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About by: Ajith
December 8, 2007, 00:25
Welcome to eXnol.com – a Blog that helps you find working solutions to your computer problems.My name is Ajith K Punnoose, I am a student and publish…
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December 11, 2007, 16:09
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- How to shutdown, restart, logoff using command prompt? by: Ajith
  September 21, 2010, 10:52
  There are many useful command prompt tools in windows. shutdown for example, will allow you to automate shutdowns restarts and log offs via command prompt or…
- Please tell me how the new blog theme looks and feel? by: Ajith
  February 15, 2009, 14:33
- At the IITs for a Week by: Ajith
  October 9, 2008, 09:35
  I was at IIT Madras (Chennai) for a week from October 1st to participate in the annual technical Festival , Shaastra, there. We planned to compete in one of…
- Microsoft should be penalised by: Ajith
  June 17, 2008, 07:49
  Microsoft has made a big issue with patent infringements by Open Source Software including Linux, they need to look at their own products too. With their…
- Browser hogging CPU when taking wordpress write post page! by: Ajith
  May 13, 2008, 07:43
  Does anybody notice the rising CPU usage of your browser when you are at the create post page (Tiny MCE) of your self hosted WordPress blog? Previously when I…
- Best free online file converter cum video downloader by: Ajith
  May 7, 2008, 15:53
  Last week I posted about ZAMZAR the Free online file converter. ZAMZAR had a better paid version too. If ZamZar was amazing here is another free online file…
- Yahoo search suggest, a step ahead of Google by: Ajith
  May 2, 2008, 14:34
  Google had added a Search suggest feature in their Google Labs some time ago. It will show autocomplete terms as you typed in your search term. But the feature…
- Free online file converter by: Ajith
  April 30, 2008, 16:02
  ZAMZAR is an online service which allows you to convert between many different file and media types. All this can be done for free when many softwares that…
- WordPress 2.5.1 update released by: Ajith
  April 26, 2008, 07:46
  WordPress has released its new version 2.5.1 It has got many security fixes and some minor bug fixes. You may either replace the security fixed files or do a…
- Send free SMS or call any mobile phone across the world by: Ajith
  April 25, 2008, 11:01
  A new updated article is available: Send Free SMS Please read it. Remember Mobik the free SMS service that shutdown some time ago? After mobik was closed the…
- ISD codes for countries starting with V, W, Y and Z by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 17:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internet. This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters…
- ISD codes for countries starting with S, T and U by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 16:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internet. This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters S,T…
- ISD codes for countries starting with P, Q and R by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 15:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internet.This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters P,Q…
- ISD codes for countries starting with M, N and O by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 14:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internetThis is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters M,N…
- ISD codes for countries starting with J, K and L by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 13:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internet.This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters J,K…
- ISD codes for countries starting with G, H and I by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 12:00
  Read about the free SMS and call service on internet. This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters…
- ISD codes for countries starting with D, E and F by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 11:00
  Read about a service that lets you Send SMS and Call phones for Free.This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with…
- ISD codes for countries starting with A, B and C by: Ajith
  April 24, 2008, 10:00
  Find out the Free SMS and Call service on internet. This is the List of ISD codes for different countries which have their Names starting with the letters A,B…
- Did you make a change on Earth Day? by: Ajith
  April 22, 2008, 19:23
  image courtesy : Live Green Today is the day to remember and respect our dear mother Earth. Look back to th previous year. Just refresh the things that you…
- Download youtube videos as mp4 right form the youtube site itself by: Ajith
  April 15, 2008, 23:57
  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…
- Test your internet connection speed for free by: Ajith
  April 9, 2008, 08:52
  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…
- Correction to the list files and folders from a directory to a file by: Ajith
  April 7, 2008, 13:02
  I think you all remember OKTHEN, the one who told us all an easy way to list files and folders in a directory into a file through a context menu. He posted it…
- Free service that lets you find out everything about a domain name by: Ajith
  April 4, 2008, 15:18
  Some times we may need to know more about the site we are visiting, including its IP address, domain name provider, administrator etc. Or we may need to know…
- How to find out all open ports, connections and originating IP addresses by: Ajith
  April 3, 2008, 11:41
  netstat is a command available in both Windows and Unix to analyze local ports that are open and all the connections to those ports. The syntax of the command…
- Save web pages as PDF and save to your desktop for free by: Ajith
  March 13, 2008, 17:10
  Most of us browse through numerous web pages and save them if we find them interesting. When I am downloading the entire site I will use Winhttrack a very…
- Perfomance enhancing - speed up your boot time 1 by: Ajith
  March 10, 2008, 12:21
  This is the simplest and slowest tip which will actually improve the boot time only by a small amount.1 . Take Microsoft "System Configuration Utility" by…
- Main reasons for Invalid XHTML pages in blogs by: Ajith
  March 7, 2008, 16:44
  Watching your blog pass all the validations like html, xhtml, css etc. is actually satisfying for everybody. W3Schools validator tool is the most popular one…
- PC on steroids, Improve your systems perfomance - start of series by: Ajith
  March 5, 2008, 12:45
  This is the first among a series of post in which I will tell you many tips on how to make your System perform faster. The post frequency in this Series will…
- Adsense section targetting for better contextual Ads by: Ajith
  March 3, 2008, 10:20
  Google Adsense has been a money maker for many of the bloggers out there. but many a times we have seen really nonsense ads appearing on our blogs, may be of…
- Free URL shortening services on the WEB by: Ajith
  February 28, 2008, 23:02
  These are some of the most popular services on the net that allows you to shorten long URLs. Here is the test URL I used and the shortened URL by each service…
- Online archives for file types, extensions, application used by: Ajith
  February 28, 2008, 16:34
  Filext.com is an online encyclopedia of file extensions, MIME types, programs that use specific file extensions etc. For example : msc - is a microsoft…
- Save web pages as mht file for better management of documents by: Ajith
  February 27, 2008, 17:02
  If you have the habit of saving all the useful web pages you come across, you might probably have recognized that this will take a lot of files on your…
- Adsense account can now be merged with your Google Account by: Ajith
  February 26, 2008, 16:36
  Adsense will allow users from now on to merge their Google account with the current Adsense login, so that users could use just one set of ID and password.…
- Add more users to CCProxy (make it free) - no crack required by: Ajith
  February 25, 2008, 14:24
  Here is the tip for you to make CCProxy (software to control internet sharing over LAN) to be used for unlimited users (CCProxy evaluation version actually…
- What to do when you can't log-in to blogger by: Ajith
  February 23, 2008, 16:52
  Some times Blogger will show a "server was encountering a problem" message when you try to login and will give you an error code and say that an engineer had…
- Get GMail much faster and with minimum eye candy - GMail X by: Ajith
  February 21, 2008, 17:00
  The default GMail user interface is a simple but incredibly powerful one. This is done with AJAX and the time you wait for Gmail to load after login is the…
- Blogger template tags to customize your layout and design by: Ajith
  February 20, 2008, 16:37
  This post is mainly in reply to a comment from a fellow blogger Shankar Ganesh which read And I have a question: how did you hack the code to display Adsense…
- Speed up your Internet by using OpenDNS by: Ajith
  February 19, 2008, 17:21
  You can set your default DNS servers to be the Open DNS and thus improve your browsing speed. You can do this as follows :1.Go to Control Panel»Network…
- DNS IP resolving in easy terms by: Ajith
  February 18, 2008, 17:30
  All websites on internet has an IP address besides the site name. How does our browser know which IP a site belongs to? The computer will look in a directory…
- How to disable Right Click on a Web Page - with HTML by: Ajith
  February 13, 2008, 17:06
  Disable Right Clicks using HTML tags. This trick is one of the basic ones. This has hugely been replaced by newer Javascripts and asp codes. But still this is…
- Why are permanently deleted file recoverable form a memory device? by: Ajith
  February 12, 2008, 16:10
  If you have accidentally deleted some files don't panic follow these steps. 1. Do not read, write or access that Drive. 2. Free File recovery software Use…
- How to delete undeletable files by: Ajith
  February 8, 2008, 06:41
  This is a simple tool to delete files Windows would not allow you to delete. This will do the work most of the time. If you still have difficulty in deleting…
- Hide files under other files (merge) using command prompt by: Ajith
  February 6, 2008, 17:01
  Here is how you can hide files from the prying eyes of others. This can be done by using the copy command in Command Prompt. The format of the command to merge…
- WordPress (Version 2.3.3) is out upgrade now by: Ajith
  February 5, 2008, 13:13
  The latest version of WordPress - 2.3.3 is out now. It includes a major fix to the XML RPC file xmlrpc.php A flaw was found in our XML-RPC implementation…
- Download RSS icons - in different colors by: Ajith
  February 3, 2008, 16:25
  I have edited some commonly found RSS icons into different colors. The dimensions include 32px * 32px, 150px * 150px, 300px * 300px and a 60px * 60px reflection…
- Universal Units Converter - convert your measurements between any units by: Ajith
  January 31, 2008, 05:10
  Units Converter is a site where you can easily convert different engineering units from one to another. The units that are inter convertible here are Length,…
- JavaScript in address bar, trick to make images in a web page dance by: Ajith
  January 30, 2008, 14:44
  I recently found this funny JavaScript code which will make the Images on any page go in a ring like dance. I got it through an e-mail forward, so I don't know…
- Send personalized mail using Fuzzmail by: Ajith
  January 28, 2008, 16:25
  Fuzzmail is a mail service which allows you to send "personalized" mails to your friends and family. It doesn't require registration for use. On the home page…
- Customize your iGoogle page with themes by: Ajith
  January 27, 2008, 17:11
  Google has introduced theme facility for the iGoogle page. you can currently select hundreds of themes form those available to make you iG page unique. you can…
- Google has removed the warning for results from this blog by: Ajith
  January 24, 2008, 16:34
  After many review requests to and have finally removed the warning "This site may harm your computer!" from the results of this blog. My previous assumptions…
- Importing the older posts from my Blogger Blog by: Ajith
  January 23, 2008, 11:13
  Currently I am importing all the posts manually from Simple Informations - on Blogger. I tried the WordPress import tool under the Manage tab. Every time I…
- How to secure your WordPress installation against hackers by: Ajith
  January 21, 2008, 16:36
  Matt Cutts last day did a post on securing your WordPress installation from hackers. He had some really nice tips which are highly useful. So I decided to do a…
- Adsense change of policy for Referals by: Ajith
  January 19, 2008, 16:06
  Some days before the Adsense team had announced a change in policy for AdSense publishers by which publishers from countries other than USA, Latin America and…
- Can GMail be hacked - read this by: Ajith
  January 17, 2008, 02:20
  GMail has become popular ever since it was out for the public and Google has kept their promises to us all. Ever since the time when GMail become public there…
- Being ignored by Google, your domains past may be haunting you by: Ajith
  January 15, 2008, 08:17
  Have you ever been in a situation where any of the Google services won't index you even after months of submitting. There is a fair chance that even if you…
- Do I have badware, Google thinks so, so does stopbadware dot com by: Ajith
  January 14, 2008, 17:00
  I never knew I am hosting badware until I saw Google telling me the same. Of late Google has been showing the Badware warning along with results to my site…
- Get 10 percent off on all hosting plans from BlueFur - promotional code by: Ajith
  January 13, 2008, 10:48
  Most of you know that this blog lives on the BlueFur webhost's servers. I am one among the lucky few who got a chance to sign up for . This blog is just a…
- Why is my template selection page in WordPress showing cryptic CSS by: Ajith
  January 12, 2008, 08:18
  If you find a broken template selection page, like the one shown here, on your WordPress blog- don't be worried. Last day while I was editing this blogs…
- GMail has got an advanced Link editor, like TinyMCE by: Ajith
  January 11, 2008, 07:55
  The Compose Mail page has got a new Link editing feature. Now you can easily Select the Link Text, Web/email address and check for the links validity all…
- Unable to create a new category after the WP release 2.3.2 by: Ajith
  January 6, 2008, 19:59
  I am encountering a strange problem after I updated the blog to . I cannot create new categories directly from the WP Write Post page. I don't think this is a…
- Unexpected error on your webpage home - function.main failed to open stream by: Ajith
  January 4, 2008, 12:14
  Sometimes cryptic error messages may bug your wordpress system. Here is one such error I encountered and how I overcame it.
- Cool icons - get icons free from FastIcons.com by: Ajith
  January 2, 2008, 11:27
  Fasticons.com is a one stop shop for pretty and cool icons on the web. The icons can be purchased in bulk. There is also a collection of good free icons which…
- WordPress (Version 2.3.2) is out upgrade now by: Ajith
  December 30, 2007, 09:02
  The newest version of WordPress 2.3.2 is out now. My Dashboard shows that it is only 4 hours old. There are some major fixes involved so download…
- Thats called a Google by: Ajith
  December 24, 2007, 14:41
  Check out the new GMail welcome page Google has put up this Christmas.Cool isn't it.
- How to use affiliate links without loosing your PR? by: Ajith
  December 22, 2007, 05:40
  Of late Google has been penalising blogs and sites that are using affiliate links in their page. This is because affiliate links are not actually pointers to…
- My first guest post - at samanathon.com by: Ajith
  December 21, 2007, 17:03
  I have done my first ever guest Post at another blog. Today I did a guest post at Saman's blog. I have been a regular visitor of his blog and and his good…
- YahooMail vs Gmail which has the better spam filter by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 22:59
  I think a picture will speak more here. This is the Inbox of my GMail and YahooMail accounts. Just see for yourself :Here showing the Inbox of my GMail…
- How to report Adsense misuse, violation of policies by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 17:46
  Have you ever been in a situation where you saw an Adsense violation of terms on a site and thought how you could report it. Heres how. Click on the Ads by…
- How to get your new blog post indexed instantly by Google by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 14:10
  You can get Google to index your new blog post very fast. The trick is to ping your blog using Google blogsearch. Here are some screenshots and links.
- Stumbleupon how a site should not be - Do you think so? by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 03:10
  Please pardon me guys I'm a little out of my mind now, haven't slept till now and the time turns out to be 3:18 in the morning. I had a…
- What to do if your firefox wont load a wordpress blog by: Ajith
  December 17, 2007, 22:24
  It is completely normal that a site doesn't load. but it is not that normal when the site won't load only on Firefox. Well of late I have found that Firefox…
- per year deal over now its per year by: Ajith
  December 16, 2007, 10:11
  The real lucky must have got the . Now all the 200 packages they were providing is sold out and the BlueFur hosting has started a new plan. The specifications…
- per year hosting - Is it for real? by: Ajith
  December 12, 2007, 06:55
  The per year hosting is all sold out now, they are running the same deal for now and there are only 100 slots. Out of this 69 are sold out. So go get…
- Blogger Play - view images being uploaded to Blogger by: Ajith
  September 20, 2007, 16:19
  Blogger has launched Blogger Play a player which shows live images that are being loaded into blogger by various users arround the world. Each photos informatio…
- Google's cookies to expire faster by: Ajith
  June 18, 2007, 16:21
  Those who have heard something about Google's cookies will know that Google has set its cookies to expire 36 years after its creation. Also Google holds a…
- AutoSave on Blogger by: Ajith
  May 21, 2007, 08:07
  Blogger has got Autosave now just like Gmail. The posts will be saved automatically after two minutes each. Autosave is not functional for editing already…
- Photo bucket adds more features by: Ajith
  April 30, 2007, 15:48
  Ever since I first heard about PhotoBucket they have been evolving and giving me new surprises. They offer you a free storage of 1GB of images and Video and a…
- Google Image labeller by: Ajith
  April 17, 2007, 16:04
  Google has finally come out with a practical solution to properly categorize their millions of images from various sites. The project is called Google Image…
- Text-Lin-Ads link value calculator and some interesting bids by: Ajith
  March 24, 2007, 10:25
  Text Link Ads also have a page for users to calculate the worth of a link on any Web Site. It is the Text Link Ads Link Value Calculator. All you have to do is…
- How to get free link backs to your blog by: Ajith
  March 15, 2007, 15:34
  Here I am giving some tips on how to make Links to your new blog(you will be badly in need). As we all know the world (or Google) is turning around Link…
- Send free SMS around the globe by: Ajith
  March 14, 2007, 15:10
  A new updated article is available: Send Free SMS Please read it.Sorry it seems like Mobik has been down due to some reasons. But Guess what there is a new…
- Play video in image and as wallpaper by: Ajith
  March 3, 2007, 13:30
  Make a video as your wallpaper easily. How can you do this?Why can it be done? Why can't you get a screen shot of a DVD movie or other video files? All these…
Software (35)
Software make the OS breathe. Be it free or paid, most of them are useful. In this category the articles about useful software are listed. The software would…
- How to use facebook chat on your desktop by: Ajith
  August 16, 2009, 15:11
  Pidgin - the multiple protocol chat client does not support FaceBook chat by default. But you can add a plugin to get FaceBook right on your desktop. This…
- Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically by: Ajith
  February 18, 2009, 17:33
  A graphical Disk Usage analysis tool could do wonders when you are doing some spring cleaning on your system. The DUA first seen in GNome has a neat and cool…
- Is Firefox stable as it is said by: Ajith
  February 17, 2009, 11:10
  Stability is the least of Firefox's (Ubuntu) quality as I discovered recently. But thanks to the developers the problem is almost fixed now. Almost means I…
- Image aspect ratio correction using GIMP by: Ajith
  January 9, 2009, 17:24
  In the last post we saw how to correct the aspect ratio of a video. Here is how you can edit an image to its correct sizes using GNU Image Manipulation Program…
- Setting the correct aspect ratio for a video by: Ajith
  January 3, 2009, 19:14
  How you can correct the wrong width to height ratio in a vieo using VLC player.
- One (free) instant messenger for all services by: Ajith
  December 1, 2008, 18:20
  All the web sites having a chat facility has now got an instant messenger client. So a messenger that can handle multiple services was one I was waiting for a…
- Free screen capture software by: Ajith
  November 8, 2008, 23:49
  The humble Snippy was rendered useless by the Snipping tool that comes with Windows 7. The Snipping tool can be evoked by typing Snip in the Start menu.(V…
- Free software for creating and editing pdf files by: Ajith
  September 25, 2008, 17:20
  Foxit software corporation is the makers of Foxit PDF tools. It includes PDF readers and editors both for the PC and mobile platforms. Although it is a payed…
- Download the free software to shred files by: Ajith
  September 17, 2008, 12:07
  There was a small introduction on how files are recovered from magnetic media in the last post. In that post I had said about using repeated overwrites to…
- Free online icon maker by: Ajith
  August 17, 2008, 13:48
  Free tools have always been my favorite. You can see that under the free tag. If you don't have any software to create an icon or cannot create a free icon as…
- Create PDF files for free form any file by printing by: Ajith
  July 29, 2008, 16:53
  PrimoPDF is a free software that installs itself as a printer in your system. It will accept the print requests and allows you to save them as a PDF file. So…
- Opera doesn't accept text in Tiny MCE - WordPress by: Ajith
  July 20, 2008, 01:07
  Opera 9.5 failed to process TinyMCE correctly. so if you enterd something in the HTML editor and came back to Visual editor mode.. you won't see any text.…
- Free font previewing utitlity by: Ajith
  July 14, 2008, 16:37
  Pig font viewer is a free utility that allows you to preview your fonts. You can enter any text you want and click on the list of fonts shown from your fonts…
- Open and save Office 2007 files in Office XP and 2003 by: Ajith
  June 19, 2008, 08:38
  The easiest way to enable support for the new Office 2007 file formats in Office XP is to install the Migration pack provided by Microsoft free of cost. With…
- Firefox 3 beta gulping down I/O resources – simple solution by: Ajith
  June 12, 2008, 22:43
  Ever since FireFox 3 beta was released it caused more problems than it actually solved. With addons not working, history clearing problems and even installation…
- How to get icons from exe and dll files of programs by: Ajith
  June 7, 2008, 03:36
  The icons that are used by programs such as Photoshop or Microsoft Office are actually stored inside the exe or dll files coming along with the program. To…
- Image not shown properly in Microsoft Office by: Ajith
  May 29, 2008, 07:51
  This is the screen shot of a Microsoft Office document with an image inserted into it. The top one is the original image. But Office kept on showing it with…
- How to open unknown files – without extension by: Ajith
  May 25, 2008, 01:37
  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…
- FireFox 3 beta, looks good, succumb your addons by: Ajith
  May 7, 2008, 23:55
  Today I downloaded the firefox 3 beta version. It is the latest version available and is in beta testing stage. Mozilla has added a list of improvements to the…
- Download video from any sharing site using RealPlayer 11 by: Ajith
  April 20, 2008, 16:16
  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…
- Customize your send to shell menu using sendto toys by: Ajith
  April 12, 2008, 14:27
  We have already discussed how to make a new entry in the Sendto menu. So if we need more advanced option in sendto menu we can use the Sendto Toys from Gabriel…
- Find which process has locked a file preventing it from being renamed or deleted by: Ajith
  April 2, 2008, 11:19
  Some times when we try to Rename or Delete a file an error can pop up and say that the file is in use by another program and you need to close it and try…
- Free Vista like search box for Windows XP by: Ajith
  March 12, 2008, 17:23
  The most functional and convenient tool in Vista is the instant Search Box. Here is how to get your own instant search box on for Windows XP. Launchy is a…
- VLC media player, one player plays all formats by: Ajith
  March 6, 2008, 15:43
  Video Lan Player (VLC) is a one of a kind Audio and video player. VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free software for video, released under the…
- CCProxy - control sharing of internet between computers on network by: Ajith
  February 25, 2008, 12:00
  CCProxy by YoungzSoft allows to control the internet access over LAN. It is not a free ware, but as usual there is a work around without cracking. Proxy…
- Free Network folder scanner - NetScan from SoftPerfect by: Ajith
  February 10, 2008, 17:51
  If you have a LAN at your office or home, then you must probably have used the My Network Places tool in Windows (keyboard shortcuts). But it is very slow and…
- Free file recovery software from softperfect by: Ajith
  February 8, 2008, 16:51
  Recovery of accidentally deleted files is one thing everyone look forward to. There are many software available for the very same purpose. This is a free and…
- Universal file manager and viewer - one program for all your file types by: Ajith
  February 2, 2008, 10:32
  Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the…
- FileZilla - free ftp client and server for Windows by: Ajith
  January 29, 2008, 17:07
  FileZilla is an open source project to create an ftp client and server systems. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP…
- Address bar shortcuts in Firefox by: Ajith
  January 3, 2008, 17:12
  This is just a quick post. Today while I was working with the blog I accidentally came to know these keyboard shortcuts for auto address completion in…
- Watch data flow through serial ports in real time with Serial Watcher by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 03:44
  Serial Watcher is a small piece of program from PCRemote Control that can watch the data flow through any of your serial ports live and save the flowing data.…
- Free deleted file recovery software from PCI by: Ajith
  December 16, 2007, 01:22
  Guess you all remember the free SoftPerfect file recovery software. Although it was lite and installation free, it had no hierarchical or folder tree representi…
- How to make custom Icons by: Ajith
  December 12, 2007, 17:20
  Most of us would like to add a few custom icons to some folders or file types in our computers, but the problem is difficulty to find a good tool. I was…
- Google Desktop search now available for Mac also by: Ajith
  May 2, 2007, 11:41
  At last Google has developed the Google Desktop for MAC's users. By using the quick search box you can search Web Pages or Launch applications. The search box…
- QSM free screen capture software with image editing for Windows by: Ajith
  March 4, 2007, 17:19
  The etrusoft Homepage now says QSM is free for home use but this was not specified on the QSM page and download page. Try your self This is one piece of…
Windows (30)
- Running a command, applying changes and other Windows Techniques by: Ajith
  January 30, 2011, 19:36
  Some cool and handy techniques to open programs and run commands using your keyboard. How to apply system settings without restarting ? Different admin…
- First step to a cleaner and faster Windows – understand the Registry by: Ajith
  November 25, 2010, 12:57
  To keep your windows installation fast and clean, you need to know what the registry is. This article deals with the Windows registry, how registry cleaners…
- How to disable access to Drives using Disk Management by: Ajith
  September 30, 2009, 09:05
  You have learned to disable access to drives using registry. But this technique had some limitations. Here is a better method so that no program, or your…
- How to Disable Autoplay/Autorun by: Ajith
  February 24, 2009, 02:55
  How to Disable running of programs automatically when you insert a CD or USB drive. This can actually prevent many viruses from entering your system. Use this…
- What are the hidden files and folders by: Ajith
  September 4, 2008, 16:54
  There are many system files hidden from our view in Windows. These are some of them. System Volume Information, MSOCache, Recycler, NTDETECT.com, pagefile.sys,…
- Get access to all folders in Windows like Linux by: Ajith
  September 3, 2008, 15:26
  On the last article we have discussed about seeing all the files that are part of Windows. Now lets see whether we can directly access these folders. As it…
- View system files (super hidden) in Explorer by: Ajith
  August 26, 2008, 17:29
  This is the first among a series of posts on administering Windows . It starts with how to see the files and folders that were hidden by Windows for some…
- Change the default Drive Icons in Windows XP by: Ajith
  July 8, 2008, 09:23
  You can change the default drive icons available in My Computer under Windows XP through the registry. Although it is done via registry the task is pretty…
- How to view all drives, Disk Management under Windows by: Ajith
  June 24, 2008, 10:33
  The Disk Management object under Microsoft Management console can be used to Change Drive letter association, find unrecognized partitions or Mount a logical…
- Microsoft Management Console - make administrative tasks easy by: Ajith
  May 31, 2008, 15:24
  This is the start of a series of posts that will guide you through using Microsoft Management Console to manage your system. In this post most of the text has…
- Process Explorer NT - the real task manager by: Ajith
  May 28, 2008, 02:41
  Process Explorer NT is the replacement for the default Task Manager in Windows from Microsoft (links are given at bottom of page). It is also available from…
- How to prevent access to select drives using Registry by: Ajith
  May 1, 2008, 12:51
  How do you prevent others from accessing data from some drives!? Using the Windows registry you can not only prevent them from accessing your data, but also…
- Speeding up your boot process - Windows by: Ajith
  March 17, 2008, 15:04
  Microsoft Configuration wizard is one tool you can use to improve your systems boot time. This tip utilizes the msconfig utility.1. Go to Start»Run(WIN+R)…
- Find all recently used Wallpapers from your Registry by: Ajith
  March 4, 2008, 14:37
  Windows saves the list of wallpapers ever used on the system in a registry Key.HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion ExplorerWallpaperMR…
- Prevent copying of files to USB drive by: Ajith
  March 4, 2008, 14:35
  A simple and easy trick to prevent others from copying files from your PC to a USB device like a USB pen drive.
- Add a target to your Send 'To Shell' Menu by: Ajith
  February 29, 2008, 17:02
  This post will show you how to add a new Item to your sendto menu of your shell right click options. It is really simple and can be very handy to use.All…
- Clear the most recently run commands in Run Box from Registry by: Ajith
  February 22, 2008, 16:54
  Windows has got the habit of saving almost anything you got your hands on, like recent run list, recent wallpaper, recent files etc.. Although some of these…
- Speed up your Internet by using OpenDNS by: Ajith
  February 19, 2008, 17:21
  You can set your default DNS servers to be the Open DNS and thus improve your browsing speed. You can do this as follows :1.Go to Control Panel»Network…
- Prevent system slowdown due to large Host file by: Ajith
  February 17, 2008, 00:16
  A large host file can slow down your system significantly as said in the introduction to Host files. This is mainly notable in W2000/XP. Windows 98 and ME are…
- Host Files - local DNS lookup by: Ajith
  February 17, 2008, 00:04
  This is a basic introduction to the host file, how they work, how to block web sites or computers on LAN using a host file etc..Host file is a text file…
- Globally control and change all users passwords in Windows by: Ajith
  February 7, 2008, 16:48
  The advanced user password control center in Windows is a hidden feature. It allows Administrative users to reset or remove passwords of every user account. It…
- Keyboard shortcuts for Windows by: Ajith
  February 5, 2008, 16:54
  A list of Windows keyboard shortcuts (most of them can be used under Linux too) I use regularly. Once you have picked up the habit, you will wonder why you…
- How to clear full internet history from Internet Explorer by: Ajith
  February 4, 2008, 16:15
  The security and privacy consciousness of Internet users are at an all time high for sometime now. But very few of us who use Internet Explorer (I use IE only…
- Universal file manager and viewer - one program for all your file types by: Ajith
  February 2, 2008, 10:32
  Universal Viewer an open source project is one among many tools from Alexey Torgashin. AT Viewer (or Universal Viewer) is just like a Media Center but for the…
- Batch files to automate tasks in Windows environment - tutorial by: Ajith
  January 24, 2008, 15:11
  A Batch file is any file with an extension .bat . The batch file is special in the sense that whatever you enter in a batch file, will be run as Commands in…
- How to change the default wallpaper folder of Windows to your favourite one. by: Ajith
  December 23, 2007, 14:13
  This is almost a follow up post of . So please read that post also.The default Windows Wallpaper folder is %SystemRoot%\Web\Wallpaper where normally…
- How to add your favourite picture to Windows default wallpaper list ? by: Ajith
  December 22, 2007, 17:00
  The Windows default wallpaper list is shown when we select Desktop tab under Display Properties (Right click»Properties on Desktop). If you need to add some…
- How to change your Windows XP product key by: Ajith
  December 18, 2007, 15:54
  RockXP is a simple program that allows you to view all your RAS password like dial up, change your Windows XP's product key and create really strong passwords. …
- Built in parental control in Windows XP - control user login times by: Ajith
  December 17, 2007, 23:59
  Setting up a parental control for Windows XP would require using multiple tools and commands. This is because no parental control is built into XP as in he…
- Add a context menu option to list all files in a folder and save it as text file by: Ajith
  December 14, 2007, 08:28
  okthen has commented here with an easier way if you know registry : Go to the Folder tree My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\ Right Click and select…
Hardware (9)
Articles written on Latest Hardware and other hardware tools are categorized here.
- Securely wiping off data from a drive by: Ajith
  September 15, 2008, 06:00
  We all know by now that simply deleting a file would allow others to recover the data using necessary software. So why doesn't SHIFT+DEL properly remove the…
- MacBook Air (craft) - Macbook with added drives and ports by: Ajith
  January 30, 2008, 21:17
  How would a look if it had a superdrive, a floppy drive, Ethernet, 3 USB, two FireWire, and DV-output ports plus an built into it. Nybras Rodrigo has got…
- The MacBook Air is out - slimmest laptop ever by: Ajith
  January 17, 2008, 16:36
  The much talked about Apple MacBook Air was unveiled by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. It boasts of many advanced features including extended backup times.The…
- The Intel® Z-P140 2/4Gb PATA Solid-State Drive for Mobile by: Ajith
  December 20, 2007, 02:21
  One of the little jewels Intel is going to introduce in the CES 2008 is the Z-P140 2 and 4Gb PATA Solid State Drives. they are mainly aimed at the mobile…
- Why did my computer become sluggish all of a sudden by: Ajith
  July 26, 2007, 12:21
  Most of us have at least once faced the problem of a PC getting sluggish all in a moment. And we may conclude that it is due to a low memory or a demanding…
- Gadgets (4)
  Gadgets including music players and handhelds to everything
  - VoIP on your iPod - do it yourself by: Ajith
    January 8, 2008, 14:17
    Can you use your iPod for VoIP communication? Touchmods have accomplished this never thought before use of an iPod and is sharing it with us.I read about…
  - Encyclopodia - Wikipedia for ipod by: Ajith
    January 6, 2008, 22:28
    Encyclopodia is an open source project to bring WikiPedia to the iPod. It can beinstalled as said on iPod generations one to four as well as mini and photo. In…
  - iPod with feeling - iPod touch by: Ajith
    September 25, 2007, 16:13
    With the Apple has also added iPod with touch just like the iPhone. It is available at both 8Gb and 16Gb versions costing 9 and @399 respectively. With…
  - The New iPod 80 / 160 Gb - a real Classic by: Ajith
    September 9, 2007, 11:30
    The new releases from Apple© are much to be fascinated about. They have added video to the iPod® nano and also have brought out a new iPod, the iPod…
Linux (2)
Linux, the greatest OS after Unix is the single most admin friendly OS till date. With lots and lots of distributions available, Linux has now become friendly…
- Linux system... well isn't this cool - Screenshot by: Ajith
  November 6, 2008, 07:32
  33 tabs open in Firefox and it is still using only 147Mb of RAM. Seems pretty cool to me compared to previous Memory footpath of Firefox. Another thing is that…
- Windows virus infects Linux by: Ajith
  July 24, 2008, 17:38
  Windows has always been considered a vulnerable OS to viruses, but not Linux. I haven't heared about any virus for Linux except for some university project…
Virus (3)
Computer viruses are a constant menace, these are the once I came face to face with.
- Windows virus infects Linux by: Ajith
  July 24, 2008, 17:38
  Windows has always been considered a vulnerable OS to viruses, but not Linux. I haven't heared about any virus for Linux except for some university project…
- Virus infection by autoplay, how to prevent it by: Ajith
  June 30, 2008, 23:33
  One of the main reasons of rapid spreading of viruses is due to the presence of Autoplay in Windows. Autoplay feature was originally introduced to enhance user…
- An introduction to Viruses by: Ajith
  January 26, 2008, 19:07
  Viruses are a constant threat to any computer system. It is more to the Windows based PC don't mean that viruses doesn't exist for other operating systems. If…
Buyers guide (3)
- Digital Camera buying tip by: Ajith
  December 30, 2010, 13:19
  If you are new in the field of photography, selecting a camera can be confusing. This is a quick guide on how to narrow don your options and get the best…
- Points to note while upgrading to an LCD flat panel display by: Ajith
  August 19, 2008, 17:17
  An LCD flat panel display is much better for your eyes if you spend a lot of time in front of a computer. If you spend a little more money than a CRT monitor…
- Beware of Ebay feed back exchange by: Ajith
  August 18, 2008, 17:16
  The post was a mistake from my part in understanding the context of the statement. I apologize for the error.Thanks goes to Nirmal for pointing it out.
Internet (22)
- Google Adsense non contextual ads by: Ajith
  April 23, 2011, 18:59
  Google Adsense no offers Ads that are based on your search history too. Formerly the ads were more focused on context. You could define areas for the bot to…
- Google voice rates. by: Ajith
  March 24, 2011, 00:36
  Skype has been around for so long that people take it for granted. Well, Google has decided to change the whole scene with their own low tariffs and other…
- Free parental control software for Windows, MAC and iPhone by: Ajith
  January 29, 2011, 01:24
  A good parental control software can take half the worries off of a parent. If is it free and easy to use, then you are luck=y to have it. This is a no…
- Protecting your childs online prescence by: Ajith
  April 1, 2010, 20:06
  Internet Security and Parental control have been a major concerns for parents around the world. This post is the start of a series of posts dealing with…
- Bowser Size from Google Labs by: Ajith
  March 12, 2010, 01:13
  Here is a handy tool that can be used to improve you sites bounce rate as well as accesibility. BrowserSize from Google will allow you to have a look at any…
- Quix – ultimate BookMarklet by: Ajith
  March 3, 2010, 02:51
  Quix is every web users dream come true. It can so searches, lookup whois, switch on and OFF CSS, do SEO stuff, search on WP share on social networks and even…
- WordPress blog painfully slow except for front page by: Ajith
  July 13, 2009, 21:09
  If you cannot access the admin page of your WP blog because of a plugin mishap you suspect, here is a trick.You an activate all your plugins at once using this…
- Feedreader on your WordPress dashboard by: Ajith
  July 12, 2009, 14:02
  You can use the applets on your WP dashboard to view the feeds from one blog. It is quite straight forward. Although it couldn't be of great use it is still be…
- Setting a preferred domain for your blog by: Ajith
  December 27, 2008, 01:11
  Setting a preferred domain for your website is good SEO as well as for better usability. A preferred domian means whether you want your visitor to see…
- TinyMCE editor problem after wordpress2.7 install by: Ajith
  December 25, 2008, 08:59
  TinyMCE editor may not work for you after you upgrade to WordPress 2.7. This may be due to some plug in that directly modifies the user interface. The problems…
- Setting a FAVorite ICON for your site by: Ajith
  November 25, 2008, 07:24
  This post is an Answer to the comment posted by Carol A Ranney on "How to make custom icons".A favourite icon commonly known as a favicon is the small…
- Add free online contact form to your web site by: Ajith
  November 1, 2008, 00:27
  If you want to add a contact-me form on your web site or blog, there is a free service on the net. It is easy to use and has got a CAPTCHA to secure you from…
- How to hack a web password from a friend by: Ajith
  October 27, 2008, 22:42
  You can get anybody's internet account password, if you have Mozilla Firefox browser with an add-on named HTTPFox installed.HTTPFox sits in between the…
- How to save copy righted Images from Flickr by: Ajith
  October 15, 2008, 07:54
  This is a trick you can use to save images from Flickr. If you right clicked and used Save Image As and see the image you saved is spaceball.gif then use this…
- Free online image editor by: Ajith
  August 22, 2008, 23:47
  Resizr is a free online image editing site. I will allow you to use almost all the basic photo editing features. "RESIZR was conceived in July 2006 by Matt…
- Download files from esnips.com without flash player by: Ajith
  August 22, 2008, 00:18
  eSnips is a social content-sharing site, where you can publish and share any media type. You will get 5Gb of storage space on the servers when you signup for…
- Analytics account open to stream lined login by: Ajith
  August 15, 2008, 07:04
  Google has opened streamlined login to analytics also. If you don't know what this is read the second tip given in the previous post - Logging in to Blogger.…
- Adsense temporarily down by: Ajith
  July 20, 2008, 01:53
  The Google Adsense web site is down temporarily. I went to the login page and found and Error page stating that Adsense is temporarily down. The error message…
- Adsense refferal program being withdrwan by Google by: Ajith
  July 1, 2008, 12:24
  After a major policy change for Adsense in January, Google is finally pulling off their Adsense referral program. In January Adsense had shocked many of its…
- Get the color palette used on any web page with Palette Grabber by: Ajith
  June 12, 2008, 01:09
  Palette Grabber is a simple plug in for Firefox made by Konstantine Prevas. It will get the colors used on a web page at the click of the mouse. You can save…
- Start a personal or group web site for free at Google sites by: Ajith
  June 2, 2008, 07:56
  Google Sites" is now available for free public registration and use. With Google sites you can start a personal or group managed web site.You can upload…
- Best (free) ways to download video from sharing sites by: Ajith
  May 22, 2008, 15:49
  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…
Network (1)
Wired and Wireless Networks, Home/Office Networks. Connecting to the internet. Articles that deal with all those things can be found here.
- Host Files - local DNS lookup by: Ajith
  February 17, 2008, 00:04
  This is a basic introduction to the host file, how they work, how to block web sites or computers on LAN using a host file etc..Host file is a text file…
Featured (6)
Posts featured on the Front Page.
- Digital Camera buying tip by: Ajith
  December 30, 2010, 13:19
  If you are new in the field of photography, selecting a camera can be confusing. This is a quick guide on how to narrow don your options and get the best…
- How to disable access to Drives using Disk Management by: Ajith
  September 30, 2009, 09:05
  You have learned to disable access to drives using registry. But this technique had some limitations. Here is a better method so that no program, or your…
- How to use facebook chat on your desktop by: Ajith
  August 16, 2009, 15:11
  Pidgin - the multiple protocol chat client does not support FaceBook chat by default. But you can add a plugin to get FaceBook right on your desktop. This…
- How to hack a web password from a friend by: Ajith
  October 27, 2008, 22:42
  You can get anybody's internet account password, if you have Mozilla Firefox browser with an add-on named HTTPFox installed.HTTPFox sits in between the…
- Free file recovery software from softperfect by: Ajith
  February 8, 2008, 16:51
  Recovery of accidentally deleted files is one thing everyone look forward to. There are many software available for the very same purpose. This is a free and…
- Keyboard shortcuts for Windows by: Ajith
  February 5, 2008, 16:54
  A list of Windows keyboard shortcuts (most of them can be used under Linux too) I use regularly. Once you have picked up the habit, you will wonder why you…
Redirects (1)
- redirect-registry-backup by: Ajith
  March 11, 2007, 08:38
  This is a continuation of the series of posts about Windows © Registry.Before you edit your be sure to Back-up it because if you make wrong changes and…
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