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2008-01-12T18:03:00.000-08:00

Run Google Talk Gadget in Firefox Sidebar

To add Google talk to your firefox sidebar, bookmark the following URL (right click and select bookmark this link) talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client
Now goto Bookmarks menu, navigate to the above bookmark, right click and choose Properties. Tick the checkbox that says Load this bookmark in the sidebar.

This method can also be used to run google talk in networks where google talk is blocked by the network administrator.

2008-01-12T17:46:00.000-08:00

speed up your internet

add 20% to your bandwith by simple windows tweak. follow these simple steps and free 20% of your precious bandwidth. Actually this bandwidth is kept reserved with windows.....
1)start>run> type "
gpedit.msc"

2)expand "administrative templates" under computer configuration

3)expand "network" and click on Qos packet scheduler

4) on the right side,double click on "limit resrevable bandwidth"

5)check enabled radio button and set a lower value (like 10,use 0 for optimality)

6)finally click "ok" and restart your pc

2008-01-12T17:26:00.000-08:00

Speed up your mozilla browser

Open up Mozilla Firefox and in the address bar type (without quotes), "about:config" and hit enter.

It should bring up a page of strings, Intergers, and Boolean settings.

Change these settings first - no matter what (common to all configurations):

Code:

network.http.pipelining, true
network.http.proxy.pipelining, true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests, 8
content.notify.backoffcount, 5
plugin.expose_full_path, true
ui.submenuDelay, 0

Change these settings if you have a fast computer, fast connection:

Code:

content.interrupt.parsing, true
content.max.tokenizing.time, 2250000
content.notify.interval, 750000
content.notify.ontimer, true
content.switch.threshold, 750000
nglayout.initialpaint.delay, 0
network.http.max-connections, 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server, 8
browser.cache.memory.capacity, 65536

Change these settings if you have a fast computer, slower connection:

Code:

content.max.tokenizing.time, 2250000
content.notify.interval, 750000
content.notify.ontimer, true
content.switch.threshold, 750000
network.http.max-connections, 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server, 8
nglayout.initialpaint.delay, 0
browser.cache.memory.capacity, 65536

Change these settings if you have a fast computer, slow internet connection:

Code:

browser.xul.error_pages.enabled, true
content.interrupt.parsing, true
content.max.tokenizing.time, 3000000
content.maxtextrun, 8191
content.notify.interval, 750000
content.notify.ontimer, true
content.switch.threshold, 750000
network.http.max-connections, 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server, 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy, 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server, 4
nglayout.initialpaint.delay, 0
browser.cache.memory.capacity, 65536

Change these settings if you have a slow computer, fast internet connection:

Code:

content.max.tokenizing.time, 3000000
content.notify.backoffcount, 5
content.notify.interval, 1000000
content.notify.ontimer, true
content.switch.threshold, 1000000
content.maxtextrun, 4095
nglayout.initialpaint.delay, 1000
network.http.max-connections, 48
network.http.max-connections-per-server, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy, 16
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server, 8
dom.disable_window_status_change, true

Change these settings if you have a slow computer, slow connection:

Code:

content.max.tokenizing.time, 2250000
content.notify.interval, 750000
content.notify.ontimer, true
content.switch.threshold, 750000
nglayout.initialpaint.delay, 750
network.http.max-connections, 32
network.http.max-connections-per-server, 8
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy, 4
dom.disable_window_status_change, true

apply these changes accordingly and see the result.

2008-01-12T17:17:00.000-08:00

multiple login in yahoo!!

You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without any download or patch .
Follow these simple steps
1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then enter .
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo ----->pager---->Test
3. On the right pane , right-click and choose new Dword value .
4. Rename it as Plural.
5. Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.
That's it done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger .For signing in with new id open another messenger .

2008-01-11T09:12:00.000-08:00

remove page header from blogger
In page element section there is a page element named "page header". In the edit section there is not the option to remove this page element, still if you want to remove page header to give your blog a more professional and customized look then follow these simple steps.

go to Edit HTML. Find the section of code

< div id="'header-wrapper'">
    < b:section class="'header'" id="'header'" maxwidgets="'1'" showaddelement="'no'">
    < b:widget id="'Header1'" locked="'true'" title="'The" type="'Header'/">
    </b:section>
    </div>

and change "locked='true'" to "locked='false'".

 < div id="'header-wrapper'">
    < b:section class="'header'" id="'header'" maxwidgets="'1'" showaddelement="'no'">
    < b:widget id="'Header1'" locked="'false'" title="'The" type="'Header'/">
    </b:section>
    </div>

and save changes.
Now come back to the page element. click edit on the page header and you will find a button
"remove page element". click on the button to remove/disable page header.

2008-01-05T05:10:00.000-08:00

hide/remove blogger navbar

Blogger provides a navigation toolbar (called navbar) at the top of your blog page which spreads across the entire width of your browser.
Why to remove blogger navbar?

1. The color of navbar does not gel with my blog.
2. I want to customize my blog, give it a professional look.
3. The Search Blog Form is not integrated with my Adsense for search account. I want visitors to use my custom Google site search form that is monitized by Google Adsense.
4. The next blog button on the navbar takes your visitor to any other randomly selected blog. That blog may contain some inappropriate or adult matter.

How to remove/ disable blogger navbar?
Follow these simple steps to remove the navbar.
Log in to blogger

- On your Dashboard, select Layout. This will take you to the Template tab. Click Edit HTML. Under the Edit Template section you will see you blog's HTML.

- paste the CSS definition (in green color)in the top of the template code:

Blogger Template Style
Name: Minima Lefty Stretch
Designer: Douglas Bowman / Darren Delaye
URL: www.stopdesign.com
Date: 14 Jul 2006
----------------------------------------------- */
#navbar-iframe {
display: none !important;
}

/* Variable definitions
====================

type="color" default="#fff" value="#ffffff">

Remove the code to show it again.

2007-12-28T09:04:00.000-08:00

Generic local host error for win 32 , fix the problem:

This error has been haunting most of Windows PCs from a long time and is really one dreadful bug. In one of my previous posts I have discussed a solution. That solution will cure the error but there is a problem that it would close the connection with network systems. So here are some solutions for those who work on a network.

First solution:

Hop to ‘Run’ and open ‘Regedit’
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Services -> Browser -> Parameters
Find the Key
Name: IsDomainMaster
and set
Data: False
Restart Your PC

Second solution:

Go to ‘Run’ and open ‘cmd’
Type ‘netsh’ then press enter
Then type ‘winsock’ and press enter and then type reset
Restart Your PC

Third solution:
Download LspFix and follow the directions.

2007-12-28T08:45:00.000-08:00

7 zip archiver.

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS7 zip.7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The AES code is under a BSD LICENSE. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license.

You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

Download 7-Zip 4.42 for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit	818 KB
Download	.msi	x64	1238 KB

Download 7-Zip 4.56 beta for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit	841 KB
Download	.msi	x64	1105 KB

compresses more than winzip or winrar.

2007-12-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

Orkut Cute

Orkut Cute is a freeware program which let you send scraps (the public messages that anyone can leave on anyone else’s profile) to all your friends in Orkut and all your other online social networking communities. The program also informs you when you receive new scraps and new topics in yours communities.

Salient Features:

Alerts you when you receive new scraps.
Scrap all of your friends (be careful with this one).
Receive notifications when forums are updated.

Download Orkut Cute

2007-12-28T08:25:00.000-08:00

Free Anti virus systems

If you are a regular user of internet, probably the biggest threats are viruses and Trojans. Lot of anti virus softwares and spy wares are available but are quite expensive.So here I am telling about some good and free anti virus soft wares. I hope they will help you out.

Avast! Home Edition (free)- One of the most popular antivirus software, can also be run from Explorer context menu. You can either scan the entire hard drive or selected folders.

download now

AVG 7.5 Free Antivirus (free)- One of most popular free virus scanning software is AVG 7.5 Free Edition. This free edition is available for non-commercial, single home computer use.

download now

AOL Active Virus (free)- a free virus scanner from AOL based on Kaspersky Antivirus that doesn't require an AOL account to download the software. The software can be configure to check only new and modified files thereby reducing the memory requirements. Also support scanning of incoming and outgoing email messages.

download now

ClamWin Virus Scanner (free)- An opensource antivirus software that is great for running routine antivirus checks on your PC. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

download now

2007-12-28T08:04:00.000-08:00

kaspersky anti-virus 7.0

requirements: windows 2000/XP/vista
free version available (for 30 days) download
to buy you need to pay $49.95 download
well, kaspersky is definitely themost talked about antivirus system of recent times. Ranked as the bestanti-virus in many surveys, lets find out more about it.

kaspersky claims about version 7:
kaspersky 7.0 provides you with traditional anti-virus protection based on the latest protection technologies. It provides protectionfrom virus, trojans and worms. Protects from spyware and adware. real-time scanning of e-mails,internet traffic and files. Protects against all types of keyloggers.

some facts:
pros:

better interface
fast scanning
good in proactive protection

cons:

expensive
too much prompting in interactive interface
not that easy to install updates manually

what I feel about it:
I feel that kaspersky is a worth product for pro users. But for normal home pc's I feel this is too expensive and perhapssome free anti-virus systems like avg etc.
are fine.

2007-12-28T07:52:00.000-08:00

Free Online Virus Scanners

The advantage of these online virus scanners is that you need not install them on your hard disk. They run within the web browser and scan your system. These scanners do not proactively protect your system 24 X 7 but if your system is already affected by viruses, then these scanners can definitely help your cause.

Trend Micro HouseCall - An online virus scanner that's absolutely free and scans your PC hard drive for any sort of viruses or even spyware. HouseCall allows youto remove detected infections. Works with Firefox and IE. Requires Java.
download

McAfee Freescan - This free virus scanner from McAfee is based on the McAfee VirusScan
engine. Should viruses be found, FreeScan prepares a list of infected files and links to information about the viruses on your computer. It also gives you an option to cleanyour system. Requires IE with ActiveX.
download

Windows Live OneCare Scanner - A free antivirus online scanner from Microsoft that cleans your system from viruses and also recommends ways to improve the overall performance.
download

Symantec Internet Security - An online virus scanner from the developers of Norton Antivirus 2007 can detect most virus threat but there is no option to delete the virus infected file or repair it. Does not examine compressed files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
download

BitDefender Online Scanner - Their Free Online Virus Scanner version 8 scans your system's memory, all files, folders and drives' boot sectors - the default options automatically cleans the infected files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
download

2007-12-28T02:37:00.000-08:00

speed up your downloading
Lot of softwares are available that speeds up your downloading and also manage downloads effectively. Salient features of these softwares are:

speeds up your downloads
allows you to resume interrupted downloads
lets you manage your downloads using the Download Queue
Effectively Manage Your Downloads.
here i am telling about a few such softwares

free crawler download manager

Customize the number of files downloaded at the same time so that downloading doesn't interfere with your Internet browsing.
Continue with the download after your modem gets disconnected, call waiting interrupts or your computer crashes.
With Download Manager you can send large files up to 1GB in size

click here to download

download accelerator plus (free)

Supported Browsers : IE 7.x | 5.x | 6.x Netscape 6.x | 7.x Opera 5 | 6 Mozilla | Firefox
Supported Platforms : Windows 98 / ME / XP Windows NT4 / win2000 Windows Vista
This is an excellent software from speedbit.

click here to download

free download manager

FDM ver. 2.5 build 728 is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. You can also download FDM Lite version which requires less size and lacks some functions (BitTorrent support, video conversion and upload manager) that can be downloaded and installed as plugins later.

click here to download

internet download manager (this is not free.)

Try Internet Download Manager 5.11 build 8 (Added FLV grabber to browser context menu to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites)
Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's done.

click here to download

You can try anyone of the free softwares, still I feel DAP can be a good choice.

2007-12-28T02:34:00.000-08:00

winrar 3.71

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format. You may try WinRAR before buy, its trial version is available.
click here to download.

2007-12-28T02:28:00.000-08:00

winzip 11.1
Most home users use WinZip to open Zip files, usually downloaded from the Internet or received as an email attachment, and to create zip files to send emails faster and conserve disk space.

send emails faster;
protect sensitive data;
conserve disk space for yourself and your recipient; and
maximize mailbox capacity

about winzip 11.1

WinZip, the original and most popular compression utility for Windows, is a powerful and easy-to-use tool that quickly zips and unzips your files to conserve disk space and greatly reduce e-mail transmission time. WinZip 11.1 is available as Standard or Pro.
WinZip 11.1 is an updated version of our most recent major release—WinZip 11.0—that supports Windows Vista™.
WinZip 11.1 offers a thumbnail image view and automatic compression selection, plus improved compression for audio files (WAV) and the ability to open .BZ2 and .RAR files.
WinZip 11.1 Pro adds expanded data backup functionality and includes a new internal image viewer that allows you to browse through multiple images within the Zip file.

winzip 11.1 standard single-user licence for $29.95 download
winzip 11.1 pro single-user licence for $49.95 download
trial version available for 45 days.

2007-12-28T02:13:00.000-08:00

kgb archiver

kgb archiver is the compression tool with unbelievably high compression rate. I tell you about my own experience. I have compressed ms-office 2007 in 2mb !!!(believe it). It compresses more than any other compression tool available.

But the most unfortunate thing about it is that it has very high hardware requirements. Processor with 1,5GHz clock and 512MB of RAM as an essential minimum. Even with this configuration it will slow down your system speed to an untolerable level.

But there are different modes available like high-level compression, medium-level, low-level. you can choose a level to suit your system.
click here to download- FREE DOWNLOAD.

2007-12-28T02:09:00.000-08:00

Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now released

Finally after all this wait Firefox 3 Beta 1 is now available for download from the official Mozilla website. Users and developers have been desperately waiting for this new Firefox release as it brings a lot of bug fixes, code changes, new features and better browsing experience.

Mozilla Dev announced this official release later today and describes some of the new features in Firefox 3 as follows.

Improved security features: better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager, and version checking for insecure plugins.
Improved ease of use: better password management, easier add-on installation, new download manager with resumable downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration with Windows Vista and Mac OS X.
Richer personalization: one-click bookmarking, smart search bookmark folders, direct typing in location bar searches your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
Improved platform features: new graphics and font rendering architecture, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
Performance improvements: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 300 memory leak fixes, and a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks.

Firfox 3 Beta 1 is available for download in 20 different languages and currently supports the Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. Download Firefox 3 Beta 1 build now.

2007-12-28T01:56:00.000-08:00

Use Gmail Space as Google Drive

Here I have some great little utilities that you can try to use your Gmail account space as your external hard drive. You will be able to download (or should I say copy) attachments from your Gmail account to your computer just as you would do from a drive on your computer.You can also use this space to upload content direct from your computer and save it online in your Gmail account.

1. GMail Drive

GMail Drive is third party addon for Windows that lets you use your Gmail account space as an extra drive on your computer. It allows a user to access a virtual drive stored in a Gmail e-mail account by causing the contents of the Gmail account to appear as a new network share on the user’s workstation. In order to use this add-on, the user needs a Gmail e-mail account. The add-on enables the user to use the standard Windows desktop file copy and paste commands to transfer files to and from the Gmail account as if it was a drive on the user’s computer.

Download GMail Drive

2. GSpace

GSpace is a firefox extension that turns your 3GB of your Gmail account into free online storage. With Gspace you can manage unlimited Gmail accounts to store all type of files within its simple, user friendly interface. You can also listen your favourite stored music directly from your Gspace, view your collections of pictures and manage your Gdrive files as well.

Download GSpace

3. GmailFS

GmailFS or Gmail File System is a virtual file system developed by Richard Jones which allows users to mount and use their Gmail email account’s storage as a local disk drive. GmailFS is written for Linux, but Windows and Mac OS X ports do exist. Using GmailFS will provide the user with roughly three gigabytes of online storage. The speed of this filesystem is limited by the speed of the user’s Internet connection, and the upload/download speed of the Gmail server. Files can be any size, and are stored as (segmented) attachments.

Download GmailFS

4. G-Share

G-Share is a PHP script that allows you to share your gmail attachments in a webpage, it is a download center with files stored in your Gmail account. You need a MySQL database to store data such as download counters, visitors, etc

Download G-Share

2007-12-28T01:46:00.000-08:00

Software to defragmant windows vista

As we know know that there are several brilliant new features in vista but a few important ones are missing as well. One of the most important is the disk defragmant feature (which i feel is very important). I have discussed the procedure to defragmant disk in the previous post, but here is a very easy way to do this.
Here I am telling about Auslogics Disk Defrag software. This software supports FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS file systems. The software runs indeed fast and has a very nice display also. And the best thing is that this software is free.
click here to download.

2007-12-28T01:33:00.000-08:00

P2P file-sharing applications (softwares)
I have always liked P2P file search because they have always given me some fruitful results. Here I am telling you about the best P2P sharing applications that are available for free.

Limewire

LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Java Platform, which uses the Gnutella network to locate and transfer files. Released under the GNU General Public License, Limewire is free software. It also encourages the user to pay a fee, which will then give the user access to LimeWire Pro. The Pro version allows you to download at very fast speeds, the search results are optimized, and the Pro version has its own unique skin.

Shareaza

Shareaza is a peer-to-peer file sharing client which supports the Gnutella, Gnutella2, EDonkey Network, BitTorrent, FTP and HTTP network protocols and which can handle magnet links, ed2k links, Piolet links, and the now deprecated Gnutella links. It is available in 27 languages. It has loads of features and download speeds are also impressive.

Kazaa

Kazaa Media Desktop is a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. The biggest problem with Kazaa is that if you download it from its official site you will get it along with bundles of virus, trojans and spywares, although the site claims that its free from spywares. In all it doesn't stand a good reputation because its owner sharman Networks have earned a bad name for being helpful in propagating thousands of virus and trojans.

iMesh

iMesh is a file sharing and online social network. It uses a proprietary, centralized, P2P protocol. iMesh is owned by an American company iMesh, Inc. and maintains a development center in Israel. iMesh was the first company to introduce “swarming” - the ability to download one file from multiple sources, increasing download speed.

BearShare

BearShare is a peer-to-peer file sharing application originally created by Free Peers, Inc. for Microsoft Windows and currently sold by MusicLab, LLC. They have given file-sharing a new meaning. you can even see other users’ profiles, photos etc. You can chat with your friends and meet many new people there. And it support hundreds on MP3 players.

Still on the top remains limewire.

2007-12-27T08:38:00.000-08:00

Disable services to make your XP fast.

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.

Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server
SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation