Disable Autoplay in CD/USB Drive

If you find windows that display an autoplay window that always popup and ask you what to do when you insert a USB device or insert a CD or DVD very annoying. Here is a way to simply turn it off.1. To open your Group Policy window to configure the “Turn off Autoplay” function of your system. To do this Click on start –> Run –> Type “gpedit.msc“.2. Click on Administrative Templates, and click on “System”.3. Double click on the item called “Turn off Autoplay”4. Set the radio or option button to “Enabled” and change the value of “Turn off autoplay on:” to All Drives (see image above).5. That’s it you disable the autoplay of USB/CD...

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Disable Error Report

1. Open Control Panel.2. Click on Performance and Maintenance.3. Click on System.4. Then click on the Advanced tab.5. Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows.6. Select Disable error reporting.7. Click OK.8. Click ...

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Follow New TechNetMSDN Downloads on Twitter

TechNet and MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscribers have access massive collection of full version software products from Microsoft with no time or feature limit, where paid subscription entitles subscribers to not only free downloads and product keys for the software, but also exclusive early access to new software releases, service packs, patches, and beta software before they’re available publicly.With such an exclusive privileges, many subscribers of TechNet or MSDN will want to be the first one to know when there is new downloads been released or posted on MSDN Subscriber Downloads or TechNet Subscriber Downloads.Microsoft does provide...

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FlushReset DNS Cache

DNS (Domain Name System) is a resolution mechanism to translate, resolve and return real IP address of the serving machine against the fully qualified domain name of the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), aka link location. Whenever a domain has been resolved, the DNS resolution is stored and cached locally for future use.The caching of DNS on local system ensure the fastest speed to resolve any domain name, and reducing hits, and directly load and burn of DNS name servers. However, it may cause some issues such as some websites and web pages not loading or cannot be contacted and connected when browsing, causing by changing of IP address or nameservers...

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Shake Your Browser

This is a fun little trick that can create a shaking screen on your web browser (Like Internet Explorer,etc..)The trick is simply a small Java Script that causes your browser window to move to different positions, causing a shake of your entire screen. It's kind of cool to watch and see what Java Script can do! Try it out..Use this trick at your own risk.Here's how:Copy this entire line and paste it onto your address box, then press Enter:javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)Examp...

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Use free zong Internet in Pakistan

Hello friends, Today i am telling about how can you use free internet in your mobile with ZONG in 2 simple Steps:STEP: (1) Please type your mobile write option messageInternetMobile company NameMObile ModelAnd send 131Please save your settingsSTEP: (2) And then Go Internet setting profileEdit: APNChange your APN & Type this OneAPN: Wapgw: 10.81.6.33Use Free Internet & enjoy.....

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Create Hidden Admin Account in Windows XP

Since we are going to do all the Editing in Window Registry it is Recommended to Back Up the Registry before going Further.After you have Backed up your registry follow the Steps to Create your Hidden Account:First Goto Start -> Run -> Type regedit -> EnterIn the Left Menu goto,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserListIn the Right pane, Right click -> New -> String ValueRight click on the new String Value and click RenameType the Name of the Account you want to hide.Hit Enter then Right click on the String Value again and Change value to 0 which hides it. If you want it to...

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Your Name On System Clock

This tip is absolutely and completely useless, and will even make applications that depend on timestamps have issues. It's mostly just to be used as a cool trick you can show off to your friends, so we're going to show you how it works.The way this trick works is by modifying the regional settings for the time format. Instead of using just AM or PM, you can put up to 12 characters of text in that field.Start by opening Regional and Language Options from the start menu search box or the control panel.On the Formats tab you'll see the "Customize this format" button, which you'll need to choose.Select the Time tab, and then here's where we can make...

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Turn XP into a Mac

Remove all unused shortcuts and icons. Right click the desktop and go to “Arrange desktop icons by” and uncheck “Show desktop icons”. You should now have a completely clean desktop. Don’t be afraid. You can still access the My Computer, My Documents, and Recycle Bin standbys from Windows Explorer. Install RKLauncher. RKLauncher (also called RKDock) is a free Windows version of the animated Mac taskbar, or “dock.” You can download it here. RKLauncher comes with a pretty cool theme. If you want to make your dock look exactly like a Mac though, try RealDock for RKLaucher, a great clone of the Mac Dock appearance. RKLauncher’s official build...

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Run A Board forum From Your Pc

If you wish to install php and mysql to run a phpBB installation on your computer, first you will need installers. Most of you have windows, so I recommend FoxServ. This is a great program that installs php, mysql, and more on your windows machine in under a minute, excluding download time.Download foxserv 3.0 from www.foxserv.net/Run the foxserv install program, it is pretty self explanatory, just do what it says.After you get everything installed, run the foxserv control panel and click the install buttons for everything.Open winmysql ADMIN. Create a new username and password at the start-up, and then create a new database, the one you will...

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Free Converter for *.swf To *.flv

Here is a freeware called Free Video to Flash Converter with which you can easily convert video files to flash format.It is a powerful, reliable and yet easy-to-use and simple application that will allow you to convert video files to SWF or FLV to publish video on your web site or blog.The video formats supported are AVI, MPEG, MP4, WMV, MOV, 3GP, DVR-MS these can be converted to *.swf or *.flv.Free Video To Flash Conver...

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Update your BIOS

Having an updated BIOS is good for a healthy PC . Here is the tweet you canPlease read the following instructions carefully before starting a Flash BIOS upgrade:A. Create a Bootable Floppy (in DOS)•With a non-formatted disk, type the following:format a:/s•If using a formatted disk, type:sys a:This procedure will ensure a clean boot when you are flashing the new BIOS.B. Download the BIOS file•Download the correct BIOS file by clicking on the file name of the BIOS file you wish to download.•Save the BIOS file and the Flash Utility file in the boot disk you have created. Unzip the BIOS file and the flash utility file. If you don't have an "unzip"...

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Boot your PC in 10 seconds

Do you want your PC to just Boot within 10 seconds?Then Just follow this trick and see the magic,Click on the start button then press R it will take u to Run well go to runn type Regeditpress enterthis will open Registery Editornow look for the keyHKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndexnow there find the Key Called"Startup Delay"Double Click On ItNow where its BaseClick DecimalNow its Default Value Is 4800000Change The Value To 40000here u go u have done itnow close the Registery Editor and Restart Your ComputerYou'll See The Res...

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Web Design FullForms

HTML --> Hyper Text Markup LanguageSGML --> Standard Generalised Markup LanguageHTTP --> Hyper Text Transfer ProtocolISP --> Internet Service ProviderJPEG --> Joint Photographic Expert GroupMPEG --> Moving Photographic Expert GroupGIF --> Graphical Interchange FormatASCII --> American Standard Code for Information Interchange.LAN --> Local Area NetworkASP --> Active Server PagesXML --> eXensible Markup LanguageTCP --> Transmission Control ProtocolIP --> Internet ProtocolARPA --> Advanced Research Project AgencyE-Mail --> Electronic MailWWW --> World Wide WebBBS --> Bulletin Board SystemDNS -->...

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Attacks on Twitter,FaceBook by Hackers

Facebook and Twitter were attacked by hackers on August 6.The attackers has used denial-of-service attack.It is believed that same attacker or group of same attackers have have attacked both the sites.Internet users were thwarted from logging on to Twitter for several hours and Facebook members saw delays logging in and accessing their online profiles, raising speculation of a co-ordinated campaign against the two sites.Facebook issued an early statement on its site saying that, "Earlier this morning, Facebook encountered network issues related to an apparent distributed denial-of-service attack that resulted in degraded service for some...

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How to Prevent Spam Mails from Orkut!

TRICK 1 :1. Change your Primary Maila) Log in to Orkut > Go To Edit Profile!b) Click on Contact tab and change your Primary Email address to some other id, which you don't use much.c) Your login id will remain same but your friends will see your other email id and mails will be sent there.TRICK 2 :1. Log in to Orkut then Go to Settings > Notifications.2. Now you will see the option that there are many notifications which orkut sends you by mail. Uncheck the unnecessary options to prevent spam.3. Thats it, You are done. Enj...

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AUTO DELETE TEMPORARY FOLDER

what i prefer is %temp% " without quotes..at Start -> Run..this opens ur temp folder n den u cal erase it neatly// still try dis one too..First go into gpedit.mscNext select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary FolderThen right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit"Go to properties and hit disable. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! Note from Forum Admin: Remember,GPEDIT (Group Policy Editor) is only available in XP P...

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Super Speedy Shutdown

Some time ago I published a tip for forcing Windows to shutdown quickly, without worrying about exiting running programs and the other behind the scenes goings on that can make shutting down Windows XP a long and tedious business, and that’s without having to contend with unresponsive programs. Well, here’s another one, this time using a command entered in Run on the Start menu. The command in question is shutdown.exe, and just by typing ‘shutdown -s’ will start the normal shutdown process, but we can beef it up a bit by adding some command line ‘switches’. These are extra instructions that tell it to do things in a certain way. Putting –f after...

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