry is risky, so make sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.
Fix Slow Tab and Broken Tab Issues in Internet Explorer 8
Windows 7 can run on machines with lower specs than required for Windows Vista, and many users are actually finding it runs better than Windows XP on lower spec machines. It’s also ideal to run on newer netbook machines, but unfortunately many of these do not include a DVD drive so how do you install windows 7 on a machine without a DVD drive?
How To Install Windows 7 From A USB Drive
1. Find a standard 4GB USB Drive and plug it into your machine
2. Click Start in your enter ‘cmd’ in the run field. Once cmd is open type in ‘diskpart’ and a new window will open
3. In the new diskpart window type:
* ‘list disk’ : This lists all the disk drives attached to your machine
* Look for your USB drive and note the number and then type: ’select disk #’, where ‘#’ is your USB disk number
* then type ‘clean’
* then type ‘create partition primary’
* then ’select partition 1′
* then ‘active’
* then ‘format fs=fat32 quick’
Once you’ve finished these steps you then need to copy your Windows 7 files to the USB. To do this you have to mount your Windows 7 ISO as a virtual DVD. Doing this is easy:
1. Install MagicDisk (free)
2. once installed, right-click on MagicDisk in your system tray click on ‘Virtual CD/DVD-Rom’, select your DVD drive
3. then ‘Mount’ and in the dialog window that opens up, select your Windows 7 ISO
4. Now in windows Explorer, click on your DVD drive and you should see all the Windows 7 Files. All you have to do now is copy and paste all the files to your USB key and you have a Windows 7 USB Installation Stick!
5. Install the stick in the PC you want to install Windows 7 on and boot up. Remember to change your bios to allow booting from USB.
How To Install Windows 7 From A USB Drive
1. Find a standard 4GB USB Drive and plug it into your machine
2. Click Start in your enter ‘cmd’ in the run field. Once cmd is open type in ‘diskpart’ and a new window will open
3. In the new diskpart window type:
* ‘list disk’ : This lists all the disk drives attached to your machine
* Look for your USB drive and note the number and then type: ’select disk #’, where ‘#’ is your USB disk number
* then type ‘clean’
* then type ‘create partition primary’
* then ’select partition 1′
* then ‘active’
* then ‘format fs=fat32 quick’
Once you’ve finished these steps you then need to copy your Windows 7 files to the USB. To do this you have to mount your Windows 7 ISO as a virtual DVD. Doing this is easy:
1. Install MagicDisk (free)
2. once installed, right-click on MagicDisk in your system tray click on ‘Virtual CD/DVD-Rom’, select your DVD drive
3. then ‘Mount’ and in the dialog window that opens up, select your Windows 7 ISO
4. Now in windows Explorer, click on your DVD drive and you should see all the Windows 7 Files. All you have to do now is copy and paste all the files to your USB key and you have a Windows 7 USB Installation Stick!
5. Install the stick in the PC you want to install Windows 7 on and boot up. Remember to change your bios to allow booting from USB.
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