FOR FACEBOOK ADDICTS

If you are a firefox addict

then you dont need to use any other software to update your Facebook status

yes

Simply install the?FireStatus? add-on and update your status right from your browser.

You can also use the?Facebook Toolbar?to completely manage Facebook from your Firefox browser.
thats so easy

also something for Gmail users

you can download the following gadget
Facebook gadget? you can update your status from gmail

TRICK to Check Personal Firewall Status

How can you check the status of the connection and the firewall?
Simply open Control Panel from the Start Menu, open Internet and Network Connections, then Network Connections. By default the view is of large icons.
Click the View Menu, and choose "details" in order to reveal several more columns of information about the connections that your computer has.
Check the Status column to see if your connection is currently connected, and whether or not it is "firewalled."
You can even drag the column headings around (I like to slide the Status column right next to the Name column. You can even remove entire columns by right-clicking the column heading and unchecking it.

FACEBOOK USE BOLD & UNDERLINE FONT IN CHAT

Very few people know that you can use even bold fonts or underlined fonts in facebook chat.


To use bold fonts type your message between two asterisks.

e.g. *TRICKSCAFE.BLOGSPOT.COM*

To type underlined messages type your message between two underscores.

e.g. _TRICKSCAFE.BLOGSPOT.COM_

ALSO YOU CAN USE SMILIES

HOW TO HIDE UR DRIVES

How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc)
How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:,a:...etc)
This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer


1.Go to start->run.Type regedit.Now go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives(it is case sensitive). Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) .Now restart your computer. So, now when you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown(all gone...). To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item that you created.Again restart your computer.You can now see all the drives again.

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Crack BIOS Password!!

Forgot BIOS Password ?

Do the following :

1. Open the CPU
2. Now, observe the motherboard.
3. You notice a coin like silver Battery(3V).




----------------------------------------- NOTE --------------------------------------------------------
This battery is 24 x 7 power supply for the BIOS, which is used to run the system clock will the main power is off. It also initiates the booting process when power is switched on.
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4. Remove the battery from the motherboard.
(It is safe to remove the Battery)
5. Wait 30 seconds and place the battery back on the motherboard.
6. Now, when you start your system you won't be prompted for the BIOS password.

Enjoy !!!
------------------------------------ CAUTION -----------------------------------------------
1. Perform on your own risk !
2. You have to set the time of your computer when you start again.
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CHANGE NAME OF RECYCLE BIN

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon,
follow these steps
goto RUN type regedit
and then go to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).
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HOW TO OPEN BLOCKED WEBSITES

IF you are not able to visit your favorite websites in your school or college or any place where some sites are blocked?
HERE IS A TRICKS FOR THAT



Below are the list of various sites from which you can surf the blocked websites !

http://kproxy.com
http://backfox.com
http://atunnel.com
http://calculatepie.com
http://www.stupidcensorship.com
http://www.vmathpie.com
http://www.xroxee.com
http://mathtunnel.com
http://www.pagemod.com

Baware of CTRL + C

Be careful while using ctl+c cmd.
when you are using it on internet
Its not the safe thing to do when you are online.
What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online?
This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.
yes its true
if u dont believe me
Just try this:
1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2) Click the Link:
http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3) You will see the text you copied was accessed in the above address.
so please don't keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit
card numbers,PIN etc.)in the clipboard while surfing the web.

how to stop this?
You can stop other from hacking your clipboard content by doing this:
Go to internet options of explorer
tools menu ->Internet option -> Security Custom level
In settings - disable the option
allow past operations via script.

CONVERT SCANNED IMAGES INTO TEXT

OCR (optical character recognition) is the recognition of printed or written TEXT CHARACTERS s by a computer. IT involves
photoscanning of text character-by-character
analysis of the scanned-in image
and then translation of the character image into character codes
such as ASCII, commonly used in data processing.

In OCR processing, the scanned-in image or BITMAP is analyzed for light and dark areas in order to identify each alphabetic letter or numeric digit. When a character is recognized, it is converted into an ASCII code.

SO IF YOU HAVE SCANNED A PAGE CONTAINING TEXT IT WILL BE IN IMAGE & IF YOU WANT TEXT FROM THIS IMAGES YOU CAN TRY THIS SOFTWARE

CONVERT YOUR SCANNED TEXT DOC TO TEXT FILES


DOWNLOAD HERE

what ever u type ur computer will speak

here is a trick to convert ur
TEXT to VOICE without any
software.


steps are

>go to run

>type
Control speech

>write any text
it will be converted to voice

MULTIPLE LOGIN IN YAHOO MESSENGER

Multiple login in yahoo Without Using any Software
You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without
any download or patch .
Follow these steps :

1. Go to Start ----> Run . Type regedit, then enter .

2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --------> Software --->yahoo
----->pager---->Test

3.On the right page , right-click and choose new Dword value .

4.Rename it as Plural.

5.Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

Its done!!
Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger and try Multiple Login

How to find the IP address of the sender in Yahoo! mail

When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it. For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender. The tutorial below can help you find the IP address of the sender. Note that this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.

Finding IP address in Yahoo! Mail

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences
* Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
* Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is selected
* Click on the Save button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail.
5. You should see similar headers like this:Yahoo! headers : nameLook for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ]. Here, it is 202.65.138.109.That is be the IP address of the sender!
6. Track the IP address of the sender

MS OFFICE Word 2007 Voice Command

Use a Voice Command
You can use sound in Microsoft Office Word.
1. In the Word document, place your cursor where you want your voice message to go.
2. Click Insert, and then in the Text section, click the Insert Object button.
3. In the Object dialog box, on the Create New tab, in the list of object types, select Wave Sound.
4. Click OK, and then record your own voice note.

View DOCX/XLSX Files Without Using Microsoft Word/Excel

Many of them have problem of reading DOCX files in your desktop, while your desktop reads only .doc files?
here is a solution for you all
But please note that this is only the word document viewer not editor so it does not allow editing word documents.
This tools is provided free by Micorosoft itself & can be downloaded easily from their site.
And it is just 25 MB large. It enables you to view, print and copy Word documents, even if you don’t have Word installed. Not only *.docx it also supports *.docm,*.rtf,*.txt,*.html,*.wpd,*.doc,*.xml, etc.
Click here to download Microsoft Word Viewer.




Accept or save the file.

You can also try Microsoft Excel viewer. Click here to download Microsoft Excel Viewer. It allows you to view all the versions of excel files.
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HOW to recover your data from a corrupted hard drive

HOW to recover your data from a corrupted hard drive,

first, you need another hard drive. It can be external if you want. But you HAVE to be able to mount it as a directory in DSL (damn small linux)


Download DSL (damn small linux)

Just in google search “Damn Small Linux Download”, you’ll find it.
now boot it

after booting you will see the GUI of the DSL, run TERMINAL
and follow this command

*Note: this command will make you a super user in DSL

#sudo su

*Note: this command will mount you HDD on DSL

#mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

*Note: this command will check if your data is still on the HDD

#cd /mnt/hda1
#ls -al

Found any data? If not stop

If yes move on.
Since you already have you new hard drive connected to your PC just run this command series.

#mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/hdc1
#cd /mnt/hdc1
#mkdir backup
#cp -R /mnt/hda1/*.* /mnt/hdc1/backup

TEST YOUR ANTI-VIRUS

Test Wheather your AntiVirus is Protecting your PC OR NOT?


1. Open Notepad & paste this X50!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

2. Save it as eicar.com
The AntiVirus should stop you.

NOTE :if it stops means the anti virus is perfectly running or else its out of date or not working properly "time to change it".

10 Most Useful Google Labs Features for Gmail users

Google Labs has provided a lot of features which has completely revolutionized the way Gmail worked. But how the name comes "Labs"? Its because these features are not fully ripe and still in testing phase. They may crash in between or simply stop working. But how someone can resist the really cool features it provides. If any of the labs' feature crashes and causes Gmail to stop working, you can always switch to http://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0 to disable all labs' features.

To enable each of these features, go to Settings -> Labs and enable the desired features.

So, some of the 'must haves' I think all frequent Gmail users deserve are as follows -

1) Undo Send by Yuzo F

this is very useful
If you have sent a mail to a wrong person, or you have forgotten to write something in the mail or any other thing you forgot while composing the mail or accidentally you hit the send button, then with this feature enabled you still get 5 or 10 seconds to undo the sent mail. If you click on 'undo' as shown in the pic above, your mail won't be sent and you will be brought back to the compose mail screen.
for some people 5 or 10 seconds may be too less than your reaction time, but this is what Google thinks you reaction time should be!! To set the period go to - Settings -> General -> Undo Send -> Send Cancellation Period and set the time there.

2) Custom keyboard shortcuts by Alan S

This is for all those 'running out of time' guys, who use keyboard shortcuts frequently in Gmail. By enabling this feature you can edit the keyboard shortcuts and assign your own. For all those who haven't used the keyboard shortcut feature of Gmail, let me tell you that this is off by default and to enable it go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Keyboard Shortcuts on.

3) Canned Responses by Chad P

Now attention all lazy guys out there! This is the thing I like the most. It lets you send automated replies to a set of mails you create as filter. Suppose you are out of town or in hospital . And you are getting loads of emails daily . Obviously you feel irritating to reply each one of them individually. One option is to set a filter for these kind of emails and create a 'Canned Response' to be sent as reply to each of these emails, automatically. isnt it cool

To create canned response -

• Go to Compose Mail and write whatever you wanna write as an automated response. You can enter Subject also.
• Now, click on 'Canned Responses' beside 'Attach a file' link to and click on 'New Canned Response'.
• Enter any name there.

To create filter and set canned response -

• Goto Settings -> Filters -> Create a new filter.
• Enter the desired filter settings and click 'Next Step'.
• Click on 'Send canned response' and select the Canned response you created before.
• Click on 'Create filter'.

Now, the emails filtered on the basis of filter created above will automatically get the Canned response as reply.

4) Navbar drag and drop by Anatol P

Enabling this feature lest you treat sub-windows in your Gmail window like Chat, Invite a friend, etc. to be treated like floating widgets. You can drag and drop them and arrange them on your Gmail page as you like.
coool!!!!!!!!!
5) Forgotten Attachment Detector by Jonathan K




Sending mails in hurry often results in mistakes like forgetting to attach the desired file. This feature lets you prevent that up to an extent. If your mail contains words like 'attached', etc. and you have forgotten to attach any file to the mail, then clicking on Send button pops up a message box saying that there are no files attached. Why I am saying that its prevents your mistakes 'up to an extent' because if you have used the word 'attach' or 'attachment' instead of 'attached', then it won't remind you of forgotten attachment.


6) Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat by The SMS Team

This is currently working for US phones only and allows you to send SMS right from the Gmail chat window. To know more about this feature, click here.

7) Google Search by Adam and Drew


Adds a small Google Web Search box inside the Gmail window. Lets you search for things from Gmail window only. Results appear in the same window.



8) Inserting images by Kent T


As the name suggests, this lab feature allows you to add the 'Insert Image' button into the compose email toolbar. You can upload image from your computer or choose a url.

9) Authentication icon for verified senders by E R



Enabling this feature adds a super-trustworthy icon against each authentic mail to help protect against spam and phishing. Currently, its working for eBay and PayPal only. So if the mail pretends to be coming from PayPal but actual is not, then it will be rejected on the spot, else it will appear with this 'key' icon.

As per the Gmail blog -
"Super-trustworthy" is a technical term I just invented that means: (1) the sender, usually a financial institution, is a target of phishers, (2) all of the sender's email is authenticated with DKIM, and (3) Gmail rejects any fake messages that claim to come from this sender, but actually don't.


10) Title Tweaks by Fedor K

It changes the title bar of Gmail window from "Gmail - Inbox (25) - crazyshrenik@gmail.com" to "Inbox (25) - crazyshrenik@gmail.com - Gmail" as in my case, i.e. the word 'Gmail' goes to the last. So, if there are are a large number of tabs open, then you can see the number of unread messages, instead of the word 'Gmail'. Same in the case of minimized window, as in minimized window mostly you can see just the first few text of the title of the window, hence it allows you to see the number of unread messages rather than useless 'Gmail' written over there. You can identify that the window opened is Gmail only from the favicon, so no need of the word 'Gmail'.

Use of PrintScreen for some fun.

You know the use of Print screen button on the keyboard [present on top right above insert] .
It captures the screen , right ?
But now I will tell you how to use it for some fun .
Take screen shot of the desktop by pressing Print Screen on the desktop .
Go to Paint and paste this .
Save it .
For Windows XP users

1) On the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.
2) Now right click the taskbar and select properties .
3) Check auto hide the taskbar. Click OK.
4) Now change your wallpaper and keep the one you saved earlier.
5) If paint is not closed, select File ---------> 'Set as background (Centered) '.
Now on the desktop even if you click any icon nothing will happen !!!
Now do I need to tell youhow you can use it for fun on someone else's PC ?
To revert back to normalcy change the wallpaper and select 'show desktop icons' on the right click menu .

FOLDER OPTIONS ARE MISSING

Many times we find that the folder options missing in windows explorer  Here is the solution for that Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc". Now goto User Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer.  Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen "Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools menu"  Just check it,  if it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configured   it will work......

TO GET IMAGES FROM PDF

HERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO WANTS IMAGES FROM PDF FILES..........
Some PDF image extract is a simple tool that extract image in the pdf file to TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TGA, PBM, PPM format.

Download Some PDF image extract and install it .Then select pdf file and press 'F5' starting to convert.After finished ,all the converted image will store in a folder.

Samsung mobile secret codes

*#06# Shows IMEI number

*#9999# Show software version

*#0001# Display RS232 serial communication parameter setup

*#8999*228# Display battery capacity and temperature / voltage

*#8999*523# Adjust display contrast

*#8999*636# Display storage capacity

*#8999*778# Display SIM card information

*#8999*324# The network checkout (engineering model)

*#8999*289# Ringtone test

*#8999*364# Display Watchdog state

*#8999*427# WATCHDOG signal route setup

*#8999*842# Vibrate test

*#8999*782# Show date and alarm clock

*#8999*246# Show the memory capacity

*#8999*786# The display during warning

*#8999*837# Samsung hardware version

*#8999*377# Software error LOG (wrong display of EEPROM)

*#8999*638# Show network information

You can put shortcuts for shortcuts!!

You can put Keyboard shortcuts for desktop shortcuts.
To do this follow these steps :

1) Right click on the shortcut.
2) Go to properties.
3) Click once on the "Shortcut Key" bar.
4) Press any alphabet that you want to use as Shortcut Key.
5) Press OK Now to open that shortcut,
Press CTRL+ALT+"the alphabet".

ENABLE TASKMANAGER

If you have any viruses, then you may notice that they affect to the task manager and disable it
This is because if we know that there is a virus active in our background there’ll be a chance to stop it using task manager.
Disable task manager doing by viruses editing the computer registry.
Here how you can fix and get back the Task manager again.

"Method 1":Click Start >> Run >> and type the code below and press Enter.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG

"Method 2":Click Start>> Run>> and type Regedit.exe (open registry editor)
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System .In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgrClose Registry editor. You may want to restart you computer for changes take effect.

"Method 3":Click Start >> Run >> type gpedit.msc (Open Group policy editor)
Navigate to:User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager .Double click the Remove Task Manager option.Change the policy to Not Configured and click ok

BLOCK USB DRIVES

a simple registry TRICK TO BLOCK USB drives (do it with care)

1. Go to Start –> Run, type Regedit.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Servic es\USBStor
3. In the right pane, look for value Start and have value as 0000000(3)
4. Double click on that and change that value to 4.

You might be required to restart the PC, and then you are done with it, USB is now blocked.

In case if you want to get the USB unblocked, just change the value again to 3

HOW TO DOWNLOAD VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE & GOOGLE etc.

As we all know that none of the video sharing sites provide a link to download their videos. So we will have to do some trick to download the videos.

so
1)Here are some ways to download any video from the internet , they are based on the common hack (Right-click -> "Save Target As" OR copy the link into your download manager, but change the file extension to .flv)


2)Youtube Links, Download, google video Links, Youtube songs, google Video songs, download from Youtube & google Video.
Method 1: One of the easiest ways is to copy your video URL and paste it on KeepVid Lite. When you click submit, you will be provided with a link to save the video as an FLV file.


Method 2: For Firefox Users - Install the VideoDownloader Extension from Mozilla Add-ons website - It downloads all embedded objects on a webpage including the video clips. This is very easy for beginners.

Using these tricks you can easily download videos from Youtube or Google Videos or Metacafe.
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Now some more questions that arise are:
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How do I play FLV files on my computer - They dont open with windows media player or winamp or itunes or real player ?
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You can download free FLV players to watch FLV files locally. A good FLV player has a simple and easy-to-remember name - FLV Player. Another nice alternative is the Riva FLV player.Try them out.


How to convert FLV videos to Windows AVI or Quicktime MOV or 3GP formats ?
The free Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer software from Super can convert FLV files to practically any other video format including MP4, MOV H.264, AVI, ASF or Flash SWF animations. Super video convertor

How to convert AVI, MPEG, MOV, 3GP movie clips back to FLV format ?
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Say you complete editing your movie in Windows Movie Maker or Avid and now left with an MOV file that you want to convert to FLV. Just get the free Riva FLV encoder and relax. The Riva encoder even lets you select parts of the video that you want to convert to FLV and crop the rest.
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I have three-four small video clips that I download from Google Videos and now want to join them into one single video -How do I merge FLV files ?
There is no free software that lets you join FLV files other than the expensive Macromedia Flash Professional. However, here's a simple trick to join several flv video files - convert individual flv files to avi using Super [as mentioned above], then join the multiple Avi files into a single avi file using free VirtualDub and finally convert this avi back to FLV using Riva FLV encoder.Its done.


How to watch Youtube Video on my iPod, PSP or Television ?
Again we'll make use of the Super Video Encoder mentioned above. Just convert the FLV file into a corresponding format (like Apple iPod or Sony PSP or MPG) and transfer it to your gadget



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