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How to Run as Administrator in Windows 7 Command Line

Joel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:13:06 +0000

Sometimes we are able to difficult things and aren’t aware of simple things. Well, if you aren’t aware how command prompt is launched in Windows 7 as Administrator then here’s how it’s done.

How to Run as Administrator in Windows 7 Command Line

The easiest way is type cmd in the Windows 7 Start Run box and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Enter instead of just pressing Enter. This will open the Command Prompt in Administrator mode.

You can also right click on cmd.exe and choose Run as Administrator.

How to Disable Windows 7 Startup Sound

Joel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:50:55 +0000

If you don’t like the Windows 7 Startup Sound then you may disable it. Another reason for disabling it may be to mute your laptop in a class room or a meeting room where you want to maintain silence. Well, the startup sound is not long but if the laptops volume isn’t muted then it will heard by everyone.

How to Disable Windows 7 Startup Sound

Go to Start> Control panel> Sounds.

A new window will open like the one shown above. Click on Sounds and uncheck ‘Play Windows Startup Sound’.

Click OK and exit.

How to Lock Keyboard and Mouse

Joel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:29 +0000

There may be several reasons for you to lock your Keyboard and Mouse. One of them may be to protect your computer from toddlers pressing your keyboard or mouse. You cannot disable mouse and keyboard or certain specific functions easily. So the question is ‘how to lock keyboard and mouse?’

There’s a utility known as Kid-Key-Lock. Using this freeware you can lock some functions or every function of your mouse and keyboard. You can lock the left, middle or right mouse button and mouse wheel of your mouse. You can also lock alphabet keys, function keys, number pad on your keyboard.

Kid-Key-Lock is a tiny program. Once installed simply run it and you should see it in your system tray. When you click on the tray icon a pop-up menu will appear. All program functions, including the setup dialog box are accessible from this menu. You can toggle settings and also change password. Once, you have changed settings click on OK for changes to take effect.

Download Kid-Key-Lock

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How to Make Windows 7 Right Click Menu Transparent

Joel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:31:08 +0000

The transparency effect in Windows Vista and 7 looks amazing. But, the context menu isn’t transparent. If you’re interested in making your context menu transparent in Windows 7 then you can try out TransConMenu developed by a user with the name Solo-Dev on DeviantArt.

The app is light and easy to use. Once started, it sits in your taskbar tray. You can click on it to bring up the options, clicking the “X” will close out the program. You can also toggle the transparency in the options. This tool also works with XP and Vista.

Download TransConMenu

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How to Turn Off Audit Mode in Windows 7

Joel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:04:35 +0000

I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the Audit mode in Windows 7. Well, if you aren’t then it enables OEMs to customize a Windows installation before shipping the computer to an end-user. They can install applications, add device drivers, run scripts, and test the validity of a Windows installation. It is a networked-enabled environment that does not require settings in Windows Welcome to be applied. Hence you don’t need to go through Windows Welcome after installation. If you boot into audit mode, you’ll get into Windows faster and save lot of time as well.

Certain Programs like Google Chrome sometimes give an installation mode when this mode is enabled. The error may look like ‘Your computer is currently in Windows Audit Mode and is conflicting with the installation. Disable it and proceed.’ For this very reason you need to disable audit mode.

How to Turn Off Audit Mode in Windows 7

Go to the Start> Run.

Type ‘regedit’ and hit enter.

Find and right-click the relevant registry key for your operating system:

Windows XP: AuditInProgress in HKLM\System\Setup
Windows Vista: ImageState in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\State
Windows 7: ImageState in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\State Select Modify.

Delete the value and Click OK.

Restart your computer for changes to take effect.

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How to Hide Drives in Windows 7

Joel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:44:12 +0000

You may want to prevent others from accessing certain drives in your computer or you may also want to protect windows files on C Drive. There may be several other reasons as well for you to hide drives. So the question arises how to hide drives temporarily? Today, I’ll show you how to hide drives on Windows 7.

How to Hide Drives on Windows 7?

Using NoDrives Manager:
NoDrives Manager is an easy to use freeware for hiding and unhiding drives in Windows. To use it simply download NoDrives Manager, extract the contents to a separate folder and launch ndm.exe. Now, simply tick the drive(s) you want to hide or unhide. Once you’re done with selecting the right drive letters, simply click on write current settings to registry. You need to log off and log on for settings to take effect. Pretty easy isn’t it?

Download NoDrives Manager

Using registry tweaks:

You can hide/ unhide any drive in Windows 7 using registry tweaks. Well, this is little complicated and is not recommended if you aren’t good in using computers. If you want to try out this method you can check out for a detailed tutorial on howtogeek.

Using TweakUI:

You can also hide drives and drive letter using tweakUI. For more information have a look at ‘How to Hide Drive Letters or Partitions in My Computer’

FREE Bullguard Internet Security 8.7 License

Joel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:03:09 +0000

You may not be quite familiar with Bullguard Internet Security. But, it’s a top rated security product in Denmark! Previously, I had written a post on Mobile Antivirus softwares in which Bullguard mobile antivirus was included.

Bullguard Internet Security is a complete protection suite for your computer. It includes Firewall, antivirus, antispyware and several other features. If you have plans on getting this software then it will cost you a whopping $70. But, today I came across a promotion shared by Gizmo through which you can get it for free.

How to Get Bullguard Internet Security 8.7 License for FREE?

NOTE: Bullguard Internet Security will be available for free only for two days. The offer will start at 00.01 PST on Thursday 5th November and close at 23.59 PST on Friday 6th November 2009. This offer comes with full support from Bullguard.

1) Go to the promotion page.

2) Download BullGuard Internet Security.

(NOTE: It’s advisable that you download the software between the offer period so as to ensure you get the full version and not the 2months trial version.)

3) Install the product.

FREE SnagIt 7.2.5 Genuine License

Joel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:46:49 +0000

I have been using SnagIt for more than two years now and I must admit that it’s a wonderful software. If you aren’t of what you can do with it then it allows you to capture anything on your screen, edit and combine those captures, convert images, share and organize images, etc.

The software is costs a whopping $50. So, if you’re a person who doesn’t spend on expensive software you might settle with the Screen Capture utility in Windows known as Snipping Tool. But, what if SnagIt is available for free? Today, I found a promotion mentioned by techpp that helps you to get a free license for SnagIt 7.2.5 version. Sounds cool isn’t it? Well, here’s how you get it:

Firstly, go to the promotion page. You’ll find several dates on the calendar, simply click on 13th.

Now, click on Télécharger gratuitement button.

Fill out the form that pops up. Once done, click on Continuer.You’ll see the serial key for SnagIt 7.2.5 on your screen, make a note of it.

Download SnagIt v7.2.5 from the developer’s website and Install it.

Once installed, run it, click on “Unlock” and enter the Key you got earlier. Voila! Your SnagIt is now activated!

Print Preview Button for Firefox

Joel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:23:09 +0000

If you surf and print a lot of web pages then I’m pretty sure you may not like to go through File> Print or press Ctrl+P to print a page. Here’s a good addon known as Print preview that I would like to share with you.

Print Preview adds a small print preview shortcut button on the right hand side bottom of your Firefox window. It also adds the print preview option to the right click context menu.

Download Print Preview for Firefox

How to Scan Documents with Camera

Joel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:51:40 +0000

I remember my college days when I clicked photos of others notes with my cell phone which could be read with great difficulty. But, nevertheless it was a quick solution to Xeroxes right before exams. At least I could get them on my computer and read.

But, I wasn’t aware of a software known as Snapter. Snapter allows you to use a digital camera as a scanner. It automatically crops, stretches, flattens, and converts photos of documents, whiteboards, posters, business cards and receipts into portable images and PDF files.

How to Scan Documents using Snapter

For a detailed tutorial have a look at this page.

Snapter is available for free but after 14 days you’ll see a light watermark on the images. If you upgrade to the Full version then the watermark will disappear.

Download Snapter

Google Chrome Theme for XP

Joel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:37:52 +0000

I’m pretty sure that you have tried Google Chrome by now. Well, if you haven’t then you gotta give it a try. It’s simply awesome. The three reasons why I like Google Chrome are- its looks, interface and speed.

The Google Chrome look is simple and attractive. I was searching over the web if there’s a Chrome like theme for Windows and to my surprise I came across a Google Chrome Theme for Windows XP users developed by a user with the name kanttii on Deviant art. It’s a 7MB pack and contains all the stuff you need to make your XP look like Chrome. It includes – Theme files, Cursors, Fonts, Iconized Taskbar, HackVista, Drive Icon, RocketDock, TransBar, ÜberIcon, VisualTooltip, YzShadow, UXTheme and Multi-Patcher 6. There’s also a ReadMe.txt with installation instructions.

Download Google Chrome Theme for XP

How to Schedule Tweets

Joel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:20:17 +0000

There may be several reasons for you to schedule your tweets on Twitter. The first one maybe if you are away from our computer. Secondly, if you aren’t using twitter for a stretch of time but would like to tweet. Well, whatever maybe the reason, the question is how do you schedule tweets?

How to Schedule Tweets?

There are plenty of services and tools that allow you to schedule your tweets. So, here they are:

Future Tweets- Future Tweets is a free service that lets you schedule your Twitter messages. Send it at a specific time in the future or send a recurring tweet daily, weekly, monthly or yearly!

AutoTweeter- It’s a twitter desktop client that allows you to schedule future tweets without using any external service.

TwitRobot- TwitRobot allows schedule your Twitter messages. Send status updates to Twitter even when your away from your computer.

TwitResponse- It allows you to schedule unlimited amount of tweets and send them out in the future. You can also manage, edit or delete tweets from your dashboard.

How to Find HTML Color Code on Screen

Joel — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:53:54 +0000

If you are a web designer and you happen to stumble across a good color palette on your screen then how do you get the HTML color code for that particular color? Well, it’s pretty simple. All you need to do is get a small freeware known as Instant Eyedropper.

Using Instant Eyedropper is pretty simple. All you need to do is click on the Eyedropper tool and then press and hold it over the color. You should be able to see the HTML code for the color. By doing this you can find out the color code for each and every pixel. Pretty cool isn’t it?

Download Instant Eyedropper

How to Get Name in Facebook Profile Link

Joel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:58:11 +0000

I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but well, if you aren’t then Facebook offers you a profile link with your name. This will not only make your Facebook profile link short but also help you and your friends remember your profile link with ease. Such links are also known as vanity URLs.

How to Get Name in Facebook Profile Link

Firstly, go to http://www.facebook.com/username

Now choose a shortname for your Facebook profile and check the availability. If it’s available then grab it. But, remember to choose the profile link wisely as you can’t change it once you have chose one.

How to Disable Touchpad while Typing

Joel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:20:25 +0000

The touchpad on a laptop may be annoying at times, especially when you are typing an article or email and your hand touches the touch pad. For this very reason you may like to disable the touchpad on your laptop. But, if you go to Control Panel> Mouse properties and disable the touchpad then you need to enable it again when you need it so it’s not advisable.

Disable Touchpad while Typing

There’s a utility known as TouchFreeze which disables the touchpad only while you’re typing. You don’t need to go to control panel to disable it. This utility disables the touchpad automatically every time you type.

Download TouchFreeze