Tag Archives: Tool

Running a command, applying changes and other Windows Techniques

By Ajith | Published: January 30, 2011
Running a command using the RUN dialog box.
1 of 1 in series Handy Windows Administration Techniques

Some cool and handy techniques to open programs and run commands using your keyboard. How to apply system settings without restarting ? Different admin techniques.

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Bowser Size from Google Labs

By Ajith | Published: March 12, 2010

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 web site with a pixel ruler overlay above it. You can see how your web site looks on different resolutions.

Posted in Internet | Also tagged Customize, Free, Google, Web | 1 Comment

How to disable access to Drives using Disk Management

By Ajith | Published: September 30, 2009
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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 friends will be able to even know such a drive exists. You still can easily access the drive as and when needed.

Posted in Featured, Windows | Also tagged Admin, disk | 1 Comment

Free Disk tools to analyse Disk usage graphically

By Ajith | Published: February 18, 2009

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 interface. A free version of this for Windows as well as KDE is available at Sourceforge.

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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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Get the color palette used on any web page with Palette Grabber

By Ajith | Published: June 12, 2008

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 the color palette in the following formats – .aco Adobe color Palette .clr Flash color palette .psppalette Paint Shop Pro color palette .gpl [...]

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How to get icons from exe and dll files of programs

By Ajith | Published: June 7, 2008

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. [...]

Posted in Software | Also tagged File, Free, Icon | 1 Comment

Process Explorer NT – the real task manager

By Ajith | Published: May 28, 2008

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 Sysinternals which is now a part of Microsoft. Among the many tools they offer a post have been made about TCP Viewer earlier. Process Explorer is just every [...]

Posted in Windows | Also tagged Admin, Free | 2 Comments

Free Network folder scanner – NetScan from SoftPerfect

By Ajith | Published: February 10, 2008

If you have a LAN at your office or home, then you must probably have used the My Network Places tool in . But it is very slow and lacks in functionality. Try the Free and better Network Scanner tool Netscan from Softperfect. from Softperfect Netscan’s main merits are that it is a freeware, it [...]

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