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How to Change Windows 7 Theme

Posted by Piscean on 9:52 AM 0 comments

After install and using Windows 7 operating system, maybe you boring with the themes. Usually to change the desktop theme in Windows 7 is little bit similar like Windows XP, but for the users who still new to start Windows 7; it will be little bit confuse.

change theme windows 7

I try to give a short tutorial how to change theme in Windows 7. I use Windows 7 Professional OS and hopefully it will help you.

1. On the desktop, Right Click and select Personalize. You will see My Themes, Aero Themes and Installed Themes.

2. Please select one of the theme, for example in Aero Themes you will find Windows 7, Architecture, Characters, Landscape, Nature and Scenes. Just select one of them and you will provide how the change of the theme for your Windows 7.

3. On the right side you will see Get more themes online which will go to Microsoft website. On there you will see many categories themes like Animals, Art and entertainment, Automotive, Branded themes, Hoidays, Nature, and Places and landscapes. You can download it for free and copy to your Windows 7.

4. The files usually have a large sizes, for example the Bing Best theme has 24.5MB. Click the Download text and save the file in your hard drive. The file has themepack extension, so you can install it by click it twice and it will put the themes right on the themes folder.

5. After already finish install the theme, you can see it on the Personalization and change the desktop theme as you want.

21 Handy Tips for Organizing your Gmail Inbox

Posted by Piscean on 11:48 AM 0 comments

It is obvious that you are using Gmail as your primary mail (else you won’t be reading this article) and though you may or may not be getting hundreds of mail daily, then too it becomes extremely important to organize it. Why? Because it would help us in the longer run. As we all know, Gmail is the most feature-rich web-based email application on the planet. With Gmail, you can save all of your email in the same box, label them and do things which are absent in others. Here are some 21 useful tips to help you on your way!
1. Integrate multiple email accounts
Take all of your email accounts and put them together under the Gmail umbrella so you don’t have to switch back and forth.
2. Choose the ‘Send Mail as’ option
You can pick what email address you’re sending your emails out from. You never have to leave Gmail.
3. Create multiple email addresses
Gmail only recognizes the letters in an email address. You can place a period (.) anywhere on the left side of the @ sign and it will still go to the primary email address.
4. Backup your messages
Set up your filters and rules to forward important emails to another account so you can keep track of them.
5. Star your important emails
Place a star on the important emails that you receive so you can easily find them later.
6. Use labels (a lot)
You can create custom labels to easily sort your email. Make a label for mailing lists so you can have all of the threads in one place.
7. Archive your messages
You can move email out of your inbox without deleting it by moving it into the archive.
8. Use notes
If you have a note or list of instructions that you need to refer to often, write a draft email and it can be easily found.
9. Use filters
A filter is a rule placed upon incoming email. If you receive lots of email from a list, you can use a filter with a label and put that email into its proper place even before you see it.
10. Add a picture
Let people know who you are by adding a picture to your Gmail. This is a great feature to use when you are trying to be consistent with your branding.
11. Set a personal level indicator
Gmail offers a feature where you can quickly tell which emails were sent to you and which ones were sent to you and others.
12. Set up standard responses
Become more automated by creating standard automatic responses to emails instead of typing the same thing over and over.
13. Show previews
With Gmail, you don’t have to leave the application to investigate a Youtube video or Picasa picture. You can receive a preview right there.
14. Adding a plus
Instead of johndoe@gmail.com, your address can become johndoe+blogspot@gmail.com. That way, you can more readily track where your email is coming from.
15. Muting conversations
You can mute conversations if you have no interest in them by pressing ‘m.’ You will still be able to see the email in ‘all mail,’ but you do not have to see the follow ups if you don’t want to.
16. Use the search feature
The search feature allows you to find anything in your inbox quickly and easily.
17. Make sure you’re attached
Gmail searches for the word ‘attached’ within your outgoing email and makes sure that you are sending a file with it.
18. Use keywords
If you want to make your email easy to find, add some searchable keywords to it.
19. Add a custom signature
With Gmail, you can add a signature to all of your outgoing email.
20. Use the keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are essential for any Gmail power user. C is for compose, j and k for moving up and down, / to search and z for undo.
21. Color your labels
Add custom colors to the labels that you place on your email to make it stand out.
Integrate these tips into your repertoire and you will soon be a master of all things Gmail.

This post was written by James Adams, a tech writer who works for Cartridge Save where he is a product reviewer covering items such as the HP 351 ink cartridge. He also helps to maintain their popular blog about art, design and marketing.

Methods to Transfer Emails Between Two Gmail Accounts- 3 Methods

Posted by Piscean on 11:44 AM 0 comments

Want to transfer your mails from one Gmail account to another? Why? Because it could be helpful in certain situations like –

#1. Your email address is unprofessional and now you want to change to some other neat address.
#2. You are receiving huge amount of junk and now want to use new one. Therefore, you want to migrate emails from old Gmail account to new one.
#3. You got multiple active Gmail accounts and now you want to use only one Gmail account. So in this condition, you want to transfer old emails from multiple places and paste them into newly-active Gmail account.

We can approach this problem with 3 different ways. Mail transferring methods depends on how you want it and how much you want it? It could be as simple as setting a filter or as complex as downloading all mails to computer and uploading them to new mailbox.

Let’s look at 3 possible solutions to transfer emails between two Gmail accounts:
1. Set up a Filter for Forwarding Old and New Mails
This is one of the simplest method that I have found. All you need to do is set up a filter that forwards all incoming mails to your new Gmail account and then checking the “Also apply filter to x conversations below” checkbox. This is a very simple method but its effectiveness is not guaranteed though, it is working for me.
However, there are two disadvantages of this method. One, you need to keep alive your old account. Second, mails send to a list that you are a part are not forwarded to your new account so you need to come back to your old account periodically.
Note: If you don’t want your old messages then you can choose auto-forwarding from settings, which is lot more easy and a sure-shot way to get mails from old accounts.


2. Leverage POP for Downloading and Transferring Mails
This method is strongly recommended for comprehensive transferring. You can leverage Gmail’s fantastic POP ability to download mails from one account to another account. Just follow these steps –
In Your Old Account
1. Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP option in Gmail Settings.
2. Select the first option Enable POP for all mail (even mail that’s already been downloaded) in the POP Download section.
3. Save your settings.
In the New Account
1. Goto the Accounts and Import option in Gmail Settings.
2. Click on Add POP3 email account button from the Check mail using POP3 section.
3. Fill up your old account information in the pop-up. Choose all defaults fields except POP server to pop.gmail.com.
4. Save your settings. You are done.
In this method, mails will not be transferred at once and it may take few hours if your inbox is gigantic. Unfortunately Gmail chat history will not be transferred.
This is the best method I have seen for complete migration. It is often referred as Mail Fetcher. GMail provides complete support for this here.


3. Migrate Completely – Even Moving Your Labels with You
One common problem of migration is that all mail labels are lost. Even though, you have transferred your accounts successfully, you will end up in unorganized mailbox.

Guys at lifehacker has taken this seriously and they have come up with a lengthy but very effective process to migrate mailbox completely here. Basically, they have removed all multi-label mails, applied them a single label and then used desktop client to drag-n-drop mails between various folders. You can find complete tutorial here.
Any of these 3 methods can be used for moving emails from different Gmail accounts to single consolidated one. Choose the one that best suites your needs.


Using a Reverse Email Search Can Provide Remarkable Benefits

Posted by Piscean on 11:36 AM 0 comments

It can get frustrating and scary in a real big hurry when you spend time on the Internet, expecting it to be an enjoyment and relaxing, only to find that you have a ton of emails from someone who has targeted you as a subject for cyber harassment. This may sound a little far-fetched to some people, but in reality this very problem happens to countless individuals, including children every single day. Using a reverse email search to put a stop to this type of problem has proven to provide many people with remarkable benefits.

It is quite shocking to learn just how many sick minded people there are that make their way through different people's email accounts, just for the sake of sending harassing emails. Sadder still is the fact that many of the emails they send involve inappropriate sexual content that they target at many of our unsuspecting children that frequent the web.

A reverse email search is a beneficial service that can effectively stop this type of harassment. Regardless if you use AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo or even a Gmail email account, using a reverse email search investigation can prove to provide remarkable benefits. To list some of the information that you can obtain about the person doing the harassing would include the following:

Telephone number where they can be reached

Address where the harassing party lives

The name of the harasser

Whether they use a MAC or PC

The specific type of operating system they are using

The browser they commonly use

The name of their ISP/Internet Service Provider

Internet links revealing their online activity

Other helpful information

It is strongly suggested that you contact an experienced private investigator as soon as you realize you or one of the members of your family is receiving harassing and inappropriate emails. All that the investigator will require to perform the reverse email search investigation is the email address of the individual guilty of the harassing emails. In a very short amount of time they will be able to provide you with a complete detailed report containing helpful information that includes the identity of the individual.

There is no reason that any person should have to deal with harassment while they are online, using a reverse email search is an investigation that can provide remarkable results to stop this type of problem.

Change Windows XP to Vista Themes

Posted by Piscean on 9:52 AM 0 comments

Vista Transformation Pack will give to your Windows XP system the new and cool look of future operating system Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and toolbars and also adds new enhancements to your desktop such as a dock bar or a different system tray clock. It is free and does a great job of giving machine a look similar to Vista.

It does have uninstallation options in case you decide you want to get rid of it, so there really isn’t anything to lose. However, when you install the software it has to overwrite some system files (it modifies things like the boot screen) so Windows will prompt you stating that your system files have been changed. It will ask whether you want to change them back or leave them, so just leave them if you want the system to function properly.

Features of Vista Transformation Pack:
• Boot screen
• Welcome Screen / Logon Screen
• New msstyles files (visual styles)
• New desktop and file icons
• New toolbar icons
• Progress Dialogs
• Sounds scheme
• System Tray icons
• New Wallpapers
• Windows Media Player Skins

You will find this program is amazingly easier comparing to all other shell packs.

Need Free Computer Themes?

Open www.freecomputerthemes.net to get all of desktop themes and many wallpaper themes to download.

If you can not click it, just copy and paste www.freecomputerthemes.net or type in www.freecomputerthemes.net at your browser. The themes only available in 5 days. So hurry up before it expired!

Changes in Version 8.0.1:
- Fixed pre-configuration specifications to improve performance (Removed unstable applications from list)
- Fixed TrueTransparency’s stability (some settings in skin causing input hook problems)
- Fixed Visualtooltip configuration when user accidently deletes the configuration files in there
- Removed backup files’ status and put CPU model instead (obsolete checking)
- Updated system files’ status report to “Out of sync” and repairing system files information
- Updated user account configuration system for more subtle performance

Changes in Version 8.0:
- Added CPU Speed information in Welcome Center
- Added saving setup information file to save setup configuration for later uses with unattended transformation support
- Added installation background
- Added “System optimized” in Setup Configuration to configure the user account corresponding to machine’s spec
- Added TrueTransparency 0.8.5 (Glass border with ported AeroStyle skin)
- Added WinFlip 0.42 (Vista 3DFlip)
- Fixed KB925902 hotfix issues with file processing animation
- Fixed Media Center program execution error
- Fixed rebuilding icon cache bug on non-current users during the processes
- Fixed Styler’s installation checking bug (always set toolbar to styler mode when possible)
- Fixed failing to apply Vista screensaver
- Fixed program name in Add/Remove Programs
- Fixed subscribing Windows X’s shrine to be default homepage bug in Welcome Center
- Fixed visualtooltip’s advanced configuration bug
- Fixed WindowBlinds 6 skin installation compatibility
- Moved hotfix warning to user guide file to prevent confusion
- Re-arranged welcome dialog for richer information
- Replaced Extras in Welcome Center with Community link to forum
- Removed configuring user account’s status report
- Removed obsolete dialogs (WindowBlinds warning, Before transformation, Donation, FAQ and Q&A)
- Removed Vista Live Messenger 8.1 skin
- Updated Setup Configuration in Welcome Center to cover on everything
- Updated setup transformation to pre-configure current user account before finishing the transformation
- Updated theming engine configuration
- Updated Vista Sidebar to version 2.3 Lite
- Updated Vista Sidebar user account configuration in Welcome Center
- Updated ViStart to build 2661
- Updated ViOrb to version 2.0
- Updated VisualTooltip to version 2.2
- Updated Welcome Center to pre-configure user account with system optimized option on the first run in that user account
You can get the themes at from WindowsXLive.NET

Gmail check your state of mind

Posted by Piscean on 9:20 AM 0 comments

Simply enable the new Google Goggle called "mail goggle" through settings and then Labs. 

By default it will check your state of mind during the weekend nights. But if you think you will loose control in any other day you better change the default settings to suit you. 

How Gmail know your in good state when you send an email? Simple it just give you couple of simple math questions to answer. If you can solve it it knows that you feel alright. 

I think this is not a good idea for you if you are really bad at Maths. You will not be able to send any emails.

PDF to Word Conversion

Posted by Piscean on 9:17 AM 0 comments

This is interesting. Most of the time I am stuck when it comes to edit PDFs.

This will be a handy tool that you can convert PDFs to Word.

You can do the changes and then you can convert back to PDF. You can either download it for free or you can convert PDF to word online. How cool is that.

Convert Word or any other format to PDF you can use CIB PDF brewer which is another free PDF converter.

http://www.pdf-creator.us/

Windows Group Policy – Hacks and Tricks

Posted by Piscean on 9:15 AM 0 comments

I have been explaining about windows group policy settings that are quite useful. However that was just basic and did not explain much hacks or tricks. 

In Windows XP operating system if you change any Windows group policy setting it just apply it to Administrator account as well. Especially if you restrict some access to hard drive partition or Run Command it restrict for Administrator as well. That depends on the setting you apply is a user account policy or machine policy. Normally Machine policy will apply to all the users. You can control user account policies base on users. However, Windows XP dose not support domain users like Windows server versions so even user account policies will apply to all the users.

I am using a simple trick to solve this issue. Not 100% but it makes life easier. In the beginning I just mention to copy a shortcut of gpedit.msc to the desktop. Reason behind that is when you play with Windows group Policies it is very easy to hide or prevent access to your hard drives. You will notice it after you restart your machine. Now you do not have access to gpedit.msc. 

You might have prevent access to “Run” as well. 

Trick 1:
If you done something like above situation you can simply solve it by creating a shortcut manually. 

Right click on the desktop and go to “new” and select “shortcut”. It will ask you to give a path. If you have prevent access to your hard drive then you will not able to select the path so just select some other target like Desktop and click “Finish”. Right click on the shortcut that you created and select properties and fill the details for gpedit.msc 

Default Values 
Target: C:\WINDOWS\system32\gpedit.msc 
Start in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ 
Click “Apply” and it will create a shortcut for gpedit.msc and now you will able to access gpedit.msc and change Group Policy

Trick 2

Use Trick 1 and before you disable any Program or Hard Drive you can create a short cut in Desktop. It will allow you to access these programs while other uses do not have any access. 

Example: Prevent Access to Computer Hard Drives 

First create a short cut to the Drives you going to hide or prevent access. 
Then open the gpedit.msc [Start > Run > (type) gpedit.msc > Enter] 

In Group Policy > User Configuration > Administrative Template > Desktop > Enable the “Remove My Computer icon on the Desktop”

If you need specific driver to be hidden you can go to In Group Policy > User Configuration > Administrative Template > Windows Component > Windows Explorer > and select the specific drivers from “hide these specific drivers from My Computer” 

If you prevent access for My Computer, shortcuts will not be working.


Installing an Operating System on Your USB

Posted by Piscean on 9:06 AM 0 comments



 Why it is important to have a OS installed in USB? 

1. Portability - Not like a CD USB a flash drive is really small and you have high capacity so you will be able to have your files as well. Also, it is more reliable. 
2. In a situation where your current OS is crashed you can retrieve the important files to your USB or another external hard drive. 
3. Of course your can access any computer without cracking user names or passwords. But do not do that as it is not ethical. Other hand it is impossible to stop your data been exposed or destroyed if you give access to hardware.
4. Recover Lost or forgotten passwords for your current OS. This is a quite interesting hack and can do many experiments based on it.

Restart - Simplest Way to fix a Problem

Posted by Piscean on 9:02 AM 0 comments

Restart. I would say Restart is the simplest way to fix most of the computer related problems. Reason is most of the problems start when you use the computer for sometimes one or more programs will crash or done something wrong will end up as serious problems or popping up scary error messages. Slow down the computer, Programs not responding or even a blue screen might be possible. Simple restart will fix these problems. Sometimes it will remain even after you restart specially if you had to pull of the plug and shut down the computer. That is simply because such shut down of a computer will not simply clear off the memory and it will not start fresh.

Even after proper shut down it will not completely wiped out for couple seconds or for couple of minutes. So it is always leave your computer off for couple of seconds or minute before starting up again. If you had to pull the power off always better to do a proper shut down and start it again. It will eliminate most of the problems out of your computer. 


Is it always safe to reboot? No, even though proper restart fix most of the problems there are situation where you should not restart your computer. specially if you think your computer is infected with a virus or any kind of malware it is not safe to restart. Some viruses or Trojans will get the initial trigger and give the best chance to properly installed. Like other programs need a good restart to configure and installed properly, viruses and Trojans need it too. If you feel like your computer is infected it is always good to install a good antivirus and update it. Then reboot it in safe mod and do a full scan. There are situations where restart is not going to work. 

Restart is not only solve computer problems. Even software problems will be solve. For example in Outlook sometimes emails will be stuck in outbox. Most of the time it can be solved by just closing the Outlook properly and starting it again. 

Even this is relevant to humans. Small nap or good night sleep ill refresh you. You have been struggling solve a problem for hours and did not work out, but just after a small break you or a sleep you solve it. Take a break from any problem and come back to it. Much easier to fix it.

"C_1252.nls File Missing or Corrupt" During Startup

Posted by Piscean on 12:25 PM 0 comments

Great computer does not boot up. It keeps on booting up again and again. I tried to boot up in safe-mod. No luck at all it get stuck on half way through. Then I stop restarting the machine and disable restarting machine in a serious crash. Then I restart it again it stuck in black screen and took five six minute to show up error message. 

The file D:\windows\system32\c_1252.nls is missing or corrupt 

When I was a kid only solution was to format and reinstall a fresh copy of windows. But now what I understood is you can retrieve windows from any kind of crash. 

Search for Google and Google direct to Microsoft. Microsoft support gives these following options to solve this problem. 

Method 1: Check the Hard Disk for Errors
1. Insert the Windows XP CD, and then restart the computer. If you are prompted, select any options that you must select to start Windows XP from the CD. 
2. When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the instructions that appear on the screen. To select the repair or the recover option, press R. 
3. If you have a dual-start or multiple-start computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console. 
4. When prompted, type the Administrator password. 
5.At the command prompt, type the following command and then press the ENTER key: chkdsk /r 
6. To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit, and then press the ENTER key. 

Method 2: Replace Missing Files 
1. Insert the Windows XP CD, and then restart the computer. If you are prompted, select any options that you must select to start Windows XP from the CD.
2. When the text-based part of Setup begins, follow the instructions that appear on the screen. To select the repair or the recover option, press R. 

3. If you have a dual-start or multiple-start computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console. 
4. When prompted, type the Administrator password. 
5. At the command prompt, type the following commands ( press ENTER after each command): cd system32 ren c_1252.nls c_1252.old expand drive:\i386\c_1252.nl_ c:\windows\system32 Where drive is the drive letter of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 
6. To exit the Recovery Console and restart the computer, type exit, and then press the ENTER key. 

Note There may be additional files missing. Repeat this method to replace any other missing files. 

Always things will not work as it appears in the help pages, because our environment might be bit different to the environment they describe. I manage to complete the first option successfully but it took more than half an hour. But it not fixes the problem. 

I had to move to the second option. I type the exact commands as it asks me to type. I keep on getting the error message “Access denied” every time I perform the following code. 
expand drive:\i386\c_1252.nl_ c:\windows\system32 

That’s all because I have another windows installation in C: drive but originally I have logged in to another Windows Installation. Remember to change the command to suite the correct installation. 

If you miss any other nls files you can follow the Method 2 for each file.

How to change the Drive Letter and the Path

Posted by Piscean on 12:19 PM 0 comments

Changing the driver letter path and the letter did not change from windows XP to Windows Vista. If you are using large external hard drives USB memory sticks this will be handy. Sometimes when you connect hard drives to computers it get confuse and unable to display the driver letter. 

Steps to add change the driver letter
(You can follow the same steps in Windows Vista and XP) 
  • Go to Control Panel 
  • Go to Administrative Tools 
  • Go to Computer Management 
  • Select Disk Management under Storage 
It will show all the hard drive partitions and external Hard Drives. If it had problems assigning a letter you can manually give one by right click on the partition and by selecting 

"Driver Letter and Path" 
It will give options to Add, Change or Remove a driver letter. It is actually manually mounting hard drive in Windows.

Block websites you don’t want to visit

Posted by Piscean on 12:07 PM 0 comments

You can easily block list of URLs (websites) with out using any software. I have tried this in windows XP and it works fine. 

Why you should block any websites? 

1. Even it is your personal computer there is great chance of going to these nasty website that install adwares, spywares and all these unwanted stuff in your computer. Some websites are using banner advertisements from different websites. These websites should be blocked. 

2.You might be managing couple of uses or computers and you don’t want them to go to certain URLs. Cool if any of these are your requirement then you can follow this. Secret is in the 
 C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\. 

Path might be different from windows version or the way you install your windows. 

You will find couple of files there; protocol, service, network and host. File you will be required is host (there is no extension for that file). If you don’t find it you can create it (Right click > new > create a text document and remove the extension). 

Sample host file will look like this.
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. 


# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. 

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each 
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should 
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. 
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one 
# space. 

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a 
'#' symbol. 
#
# For example: 


# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com 
# x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost 

127.0.0.1 www.myspace.com 
127.0.0.1 www.youtube.com 

create exact file and add any number of URL in the same format (127.0.0.1) and save it. Sometimes you might have to restart the machine but it worked for me without restarting. 

Cool all the URLs listed there will be blocked.

Cannot Reply to Emails in Microsoft Outlook.

Posted by Piscean on 11:59 AM 0 comments

Problem  
Microsoft Outlook gets close when I try to reply to an email. 
Microsoft Outlook gets close when I try to forward an email. 
Or Outlook close with an error message when I try to reply or forward an email. 

Reason  
If you disable “Use Microsoft Word 2003 to Edit e-mail messages” by any chance and if you received an email from Outlook which enables this feature you will not able to forward or reply to this email. It will generate a run time error. Either it will request you to report it to Microsoft or if you have disable this feature outlook will close without any error or warning.

Solution 

 Disable “Use Microsoft Word 2003 to Edit e-mail messages”. In that way you prevent someone else who is not using this feature in Outlook crashing his/her outlook when he/she try to forward or reply to your email. 

If you are facing this error you can simply check whether you disable “Use Microsoft Word 2003 to Edit e-mail messages” and enable it temporary. Then you can request sender to disable this feature if you are in a position to do so.

How to restart a computer via remote desktop

Posted by Piscean on 11:29 AM 0 comments

How to restart a computer via remote desktop


Normally when you log in to a computer via remote desktop it disable the Restart, Shut down functions.

I don’t think it is a good idea to shut down a machine via remote desktop. How you would going to switch on the computer. Then How to restart your computer via remote desktop? There are couple of ways you can do this

1. Alt+F4 is one of the easiest ways you can do it. Then select the Restart.
2. Ctr+Alt+End and the select the Restart
3. Start > Run > then type shutdown.exe

There are many more ways you can do it and it may change depending on the Windows version you use. I have use this in Windows XP and Windows 2003 but I haven't got any chance to test this on Windows vista.

Quick Restart - Windows Vista

Posted by Piscean on 8:03 AM 0 comments

How many times you had to restart your machine while you are working on couple of running programs. Window Vista gives a cool solution for this. 

You can restart your machine without restating your machine. 

Trick:
Click the Restart button when you are holding the Shift button. Next time when your antivirus software updates and ask you restart you don’t have to worry. 


If you were working on Internet explorer it will not open automatically when you restart. But do not worry when you open it manually it will open all the websites you were working on. I found a small problem if I was Log in to Gmail or Blogger those session were lost. Other than that this is a cool trick and really useful.

Place to Find Similar Words (Synonyms)

Posted by Piscean on 8:00 AM 0 comments

Is your requirement to find similar words (Synonyms)? I the answer is yes. Thesaurus.com is the coolest place to be.... 

This website got few other areas as well. Dictionary and Encyclopedia is few other interesting areas you can find with reference.com. 

No POP ups, Safe to go only couple of banner ads but there's no harm...Enjoy....
http://thesaurus.reference.com/

PDF to flash converters

Posted by Piscean on 7:58 AM 0 comments

I am kind of searching for website or software that can convert PDF to flash plus create this cool flipping effect on it. Still I am not satisfy with my search results but this is what I found so far. 

Adobe FlashPaper2 free trial only but I don't think it does the dog-ears thing where you can flip pages over
 

Create Interactive publications in seconds. First one works fine (but email doesn't came to me may be because of the spam filter)After that I could not test it as it keeps on giving errors, http://www.flipr.ch/ 

http://page-flip.com/component.htm Flash Component – is a standard extension for Adobe Flash MX, MX2004, Flash 8 and Flash CS3 . You simply install the MXP file and then you just drag & drop the extension from the Components panel onto the scene of your movie. 

The object is a ready-to-use SWF file that you simply integrate into your HTML page. We have developed the object for users who do not have Macromedia Flash. The object cannot be controlled with ActionScript. It can work only with external files and set up only through an XML file. 

http://www.3dissue.com This is a software you can download the Trail version. However, the price for the full version is bit too much it seems. 

I will update as I progress through this search. I know this is a cool and crazzy plug-in that can be added to your website. PDF to Flash Converter.


Downloads:
Flipr http://www.flipr.ch

Flash Component http://page-flip.com/component.htm 

3DIssue http://www.3dissue.com

Hack MSN, Hack Yahoo Email Accounts

Posted by Piscean on 7:50 AM 0 comments

You cannot hack it, but here's how you can avoid the trap...


When you Google “How to hack msn messenger”, “How to hack yahoo email account” or “How to hack msn” it comes up with hell lot of results which seems to be really easy task. 


I don’t say it is impossible to hack some-one's msn account or yahoo account or any other email account. It is not that hard as well. However, do not trust all the results which comes in Google or any other search result; because 99% of them will hack your own email account or it will install some back doors, Trojans or Any other unwanted programs in to your machine. 

This is a method that MSN Staff use to retrieve lost passwords when they needed. It is really simple you just need to send email to the following address in exact format. 

Format they ask is Email Subject “Retrieve Password” and then in the email body first line should be your email address. Second line should be your password and then leave a blank line and then email address you want to hack. How easy it that. They promise that it will send the password to your email address. I don’t think MSN staff is that stupid to do such retrieval method. Final result would be who ever post that would get your email address and password. If you have already done something like that please change your password and secret question as soon as possible. 

Second common thing is they give out small software that you can download. I even feel like down load it and try it on one of my friends email address. I can hack in to his msn messenger and see what he/she is been doing. How cool is that. Again there is a but. Most probably those software that pretend to be hacking tools are embedded with viruses Trojans or Back doors. I don’t say all these hacking tools are like that. But download them in to a cheap and nasty computer that you don’t use for your private work. Use it only for testing. Otherwise by trying to hack someone else email account you probably end up been hacked or been traced or infected with viruses. 

So think twice before you follow any of these methods. Hacking someone else yahoo account or msn account is fun. But do not take the easy way.

How to Hack Windows XP or Hack Windows Vista Cont.

Posted by Piscean on 7:47 AM 0 comments

I have generally talk about couple of issues and ideas related to retrieve windows XP or windows vista password in one of my last hack (How to Hack Windows XP or Hack Windows Vista). OK In this I will tell you one of the cool software you can use to do that. Before that I must tell you this software works only if you have physical access to the computer. Believe me if someone has physical access to your computer you cannot protect your data been copied or been destroyed. 

Therefore, this piece of software will not do any harm but help you to save your day when you forget your windows XP or windows vista password. 

Another reason to introduce this software is I used it personally and it works 100% and it is 100% free. Most of the Google results you get is fake or infected with something. Ophcrack is the magical software that let you retrieve your lost windows vista or windows XP password. 

Ophcrack XP Live CD (ophcrack-xp-livecd-2.0.1.iso) will come on handy if you cannot even Log in to your computer. Download the ISO image and burn it to a CD using Nero or any other CD burning software and boot your computer using the CD. It will auto run the program and retrieve your password but it will take bit of time. 

Ophcrack Vista Live CD (ophcrack-vista-livecd-2.01.iso) is the one you should download if you are trying to hack into windows vista computer. 

They have release the ophcrack 3.0.1 and ophcrack Live CD 3.0.1 is released. It can be used for Mac OS X as well according to Ophcrack news release. However, still I could not find any download link for ophcrack 3.0.1.

Next time you can hack into your computer in any case you forgot your password or someone else change your password. I don’t want to tell you can hack into some-one's computer as well. But just do it for fun don’t miss use it.