Tag Archives: File

Setting the correct aspect ratio for a video

How you can correct the wrong width to height ratio in a vieo using VLC player.

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Download the free software to shred files

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 render a file unrecoverable. Sdelete is a command line utility that can wipe off a file and its traces completely from your hard disk without leaving a [...]

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Securely wiping off data from a drive

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 data from your hard disk?

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What are the hidden files and folders

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, hiberfil.sys, ntldr, AUTOEXEC.COM etc. The uses of these files are explained.

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Get access to all folders in Windows like Linux

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 turns out Windows by default will not grant you permission to the folder System Volume Information. Thats because the folder contains important System Restore Point informations. [...]

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View system files (super hidden) in Explorer

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 reason. The series is actually inspired from the one done by Samanathon on Starting your Day with a fresh Computer. He did a good job [...]

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Download files from esnips.com without flash player

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 eSnips. You can find lots and lots of books, music files, photos etc on eSnips. But if you want to download them you will need flash [...]

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Free online icon maker

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 in the previous post, you must try this free online icon creator. The site allows you to make 16x16px icons. You can also [...]

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How to get icons from exe and dll files of programs

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 capture and save these icons you can use two methods. One is by using a program that can open an exe file such as PE resource explorer. [...]

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Start a personal or group web site for free at Google sites

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 content and manage all your files from one location. You can also decide who all could see your site and files uploaded. You don’t need to know HTML [...]

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