Master Tips n Tricks

Drag & Drop in Firefox

2008-03-26T16:08:00.001+05:30

There are many things that you can drag and drop in Firefox.

* Drag the favicon of any site to your home icon to set it as the home page.
* Drag a hyperlink (or image) to the new tab icon to open the link in a new tab.
* Drag a download link (or image file) to the download icon to instantly download the file.
* Drag a highlighted word to the search bar (beside the address bar) will bring you to the Google search result page for that word. If you drag the highlighted word to the address bar (and press enter), Firefox will perform a Google “I’m Feeling Lucky” search

Disable Right Click on your blog or webpage

2007-12-02T20:41:00.000+05:30

Its becoming essential to secure the content of your web page and blog from being copied. To achieve this you have to disable the RIGHT CLICK . Many of my friends are trying various scripts to disable right click. Even I tried one. But the problem is that it was running fine in Internet Explorer and not in Firefox or other browsers. So I found the simplest way to disable right click. A bit higher security is achieved.

Lets see..... how..

( sign in to your blogger --> layout -->edit html)

Find this piece of code in your template.

< / head>

its the end of the head tag < / head > and the beginning of body tag .
In the body tag just write this sentence " oncontextmenu='return false;' "

u will see it like this

< / head >
< b o d y oncontextmenu="'return">
and your are done... THATS IT...save n check your blog...

Display icons on the desktop without labels

2007-11-18T17:56:00.000+05:30

Unfortunately, Windows does not allow deleting the label directly. The operating system rejects empty strings or labels consisting space characters by displaying the message ' Enter a file name' . However, the following trick will help you.

1. Right-click on the desired icon and select the context command 'Rename' or simply press [F2].

2. Keep the key [Alt] pressed and enter the number combination '0160' on the numeric pad of the keyboard.

3. Let go of the [Alt] key and confirm it by pressing [Enter]. The label now disappears.

Save time and effort in typing URL addresses

2007-11-13T19:10:00.000+05:30

There is a quicker way to have auto-completion of the whole website address in internet explorer,like "www" or ".com" With Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, typing web addresses is very convenient. All you have to do is type the domain of an address, such as 'google' and then press [Ctrl]+ENTER . Internet Explorer automatically wraps ' http://www...........com' around what you typed.

In case you are not sure whether the site uses a .com extension or some other one ? Just type the domain of the address and hit ENTER. Internet Explorer tries to find the site by using various extensions that are used by websites. If you need to edit an address, you can use [Ctrl]+LEFT ARROW and [Ctrl]+RIGHT ARROW to easily move between different parts of the address separated by periods.

Facts - Change location of My Documents

2007-11-07T16:54:00.000+05:30

I guess many of you don't know about this fact that the storage location of "My Documents" can be changed. Its bit safer , when PC crashes.

Normally windows saves the "My Documents" folder on your C-drive. But when you right-click on it and go to properties, you can change the location where you want windows to save your Documents folder.

I have a partition set up with just windows on it, and all my things i want to keep are on different partitions/disks. So now I put My Documents on another partition than where I have windows installed.

If windows screws up and you have to format your C-drive again, your documents will be spared at least...

Keyboard Shortcuts Tips n Tricks

2007-11-04T14:08:00.001+05:30

Getting used to using your keyboard exclusively and leaving your mouse behind will make you much more efficient at performing any task on any Windows system. Use the following keyboard shortcuts :

Windows key + R = Run menu

This is usually followed by:

cmd = Command Prompt
iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc = Computer Management
dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management
services.msc = Services
eventvwr = Event Viewer
dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services

Windows key + E = Explorer
ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
Windows key + Break = System properties
Windows key + F = Search
Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
CTRL + C = copy
CTRL + X = cut
CTRL + V = paste

Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about anything done once you've opened up any program.

Keyboard Shortcuts

[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications
[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter
[Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu
[Ctrl] and [F4] Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)
[Alt] and [F4] Quit active application or close current window
[Alt] and [-] Open Control menu for active document
[Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow Move cursor forward or back one word
[Ctrl] Up, Down arrow Move cursor forward or back one paragraph
[F1] Open Help for active application
Windows+M Minimize all open windows
Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows
Windows+F1 Open Windows Help
Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box

acessability shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds........ Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN....... Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK....... Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT....... five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK...... for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.

Get most from GOOGLE search

2007-09-19T16:35:00.000+05:30

Google Search Options

Specific file types: *.xls, *.doc, *.pdf *.ps *.ppt *.rtf
Google allows you to search for specific file types, so instead of getting html-files as a result (websites) you get Microsoft excel files for example. The search string you would use would be this:

Filetype:xls (for excel files) or filetype:doc for word files.
But maybe more interesting would be searching for *.db files and *.mdb files. Google by the way doesn’t tell you, you can search for *.db and *mdb files. I wonder what other file types one can search for. Things that come to mind are *.cfg files or *.pwd files, *.dat files, stuff like that. Try and think of something that might get you some interesting results.

Inurl

Another useful search option is the inurl: option which allows one to search for a certain word one would want to be in the url. This gives you the opportunity to search for specific directories/folders, especially in combination with the “index of” option. An example would be inurl:master-tricks which would give you results of website urls that have the word “master-tricks” in the url.

Index of

The index of option is another option that isn’t especially thought of by the creators of google, but comes in very handy. If you use the “index of” string you will find directory listings of specific folders on servers. An example could be: "index of” master-tricks or index.of.master-tricks which would get you many directory listings of master-tricks folders. (don’t forget to use the quotes in this case since you are looking for the entire “index of” string, not just for “index” and “of”)

Site

The site option allows you to come up with results that only belong to a certain domain name extension or to a specific site. For example one could search for .com sites or .box.sk sites or .nl sites, but also for results from just one site. An example of a search string would be: Site:org

Intitle

Intitle is another nice option. It allows you to search for html files that have a certain word or words in the title. The format would be intitle:wordhere.

Link

The Link option allows you to check which sites link to a specific site. For example link:http://master-tricks.blogspot.com

Combining search options

The above mentioned search options might or might not be known to you, but even though they can amount to some interesting results, it’s a fact that when you start combining them, that’s when google’s magic starts to show. For example, one could try this search string: inurl:master-tricks intitle:master-tricks or this one: site:org filetype:xls "password" .

Reduce Memory usage of FIREFOX

2007-09-18T17:39:00.000+05:30

The memory requirement increases rapidly to more than 100 mb when you surf for a long time in a firefox browser or open many tabs at a time.

Reason .........

Two effects cater Firefox's ever increasing appetite for memory.All web sites open in tabs and windows occupy memory space; this space remains occupied even after minimizing windows.Besides,Firefox also saves 50 recently visited websites in the main memory of the PC in order to facilitate quick browsing through the session history.To reduce this unnecessarily large number of saved sites.

Solution .........

Enter 'about:config' in the address bar. Search for 'browser.sessionhistory.max_entries' in the 'Preference Name' list and double-click on it to edit it.Change the default setting '50' to a considerably smaller number or even to '0' and confirm with 'OK'. When you enter '1' or '5' you can still access the last visited websites since they are still available in the RAM. Incidentally, saving the history is not affected by this setting. Thus, you can browse through as many sites as you want; you only need to wait for the renewed loading of these websites.

You can also instruct Firefox to release the memory space that is no longer in use. Simply right-click on any space in the list of configuration settings and select the context command 'New | Boolean'. Enter 'config.trim_on_minimize' and click 'OK'. Click on 'True' in the following dialog and again confirm with 'OK'. Now restart the browser.

Boot Winxp Fast

2007-09-14T09:00:00.000+05:30

Follow the following steps

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.