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There are times when we are not quiet sure which program could be used to open a file. Worst case scenario is when the file doesn’t have an extension. Here are some ways in which you can recognize/open such files.

Try the extension at an online file extension archive.

Use a Universal File viwer to open the file.

If everything else fails open the file with a HEX editor or using Notepad. Look for the first few charecters. These will be the filetype headers in most cases. Here is a small list of filetypes and header charecters for popular file types.

MIME type	File Extension	Starting characters
image/	PNG	‰PNG
image/gif	GIF	GIF
image/jpeg	JPG	ÿØÿà
image/bmp	BMP	BM
imagge/tiff	TIF	II*
	MID	MThd
audio/mp3	MP3	ÿú
application/zip	ZIP	PK
application/rar	RAR	Rar!
	MKV	.Eߣ
	DB	ÐÏ
application/pdf	PDF	%PDF

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Here are some methods you may try to save the Videos from various sharing site. Most of them work with more than one site. All of them have been tried by me.

1. Real Player Browser Plugin

You can use Real Player 11’s browser plugin to download flash videos right away with the click of a mouse button. Read more on How to Download streaming Videos with Real Player.

2. Use Free File conversion sites.

Both of the Free file converter sites allowed users to download streaming videos from Youtube. Read about the first one here and the second here.

3. Use the Download Video Button (youtube only)

You can use the JavaScript Download Video button to download the original youtube file as mp4 right from the Youtube site itself. Here is how you can add such a button to your “Link Bar” of your browser.

4. Use downloader sites

Many sites allow you to download videos hosted on sharing sites by submitting the URL of the video page. In most cases the disadvantage is that you get an FLV file. Here are some sites that allows you to do this - DOWNLOADYOUTUBEVIDEOS.com, downloadyoutubevideos.in - allows you to download videos from many sites like Google, Youtube, Blip, Bolt, Dailymotion, MySpace, ifilm and Break.

The old method of copying Flash files from the browsers saved files folder still works. But who wants to do it when all these easy ways are here.

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RealPlayer 11 has got the amazing capability to identify the videos embedded in a page. It will show a button just above the video that will allow you to download the video.

When installing RealPlayer you are given an option to add a Download Video button to your browser. Just make sure that it is checked.

Now when you visit a page having an embedded video like Youtube or MetaCafe a button with Download Video will be shown to you just above the embedded video. You just need to click on that to download it.

Currently this works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. I havn’t tried it with opera.

You may like to know How to download videos in MP4 fromat from the Youtube. Or read about the Builtin Parental Control in Windows XP here.

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Many softwares and websites have been introduced which allowed users to download Youtube videos directly. But many of these have been disabled by Google in some way or other. but there is an easy solution to all these downloading problems.

The Youtube videos can actually be downloaded from the Youtube web site itself in mp4 format. Thanks goes to Google operating system blog. You can easily add a button to your browser that when clicked will add a download as mp4 file link under the video properties in Youtube. Add this button by dragging and dropping it to your bookmark toolbar just below the address bar in the browser.

Download mp4 video

Know how to download embeded video from any site using Real Player

VLC media player is a free player which can play all formats of audio and video including those from youtube

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Want to check whether your ISP is providing you the speed they promised - BandWidth place is a site built just for testing your Internet connections BandWidth or speed. It has got a very simple layout and a single button saying Start with a stopwatch (symbolic) on the side. There is a small explanation of various terms used also.

According to many other reviews I came across, Band Width Place is one of the most accurate bandwidth/speed testing site on the Internet.

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There are times when you want to prevent others from copying your data but you still need them to be able to view it on your computer. The following tip will help you do exactly that.

As always it is the registry that comes to your rescue. Open the Registry Editor by typing regedit in RUN (WIN+R) dialog (more keyboard shortcuts). Go to th key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
StorageDevicePolicies

Create a new DWORD named WriteProtect (Right Click on right pane and select New»DWORD). Edit the value and make it 1. Just restart Windows explorer and you are done. Next time somebody tries to copy data to the external storage device they will see

If you need to copy something just make the stored value of WriteProtect to 0

**Tips : to restart Windows Explorer take Shutdown. Click Cancel while holding down SHIFT+CTRL+ALT, this will close Windows Explorer. Now take TASK MANAGER by pressing ALT+CTRL+DEL take File>>New Task>> [ explorer ] and press Enter. **

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