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A post after a loooooong time.In today's post I'll be explaining how you can 'securely' hide your personal files and folders without the use of any third party software. Even if you don't intend to hide the files/folders in this manner it'll be an interesting read to find out about this feature in Windows XP, which I am pretty sure many wouldn't be knowing.The most obvious way of hiding technique

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Yahoo has released a new Flash version of its Messenger for the Web. Compared to the earlier javascript version, this one is simply amazing. Its still in the beta stage.The best part of using the Web version is no downloading, no installation .Just login and start chatting. Also since it loads in the browser, may work in places where IM clients are blocked. Go try it now. When chatting with many

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A post after a long time delay. I am about to reveal the much awaited trick for creating the 'simple' joke program.Before reading this run this file on your own PC. Thats the joke program mentioned here. Its harmless. Let the PC restart and come back here. A pop up box will come during every next startup. Something like thisNow that you have seen what happens we'll see how it happens.Open the

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digg_url='http://digg.com/software/Reduce_scan_disk_time_delay'"One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. Youmay cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue.."Every windows user would have encountered this message. Yes and its "recommended that you continue". However the time delay of 10 seconds is what irritates me. By making a small tweak in the registry

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I have always wanted to make [my own] joke program which doesn't cause any loss to the victim and at the same time is a good one. My previous one [i haven't posted it here] was really wonderful. It would restart the victim's PC and give only a specified time for use once the program is run.This one would rather be called as an utility. You can specify a particular message to appear at the

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I wonder why this feature is not by default included in Google Talk. One can login simultaneously to more than one account. Unlike yahoo multiple login no need of registry editing here.Follow these simple stepsCreate a shortcut of your Google talk.Right click the shortcut ----> choose Properties.In the "Target" you will find this "C:\Program Files\Google\Google

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Do you have any program or folder which you need to access many times? Follow these steps to speed it up.Suppose there is a folder named 'Games' at any location.Copy it.Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 assuming C: is your Operating System installation location.Right-click and paste the shortcut to 'Games' in system32.Abbreviate as per your convenience .. say 'gm'.Now go to run and simply type gm, press

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The default setting of Windows causes a slight delay when opening the sub categories of the start menu. That is why we need to hover the mouse on it for about half a second. You can change this default setting by following these steps.Go to start----> run----> Type regedit. Press enter.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER----> Control Panel.Click on Desktop.On the right pane look out for 'MenuShowDelay'

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Windows reserves 20% network bandwidth. You can release this by following these steps.Go to run and type gpedit.msc .Navigate to Computer Configuration ----> Administrative templates ---->Network.Open QoS Packet Scheduler.Double click Limit Reservable Bandwidth.Not cofigured would be chosen. However by default the value is 20% .Select enable and make the value 0.This should boost your net speed

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Yes thats right. You can lock any folder without using any software. Follow these steps.1.Suppose you have a folder named abcd in D:\abcd.2.In the same drive next to the folder create a new notepad file with the exact statement ren abcd abcd.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}3.Now save this text file as loc.bat4.Create another notepad file and type ren abcd.{

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Follow these steps :On the desktop right click ----> New----> shortcut .In the location area type (without quotes) "shutdown -r" to reboot, "shutdown -l" to logout, "shutdown -s" to shutdown.In the name for the shortcut type in any name you are comfortable with e.g SHUTDOWN or RESTART etc.Click Finish and its done.Now double-click the icon created to perform the actions.Read the full postPrevious

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Put a shortcut to SHUTDOWN .Follow these steps .On the desktop right click ----> New----> shortcut .In the location area type shutdown -s .In the name for the shortcut type in any name you are comfortable with e.g SHUTDOWN or OFF .Click Finish and its done.Now to shutdown just double click the icon created .Change the icon to the windows shutdown icon for comfortability [optional] .

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INVISIBLE Folders ! ! !Make your folders totally invisible ...1)Make a new folder2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).3)Now u have a folder with out a name.4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.click okThats it, it has become invisible .To view it just

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You can put Keyboard shortcuts for desktop shortcuts. To do this follow these steps :Right click on the shortcut.Go to properties.Click once on the "Shortcut Key" bar.Press any alphabet that you want to use as Shortcut Key.Press OK.Now to open that shortcut, Press CTRL+ALT+"the alphabet".

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Some shortcuts for Windows XP users!!!Press 'Windows key' + R and type the following (without qoutes) :"winword" to open Word."powerpnt" to open Powerpoint."excel" to open Excel"mspaint" to open Paint."notepad" to open Notepad."wmplayer" to open Windows Media Player."wordpad" to open Wordpad."sndrec32" to open Sound Recorder."iexplore" to open Internet Explorer."firefox" to open Firefox."msconfig

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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 usersOn the desktop right click -----> arrange icons by ----> De-select 'Show Desktop Icons '.

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Give this a try .Open task manager by Ctrl + Alt + Delete .Now press ctrl and open the Shutdown menu on top . Keeping ctrl pressed click on Shutdown .

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Follow these simple steps to speed up firefox .Type "about:config" into the address bar and press enter .Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true".Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true".Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 15. This means it will make 15 requests at once.Do not alter anything other than this .This will definitely improve your surfing speed.Do tell me

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[UPDATE 2: I have changed the file hosting service. If you know of a still better one please contact me.][UPDATE: Since many have got doubts regarding this, I have created a patch which you can download and run. You can find it here.[65kb]. However if you want to do manually then read on....}You can login with multiple id's on the same yahoo messenger without any download or patch .Follow

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