Password protect or disable in applications in windows

There are times when we want to disable the access to an application so that not everyone can use it. This is a common scene if you are a cyber café owner. In Windows, this was possible using the Group Policy Editor or gpedit.msc but here is an easier solution to this.

There is a simple tool called AppAdmin using which you can not only block or disable any application installed in Windows but also password protect the application so that if the application is to be used then only authorized users can use it.
The tool is very simple to use and can be operated by reading the on screen instructions only. The tool also allows you to drag and drop any application on its interface to disableor block it. AppAdmin is really simple and cool to use, and worth a try.
[ Download AppAdmin ]

Double Click On Drive Doesnt Open.Why? here is the reason and solution

We all have experienced someday or the other, this problem of Windows XP in which when we double click on the drive it does not open or some dialog box opens up but not the drive. Yes, you know it right; the problem is caused by some virus activity and if you don’t know

how to open this, here is the fix (just make sure that the virus has been removed, else the problem will persist):
When the problem happens, it means that there is a file named “Autorun.inf” in the root drive, but you will not be able to view it as it is a system file. This file is rarely caught by the anti virus. This file makes sure to run the virus and infect your system. This is the file which is responsible to run the dialog box that appears on autoplay. So this is a useless file for sure.

Common sense says to delete this file but even that is not easy as it possesses system, hidden and read only attributes. So,
1.    First go to cmd, type “attrib X:\Autorun.inf –s –r –h” without quotes where X is your drive name which is having the problem.
2.    Now the file is visible and ready to delete.
3.    After deleting the file, close the explorer and open it again or just give a reboot to the computer, your problem is fixed.
Well this is the best and easy fix available without using any software.

Accelerate and Speedup Firefox Browser

If you are a Firefox fan and like working on it but are irritated as your Firefox is runningslow then here is a simple utility that can improve your Firefox browser’s performance and reduce the reaction time.

The utility is called as Firefox Booster which is a small and simple app designed to accelerate and speed up the Firefox browser. What this utility does is, it configures your Firefox browser according to the internet speed you have. It changes the profile of the browser according to the internet type you have.
The tool displays the internet speed as image of cars, choose your type and this tool will automatically make your Firefox adapt to the internet speed you have. In short this is a nice way to optimize your browser.
[ Download Firefox Booster ]

Break BIOS Password

A user may also put a BIOS Password  preventing you to even enter the system but if you wish to access the system do not worry we you can still do it. However, I only recommend this trick for your own personal use.

What is BIOS?

Bios stands for Basic Input Output System and is a firmware code run by a PC when first powered on, which is a type of boot loader. The primary function of the BIOS is to identify and initialize system component hardware (such as the video display card, hard disk, and floppy).

How to Break a BIOS Password?

The following steps work absolutely fine for a Desktop and are the easiest of all.

Steps:

•    Shut down the computer and take out all the plugs connected to  electricity.
•    Open up the CPU cabinet and locate the CMOS Battery  on the motherboard (it will be a silver circular battery just like a button cell).

•    Remove the battery and keep it out for some 2-3 minutes as this will flush out the CMOS memory which stores the BIOS password and all other configurations.
•    Now place the battery back and start the computer normally.

Steps for Laptop:

•    Open up the BIOS at the time of booting.
•    There are some backdoor passwords which the manufacturing company had set that will be accepted by the BIOS. You will just need to know the make of your BIOS. Try out the passwords from these lists.

List of Award BIOS Backdoor Passwords :

BIOSTAR, AWARD_SW, AWARD SW, AWARD PW, CONDO, LKWPETER, J262, 01322222

List of AMI BIOS backdoor passwords:

AMI, AAAMMMIII, BIOS, PASSWORD, A.M.I., CONDO

List of PHOENIX BIOS backdoor passwords:

phoenix, PHOENIX, CMOS, BIOS

You may also want to try this utility [ Cmospwd 4.8 ]

How to create Partion in USB Hard disk or Hard drive

As the price of USB hard drive is falling continuously and demand for more hard disk storage is growing, people now tend to buy a USB hard drive for convenience, while how to manage the USB hard drive becomes a big problem.
There are lot of tools that can be used to create partitions, some are free and some not. So here is a tool called EASEUS Partition Master that can help you out in creatingpartition for your USB drives. EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is totally free for home users with USB hard drive supported.
This partition freeware works perfectly with hardware RAID and Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 32/64 bit Operating Systems. Moreover, with user-friendlyinterface, you can partition your USB hard drive with very simple operations. So no matter if you are computer expert or not you can perform USB hard drive partition easily. The most shining point of this freeware is that your data is completely protected during the process of partitioning your USB hard drive.
To avoid accidental affairs, users can use Partition Copy of this USB hard drive partition software to backup the data.

Below are the basic operations for USB hard drive partition by this freeware:

1. Select the hard disk partition to be resized.
2. Click Partitions > Resize / Move.

3. On the disk map, current size of the partition is displayed on the top of the dialog box. The map also depicts the used and unused space within the partition and the free space surrounding the partition (if any exists). The minimum and maximum sizes that you can resize a partition appear below the map.

4. Position the mouse pointer on the left or right partition handle.
5. The mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

6. Drag the handle to the partition size you want.

7. Click OK.
The tool is free only for the Home users which can be downloaded from the link below.

[ Download EASEUS Partition Master ]

How to block websites on network

If you are one of the network administrators looking for simple ways to block the websites to restrict the user access on network, then here are some simple tools for you. If you just wanted to block websites on the single system then you could use the hosts file changes method but if you are looking to block websites on several systems on network then you should a tool.
1.    Website Blocker

Website Blocker fails in its quest to block objectionable sites. At the onset, you’ll need to provide an e-mail address and set up password protection before using the program.Website Blocker’s small, straightforward interface is very easy to use. Just add the URLs of your choice and select whether you want to block a specific page or unblock it.
2. Block Web Site Buddy

Block Web Site Buddy is freeware utility to block content from unwanted web sites. Stopdownloading advertising banners and prohibit undesirable web site browsing to keep your privacy and reduce internet traffic. Block Web Site Buddy backups configuration data so you can roll back all changes at any time
3.    BrowseControl

BrowseControl enables employers to enforce their companies Internet Usage Policy, by blocking and restricting your staff’s access to certain websites. It will give you full control over which websites your staff are able to surf at their workstations. It is a shareware but if you really liked it, then the tool should be appropriate for you to buy.

Minimize Currently Application as Thumbnail

Running multiple applications simultaneously, no doubt, slows down the system but also clutters the taskbar. So if you have a habit of keeping the taskbar clean and tidy then you can make the applications minimize directly to the desktop and not to the taskbar as usually is.

The tool is called miniMIZE and what it does is, it catches the windows of the applications that are being minimized and puts a small thumbnail of it on the desktop. Thereby it makes your desktop into use and doesn’t clutter up your taskbar.
It also has hotkeys to cycle thumbnail levels, minimize all windows and show/hide thumbnails. The tool is quite small and is in beta stage and this is the reason why it works only on Windows XP at present.
[ Download miniMIZE ]

How To Recover Data From Formatted or Corrupted SD Memory card

Most of us Might had faced the following siuations:-
•    Connect your SD card reader to computer, the window pops up with message
“You have to format SD card before using it”. After formatting SD card, all your data, pictures and video lose.
•    During the process of shooting, when open SD card images to manager them, mistakenly press “Format SD Card” button and all your precious    images delete.
•    Accidently drop down your digital camera, and lose pictures which are saved before.
•    Lent your Canon 550D to one of your friends and come back with all your previous photos formatted.
If you didn’t make a backup previously, all files including precious photos, favorite songs and video will be lost and can’t be accessed. That really makes us frustrated. Fortunately, format doesn’t mean all your files miss permanently, they are just not visible but still in SD card which you saved them at.
The following article will show you the main features of SD card and how to recover pictures from formatted SD card.
Data like the photos or videos present in the memory card can be recovered easily using any data recovery tool which are usually not free but comes as trial versions.

One such tool is Handy Recovery, which is designed to restore files accidentally deleted on digital cameras, mobile phones, pocket pc’s, mp3 players, mobile communicators, PDA’s, handheld computers and other devices that use memory cards.

The program supports data recovery from memory cards manufactured by SanDisk, Kingston, Transcend, Verbatim, Sony, Integral, Panasonic, Toshiba, Olympus, just to name a few, including but not limited to CompactFlash, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Pro Duo, SD Card, mini-SD, micro-SD, MultiMediaCard MMC, SmartMedia, xD Picture Card.

Other features:

• NTFS/NTFS 5 + EFS, FAT 12/16/32, HFS/HFS+ file systems support
• File filtering by name, mask, date and size
• Shows probability of successful recovery for each file
• Recovers files from deleted and formatted partitions
• Restores the structure of deleted folders

[ Download Handy Recovery ]

How to hide applications from windows taskbar instantly

There are situations when we are working on some confidential doc that we don’t want anyone to see it. Whether it is some confidential work or anything that you don’t want that others should see, you can hide the applications with the help of a tool called NCS WinVisible.

NCS WinVisible is a utility that hides applications from your taskbar. Improve your privacy by selecting applications you wish to hide to a hotkey. When you press the hotkey, the application will become invisible. You can assign a separate hotkey to bring the window back.
Features:
•  Hide applications with a hotkey
•  Show applications with a separate hotkey
•  Kill applications with a hotkey.
•  NCS WinVisible can hide itself when you press the hide hotkey
•  Choose what NCS WinVisible will do with hidden applications if you close NCS WinVisible.
What you need to do is just run this tool, select the programs to hide whether one or many and this tool will hide all the selected programs for you instantly.
[ Download NCS WinVisible ]

How to download HD Videos from Youtube

Youtube is the most popular video sharing site today and holds loads of videos. Even most of your favourite videos can also be found on Youtube. So it is very common if you need to save a video with you for repeated playback.

Videos from Youtube can be downloaded in many ways like using some desktop clients or using the websites like keepvid.com but with this called Youtube Snagger you can even download the video in HD format too.

________To preview all fonts installed in the computer at the same time_______

Most of us people are sometime require to type something which we want to be in best outfit and look. We will try to select out the best fonts , but we had to type the text and manually select every new font installed to see how the text is appearing and it is very time consuming.

If same is the case with you then here is how you can see the preview of the text in all the fonts installed in your system at the same time. With the help of this online utility called Wordmark, you can type the desired text in the top Wordmark box and click on the Load Fonts button below to generate the preview of all the fonts simultaneously.

steps:
step1: go to wordmark webpage or click www.wordmark.it
step2: click load fonts.....
step3: nw u can select your choice.....
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CHECK MAIL SEND BY YOU HAS BEEN READ OR NOT

Some time we its really important to know that the email sent by us has been read or not. you will not find any inbuilt feature for this in most of mail server.


but here is a good trick to know that email has been read or not

"http://goo.gl" is the solution for this.
If your email contains one or more link then this solution can be very helpful for you.

It is very simple to use this.
you have to follow these steps:-

* Open the url "http://goo.gl"
* Paste your url(which will be provided by you in your email) in the text box given here.
* click the button. now your url will get shorten.


* now put this url in your email.
* send your email.


Now whenever the recipient open this url in your mail his activity will be captured by http://goo.gl.
You can see this activity by adding '+' sign to Google short URL.
For example if you get the shorten URL of your link is http://goo.gl/dpAKF. Now you can see the stat by writing "http://goo.gl/dpAKF+" in your address bar.

UNDO YOUR SEND MAIL

Did you clicked the send button BY MISTAKE[ in the middle of something ]?
dont worry gmail provides a facility to undo your send mail

the Gmail has the feature,
you have to enable it under
Labs[ go to settings
,click labs,
find the [Undo Send] option, just enable it.]


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