Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks

1.    Multilogin in Yahoo! without any Software. 

Here my tutorial for mutli-yahoo without any software

Multilogin in Yahoo! without any Software.

You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without any download or patch .

Follow this steps

1. Go to Start then Run . Type regedit, then enter .
2.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER then Software then yahoo then pagerthenTest
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.

Now open as many yahoo-messengers.

2.    Compress Your 1 GB data/movie in Just 10 MB 


It is Amazing to say compress ur 1GB data/move into 10MB. Really it is possible with the KGB Freeware (Open source) software. U can Down load the software from

kgb offcial website.it's free



Its damn simple..Heres the procedure.. U can compress that data in two formats..1) KGB format 2) ZIP format ..Everyone knows the ZIP format..I tell u which is better & why..If u do it in KGB format it takes 5-6 hours on a 256 mb RAM, to compress 1 GB data/movie in less than 10 MB , but (this is not which i prefer) coz to decompress u take the same time.. So its useless..& u need KGB archiver only only for this format to decompress..But if u do it in ZIP format it takes 6-7 hours on a 256 MB ram, but i tell u its worth coz WINRAR & WINZIP both can decompress it in seconds.. OK now its clear that which format to use & which is better..Now we'll go how to use that software..Run the application>> It asks for which file u wanna compress>> select the file>> after u select>> U get two options in which format u want to compress it>> select ZIP format ( I prefer ) >> and then set compression level to maximum (maximum the compression level , small the size of it will be compressed)>> Just ignore the time given below it coz its just useless....... There is option that u can auto shutdown ur computer after the compression is over..SO u can got school/college/office & keep it to get compressed.. I do the same..

it take some time to compress……

3. Free Funny Calculator SpX 1.0.1 

Display a calculator on your desktop.

Free Funny Calculator is very easy to use. With our calculator you don't need installation. All is very easy to use and very helpful, you can use our calculator always free of charge.

This version is the first release.

for free download

http://download.cnet.com/Free-Funny-Calculator-SpX/3000-2053_4-10825633.html?spi=7e109ed9ebb5c633a18bd14fe2225789

Net TV and Radio Player 2.1 
Connect to Over 1,000 Online TV and Radio Stations. 

Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Real Player 

 

We will provide you with all the information and software you will need to use your internet connection to watch live TV on your PC or Laptop, absolutely free of cost. 

Imagine being able to watch from 1000's of live channels from around the world, including Movies, News, Sport, Comedy, Kids and much much more.... 

Watch live sporting events including: 
Football, Soccer, Basketball, Hockey, Baseball, Wrestling, Boxing, Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Motor Sport and much much more. 

Watch all this using your computer or laptop in the comfort of your home or office. 


And the great thing is that it will not cost you a penny. This is 100% FREE. 


Click Here To Download

5.

Web Album Maker 2.2 
License:
Free
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
Additional Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
Limitations:
No limitations.
Publisher's description of Web Album Maker
Web Album Maker is a gallery software which makes Web albums of digital images from professional HTML and Flash templates. With clicks, Web Album Maker creates HTML photo albums, JPEG thumbnails, and CSS for your online photo albums. It can create thumbnails of your photos and display them in index pages in HTML. It can also produce slide shows of your photos for easy navigation.

Click Here To Download 

6. Yahoo! Messenger Invisible Detector

What is Yahooinv.com ?

Yahooinv.com is a website for Yahoo! Messenger status checking. With yahoo Invisible you can now bypass Yahoo! Messenger's Invisible Settings with ease. It's quick and intuitive interface, yahoo Invisible offers you the ability to see if your friend is truly online or if they are invisible.

Just click here to check out  

7. Songbird 1.2.0 
License:
Free
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
Limitations:
No limitations.
Publisher's description of Songbird
Songbird is a media browser and Web player built from Firefox, VLC Player, and SQLite. Songbird is open source and supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions.
If Firefox and iTunes hooked up, their hatchling could very well be Songbird. Almost ready for prime-time and still a bit buggy, it's also a very fun app that's part music player, part Web browser, and all about music discovery, management, and playback.

During installation, it'll ask if you want to load your iTunes music directory or another media directory, or perform the task later. Processing 5,000 songs took about 3 minutes, not a bad pace. It then asks you which of the pre-installed Songbird extensions you want to load. Most of these, like the iPod and USB device manager, only make the app stronger.

The left sidebar provides quick links to bookmarks, downloads, your music library in an iTunes-style interface, and several music discovery Web sites to get your started. When you're looking at any Web site with MP3s available for download, Songbird will open a new window at the bottom main browsing pane. Double-click on a song to play it, while links on the right let you purchase the track from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, and Amie St. They also tell you the format of the track--MP3 or AAC, for example, and provide a blog link for more info.

Songbird has a growing library of extensions, and support is slowly growing for those written originally for Firefox. Many of the improvements from the last version make for a dramatic change, and Songbird is now stable enough to take flight for the music-loving, Web-surfing fanatic in all of us. 

click here to download  



8.

Virus Hoaxes

In other articles, I have written about scams, spam, and viruses. Another similar problem is virus hoaxes.

If you get an e-mail message that has a warning of a very bad computer virus (or other problem), and it says you should "send (or forward) this e-mail to everyone you know," do NOT send it to anyone. It is probably a hoax.

The problem with these hoaxes is, if everyone sends them to lots of other people, they waste a lot of time, and cause a lot of unnecessary worry. If no one sends them to other people, they do nothing.

Hoax Checking Links

If you receive an e-mail message that warns of dire consequences, you should check it out at a hoax list on the Internet, to find out if it is a hoax or not. Here are some virus hoax sites you can use:

Symantec, the company that makes the Norton Anti-virus program:
www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html

McAfee, the company that makes the McAfee Anti-virus program:
vil.mcafee.com/hoax.asp

Just make sure you check if it is a hoax, before you send it to anyone.




9. 

Use An Anti-Virus Program

With over 60,000 viruses around, we recommend that you do NOT use the Internet for e-mail or browsing (browsing is when you are using those www.whatever.com things) without some form of anti-virus protection, that is kept up-to-date.

The most common way to do this is to have an anti-virus program on your computer, and keep it up-to-date.

Some Internet Service Providers (the company that you buy your Internet service from), now have built in anti-virus software that checks for viruses in each of your e-mail messages, before you receive them. Some Internet Providers include this in their service automatically, some charge an extra fee for it, and some don't have it yet.

My Internet Provider has a built in anti-virus program, but I still use an anti-virus program on my computer, as a double check, and so I can periodically check my whole computer for viruses. But for beginners, having an Internet Provider that checks each e-mail for viruses, is a great way to reduce the chances of getting a virus.

For an anti-virus program, I prefer the Norton Anti-Virus program, because it is easy for beginners to update. McAfee is also very popular, and there are other programs. If you are not sure about this, talk further with your computer supplier.

10.

Searching the Internet - Beginners Can Use The Advanced Page

Searching the Internet for a particular site or some specific information, is usually fairly time consuming. I usually allow at least an hour when I’m looking for something new, although with a little luck, you might find what you want in minutes, or even on the first try.

To find something on the Internet, like a particular site or some specific information, the first thing to do is to go to a search engine, like www.google.com or www.dogpile.com. These search engines are good, but often it can take a while to find what you want, because there are so many Internet sites in the world.

As I mentioned in the article "Searching The Internet - Search Engines", Dogpile (www.dogpile.com) is a "multi" search engine: it takes your request and passes it on to a number of other search engines. If you are not sure which search engine to use, this is very handy.

However, if you go to a specific search engine, like www.google.com or www.altavista.com, they usually have an "Advanced" search page. Don’t let the word "advanced" scare you. This is not just for advanced computer users, it’s for more advanced searching. The Advanced Search page is so you can be more specific about what you are looking for. You can tell it what words to include in your search, and/or what words to exclude. You can have it look for a page with "all" of the words you are looking for on the same page (this is how most search engines work automatically, if you don’t go to the advanced search page), or you can have it look for one page with "any" of the words you are looking for, rather than looking for a page with all of them. And there are usually a number of other choices, also.

So, the next time you are having difficulty finding something on the Internet, try the Advanced Search page.

11.

Get An Anti-Virus Program

We are getting about one call per week from people who have a virus on their system. These are mainly from older adults (our regular customers). We had 6 calls in one week a couple weeks ago. I get about one virus per month in my e-mail (usually from one of our customers computers).

If you are using the Internet (for browsing or e-mail), get an anti-virus program on your computer, and keep it up to date. We recommend Norton AntiVirus, because it is “easy” to update. It actually is “easy” for beginners to update (and I never say “easy” and “beginners” in the same sentence with computer stuff). It automatically checks for updates, and asks you if you would like them. You just click on Next, Next, and Finish, and it installs the update (without you having to know anything about file management). I like it personally because it doesn’t take much of my time.

What ever anti-virus program you use, make sure you keep it up to date. An anti-virus program that has not been updated within the last 30 days, is considered completely useless!

12.

Moving The Cursor Faster With The Keyboard

When you are typing on the computer, you get  (a black flashing line that shows you where you are typing). The black flashing line is called "the cursor." (It is also called "the text cursor," or "the insertion point.")

To position the cursor "exactly" where you want it, it is often easier to use the arrow keys on the keyboard, rather than the mouse.

You can also make the cursor move faster. If you hold an arrow key down (try the Left arrow key or the Right arrow key), the cursor will keep moving quickly.

If you hold the "Ctrl" key (called the "control" key) down, and then "punch" the Right arrow key or the Left Arrow key, the cursor will jump to the next "word" instead of the next letter. Every time you punch the arrow key once, with the Ctrl key held down, it jumps to the next word.

If you hold the "Ctrl" key down, and then "hold down" the Right arrow key or the Left Arrow key, the cursor will jump quickly from word to word. This is even faster than holding an arrow key down without the Ctrl key.

13.

Firewalls

A "firewall" works to prevent a "hacker" or a hacker's program, from getting into your computer through your Internet connection. If a hacker gains access to your computer, they can put a virus in your computer, or have your computer send them your personal information, or any other information in your computer, through the Internet.

There are two types of firewalls, "software" and "hardware."

A "software" firewall is a program that you install on your computer. It comes on a CD. It monitors your Internet connection. When it sees any suspicious activity, it warns you and asks you if it should "allow it" or "block it."

A "hardware" firewall is a device that you put between your modem and your computer. It monitors the information going from and to your computer, and it blocks incoming information it "thinks" you didn't request.

Hardware firewalls are generally believed to work better. For beginners, they also offer the advantage of not asking a lot of questions, that you may not know the answer to.

If you are using any form of "high speed" Internet, you should have a firewall. If you are using non-high speed Internet (usually this is called "dial-up" and it ties up your phone line while you are using it), it is still a good idea to have a firewall (but because dial-up Internet is much slower, it would take a hacker much longer to break into your computer, so the risk is a little lower here).










14.

What Is Safe Mode?

If you are using Microsoft Windows on your computer, sometimes when you turn your computer on, it will go into "Safe Mode." When this happens, it will say "Safe Mode" in all four corners of your screen, and things on your screen "may" be bigger.

"Safe Mode" means Windows was unable to use some of the programs that tell it how to use the equipment on your computer (the screen, printer, speakers, scanner, etc.). This may be a "one time" glitch, or there may be something damaged (usually a "file" on your "hard drive").

If you see "Safe Mode" on all four corners of your screen, first shut down your computer in the usual way, by clicking on Start, then "Shut Down" or "Turn Off" (which ever you have), etc., and turn the power off.

Then turn your computer back on again. If it does not go back into Safe Mode, don't worry about it. If it does go back into Safe Mode, call a computer technician for help.

15.

Spam (Junk E-mail)

Junk e-mail is called Spam. Spam is usually defined as "mass produced unsolicited e-mail" or "mass produced unsolicited commercial e-mail." In other words, it is junk mail.

Most spam messages contain scams, pornography, hoaxes, viruses, or similar things. It is strongly recommended that you do NOT open these. Also, most anti-spam experts suggest that you should NEVER reply to them, because it verifies that your address is valid.

Some Internet Providers now have anti-spam programs built into their service. They are not perfect, but they work fairly well. You can also get an anti-spam program for your computer, but unfortunately I don't have any experience with them, so I can't recommend any. You can also build your own anti-spam filters in most e-mail programs, but this can be quite complex for beginners, and usually they don't stop that much spam.

16.

Basic Computer Words: Program and Software

A "program" is a set of instructions for the computer. A program tells the computer how to do something.

Some examples of programs are a game like Solitaire or Hearts, a "word processing" program for doing typing on, a "spreadsheet" program for doing calculations on, a genealogy program for recording and keeping track of your genealogy information, and a "paint" or "drawing" program for drawing pictures on.

"Software" is one or more programs (as opposed to "hardware," which is everything you can touch: the electronic circuits, the keyboard, the screen, etc.). So, software is just another word for programs.

To do anything on a computer, you need a program. To play Solitaire you need a Solitaire program. To do some typing, you need a "word processing" program. (Note: A Solitaire program comes with computers that have Microsoft Windows on them, but it is a separate program.)

To get your computer to do something new, you have to go to the store and buy a new program, to "program" your computer to know how to do the new thing.

17.

When Should I Turn The Computer Off?

A reader from Canada e-mailed us and asked, "Would you give me your opinion about leaving the computer on during the day, unless there is a storm on the horizon?" We get this question quite often.

The rule I use is, if I am going away from my computer for about an hour or less, I leave my computer turned on. If I am going away for about an hour or more, I turn it off.

When I leave the computer turned on, I usually turn the screen off (the screen uses a lot more power than the computer, so this saves quite a lot of power).

It is possible to set most computers so they will turn their screen off after a certain amount of time with no activity on the keyboard or mouse, but I don’t use these "power saving" features, because they have (in the recent past) tended to cause some problems with some programs.

If you turn the screen off, just remember to ONLY turn the screen switch on, NOT the computer's main power switch (i.e. if you forget the computer is not off, and you hit the computer's power switch, the computer will go off, which is not good for your computer).

Rationale: The reason I turn the computer off when I'm not using it for a while, is that (1) it uses power when it is on, (2) the hard drive and the fans spin when the computer is on, and these wear out (we also sell computers and repairs in our business, and we have often seen this). The reason I leave it on if I'm just going away for less than an hour, is that (1) turning it off and on a lot causes more wear on the circuits and the hard drive, (2) it takes less time to turn the screen on, than to start the computer, and (3) if I leave the file I am working on open, I don't have to open it when I get back, which saves more time.