Tech-Notes

.exe Files as Attachment in Gmail - How To ??

thetechbuddy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:28:19 +0000

Gmail is being used by more and more people nowadays , but it has a limitation it does not allow exe files to be sent as an attachment but here is the solution to this problem The other day, I wanted send across a .exe file to a friend of mine, and figured there was no [...]

Essential Windows Keyboard Shortcuts - Best Ones !!

thetechbuddy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:32:19 +0000

These keyboard shortcuts will help you perform faster and better and every Windows user should know most of these as these are the essential ones !! Windows System Key Combinations F1: Help CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs ALT+F4: Quit program SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently Windows Program Key Combinations CTRL+C: Copy CTRL+X: Cut CTRL+V: Paste CTRL+Z: Undo CTRL+B: Bold CTRL+U: Underline CTRL+I: Italic General Keyboard-Only [...]

97 Windows Commands for Launching Various Utilities

thetechbuddy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:25:13 +0000

Here is a list of 97 commands that you can type in at command prompt or in RUN ( Start->Run) to launch various utilities Accessibility Controls - access.cpl Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools - control admintools Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt Calculator - calc Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc Character Map - charmap Check Disk Utility [...]

Faster Vista and Xp Shutdown !!

thetechbuddy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:03:58 +0000

Need your Windows Vista or Xp to shut down faster and quicker , Try this registry trick to shutdown your Vista,Xp as fast as possible . Caution: If you are a newbie ,You can read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756 for more help on how to take a registry backup. If you are a Windows XP user, then read this else [...]

Collection of Easter Eggs and hacks in Windows Xp !!

thetechbuddy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:14:01 +0000

Here are a Few Easter Eggs and Windows hidden tricks for you guys, added them to make one big collection . System Protected Folders Ever notice that in the Program Files folder there are two folders that you can’t delete? Xerox and Microsoft Frontpage? Reserved files and folders You can’t create a folder called CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, [...]

Virus proof your Pen drives - Now !!

thetechbuddy — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:26:07 +0000

Friends many of your PC/laptop’s normally gets virus because of Pen Drives or USB devices (Even PC’s who are not connected to network ). Some Virus like Ravmon Virus , Heap41a worm which are not detected by anti virus normally spreads mostly by the Pen Drives . In such a case what can you do [...]

How to hide a Drive in Windows Xp

thetechbuddy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:20:00 +0000

Sometimes for security/privacy reasons you need to hide a drive containing sensitive information then you can use the methods listed below , There are two ways of doing it, one from the group policy editor and the second from registry editor. I will explain both of them here: 1-Hiding drives using Group Policy Editor [...]

How to create your own Autorun for a CD/DVD

thetechbuddy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:15:43 +0000

I am going to tell you how to create an autrorun CD with personalized icon. You will be needing an icon image. Icon image can be 48 by 48 pixels. Lets say we name it as myicon.ico. Alright. Open your favorite text editor and past this text there. [autorun]OPEN=your-executable-file.exeICON=myicon.ico Save this file as autorun.inf and save [...]

Check who copied your Blog/Website content

thetechbuddy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:14:09 +0000

This website takes in your Blog/Website URL and displays all the potential URl that may have copied your content . The free Copyscape service makes it easy to find copies of your content on the Web. Simply type in the address of your web page, and Copyscape does the rest. Copyscape finds sites [...]