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Sunday 28 October 2012

How to hack / reset Nokia Mobile Phone Code...

This trick works with most of the Nokia phones but exceptions may be there. By this method you can get the master code of the Nokia phone. These master codes are unique for each phone and can be used in place for the security / phone code. This way if you have forgotten your Security code then you can reset it with this Master code. Following are the steps:-
Get the IMEI number of the phone by
pressing *#06# on your phone.
Go to http://www.nokialockcode.com/calculate.php
Enter the IMEI number and press generate.
Congrats! You have the master code. Enjoy :)

Supported Nokia Phones: 2100, 3110, 3210, 3310, 3315, 3330, 3350, 3390, 3410, 3610, 5110(i), 5130, 5190, 5210, 5510, 6080, 6110, 6130, 6138, 6150, 6190, 6210, 6250, 7110, 8210, 8250, 8290, 8850, 8855, 8890, 9110(i), 9210(i), 9290, 3100(b), 3108, 3120, 3200(b), 3220, 3230, 3300, 3360, 3510(i), 3530, 3590, 3595, 3600, 3650, 3660, 5100, 5140(i), 6020, 6021, 6100, 6101, 6108, 6200, 6220, 6230(i), 6260, 6310(i), 6500, 6510, 6590, 6600, 6610(i), 6620, 6650, 6800, 6810, 6820, 6822, 7200, 7210, 7250(i), 7260, 7270, 7280, 7600, 7610, 7650, 7700, 7710, 8310, 8390, 8800, 8910(i), 9300(i), 9500, N-Gage (QD).

Short-Cut Secret Codes To Divert Mobile Calls To Any Number Easily...

Short-Cut Secret Codes To Divert Mobile Calls To Any Number Easily:

To Divert All Calls:

  • To Activate Dial **21**Number# And Press Call Button.
  • To Cancel Dial ##21# And Press Call Button.
  • To Check Status Dial *#21# And Press Call Button.

To Divert If Unreachable:

  • To Activate Dial **62**Number# And Press Call Button.
  • To Cancel Dial ##62# And Press Call Button.
  • To Check Status Dial *#62# And Press Call Button.

To Divert If Busy:

  • To Activate Dial **67**Number# And Press Call Button.
  • To Cancel Dial ##67# And Press Call Button.
  • To Check Status Dial *#67# And Press Call Button.

To Divert If Not Answered:

  • To Activate Dial **61**Number# And Press Call Button.
  • To Cancel Dial ##61# And Press Call Button.
  • To Check Status Dial *#61# And Press Call Button.

To Cancel All Diverted Calls Dial ##002# And Press Call Button.

Note: When You Put Number Then It Must Have Country Code. 
i.e. If Indian Number Then Add +91 Before Number. 
Example- For Divert All Calls Then Dial, **21**+919021185143#
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Tuesday 23 October 2012

How to create a bootable Windows USB drive...

A common use of a bootable USB flash drive is to use it for booting into Windows. This can allow you to perform diagnostics on a computer that has hardware issues or can't boot into Windows. You can also use the flash drive to install Windows, instead of using the Windows installation CD.

This guide will outline making a bootable USB flash drive with Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Before we begin, it's important to note that the computer you want to use your bootable USB drive in will need to have the capability of booting to a USB drive. Most recent computers built since Windows Vista was released are capable of booting to a USB device. Prior to the Windows Vista timeframe, it's hit or miss with motherboards.

To determine if a computer is capable of booting to a USB device, access the computer's BIOS and check the bootable device list. If a USB device is listed, set the USB drive to be the first boot device. If you do not see a USB device in the list of bootable devices, your BIOS is not capable of booting to a USB device. (NOTE: You may need to have your USB flash drive plugged in when you access the BIOS).

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users

To make the bootable USB drive for Windows Vista or Windows 7, you need to have Windows Vista or 7 installed on your computer. It is recommended that you have a flash drive of at least 4 GB in size, in order to store all the necessary files.

Note: Before you start, plug in the USB drive and backup any files you have stored on the USB drive. The drive will be formatted during this process and all files on it will be deleted.

Tip: You will need a Windows Vista or Windows 7 disc for these instructions to be successful.

1. Open an elevated Windows command line window by clicking Start, typing in cmd in the search text field, then pressing CTRL + Shift + Enter on your keyboard (at the same time). You can also access this by navigating to Start, All Programs, Accessories, right-click with your mouse on the Command Prompt menu item and select Run as Administrator.

2. At the command prompt, type cd c:\windows\system32 to change the directory to the Windows system32 directory. Ensure your USB drive is plugged in and type DISKPART and press Enter. Then type LIST DISK and press Enter.

3. You will see a listing of the disk drives connected to your computer. Find the disk number of your USB drive and type SELECT DISK [USB disk #], where "[USB disk #]" is the disk # for your USB drive. It should now state that your USB drive is the selected disk. If you're not sure what disk is the USB disk, eject the USB drive, perform step number 2 again, connect the USB drive again, and compare the results. Usually the USB drive will be the last drive.

4. Type in the following commands, one by one, pressing Enter after each command.

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS
(may take a couple minutes, depending on the USB drive size)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Keep the command prompt window open, but you can minimize it for a little bit.

5. You will now need your Windows Vista or 7 Installation DVD. Put the DVD in your computer's DVD drive. Open up My Computer and note which drive letter is assigned to your DVD Drive and your USB flash drive.

6. Go back to the command prompt window and type in D: CD BOOT (substitute your DVD drive letter for "D:" if necessary) and press Enter. Type CD BOOT again and press Enter. Lastly, type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (substitute your USB flash drive letter for "H:" if necessary) and press Enter.

7. The last step is to copy the entire contents of the Windows DVD to your USB flash drive.

Your USB flash drive is now set up to be a bootable USB drive for Windows Vista or 7.

Windows XP users

To make the bootable USB drive for Windows XP, it is recommended that you have a flash drive of at least 4 GB in size, in order to store all the necessary files. You will also need to download Windows Server 2003 SP1 and a program called PE Builder (also known as Bart PE).

Before you start, plug in the USB drive and backup any files you have stored on the USB drive, to ensure you do not lose any of them.

1. Install PE Builder on your computer. For the sake of ease, install the program to a C:\PEBuilder folder. After you've installed PE Builder, create a folder titled SRSP1 in the PEBuilder folder.

2. Now you need to extract two files from Windows Server 2003 SP1. The filename is quite long, so it is recommended that you rename the file to something shorter, like WS-SP1.exe. Open a command prompt (Start > Run, type cmd and press Enter) and use the cd command to change to the folder where you downloaded the Windows Server 2003 SP1 file to (i.e. cd c:\downloads to change to the c:\downloads folder). Then, type WS-SP1.exe -x to extract the files. A window will open, asking where to extract the files. You can enter the same folder where the file was downloaded.

3. A new folder titled i386 will be created by the extraction process. Type cd i386 to change to that folder. You now need to copy the setupldr.bin file to the SRSP1 folder you created in the PE Builder folder. Type copy setupldr.bin c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1 to copy the file.

4. You also need to expand the ramdisk.sys file to the SRSP1 folder.
Type expand -r ramdisk.sy_ c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1

5. Open My Computer and navigate to the c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1 folder and verify the two files are there.

6. Next, you need to create a compressed version of Windows XP using PE Builder. Make sure you Windows XP Professional CD is in your computer's CD drive, then launch the PE Builder program. In the Source field, type in the drive letter assigned to your CD Drive (you can check in My Computer if you are not sure) (e.g. "d:"). In the Output field, type BartPE. Make sure the None option is selected in the Media output section. Then click the Build button.

A progress report will be displayed, showing the progress of the bootable image build. When the build process is complete, click the Close button.

7. Now, you can create the bootable USB flash drive. Open a command prompt again and type cd c:\PEBuilder to change to the PEBuilder folder. Make sure your USB drive is plugged in to your computer and type pe2usb -f e: (change "e:" to the drive letter assigned to your USB flash drive, if necessary) to create the bootable drive. You will be prompted to type YES to begin the process. When the process is complete, press any key to exit the program.

Your USB flash drive is now set up to be a bootable USB drive for Windows XP using the Bart PE interface.

Increase the speed of Firefox

If you have a broadband Internet connection and use Firefox you can decrease the time each web page you visit loads by enabling pipelining. Pipelining will make Firefox load more than one request at a time for each page it loads. In other words if the page you are visiting has dozens of images it will load more than one image at a time, making the web page appear faster. Follow the below steps to enable pipelining in Firefox.

  1. In the address bar type about:config and press enter.
  2. In pipelining in the search box, as shown below.
  3. Double-click network.http.pipelining to set the Value to true.
  4. Double-click network.http.proxy.pipelining to set the Value to true.
  5. Make sure network.http.pipelining.maxrequests is set to a value of more than 30.
  6. Right-click in an empty portion of the about:config window and click New and then Integer. Enter nglayout.initialpaint.delay as the name of the integer and for the value make it 0.

Firefox about:config pipelining

Friday 5 October 2012

5 New Live TV Channels

Watch Live TV on Your PC For Free Now you can watch free Tv on your pc by just using a VLC player. 

Step 1 : First of all you need to have VLC player, if you don’t have vlc player kindly download and install it 
Step 2 : Now open VLC Player, and select streaming option from the media menu present in the menu bar.

Live TV Channel Links

For B4U Music
rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch12zqcif.3gp

For iMusic
rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch26yqcif.3gp


For Music Box
rtsp://stream.the.sk/live/musicbox/musicbox-3m.3gp


For Bella Tv
rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch29yqcif.3gp


For Fashion Tv
rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch27yqcif.3gp

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Thursday 4 October 2012

Funny Notepad

This is a real funny trick with which you can amuse you friends.It doesnot require any programming skills on your part.This trick will make your keyboard LED’s blink like disco lights.This method is based on an a vb script.The blinking of the lights will continue until and unless you stop it.This looks more fascinating in the dark as the keyboard led’s are very small.OK,now here is the step by step tutorial with screenshots on how to convert your keyboard into Live disco.

1.Open notepad.You can open notepad by doing a right click on your desktop and then new->text document.

2.Copy and paste the code below into the notepad


Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"
wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"
loop

3.Save the file with name disco.vbs

4.Double click on the saved file and your keyboard Led’s will start blinking like disco lights.

5.To stop the disco lights open task manager.You can open task manager by doing a right click on your taskbar and then selecting task manager.

6.Now locate wscript.exe and select it.Click on “ End Process “.

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Send Password Protected Emails

If you have to send some confidental information like credit card numbers,Bank details etc it may not be secure to send it without any encryption and password protection.Hackers can use sniffers to intercept your email messages or they can retrieve the data after hacking email accounts.To protect yourself from such situations you can use Lockibin which provides password protection and AES-256 bit encryption to your emails. How to Send Password Protected Email Messages:
    Click here to go LockBin online service. Fill the form with your desired password. In the text filled write your message. You can also attach a file if you want. After this, click on Submit button. Now your password protected mail will be sent. (Receiver will only get a link to your password protected and encrypted email) When receiver clicks on that link it will prompt to enter the password otherwise it will not be open. That’s it! But you have to send password to your friend which can be sent on Mobile number or you can send a normal Email for it.The password protected email is stored in lockbin server itself.

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Surfing Safely on Internet

The internet offers so much convenience and any opportunities. Be sure you are using this wonderful tool properly and safely. The unique quality of the internet is that it can be used simultaneously for entertainment, business, communications, education, shopping and anything else we want to do without physical contact. One person can be in one location researching at a library across the globe while chatting with a neighbor or they can be at work monitoring children at home. You get the idea. The internet is a tool that can be used for good or bad purposes depending on the intent of the user. The internet demands the lessons that we learn everyday over a lifetime about recognizing and handling potentially threatening situations to our well-being, our money, our identity, our children and our personal information be applied immediately. The internet does not make exceptions for lack of experience or the young. Dangers are just as real on the internet–not more and not less–as they are in the everyday world. Most persons don’t avoid vehicles because they may have a tragic accident once in a lifetime. We shouldn’t avoid the internet because we may be contacted by a swindler, predator or because it may be a confusing tool. The internet can be a very valuable tool when used properly and safely. Patients can individually receive the expert experience of a doctor in a far away location. Students can take advantage of many libraries instead of only the local library. Shy persons can practice interacting with real people while having the ability to leave when situations are uncomfortable without embarrassment. Family members miles apart can communicate in real-time face-to-face. Businesses can have potentially more customers or clients in more locations than the potential customer or client base in their particular community. When Online Shopping Shopping online can be convenient. People have many different ways of shopping online. Some people get an idea of cost online before purchasing at their local retail store. Others like to browse in retail shops then purchase online because of the delivery convenience. No matter how you shop, be attentive to the age old axiom, “buyer beware.” Try to use only one credit card for online transactions and depositing funds as needed. Try to purchase online from the companies you have already done business with. Avoid responding to emails that promise better quality and/or prices. Avoid any transaction where you are asked to send or receive more money than the transaction requires. Use your everyday know-how to avoid swindlers and becoming a victim of fraud. The same scams and fraud that have been around for centuries now have a lucrative tool to reach more potential victims in much less time. People online are the same strangers you can meet in the grocery store, bar, local business or back alley. Try not to fall prey to unscrupulous individuals. Protecting Your Children Sometimes parents have a difficult time supervising internet activities of their children because they are unfamiliar with the tool. Children typically adapt to new things better than their parents because they don’t know how things were done in the past. The “new” way of learning something for parents is the “first” way of learning something for children. Parents are required to make a correlation between activities everyday and on the internet. For example, if your child is not allowed to stay home alone, they should not be in chatrooms without you physically watching the computer screen. Any child’s profile in a social networking community needs to be reviewed by the parent. The parent also needs to visit the personal pages of all “friends” to be sure they approve of the contact and to be sure no information is posted about their child or neighborhood friends that can identify their school, address or phone numbers. Social networking communities have very good uses for children. For a shy child, they can enhance social interactions. They also can foster a group that is interested in one topic such as music or science. On the other hand, social networking communities can provide a platform for child predators, hate groups and social bullying. So, parents must consistently monitor their child’s online activities to be sure an unsavory person is not targeting their children. Maintain Your Machine We use tools all the time. When we do, we make sure we know how to use them properly and they are in working order. The same is true with the internet. Computer users need to maintain their computer in good working condition. This means we keep the keyboard, laptop, CPU and all peripherals clean, inside and out. We try to avoid computer viruses and infections by using anti-virus software. We try to avoid the electronic snoop by using anti-spyware and encryption with email, files and wireless connections. We should get rid of junk in the computer and hard drive as often as we do in our homes and vehicles. As long as individuals maintain their responsibility for individual safety, parents protect children in the everyday world and online, and individuals are aware of persons trying to benefit through half-lies and false truths, the internet can be as safe or more safe than your local neighborhood.

Make your Browsing faster

The reason why your browser takes time to page loading is because of the cache you have stored. If you would like to run much quicker and smooth, you will need to do delete all of the cache that is taking space on the browser. Browser will respond very slowly if you don’t delete your cache in the right amount of time, I suggest you delete it weekly. Please remember that you’re not using too many tabs, this is another reason why it might be freezing. I recommend you to delete your history as well; it’s very effective in speed. The browser holds every single webpage you have visited; you might even have last year’s history. After deleting the history and the cache, restart your computer and then open up your Google Chrome browser. If you are still experiencing problems, don’t hesitate to comment below.

Internet: Change your IP Address

If you would like to change your IP Address then try each step carefully. There are many reasons why you might want to change your IP Address. Most people change it because they have been IP banned on websites for breaking the terms of service. When you are IP banned you have no access to the site, so you cannot visit the website if you’re IP is blocked. These tips will help you to change your IP Address. If you have a Dynamic IP Address then un plug the cable modem for at least 10 minutes. After ten minutes plug the modem in and be patient till it connects. This will only work if your IP address is dynamic.

Download files from Internet Faster

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Unlike other download managers and accelerators Internet Download Manager segments downloaded files dynamically during download process and reuses available connections without additional connect and login stages to achieve best acceleration performance. Download Internet Download Manager

Remove WGA (Windows Genuine Activation) Notifications

Method 1 : It is too easy like eating popcorn. Just Download and run this utility if you are facing with this problem. Download RemoveWGA Method 2 : Follow these steps to remove this software: 1.) First you need to start your system in “safe mode” 2.) Search for all WGA files (wga*.*) and delete all entries (you may not be able to delete WgaTray.exe and two other entries. Don’t worry!!!) 3.) Click Start -> Run, enter “regedit” and press the ENTER-Key 4.) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify 5.) delete WgaLogon folder 6.) Restart your computer (normal mode) 7.) Search again for WGA files (wga*.*) like in step 2 8.) delete all entries 9.) Restart your computer (normal mode) You’re done! All traces of WGA should be gone.

Get Product Key of Installed Software on your PC

If you are searching for a tool by which you can get Windows & Office etc. Product key then you are on right page. Here i suggest a tool by help of you can know your windows & Office Product Key. To use this is very easy. Just Run it and your work done. Download Keyfinder

Internet Explorer Shaking Tip

This is a fun little trick that can create a shaking screen on your web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, etc..) The trick is simply a small Java Script that causes your browser window to move to different positions, causing a shake of your entire screen. It's kind of cool to watch and see what Java Script can do! Try it out.. Use this trick at your own risk. Here's how: Copy this entire line and paste it onto your address box, then press Enter:
javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)

Reset Password of Memory Card

If you have a symbian phone and you have forgotten your memory card then you can easily get your password by using this simple trick.This trick works only on nokia symbian phones not on the java phones.Before starting the tutorial on “Tricks To Reset Memory card Password In Nokia” Here are the the requirements X-plore application (You can easily find its trial version for Free) Nokia symbian mobile phone. The X-plore application is used to view the data files of the phone. Here Is the step by step tutorial For resetting the password. 1. Install the X-plore application in your nokia phone. 2. Now start your X-plore application and press 0(zero) button and select “ show the system files ”.This will make the X-plore application to show your system files. 3. After completing the above step goto C:/Sys/Data/MmcStore 4. Now press 3 button from your keypad and you will see options.Now click on the Hex-viewer option.This will make your phone to show files in hexadecimal. 5. Look at the 3rd Column On the screen you will see a code like ! TMSD02G (c??”?x???6?2?6?2?6) .Note down the numbers present between the ?.This is your memory card password.Like in this example the password is 62626. 6. Now you can enter the password and view your memory card files or you can reset your memory card password to a more memorable password. Remember you can gain access to C:/Sys/Data/ if and only if you have set a password on your memory card

Fun with Google

We all use google for searching but its time to explore the funny side of google.Here I have collected the top funny google tricks that will amaze you.Some of the tricks are provided by google itself while other have been developers. So, Here is the List Of Google’s Top funny tricks 1. Google gravity:- We all have read the Newton’s law of gravity.Does it also apply to google?To test it follow the instructions Go to google.com Type Google Gravity Click on I’m feeling Lucky Now you will see the effect of gravity on google.The google icon will fall down automatically.You can even pickup and throw google icon anyware. 2. Google Pacman Game:-I have already published a post on the google pacman.To read how to play the pacman game on google click the link below Play Google Pacman Game 3. Change Background Image:-You can also change the background image of google image.To change the background image follow the instructions Go to google.com Click on the Change Background Image Login with gmail username and upload Image This will not work if you open the encrypted google.To open unencrypted version click Here 4. Epic Google:- In epic google you will see the font size of google increasing automatically as if it will come out of your computer screen.To use google Follow the instructions Go to google.com Type Epic Google Click on I’m feeling Lucky 5. Google Advanced Search Hacks:-Google provides some special search operators.By using these operators you can easily search anything you want.To learn about these oprators and how to use them click the link below. Google advanced search hack 6. Google Hacker:-want to see how the google homepage will look if it gets hacked .Follow the instructions below Go to google.com Type Google Hacker Click on I’m feeling Lucky 7. Annoying Google:- In this trick the capitalisation of your searches will change automatically.Some words will change into small letter and some into capital letters in your search result.Want to try it follow the instructions Go to google.com Type Annoying Google Click on I’m feeling Lucky If you also know some more cool google tricks then do share with us and our readers by commenting your google tricks I am requesting Please try this once.........

Balance Checking & Customer Care No. of All Operators

Reliance GSM Dial *367# From Your Reliance Mobile to Check Account Balance. Customer Care Number for Reliance GSM Mobile: Dial *333 Tata Docomo To Know Account Balance information dial *111# from your Tata Docomo Mobile. Get Interactive Voice Call Balance Announcement by dialling 12525 from your Tata Docomo Mobile. Aircel To Check your Balance in Aircel, Dial *125# from your Aircel Mobile. For Voice Announcement of your balance, Dial 123 Customer Care Support Dial 121. Idea To Check Account Balance in your Idea Mobile Dial *123# from Your Idea Mobile. Customer Care Number for Idea: 98*** 12345[Replace *** with respective Phone Number Series] Airtel To Check Balance in Airtel Dial *123# from Your Airtel mobile. Customer Care Support for Airtel: 121 Vodafone To Check Balance from your Vodafone Mobile Dial *141# . Happy to Help Customer Care Support: 111 BSNL To Check Balance Dial *123# from your BSNL Prepaid Mobile. Customer Care Support for BSNL : 9415024365

Restarting Windows Without Restarting PC

When you click on the SHUTDOWN button, make sure to simultaneous press SHIFT Button. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, your windows would restart without restarting the Computer. This is equivalent to term "HOT REBOOT".

Number to Word Converter in MS Excel

Sometimes we need to convert a Number into Word in Microsoft Excel. But Excel Does not provide inbuilt function to do this. But here is solution for this. You can create your own Function N2S to convert Number to Word. For More Detail Click Here

Lock your PC/Laptop USB Port

Security of laptops and notebooks have been evolving with new technologies like fingerprint readers,eye scanners,face recognition etc but what about the personal computers? Using this trick you will be able to lock your Usb Port.Sometimes we want to Lock our USB ports so that no one can insert or transfer data from/to PC via USB drive. This can be very useful if you have confidental data in your system and don’t want it to share with anyone. Disable_USB is third party software which can disable your USB ports. If you want enable you can do so. Download Disable_Usb

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Windows Paint Secrets

Create a trail image Open Paint, then open an image. Right-click on the image and select "Select All" Now hold the "Shift" key and move the image around. The image will be drawn with trail. 10x Zoom Open Paint, then open a small image. Select the zoom "Magnifier" tool. Windows Paint lists out the zoom options from 1x to 8x, but there is a 10x... After selecting the Magnifier tool, point the mouse right at the border line right under "8x" and left-click. There you go.. the hidden 10x.

Download Avast Mobile Security For Android

Avast has launched Beta version of its Mobile Security for android devices.Theft Aware which is priced around 4 USD comes pre bundled with Avast Mobile Security for free .This is one of the most comprehensive security suite that is capable of competing against rival paid products.

Avast has always distinguished itself from other companies by releasing quality products for free be it Antivirus for computers or Mobiles.

Major Highlights of Avast Mobile Security Beta

  • Protect your personal data with automatic virus scans and infected-URL alerts.
  • Stop hackers by adding a firewall (rooted phones).
  • Control anti-theft features with remote SMS commands for: history wipe, phone lock, siren activation, GPS tracking, audio monitoring, and many other useful tools.
  • Your ‘invisible’ app hides itself, making it extremely hard for thieves to find and disable.
  • A standalone yet tightly integrated component of avast! Mobile Security, avast! Anti-Theft is the slyest component on the market. Formerly known as Theft Aware, the Anti-Theft portion of avast! Free Mobile Security has been recommended by leading industry experts that include T-Mobile, N-TV, AndroidPIT, and Android Police.
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It is compatible with all popular android versions including 2.1.x ,2.2.x and 2.3.x .But it has been tested on limited number of tablets so it may have some glitches while running on android 3.0

You can download it directly from Android Market

Increase Your Internet Speed

I always found one thing that nobody is satisfied with his broadband,internet speed. Here is a trick to increase its speed. well, its very simple & may be known tricks by all of you to boost internet speed. We all knows that google has provided a free service called google DNS. If you use google DNS i think u may boost your internet speed 20X faster. Now one question comes in mind. What is the google DNS. well,its stands for domain name server. Now move to how to set the google DNS. just click on windows icon.now go to control panel. Open the Network Connection>Local Area Connection>properties>Internet Protocol Version>Preferred DNS Servers. Now put the DNS - 8.8.8.8 Alternate - 8.8.4.4 now apply it & close the window. reconnect your internet & see how much speed you have gain.

Trace any website-Hacking Tips

Tracing or Routing a website using command prompt. This tip is only meant for educational purpose. I mainly use this trick to find out the hosting provider where a particular domain is hosted. Follow the below steps: 1. Start->Run->CMD ie; open Command prompt 2. Type the following command and press enter. tracert www.websitename.com in the above command, enter the desired website name. Once you press enter, it tell you where a particular domain is hosted, Location, Country and some details of that domain. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for this trick if this is used in a wrong way. I didn’t invent this method rather I myself found it somewhere else. Do not use this for Hacking purpose.

Promote Your Business Easily

Use your customers’ cell phones to:

 

  • Send your customers your offers and promotions

 

  • Provide product / services updates to your customers

 

  • Increase repeat business

 

  • Drive traffic to your business during slow periods

 

  • Attract new customers

 

  • GROW YOUR SALES BY USING SMS MARKETING !

 

 


 

 

Why start a SMS MARKETING program?

 

Response rates for Text (SMS) Marketing have been proven to consistently outperform all other marketing media, some rates as high as 70%. WHY?

 

  • People who subscribe to your SMS Marketing program do so because they like your product.
  • These subscribers are asking you to provide them with your promotions. They want you to give them reasons for buying your product.
  • Offers that are sent to your SMS Marketing program subscribers are delivered in a timely fashion. No more receiving email coupons that have expired.

 

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Most of our clients are capturing subscribers within days of signing up with our service, and are seeing results within the first month. Our entry level package of 50000 messages for Unlimited period fits the needs of the majority of our clients.

 

The Steps to Mobile Marketing Success


  1. Sign up to our service. Your software account will be active within some minutes.
  2. Advertise your SMS Marketing program through in-store signage, website, in-store personnel.
  3. Start capturing subscribers to your program.
  4. Start sending out your offers and promotions to your subscribers.
  5. Watch your sales increase

 

It’s that easy!  You can use our sms.jpgroups.org to send any promotional text sms marketing message, such as sms coupons, reminders, product specials, new product announcements, and store events.

Design a Great Website

Love to design websites? Square buttons, round buttons, flashy buttons … will they match my shoes, my handbag or my tie? Are you stuck in a maze of buttons, headings, bullets, sub-headings and color schemes?

STOP!!!!

Take a deep breath and read some practical tips for professional looking websites.

1. Select a color scheme and stick to it.
If your company has a logo or preferred colors on its stationery that’s a good start. For those of you starting from scratch, choose two or three complementary colors and stick with them – don’t change colors on every page.

The most common color schemes include:

- Red, yellow and white
- Blue and white
- Red, Grey and white
- Blue, orange and white
- Yellow, Grey and white.

If you’re not sure what color scheme to choose, surf the internet and find a website that you like. You can then model your color scheme on what already exists.

2. Provide an easy to use navigation system.
This is one of the most important issues to consider when designing a website. You need to ensure your visitors can find what they are looking for easily. Most websites either display their navigation bar on the left or at the top. And since most people are used to this type of navigation, it’s best to stick with it.

It also helps to include your navigation bar at the bottom of each page to save your visitors from having to scroll back to the top.

3. Don’t go overboard on special effects
Whilst it is ok to have one or two special effects to jazz up your website, spinning graphics and logos often distract your visitor from the content, not to mention they can take too long to download. Your visitors may click away even before your spinning logo finishes loading.


4. Backgrounds
Ensure your visitors can read the text on the background, ie. no black writing on dark blue background or yellow on white. Also be careful that your links are visible before and after being visited. The default for links in most programs is blue (before being visited) and burgundy (after being visited), so if you have a dark background, ensure your links are light.

5. External Links
It is a good idea to open links to other websites in a new window. That way your visitors can easily return to your site when they are finished browsing the external link

6. Site Map & Search Feature
If you website is more than 15 pages, it is useful to have a site map or a “Search” feature to ensure your visitors can easily find what they’re looking for.

7. Content is King
While it is important that your website looks clean and professional, it is far more important that you concentrate your efforts on the content and promotion.

If you want a professional website, things to stay away from include:

a. Flash intros, revolving globes, beveled line separators, animated mail boxes
b. Loads of pop up or pop under boxes
c. Auto play music. Allow your customer to play music only if they choose.
d. Hit counters of the free variety, which say “you are 27th visitor”
e. Date and time stamps, unless your website is updated daily or weekly
f. Busy backgrounds.

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Essential Windows Shortcut Keys...

Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box) WindowsLogo+D (Display the desktop) Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows) Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows) Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer) CTRL+C (Copy) CTRL+X (Cut) CTRL+V (Paste) CTRL+Z (Undo) DELETE (Delete) SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) F2 key (Rename the selected item) CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) CTRL+A (Select all) F3 key (Search for a file or a folder) ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item) ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program) ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object) ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window) CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items) ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened) F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop) F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer) SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item) ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window) Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager) Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off) Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off) Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off) SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off) NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off) Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager) Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts END (Display the bottom of the active window) HOME (Display the top of the active window) NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder) NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder) NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)

Crack your Windows Administrator Password Without any Software

Method 1 Boot up with DOS and delete the sam.exe and sam.log files from Windows\system32\config in your hard drive. Now when you boot up in NT the password on your built-in administrator account which will be blank (i.e No password). This solution works only if your hard drive is FAT kind. Method 2 Step 1. Put your hard disk of your computer in any other pc . Step 2. Boot that computer and use your hard disk as a secondary hard disk (D'nt boot as primary hard disk ). Step 3. Then open that drive in which the victim’s window(or your window) is installed. Step 4. Go to location windows->system32->config Step 5. And delete SAM.exe and SAM.log Step 6. Now remove hard disk and put in your computer. Step 7. And boot your computer

Install Windows XP in less than 15 minutes

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way. 1. Boot through Windows XP CD. 2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”. 3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT 4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter. Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes. 5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation. 6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key -> This opens command prompt. 7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager. 8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal. Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installationprocess completes

Make your Windows XP Genuine

This will allow you to bypass the Microsoft Genuine Validation thingythis method works better than many others i've tried before. forget the cracks and injectors etc... this is the BEST WAY: 1) start > run > "regedit" (without the quotes of course) 2) go to the key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WPAEvents\OOBETimer...and doubleclick on it. Then change some of the value data to ANYTHING ELSE...delete some, add some letters, I don't care...just change it!now close out regedit. 3) go to start > run > "%systemroot%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a" (again, dont type the quotes) 4) the activation screen will come up, click on register over telephone, then click on CHANGE PRODUCT KEY, enter in this key: JG28K-H9Q7X-BH6W4-3PDCQ-6XBFJ. Now you can download all the updates without activating, and the Genuine Microsoft Validation thingy won't bug you no more!! Works with most WinXP versions though ther r some exceptions...

Watch Live TV on PC For Free

Watch Live TV on Your PC For Free Now you can watch free Tv on your pc by just using a VLC player. Step 1 : First of all you need to have VLC player, if you don’t have vlc player kindly download and install it Step 2 : Now open Vlc Player, and select streaming option from the media menu present in the menu bar. Step 3 : Select network option and enter the url of the streaming channel. For example if you want to view B4u Music you need to add url rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch12zqcif.3gp in the url field and then select play option from the stream drop down menu. Step 4 : After you click play in the above step, the channel will start streaming and you can watch your favorite channels. Here is the List of many other channels which you will love to watch Channel Name Link NDTV rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_33.sdp NDTV Profit rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_31.sdp Times Now rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_2.sdp Aaj Tak rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_4.sdp CNBC Aawaz rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf1/cid_34.sdp CNBC TV 18 rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_35.sdp Headlines Today rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_7.sdp NDTV 24×7 rtsp://ss1c6.idc.mundu.tv:554/prf0/cid_29.sdp NK News rtsp://94.75.250.53:554/rtplive/rknews.sdp RAJ News rtsp://94.75.250.220:1935/live/rajnews2.sdp ETV rtsp://94.75.250.53/rtplive/etv2low.sdp Studio N rtsp://94.75.250.220:1935/live/studion2 SVBC rtsp://94.75.250.220/rtplive/svbclow Zoo Vision rtsp://stream.zoovision.com/live.sdp B4u Music rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch12zqcif.3gp iMusic rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch26yqcif.3gp Zee Tamil rtsp://121.244.145.226:554/prf1/cid_54.sdp Zee Kannad rtsp://121.244.145.226:554/prf1/cid_55.sdp Zee Bangla rtsp://121.244.145.226:554/prf1/cid_52.sdp Music Box rtsp://stream.the.sk/live/musicbox/musicbox-3m.3gp Bella Tv rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch29yqcif.3gp Fashion Tv rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch27yqcif.3gp Adventure rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVAdventure3GPP296.sdp Horror rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVHorror3GPP296.sdp Comedy rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVComedy3GPP96.sdp Classic rtsp://video3.multicasttech.com/AFTVClassics3GPP296.sdp Crime rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVCrime3GPP296.sdp Mystery rtsp://video2.multicasttech.com/AFTVMystery3GPP296.sdp Clubbing Tv rtsp://217.146.95.166:554/playlist/ch21yqcif.3gp

Recover of Repair Scratched CD/DVD

By adopting the following tips, I was successful in recovering most of the data from the scratched CD. Here’s an easy home remedy, which might give you the desired results. Rub a small amount of toothpaste on the scratch and polish the CD with a soft cloth and any petroleum-based polishing solution (like clear shoe polish). Squirt a drop of Brasso and wipe it with a clean cloth.
Recover CD/DVD Using Softwares: There are many softwares available on the net, which enable the recovery of the CD data. BadCopy Pro is one such software, which can be used to recover destroyed data and files from a range of media. Just a few clicks is all it requires to recover the disc from almost all kind of damage situation; be it corrupted, lost data, unreadable or defective. DiskDoctors is another popular company, which offers both software and solutions to recover data from a scratched CDs and DVDs
Manual method of recovering data from Scratched cd/dvd: * Always wipe the CD from the center outward with straight spoke-like strokes. Wiping CDs in circles will create more scratches. * Do not scratch the graphics layer as you cannot repair the disc. HINT: Hold the disc up to a light with the graphics layer facing the light source. If you can see light thru the scratches at any point then the disc may be irreparable and or exhibit loading or playing errors. * Clean your Disc players lens regularly with a suitable product to ensure optimal viewing pleasure. * Make sure to use a soft, lint-free cloth to clean both sides of the disc. Wipe in a straight line from the centre of the disc to the outer edge. * If wiping with a cloth does not remove a fingerprint or smudge, use a specialized DVD disc polishing spray to clean the disc.

Turn on/off Monitor from Keyboard

If you are using a Desktop computer then it’s easy to turn On or Off your monitorscreen. But still if you are lazy enough to stretch your hand to the monitor screen you can use one cool small app to make your life easier.


PushMoitorOff is a tiny app which allows you to control your monitor screen from your keyboard. This tool comes handy for laptop users too. As most of the laptops don’t have the different On/Off button for the screen. So those who believe in saving energy can use this tool when needed.
The app is very easy to use. Whenever you feel like turning on/off your monitor you just have to press Shift+f1. You can change this shortcut key also using the options provided in the software. Download PushMonitOff After Download this a icon will shown on your downloaded folder. Then run this exe file. Now its ready for working. You can change it's settings through right-click on icon on Task bar.

Facebook surf free on mobile

now visit http://m.facebook.com and download the application which will show u on top of the site thats totally free for airtel, idea, aircel, vodafone, Reliance Note:-Working in some states (Try it on own risk)

Recover Word Document That was not Saved

Computer mistakes happen from time to time, and in the old days that unsaved document was gone in a flash to all but the most tech savvy. Microsoft Word 2010 users have an easy way to retrieve unsaved documents they accidentally closed, while Word 2007 and older users have several methods to try. The best way to retrieve an unsaved document is to save it regularly and enable an AutoSave or AutoRecover option in Word.Don't panic--you may be able to get that document back quickly.

Instructions:-


Microsoft Word 2007:-

1.Launch Microsoft Word. Click "Microsoft Office" then "Word Options" then "Save." Search for the text that reads "Save AutoRecover information every [ ] minutes" and note whether this text option is clicked on. If so, a version of your unsaved word document should be saved on the computer. You'll just need to find it. 2.Quit Word using the "CTRL+Q" shortcut. Open Word again from the "Start" menu. 3.Scroll through the "AutoRecover" panel that will automatically pop up on the left side of your screen when you re-open Word. Click on the unsaved document to open it. If you enabled the "AutoRecover" option, your lost document will be here. 4.Click "Microsoft Office" then "Open" if you did not enable "AutoRecover" in Word 2007. Select the down arrow to show more options. 5.Select "Open and Repair" from the drop-down menu. In the dialog box that opens, search for your unsaved file among the list of documents displayed. It will have a name like "Document7" since you did not save it.

Word 2010:-

1.Select the "Info" tab from the menu with Word 2010 running. Navigate to "Manage Versions." 2.Click on "Recover Unsaved Documents" to open a list of recently unsaved documents. 3.Browse the documents until you find the one you need. Then select the document to open it in Word 2010. 4.Save the document using the "CTRL+S" shortcut.

Charge Your Battery in Smart Way

Did you even notice how many mobile devices do you have? MP3, mobile phone, tablet PC, laptop, digital camera, GPS, and handheld console and more. All these mobile devices are powered by batteries, which cause the most concerns about battery life. Generally, battery life depends on your settings and apps you run. Meanwhile, knowledge about battery maintenance is also important. You may have backups, but if you own an iPhone, unfortunately you are not able to change the battery. Take Li-on battery as example. When you buy a new battery, it does not matter how many times you charge and discharge it. But after a long time of usage, usually more than one year, you will notice the difference. The battery lasts shorter as there is a loss of battery capacity. There are rumors on the internet that new battery should be charged for more than 12 hours for three times, then totally discharge it in order to activate the most battery capacity. Well according to experiments, the best way to maintain a Li-on battery is light usage and quick charge and discharge. The battery life depends on how many times you fully charge and discharge it, the more times, the shorter battery life. For normal users, the right time for charging your battery comes when 10% or 20% of your battery capacity is used, and 50% is acceptable too. The situation you should avoid is a full discharge, do not wait until your battery is used up. Other factors worth noting is that temperature also has an impact on the battery lifespan. When the temperature is too high (over 30) or too low, the battery life could suffer a loss. For instance, when plug in your power supply, you should take the battery out from your laptop. It’s not because it may over charge your battery, but laptop overheating could cause damage to the battery. Of course if you suffer from a power shortage, it’s wise to keep your laptop battery where it is to avoid loss of private data.

Hack Android based Mobiles

These codes vary, depend on different cell phones, some secret codes may not be available. Please be cautious before try these codes on you cell phone, and you are responsible for any consequences of you actions. *#*#4636#*#* Display cell phone, battery, usage statistics and WiFi information *#*#7780#*#* Restore to factory settings, do not delete preinstalled apps and SD card files *2767*3855# Restore to factory settings; delete all files in SD card *#*#197328640#*#* Launch service mode to test and change certain settings *#*#232339#*#* or *#*#526#*#* or *#*#528#*#* Test WiFi *#*#232338#*#* Display WiFi MAC address *#*#1472365#*#* GPS test *#*#1575#*#* Other GPS test *#*#232331#*#* Bluetooth test *#*#232337#*# Display Bluetooth physic address *#*#8255#*#* Start Gtalk monitoring *#*#4986*2650468#*#* PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate *#*#1234#*#* PDA and Phone *#*#1111#*#* FTA SW version *#*#2222#*#* FTA HW version *#*#44336#*#* PDA, Phone, csc, build Time, anzhi.name, changelist number *#*#0283#*#* Packet Loopback *#*#0*#*#* LCD test *#*#0673#*#* or *#*#0289#*#* Melody test *#*#0842#*#* Device test such as viberation and lightness *#*#2663#*#* Display touchscreen version *#*#2664#*#* Touchscreen test *#*#0588#*#* Distance sensor test *#*#3264#*#* Display memory version

Accelerating Microsoft Word

Working with Microsoft Word

To...

Use this shortcut

Select text

Press Shift+Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow to highlight text. To select one word at a time, press Shift+Ctrl+Arrow. To select to the end of the line, press Shift+End.

Copy selected text

Press Ctrl+C.

Cut selected text

Press Ctrl+X.

Paste selected text

Press Ctrl+V.

Bold text

Press Ctrl+B.

Search for text in a document

Press Ctrl+F.

Find and replace text in a document

Press Ctrl+H.

Got to a page, line, or bookmark in a document

Press Ctrl+G.

Italicize text

Press Ctrl+I.

Underline text

Press Ctrl+U.

Subscript text

Press Ctrl+equal sign (=).

Superscript text

Press Ctrl+plus sign (+).

Center text

Press Ctrl+E.

Align text left

Press Ctrl+L.

Align text right

Press Ctrl+R.

Justify text

Press Ctrl+J.

Decrease the font size

Press Ctrl+Shift+less than sign (<). If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can also press Ctrl and scroll down.

Increase the font size

Press Ctrl+Shift+greater than sign (>). If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can also press Ctrl and scroll up.

Change the font

Press CTRL+SHIFT+F, and then use the arrow keys to reach the new font.

Change font size

Press Ctrl+Shift+P, and then use the arrow keys to reach the new font size. If your mouse has a scroll wheel, you can also press Ctrl and scroll up or down.

Create a page break

Press Ctrl+Enter.

Create a new document

Press Ctrl+N.

Open the My Documents window

Press Ctrl+O.

Close a document

Press Ctrl+W.

Save a document

Press Ctrl+S.

Print a document

Press CTRL+P.

Preview what you're about to print

Press ALT+Ctrl+I. In Windows 7, this keyboard shortcut opens the integrated Print and Preview window, which you can also access by pressing Ctrl+P.

Resize a shape (Office 2010)

Select the shape, and then press Shift+Arrow.

Rotate a shape (Office 2010)

Select the shape, and then hold the Alt key while you press the Left Arrow key or the Right Arrow key.


History of Internet

The Internet (as we know it) first got it's start back in 1972, but you have to go back even farther than that... In 1957, Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower saw the need for, and started the Advanced Research Projects Agency (or ARPA) after the Soviet's launched their Sputnik satellite (the first successful man-made satellite).

ARPA, a project of the US Department of Defense, was originally created to develop a non-centralized network that would be able to withstand particular outages (i.e. Nuclear War) and still function when parts of network were not working correctly (or destroyed). This specific project of ARPA was called the ARPAnet.

In 1962, a man by the name of Dr. J.C.R. Licklider was chosen to head ARPA's research. Licklider, the visionary he was, saw that the best way to improve the technology was to move the organization out of private ownership and into the universities. ARPAnet had it's first public demonstration in 1972. After which, the Universities and public researchers greatly contributed to it and other networks.

One of the other networks that later became part of the Internet was called NFSnet, named after the National Science Foundation that created it. It was the brainchild of academic researchers all over the US. In 1985, the NFSnet became the backbone of the internet, transmitting data across the US. This opened the doors for hundreds of smaller, regional networks to join up with it, and form the huge network we have today.

In 1989, ARPAnet was shut down due to lack of military interest and funding.

During the early 1990's, the Internet experienced explosive growth as commercial networks started giving people access to the internet, even indirectly. America On-Line is a good example of one of these networks. AOL customers couldn't access the Internet until about 1991.

The most growth was experienced towards the end of 1994. At that time, it was estimated that the Internet connected some 2 million computers, and served some 23 million users in over 100 countries. And the population doubled every year. It was estimated that by the year 2000, almost everyone in the world would have e-mail access.

Windows Media Player

All features and buttons in Windows Media Player are accessible to you by using the keyboard only. The Player provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts for the more commonly used commands and buttons that you can use to control the Player from your keyboard or with macros. The following table shows the various keyboard shortcuts for the Player.

To do this Use this keyboard shortcut

Zoom to 50%

ALT+1

Zoom at 100%

ALT+2

Zoom to 200%

ALT+3

Toggle display for full-screen video

ALT+ENTER

Retrace your steps back through your most recent views in the Player

ALT+LEFT ARROW

Retrace your steps forward through your most recent views in the Player

ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Switch to full-screen mode

CTRL+1

Switch to skin mode

CTRL+2

Switch to the first view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Artist in Music)

CTRL+7

Switch to the second view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Album in Music)

CTRL+8

Switch to the third view in a media category after Recently Added (such as Songs in Music)

CTRL+9

Previous (item or chapter)

CTRL+B

Put the focus on the search box in the library

CTRL+E

Next (item or chapter)

CTRL+F

Turn shuffle on or off

CTRL+H

Eject CD or DVD (note that this does not work on computers equipped with two or more CD or DVD disc drives)

CTRL+J

In full mode, show or hide the Classic Menus (menu bar)

CTRL+M

Create a new playlist

CTRL+N

Open a file

CTRL+O

Play or pause playing

CTRL+P

Add selected item to sync list

CTRL+Q

Stop playing

CTRL+S

In audio playback, turn repeat on or off

CTRL+T

Specify a URL or path to a file

CTRL+U

Close or stop playing a file

CTRL+W

Rewind video

CTRL+SHIFT+B

Turn captions and subtitles on or off

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Fast forward through video or music

CTRL+SHIFT+F

Use a fast play speed

CTRL+SHIFT+G

Play at normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+N

Use a slow play speed

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Return to full mode from full screen

ESC

Display Windows Media Player Help

F1

Edit media information on a selected item in the library

F2

Add media files to the library

F3

Switches the view of items in the Details pane using the options available with the View Options button

F4

Refresh information in the panes

F5

Increase the size of album art

F6

Decrease the size of album art

SHIFT+F6

Mute the volume

F7

Decrease the volume

F8

Increase the volume

F9

Show the Classic Menus (menu bar)

F10

Switch to full-screen mode

F11

Monday 1 October 2012

75 Super Excel Magic

25 Very Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

1. To format any selected object, press ctrl+1
2. To insert current date, press ctrl+;
3. To insert current time, press ctrl+shift+;
4. To repeat last action, press F4
5. To edit a cell comment, press shift + F2
6. To autosum selected cells, press alt + =
7. To see the suggest drop-down in a cell, press alt + down arrow
8. To enter multiple lines in a cell, press alt+enter
9. To insert a new sheet, press shift + F11
10. To edit active cell, press F2 (places cursor in the end)
11. To hide current row, press ctrl+9
12. To hide current column, press ctrl+0
13. To unhide rows in selected range, press ctrl+shift+9
14. To unhide columns in selected range, press ctrl+shift+0
15. To recalculate formulas, press F9
16. To select data in current region, press ctrl+shift+8
17. To see formulas in the worksheet, press ctrl+shift+` (ctrl+~)
18. While editing formulas to change the reference type from absolute to relative vice versa, press F4
19. To format a number as currency, press ctrl+shift+4 (ctrl+$)
20. To apply outline border around selected cells, press ctrl+shift+7
21. To open the macros dialog box, press alt+F8
22. To copy value from above cell, press ctrl+’
23. To format current cell with comma formats, press ctrl+shift+1
24. To go to the next worksheet, press ctrl+shift+pg down
25. To go to the previous worksheet, press ctrl+shift+pg up

20 Situations and How to Solve them using Excel Formulas

26. To get the first name of a person, use =left(name,find(” “,name)-1)
27. To calculate mortgage payments, use =PMT(interest-rate,number-of-payments,how-much-loan)
28. To get nth largest number in a range, use =large(range,n)
29. To get nth smallest number in a range, use = small(range,n)
30. To generate a random phone number, use =randbetween(1000000000,9999999999), needs analysis toolpak if you are using excel 2003 or earlier
31. To count number of words in a cell, use =len(trim(text))-len(SUBSTITUTE(trim(text),” “,”"))
32. To count positive values in a range, use =countif(range,”>0″)
33. To calculate weighted average, use SUMPRODUCT() function
34. To remove unnecessary spaces, use =trim(text)
35. To format a number as SSN using formulas, use =text(ssn-text,”000-00-0000″)
36. To find age of a person based on DOB, use =TEXT((NOW()-birth_date)&”",”yy “”years”" m “”months”" dd “”days”"”), output will be like 27 years 7 months 29 days
37. To get name from initials from a name, use IF(), FIND(), LEN() and SUBSTITUTE() formulas
38. To get proper fraction from a number (for eg 1/3 from 6/18), use =text(fraction, “?/?”)
39. To get partial matches in vlookup, use * operator like this: =vlookup(“abc*”,lookup_range,return_column)
40. To simulate averageif() in earlier versions of excel, use =sumif(range, criteria)/countif(range, criteria)
41. To debug your formulas, select the portions of formula and press F9 to see the result of that portion
42. To get the file extension from a file name, use =right(filename,3) (doesn’t work for files that have weird extensions like .docx, .htaccess etc.)
43. To quickly insert an in cell micro-chart, use REPT() function
44. COUNT() only counts number of cells with numbers in them, if you want to count number of cells with anything in them, use COUNTA()
45. Using named ranges in formulas saves you a lot of time. To define one, just select some cells, and go to menu > insert > named ranges > define

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46. To format a number as SSN, use the custom format code “000-00-0000″
47. To format a phone number, use the custom format code “000-000-0000″
48. To show values after decimal point only when number is less than one, use [<1]_($#,##0.00_);_($#,##0_) as formatting code
49. To remove grid lines from excel worksheet, go to menu > tools > options > and un-check grid lines option. (Excel 2007: office button > excel option > advanced)
50. To hide a worksheet, go to menu > format > sheet > hide
51. To align multiple objects, like charts, drawings, pictures use drawing toolbar > align and select alignment option
52. To freeze rows on top, select the a row and use menu > window > freeze panes
53. To disable annoying formula errors, go to menu > tools > options > error checking tab and disable errors you don’t want to see
54. To change the shape of cell comments from rectangle to some other symbol, select the comment, go to drawing tool bar and change the shape from there 55. To transpose a range of cells, copy the cells, go to empty area, and press alt+e+s+e
56. To save data filter settings so that you can reuse them again, use custom views
57. To select all formulas, press CTRL+G, select “special” and check “formulas”
58. To select all constants, press CTRL+G, select “special” and check “constants”
59. To clear formats from a range, select menu > edit > clear > “formats”
60. To move a chart and align it with cells, hold down ALT key while moving the chart

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61. To create an instant micro-chart from your normal chart, use camera tool
62. Understand data to ink ratio to reduce chart junk, using even a pixel more of ink than what is needed can reduce your chart’s effectiveness
63. Combine two different types of charts when one is not enough, to use, add another series of data to your sheet and then right click on it and change the chart type
64. To reverse the order of items in a bar / column chart, just click on y-axis, press ctrl+1, and check “categories in reverse order” and “x-axis crosses at maximum category” options
65. To change the marker symbol or bubble in a chart to your own favorite shape, just draw any shape in worksheet using drawing toolbar, then copy it by pressing ctrl+c, now go to the chart and select markers (or bubbles) and press ctrl+v
66. To create partially overlapped column / bar charts, just use overlap and gap settings in the format data series area. A overlap of 100 will completely overlap one series on another, while 0 separates them completely
67. To increase the contrast of your chart, just remove grayish background color that excel adds to the chart (in versions excel 2003 and prior)
68. To save yourself some trouble, always try to avoid charts like – 3D area charts (unstacked), radar charts, 3D Lines, 3D Columns with multiple series of data, Donut charts with more than 2 series of data
69. To improve comparison, replace your radar charts with tables

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70. Remove any vertical grid-lines
71. Change horizontal grid-line color from black to a very light shade of gray
72. Adjust chart series colors to get better contrast
73. Adjust font scaling (for versions excel 2003 and prior)
74. Add data labels and remove any axis (axis labels) if needed
75. Remove chart background colors