Tips n Tricks Collection

Make Folders Invisible Without Using Any Software

2008-02-21T00:34:00.000-08:00

Guys, as you can guess with this trick you can make your folders invisible without using any sophisticated software. This is a very unusual & easy trick to make your private folders invisible to others. :)

A folder contains two parts; an icon and a name.
So to make the folder invisible you will have to make both the icon & the name invisible.

These are the steps to do that:

1. *For Making The Name Invisible*
Select the folder which you want to make invisible. Press F2 key then type ALT+0160 and hit enter key. You will notice that the name of the folder has become invisible. See the snapshot below.

2. *For Making The Icon Invisible*
Right click on the folder whose name you made invisible. Go to Properties, then go to the Customize tab. Then click on the Change Icon button. Select any blank icon there. Remember there will be many blank icons (see snapshot). Just choose any one.
Click OK.

Viola!! your folder is invisible now (without any software). Now only you know where the folder is located. Enjoy :)

Speed Up Your Shut Down In Windows XP

2008-02-20T11:42:00.001-08:00

Tired of waiting while your windows shuts down? Now no more wait, thanks to this cool trick.
The trick is in two parts. Follow both of them for best results.

Part~1

1. Open the Registry Editor (Start >> Run >> type regedit).
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control
3. Click on the "Control" Folder.
4. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout".
5. Right click on it, select modify and set it a value lower than 2000 (the lesser the faster, but remember don't set it less than 100 to be on the safer side).

Part~2

Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown Windows XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound. Follow these steps to disable this sound.

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices.
2. Click on the Sounds tab, then under program events and windows menu find and select the "Exit Windows" option.
3. Now there will be several sounds to choose from. Choose "(None)" and then click on Apply and then OK.

Yippee!! it's done now. You will see some improvement when shutting down your system. :)

Enable Right Click On Sites That Disable It

2008-02-20T08:12:00.000-08:00

These days lots of websites disable right clicking function of the mouse button. It's really, really annoying. This is done so that you don't steal (via right-click->save picture) their photos or images or any other goodies. Unfortunately, it disables all right-click functionality: copy, paste, open in new window.

But here's a trick to bypass that. But sadly it only works in Internet Explorer:
Follow these steps:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to "Tools"->"Internet Options".
3. Click on the "Security" tab.
4. Then click on "Custom Level".
5. Scroll down to the "Scripting" section.
6. Now set "Active Scripting" to "Disable".
7. Now a dialog box will appear. Click yes to confirm the change.
8. Click "OK" and close the tools window.

Note: If this tweak causes some problem while surfing some sites, you'll have to turn that setting back to "Enable". This is because generally javascripts enhances a website.

Change Yahoo Messenger's Title Bar Text

2008-02-19T22:48:00.000-08:00

Hey guys now you can change the Yahoo Messenger 's title bar which this little tweak.
Note: Before trying this tricks make sure to close all instances (windows) of yahoo messenger.

Just follow these steps:
1. Open you yahoo messenger installation folder (default C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger).
2. Then search a file named "ymsgr". Double click to open it. If it doesn't open, then use notepad to open this file.
3. In this file just go to the end and paste the following code in a new line:

[APP TITLE]
CAPTION=Cool Wizard

As you can guess, you can replace the word Cool Wizard with any text of your choice. You can have your own name being placed in yahoo messenger title bar.

Now open your yahoo messenger and see the change. :)

Set Process Priority To Speed Up Specific Processes

2008-02-16T23:52:00.000-08:00

Follow this little and cool tip to increase the priority of active processes, this will result in prioritization of processes using the CPU which will speed up specific programs you want.

Follow these steps:

1. Press CTRL-SHIFT-ESC

2. It will open Windows Task Manager showing current running processes.

3. Now right click on any one of the active processes (whichever you want to speed up), the last option will be of setting the priority. It will have the following options:

Realtime
High
AboveNormal
Normal
BelowNormal
Low

The default option is Normal. Now for example, if you are burning a CD/DVD so set the priority of your CD/DVD writing program high, and guess what, less chances of crashed CD’s.

You can also set the priority of some programs low so that they don't consume much of your system's resources. Like for example, if you are downloading something using uTorrent, then you can set its priority low, so that there's ample resources left for other programs to work smoothly.

So just keep trying it with different programs and you will notice the difference.
Hope you liked this trick. Send in your comments to support me :)

Some Cool Google Talk Tips And Tricks

2008-02-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

With Google Talk being the talk of the town right now, some people loving it, and some hating it, I thought of posting some cool and useful tips and tricks for those who wanna tweak and get some more juice from it. I will try to keep it short and easy.

~Some General Info n Tips~

1. Insert Line Breaks - If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter. You can add as many new lines as you want to create.

2. Bold Text - To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word, like *this*.

3. Italic Text - To use italics, use an underscore before an after the word, like _this_ .

4. Switch Windows - Hitting tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM's and don't care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one.

5. Length Of A Single Message - A message can be max 32767 characters long.

~Some More Tips And Tricks~

1. How To Make Conference Calls:
What you need to do to have conference calls: Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference. After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk but at the end of the target add /nomutex. If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex. Open 2nd instance of the software on every user's computer. After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.

2. Nickname & Status Message:
You can't change your nickname in a way that other people will see it change. Every nickname in the Google Talk contactlist is the part that is before @gmail.com (only the alphabetical characters are used) or the name you chosen for your GMail account. To change the nickname need to go to your Gmail account and change the name there. Choose Settings, Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name. As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to seperate the two. You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you.

3. Contacts:
You don't need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this).
Wierd: The Gmail account 'user@gmail.com' can't be invited as your friend.

4. Keyboard Shortcuts:
Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - Selects all the text typed.
Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It goes at the end of the last line.
Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It goes at the begin of the last line.
Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.
Alt + Esc - It Minimize the current open window.
Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray).
F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact.
F11 - It initiates a telephonic call with your friend.
F12 - It cancels a telephonic call.
Esc - It closes the current window.

Yahoo Messenger With Tabs: Mozilla Like Style

2008-02-04T20:42:00.000-08:00

Imagine chatting with 5-6 friends at a time and you whole computer screen is filled with chatting windows. It just seems a nightmare. So guys there's a solution to this problem. With this registry tweak you can mod your yahoo messenger so it won't open multiple windows while chatting with many people at the same time.

You will have tabs for different friends like these days we have tabs in browsers. If you don't want tabs at a particular time, you can also turn off this feature with a simple right click on the person's tab and choose open in new window. This little hack will change your chatting experience because you will have a neat screen to look at.

I have made two registry files for the mod. Just download the file and unzip it. It will have two registry file; one named "Tabs" and one "No Tabs". If you want to enable tabs in your messenger just double click on "Tabs" file and click ok when a dialog box appears.

While you can turn off the tab feature in yahoo messenger itself, I have also provided a "No Tabs" registry file so that in case you want this feature to be completely out of your messenger, you can simple double click on this file and choose ok when a dialog box appears.

Size: 24 KB :)
Download: Mirror 1, Mirror 2

Find The Best Media Over Internet By Yahoo! Player

2008-02-04T09:50:00.000-08:00

Yahoo! Player makes it easy to find and play the best MP3s, videos, and radio stations available on the Internet.

Yahoo! Player also features "skins" available from Yahoo!'s Web Site, a CD-lookup service that automatically finds and displays the title, artist, and song titles of the current CD, easy-to-configure preset buttons so you can play your favorite streams or files with one click, a built-in web browser used to locate the latest music news, interviews, free music downloads, radio stations, and videos.

Requires MS-Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, MS Windows Media Player, Sound Card, Speakers, P200 MHz Processor, 800x600 16-bit color display or better.

Yahoo! Player supports AIFF, AU, CD Audio, Indeo Video, Microsoft Video, MPEG, MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media.

Download from here.

Some Cool Yahoo Messenger Themes

2008-02-01T07:33:00.001-08:00

Bored of the same old Yahoo Messenger theme? So here are some cool yahoo messenger themes for ya. Just try them and have fun.

1. Copper:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29552254/Copper.zip

2. Flames:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29552279/Flames.zip

3. Gold:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29552451/Gold.zip

4. GreenBay Packers:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29552479...BayPackers.zip

5. Vista Gray:

http://rapidshare.com/files/29552572/VISTA_GRAY.zip

6. Another 16 Yahoo Messenger Themes:

* a LiL Bit Girly byNiKY
* black widow
* Blue Jeans
* BlueSky
* Bronze
* Celadon
* Gel LED(green)
* Grayorange
* half_life2
* Indigo
* Maverick
* Metallic Black
* Pink
* ToeBee's_Skins
* XBOX 360
* Hot Rod
* Silver
* Woody
* Y! Vista

http://rapidshare.com/files/50337503...hoo_Themes.rar

*FAQ Installation*

Q1. How to Install Yahoo Messenger Skins?

1. Download the skin.
2. Unzip the file using WinZip or a similiar program.
3. Open your skins folder (My computer\C:\Program Files\Yahoo\Shared\Graphics).
4. Copy and paste all the theme folders there one by one.
5. Once you have all the files in the folder sign into Yahoo Messenger (if you weren't signed in already).
6. Now click on "Login" on your messenger window, then click on "preferences".
7. A new window will open and in that window on the left side click on "appearance".
8. Click on the arrow pointing down next to "current theme" and you'll see the new skin in the list that is in the pull down window (eg. Simpson's). Click on it then click on "apply" which is located at the bottom of that window
9. Click on "Ok" and that's it now your new skin shoud be on your messenger window.

Note: You can also change the color of the writing in your messenger (eg. friends list) so that it matches or so that you can see the names of friends more clearly.

Q2. How To Change The Color Of The Writing?

1. Click on "Login" on your messenger window.
2. Click on "preferences".
3. In the new window that opens click on "appearence".
4. Click on the colored (probably black) square next to "text color" and pick a color you think will look cool. Experiment a little Smile you'll find one that will look great.

Q3. How Do I Open Multiple Accounts In Yahoo Messenger At The Same Time?

1. Open registry editor (Start > Run > type "regedit").
2. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Test"
3. Create a new DWORD Value.
4. Name it "Plural".
5. Edit the DWORD Value to "1".
6. Close the registry editor.

Run Yahoo Messenger as many times as you want :)

Remove Yahoo Messenger Banner Ads

2008-01-31T07:45:00.000-08:00

There are two methods:

1. The automated and the simplest method, just download and run the included Batch file from the archive.

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/36536751/noYMads.zip
Note: You must close the Messenger from the taskbar Before running the batch file.

2. The Manual method. So follow this steps:

a.) Launch Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Regedit).
b.) Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl
c.) Replacing the following registry values with dummy asterisk (*):

Messenger Ad
Webcam Upload Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad Big
Webcam Viewer Ad Medium
Change Room Banner
Conf Adurl
Chat Adurl

NOTE: If the registry key doesn’t exist, simply create a new String Value registry key with the name by right clicking on the above registry branch and select New -> String Value.

d.) Close Registry Editor and launch Windows Explorer.
e.) Go to C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\
f.) Locate the file urls.xml
g.) Clear the content of urls.xml
h.) Save the empty urls.xml file (it should be an empty file).
i.) Change the attributes of urls.xml to Read-Only by right click on the file and select properties, and click on Read-only.

And Thats It. Enjoy the banner and stupid ads free Yahoo Messenger. Please comment if you liked this trick.

Surprise Yahoo! Messenger Friends Who Pretend To Be Offline

2008-01-18T09:20:00.000-08:00

You want to chat with a buddy on Yahoo! Messenger but his status on Yahoo! says Off-Line. There are two possibilities here - your friend could be really offline or he may have logged into Yahoo! Messenger in “Invisible Mode” to avoid interruptions. (Yahoo! Messenger has a Stealth settings feature that lets you choose the people who see you as online and offline.)

You can however beat that mask easily with services like Xeeber or VNGrabber that reveal the exact status of your Yahoo! Messenger friends. All you have to do is type the Yahoo! Messenger username and you will instantly know the exact online status of that person. Time to put on your detective gloves.

Visit:
http://www.xeeber.com/

Clean Your Junk With PC Decrapifier

2007-12-09T07:01:00.000-08:00

License Type: Free
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista
File Size: 518KB
Author: PC DeCrapifier
Download - Here

You always want your brand new PC to be clean and junk proof but over some time you'll find it full of crap software installed for no reason other than that the PC maker gets paid to put it there. These extra (waste) software slow down your PC startup and its day to day operation.

The free PC Decrapifier removes dozens of these softwares automatically. Using this program is very simple. Just run it, and it does its cleaning work automatically. Don't expect it to completely clean your PC, because it removes only a specific set of softwares and trialware programs namely, those that are specifically put on new PCs, such as QuickBooks Trial, Wild Tangent Games, Dell URL Assistant, and many more. For a complete list of softwares it removes, go to here.

Note: When using this program, it's good to first create a restore point. Just in case it removes something that you wanted to keep.

Remove Windows XP From A Vista/XP Dual Boot

2007-11-27T06:46:00.000-08:00

If you just installed and tried out the new MS Windows Vista on your machine, you just might be planning to get the old MS Windows XP out of your computer because of the new features being offered by Windows Vista satisfies your daily computing needs. The boot loader process bundled with Vista has changed, yes, but the changes are so minor the steps to configure other OS versions installed on your computer are basically similar to that of MS Windows XP.

First, just boot up and choose MS Windows Vista. Afterwards, format the Windows XP partition. The bootloader process of Vista allows you to make necessary changes on the boot operations of your machine without configuring the boot.ini file of the Windows XP OS version installed on your computer.

Next, insert the Vista CD 1 or the Vista DVD in your drive. Reboot your computer afterwards. Finally, choose the repair console option after the setup process has commenced, choose to have access to a DOS prompt, and key in the following:

• bootrec.exe /fixmbr
• bootrec.exe /fixboot

Key in the first command and execute it by pressing the Enter key. This will remove XP from the Vista bootloader. Then, key in the second command in order to ensure that XP has been unloaded from the boot.ini file of Vista. At this point, Windows XP is history!

How To Search Google For Confidential Files On The Internet

2007-11-24T09:07:00.000-08:00

Google hacking is considered to be divided into 2 distinct categories. The first category is called ethical Google hacking, which means that people who conduct these hacking ventures on Google only aim to improve the quality of their searches in terms of results. For instance, there are additional syntax and character strings that can bolster the chances of your Google searches to provide you with the results you need.

On the other hand, unethical hacking is the process of entering private networks or sites on the Internet and offline in order to access confidential information and the like. The data that is retrieved from hacking into these sites and networks are then used for criminal activities. These criminals oftentimes use the confidential information they gain to extract passwords, banking details, credit card accounts, and even personal data that can be used to further support their criminal activities.

There is a Google hack that makes use of the filetype syntax followed by any file format directed towards a domain extension as well as the particular type of information. For instance, you can do a search on Google for all file types related to the data you want to acquire by keying in: filename:xxx site:yyy zzz where xxx is the file extension, yyy the domain extension, and zzz the type of information. In more general terms - if you wanted to have access to the confidential documents of any government, you can key in filetype:doc site:gov confidential.

Increase The Number Of Simultaneous Downloads In IE 7

2007-11-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

Internet Explorer 7 doesn’t allow you to download more than 2 files at a time. In case if you want to download more than two files at a time then here’s a way:

1. Go to Start and select Run and then type regedit and press Enter.

2. Now you’ll be in the registry editor, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

3. Right click in the empty space, and create a new DWord (32-bit) value by choosing
New > DWord Value . Name it as follows:

MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
(Note: The 0 beside Server is a zero)

4. Double click this entry and modify the value to 3.
(Substitute 3 for the preferred maximum number of downloads)

5. Create another DWord:

MaxConnectionsPerServer

6. Once again, double click this entry and modify the value to 3.

Now restart your browser. You’ll be able to download more than two files.

Speed Up SATA Hard Drives & USB Drives In Windows Vista

2007-11-11T06:40:00.000-08:00

Window Vista has built in support for SATA and external drives, but they seem to be slow because the advanced write cache features aren’t automatically activated. With just few steps you can enable them and get a much faster response.

First you need to go to the Device Manager which you can go directly by just typing device in the start menu search box or just type in devmgmt.msc in command line.

Now open the Disk drives section and right click on your hard drive. Now click on the Policies tab and you’ll find this dialog box:

Now click the checkbox for Enable advanced performance, and you are done.

Write caching isn’t enabled by default as removing devices directly without using the “Safely remove removable device”may lose your data, so be cautious when enabling this options. But enabling this option also when speeding up performance significantly when writing to the disk.

Now select the external drive and double click it to open up the properties screen. Then
just change the setting to “Optimize for performance” and hit OK to continue. You’ll have to reboot for all the settings to take effect. Next time you boot into Windows Vista you’ll see faster bootup times and better disk writing performance.

[Source - Thinktechno.com]

Defrag Multiple Hard Drives At Once In Windows XP

2007-11-11T06:34:00.000-08:00

As you would know its a painful process to defragment all hard drives at the same time in Windows XP, as the Disk Defragment utility in Windows XP doesn’t have any option to defrag all the drives at once.

But a simple batch file trick can get over this problem and defragment all of the drives, one after the other.

The disk defrag utility in Windows XP can be called from the command line with the following syntax:

Windows Disk Defragmenter

Copyright (c) 2001 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.

Usage:

defrag [-a] [-f] [-v] [-?]

volume drive letter or mount point (d: or d:volmountpoint)

-a Analyze only

-f Force defragmentation even if free space is low

-v Verbose output

-? Display this help text

To make Windows defrag all the drive at once we need to create file named defrag.bat [you can have any name, even yours :) ] . Now for each hard drive, assign a line to the batch file. For instance, if we want to defragment drives C: , D: , F: and G: we will add these three lines:

defrag c: -f
defrag d: -f
defrag f: -f
defrag g: -f

Now to defrag at once, just either double-click on the batch file or start it from the command line.

Source - Thinktechno.com

Small Yet Awesome Utilities To Make Your System Faster

2007-11-10T21:16:00.000-08:00

Friends, this is nothing new. Some may have used them, some may not even heard of them.

This is for those who's system is becoming slower day by day and they don't have a solution.

Download CachemanXP 1.1.2.2, GetDiz 3 and StartEd from:

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=downloads

1. CachemanXP
This is a must have. A very necessary tool for gamers and graphics professionals. Optimises your windows Ram cache and make everything more faster and responsive. It also recovers memory occupied by previous programs. CachemanXP is a system service designed to improve the performance of your computer by optimizing several caches, auto-recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings. Auto-Optimization makes it suitable for novice and intermediate users yet it is also powerful and versatile enough for computer experts.
Backups of settings ensure that all user modifications can be reversed with a single click. Due to the system service nature, it uses minimal resources and virtually no CPU time.

2. GetDiz
Go to Options -->Setfont and select ComicSans/ 14 regular,/ yellow color and go to choose color and select Black color. Apply and Exit. Now, it becomes a very healthy replacement for default windows notepad. It can do everything notepad does and has more features. So easy to read and it will open ur .diz/.nfo/.txt files from downloaded torrents without fuss.
It also displays ASCII art correctly which is an added bonus :)

3. StartEd
Is is what its name says. Handy because you will never again open msconfig from run to do startup changes. You can optimize your startup very easily from this software. Remove unnecessary and extra startup entires you don't need. But remember don't remove any entries whose function you don't know, because this may cause your system to become unstable.

Enjoy a faster system :)

Adding Windows Vista Fonts In Windows XP & Win2000

2007-11-10T06:40:00.000-08:00

If you are bored of the old XP and Win2000 fonts, then here comes Windows Vista to the rescue. It has some cool and sexy fonts like Candara, Consolas, Calibri, Cambria, Constantia and Corbel, etc. Now you can install these in Windows XP and Windows 2000 as well.
Just follow the instructions given below:

1. First go here and download the Microsoft Compatibility pack (MCP). The MCP is a free utility that allows you open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007.

2. Save to desired location and install it.

3. That’s it now you’ll have these vista fonts in all office applications including the previous fonts.

Please comment if you like this post :)

The Back Button Hack In Firefox To Reduce Memory Usage

2007-11-08T09:05:00.000-08:00

Sometimes Firefox becomes quite slow because it uses caching to increase the speed of browsing while you click the back button. This actually results in using more memory. You can disable this feature by doing the following:

1. Start Firefox and type about:config and hit enter.
2. In the Filter column enter “browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers” and instead of the -1 setting, change it to 0 and hit Enter.
3. Restart your browser, now as soon as you start go to a particular site and then just check the Firefox memory usage, you’ll see the difference.

Enjoy a faster Firefox experience :)

[via BizznTech]

Easy Way To Download Videos From Google, YouTube, etc

2007-11-08T00:34:00.000-08:00

Have you ever faced problems downloading videos from sites like Google, YouTube, IFilm, Metacafe, etc ? If you did then you have come at the right place. I just came across a great site which allows you to download such videos with ease. All you need to do is, first go to keepvid.com then;

1. Choose the site you want to download from.
2. Copy the link of the page with the video on it and paste it in the textbox.
3. If you download an flv file, you need an FLV player.

Source - BizznTech

Make Your Opera Faster Than Before

2007-11-07T10:41:00.000-08:00

For those Opera users who think it is a bit slow, here is a tricks to make it faster than before.
Just follow these steps:

1. First go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Network
2. Select Server name completion.
3. Now you have two options within it;
Try name completion

Look For local network machine

4. If you uncheck both of the above options, i.e.; Try name completion and Look for local network machine, Opera will stop cycling your CPU, trying to guess what you’re typing in the address bar.
5. Restart the browser after applying the settings. You’ll see the speed difference.

Enjoy a faster Opera experience :)

[via BizznTech]

Adding Lyrics Plugin To Winamp

2007-11-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

Want to sing a song that’s playing in your Winamp but don’t know the lyrics ? Here’s an easy way. The Leo’s Lyrics Plugin now makes it possible. This plugin uses the ID3 data of the song to retrieve the lyrics. But in case there’s no ID3 data then you won’t be able to see any lyrics.

Installation:

1. Download the Leo’s Winamp 5 Plugin (v1.3) from here.
2. Run LeosLyricsPlugin.exe and follow the installation instructions.
3. The plugin should launch when Winamp is started.

Source - BizznTech

Quick Way To Speed Up Internet Explorer At Startup

2007-11-05T08:59:00.000-08:00

Here’s a fast trick which will help you to speed up IE startup. Follow the below instructions in order to do so:

1. Right click your Internet Explorer shortcut and Click Properties.
2. Go to the Shortcut tab and in the target row add the suffix -nohome, so for the line should become as follows>>
“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” -nohome
4. Click Apply and OK.
5. The next time you start IE, it will start faster than before.

Please comment if you liked this post.

Disabling Notification Area Balloon Tips In Windows Vista

2007-11-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

Do the balloon tips keep annoying you? Then don’t worry, here’s how you can disable notification area balloon tips in Windows Vista:

1. First Go to Start > Run and type Regedit.exe

2. Navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Create a new REG_DWORD (32 bit) value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips

4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0

5. Close Regedit.exe

6. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

If you dont want to do the above method you can download the below file and just run it.
Download From Here - Disableballoontips.reg

Source - BizznTech