Tag Archives: Tips

How to shutdown, restart, logoff using command prompt?

By Ajith | Published: September 21, 2010

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 the RUN dialog box. It is really easy to use and have many options.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Admin, Command Prompt/Shell | 16 Comments

How to Disable Autoplay/Autorun

By Ajith | Published: February 24, 2009

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 along with the address bar pull down menu while accessing a pen drive.

Posted in Windows | Also tagged Tutorial, Virus | 4 Comments

Setting the correct aspect ratio for a video

By Ajith | Published: January 3, 2009

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

Posted in Software | Also tagged File, Video | Leave a comment

Setting a preferred domain for your blog

By Ajith | Published: December 27, 2008

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 http://YOURDOMAIN.com or http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com when they are visiting. This can be easily set using an htaccess file.

Posted in Internet | Also tagged Google, Hosting, SEO, Tricks | Leave a comment

Setting a FAVorite ICON for your site

By Ajith | Published: November 25, 2008

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 image shown near the URL in the address field of the browser. Now a days these icons are also used for bookmarks. You can easily [...]

Posted in Internet | Also tagged Blog, Hosting, Icon | Leave a comment

Add free online contact form to your web site

By Ajith | Published: November 1, 2008

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 spam.

Posted in Internet | Also tagged Admin, Blog, Free | Leave a comment

Points to note while upgrading to an LCD flat panel display

By Ajith | Published: August 19, 2008

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 you can get a sleek ,light and less power hungry LCD TFT display. I was recently searching for an LCD monitor [...]

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Windows virus infects Linux

By Ajith | Published: July 24, 2008

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 somewhere. So do not expect me to discover a new virus for Linux. This is much more interesting, actually. The virus I found, running, on Linux (Ubuntu to be [...]

Posted in Linux, Virus | Also tagged Report, Virus | 3 Comments

Virus infection by autoplay, how to prevent it

By Ajith | Published: June 30, 2008

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 experience. An easy way for a virus to enters a PC is through exploiting this option. You can see Autoplay in action when a driver CD of you [...]

Posted in Virus | Also tagged Trick, Tutorial, Virus | 4 Comments

Open and save Office 2007 files in Office XP and 2003

By Ajith | Published: June 19, 2008

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 the introduction of the XML standard in file format, the new files with extensions ending in x (docx, xslx, pptx) will not be compatible with the [...]

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