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How to open ISO file on Windows

Davinder — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:59:15 +0000

ISO image files are supposed to be burnt on CD, DVD media discs. After the burn, you can access content held in specific ISO file by playing CD, DVD dics on the computer. Do you want to open and see contents of ISO file without having to burn it on media disc? WinRAR program can easily help you do so.

Open & view ISO files with WinRAR

1. Download WinRAR program (32bit Window) or download other version.
2. Double click download file to start the installation process.
3. After install, you will get following screen. Select (tick) ISO option on that screen & click OK.

4. Open WinRAR program on computer, drag the ISO file to application window to see contents. Simple, isnt it?

Create Favicon in Photoshop [save as ICO]

Davinder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:33 +0000

For starters, Favicon is a small icon displayed next to website URL address in the browser. It gives unique character to a website or blog. Adobe Photoshop is best image editing software. How about creating cool Favicons in Photoshop program? Following tutorial should help achieve same in 8 simple steps.

Make Favicon Icon in Photoshop

1. Download ICO Format plugin for Photoshop on the computer.
2. Unzip the download file & copy “ICOformat” file.

3. Open “File Formats” folder inside “Plugins” folder like:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Plug-Ins\File Formats
4. Paste the “ICOformat” file in plugins folder.

5. Open Photoshop on the computer.
6. Open any image file or create design for the favicon.
7. Once done with editing, Goto File > Save As. Select “ICO(windows icon)(*.ICO) format from drop down menu.

8. Click Save button and your favicon is all ready for use made in Photoshop. Easy, isn’t it?

More Resources for Favicon icons

- Create Favicon ICO online generator
- Websites to upload Favicons for free
- Huge Favicon icons collection

Favicon ‘how-to’ guides

- How to check if website or blog has favicon
- Grab & Copy favicon of any website
- How to add or Change Favicon in Blogger Blog

Disable Adobe automatic update download window

Davinder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:04 +0000

Majority of computer users install Adobe Acrobat Reader software on their PC to add support for opening PDF files. This single Adobe software can result in irritating pop-up reminders and automatic download window emerging after every few days. Do you want to get rid of this update window and disable auto updates?

Disable Adobe updates download window

1. Goto Start > Programs > Adobe Acrobat & open the program.
2. Goto Edit > Preferences (or press Ctrl+K) to open Preferences window.
3. Click “Updater” option on the left side.

4. Select the last option “Do not download or install updated automatically”.
5. Click OK and close Adobe Acrobat Reader program.

This should make Techno Life easy without irritating auto updates window. If you still get Adobe update window, check for settings in any other Adobe software installed on the computer.

Change default Windows Explorer folder to different folder

Davinder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:44:43 +0000

We often press Window + E to quickly open Windows Explorer. By default it opens window containing default My documents folder and folder of user logged into Windows. However, at times specific user could be using a different folder as working folder and may want to open it directly using Windows Explorer action. Here are simple steps to change default Windows Explorer folder to any other folder on the computer.

Change Windows Explorer default folder

1. Goto Start > Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer
2. Right Click “Windows Explorer” & click properties option.

3. Windows Explorer Properties dialog box will appear. We need to make changes in the target field in that box. By default it will have %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

4. Change it to %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, C:\ (this will change location to C drive). Similar you can set any folder to open. For example for Dav folder in C drive, enter: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, C:\Dav\

After the change: click Apply, OK. Then goto Start > Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer (or press Window + E) to see a different folder open instead of default folder.

MS Office 2010 templates [PowerPoint, Calendar]

Davinder — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:51:54 +0000

Recently, Microsoft Office 2010 beta was available for free download. If you have found the groove working through new Office 2010, how about adding spice with cool looking Microsoft Office 2010 templates. Microsoft has huge listing of free templates for Office 2010 for different category types.

Also See – Free Printable 2010 Calendar templates

You can browse top and popular templates on the homepage or view full category listing to get specific type of template. It also has exclusive listing of 2010 Calendar templates that allows you to make custom calendars within Office 2010. Checkout Office 2010 templates to add style to your documents and presentations!

Make printable calendar with holidays online

Davinder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:07 +0000

We have already seen cool resources to download free 2010 printable calendars. If you do not want to download pre-made calendars and want to make customized calendar as per specific requirement, then make them online at Calendar Labs. It is an online tool to create country specific printable calendar with holidays.

Create custom Calendar with holidays online

1. Open Calendar Labs website in the browser.
2. Select Month and Year for the calendar.
3. Then select Country from drop down box.
4. Tick options to include Holidays (and include week number).

5. Click respective buttons to see yearly or monthly calendar.
6. Click “Show Printable Format”, a new window will open with calendar preview. Goto File > Print (or press Ctrl + P) to quickly print your custom calendar.

As seen above, final calendar is simple but useful with country specific holidays listing. Similarly you can generate full monthly and yearly calendar for any year displaying holidays from different countries. Ready to make and print some calendars?

Free HotFile downloader to auto download Hotfile.com files

Davinder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:04:03 +0000

We have seen number of downloader managers like: JDownloader, MassFile Downloader and MDownloader for automatic download files from popular file hosting websites. Majority of these downloader programs focus on Rapidshare and Megashare files downloading. HFAD (HotFile AutoDownloader) is a free downloader software specially for downloading files from hotfile.com website.

Features of HotFile Auto Downloader

1. Help easy downloading of multiple hotfile.com links one by one.
2. Supports Shutdown / LogOff / Restart after download is complete.
3. Allows you to load and save download list.

Also See – 5 Best free Rapidshare Download manager

This program helps in easy downloading of multiple files from hotfile.com in a sequence (one by one). Note: This version doesn’t support Captcha recognizer. So you can only download files less than 150MB from hotfile website. Still good enough to make life easy while downloading files from Hotfile.com website. Download HotFile Auto Downloader

Add or Remove Java icon on system tray

Davinder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:12:33 +0000

Do you want to display Java icon on the system tray on your computer? On the contrary, do you want to clean up icon clutter on the system tray and remove Java icon from there. In either case, you can easily add or remove Java icon on the system tray on your computer in few simple clicks.

Java icon display from system tray

1. Goto Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double click Java icon in the Control Panel.

3. Click Advanced tab in Java Control Panel window.
4. Click + sign next to Miscellaneous.
5. Check or uncheck option “Place Java icon on system tray”. Setting should take effect on computer restart / reboot.

Free Printable 2010 Calendar download

Davinder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:13:17 +0000

Few more days before we say goodbye to 2009 and hello to 2010. Prepare yourself and never miss a day – date in year 2010 using 2010 Calendar. You can download free printable 2010 calendar templates and customize them. Later print them and stick calendar anywhere for access and use. Both Monthly and Yearly Calendar templates are available for free download in PDF and MS Word format.

Resources for Free Printable 2010 Calendar

1. Calendars at Vertex42 – It has different type and flavors of 2010 calendar templates available for free download. You can download Yearly Calendar in portrait or landscape format or grab the monthly calendar in different flavors of red, ocean, green, purple in PDF format.

2. Printable 2010 Calendar – Special website for free access to 2010 Calendar downloads. You can download simple looking monthly and yearly calendars. It also has calendar variant with large fonts and super small Wallet version.

3. Stylish Colorful Calendars – If you like jazzed up colors and styled header, then checkout printable calendars at hoover webdesign. There are 6 different stylish 2010 calendar templates. Right click on download link, click save as target to download PDF file of calendar template. After preview, quickly print the stylish calendar.

4. Simple Printable Calendars - Print activities website list monthly 2010 printable calendars. They are very simple looking and easy on eyes. You can chose among different colors like: yellow, pink, green, blue.

5. Calendars at About.com - Checkout exhaustive listing of monthly and yearly calendars at about.com website. You can download different type and styles of calendars and print them off quickly.

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta, free

Davinder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:01:10 +0000

Microsoft Office 2010 promises lot of new features and enhancements. We have already seen 10 New features of Microsoft Office 2010 release. Now you can download the actual thing and test drive it on your computer. Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is available for free download and use.

Whole download package is about 685MB and requires 3GB of available disk space. It includes programs like Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, Access, InfoPath, Communicator, SharePoint etc. It is recommended to remove previous Microsoft Office version before you install MS Office 2010 on the PC.

You can install MS Office 2010 Beta on 32bit or 64bit versions of Windows XP (sp3), Vista and 7 operating system. This beta software is expected to expire on October 2010. Download MS Office 2010 beta software or how about downloading new icons of MS Office 2010?