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How to create one-click ‘Shutdown’ and ‘Reboot’ Shortcut?

Shekhar Saxena — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:31:55 +0000

This is really very easy task to perform. Making “Shutdown” and “Reboot” shortcuts on desktop is really very easy and user-friendly.

Here are the steps to create Shortcuts.

First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut.
Create Shortcut Wizard appears. In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type shutdown.
After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it will shut down your PC.

But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty, like this:

shutdown -r -t 01 -c “Rebooting your PC”

Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message “Rebooting your PC.” The shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customize it. Table 1-3 lists all of them and describes their use.

I use this technique to create two shutdown shortcuts on my desktop—one for turning off my Windows, and one for rebooting. Here are the ones I use:

shutdown -s -t 03 -c “Bye Bye Shekhar!”
shutdown -r -t 03 -c “Ill be back Shekhar !”

Switch – What it basically do ?

-s
Shuts down the PC.

-l
Logs off the current user.

-t nn
Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.

-c “messagetext”
Displays a message in the System Shutdown window. A maximum of 127 characters can be used. The message must be enclosed in quotation marks.

-f
Forces any running applications to shut down.

-r
Reboots the PC.

Having any problem?

You can feel free to contact me anytime via comment form or by contact page.

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Add the “Open Command Prompt” to Folder context menu

Shekhar Saxena — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:26:10 +0000

If you want to add the “Open Command Prompt” to Folder context menu, then you should try the following steps:

Write the following code in a text document.

CODE

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]
@=”Command Prompt”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]
@=”cmd.exe /k \”cd %L\”"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@=”Command Prompt”

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@=”cmd.exe /k \”cd %L\”"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\cmd]
@=”Command Prompt”

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\cmd\command]
@=”cmd.exe /k \”cd %L\”"

Now Save this text document as cmd here.reg
After doing this, click on the saved file and run this registry file.
After this, you will see a “Open Command Prompt” to Folder context menu.

If you have any problem regarding this, you can comment below.

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How to Boot WinXp fast ?

Shekhar Saxena — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:29:28 +0000

Want your Windows Xp to boot Faster ?

Here are the following steps that can help your winxp to boot faster.

Open notepad.exe, type “del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q” (without the quotes) & save as “ntosboot.bat” in c:\
From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “gpedit.msc”.
Double click “Windows Settings” under “Computer Configuration” and double click again on “Shutdown” in the right window.
In the new window, click “add”, “Browse”, locate your “ntosboot.bat” file & click “Open”.
Click “OK”, “Apply” & “OK” once again to exit.
From the Start menu, select “Run…” & type “devmgmt.msc”.
Double click on “IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers”
Right click on “Primary IDE Channel” and select “Properties”.
Select the “Advanced Settings” tab then on the device or 1 that doesn’t have ‘device type’ greyed out select ‘none’ instead of ‘autodetect’ & click “OK”.
Right click on “Secondary IDE channel”, select “Properties” and repeat step 9.
Reboot your computer.

That’s it. Now your computer will boot faster than usual.

If problem persists, contact me via comment or personally by contact form

Publish your wordpress, blogger, liveJournal, TypePad Posts from your desktop | A Must have Desktop Blog editor

Shekhar Saxena — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:19:25 +0000

I am really very excited to tell you guys about this desktop blog editor. This is my first post that i am publishing with this handy tool.

Don’t you know what i am talking about ?

Yeah! you got it right.. I am talking about Windows Live Writer

Writer makes it easy to share your photos and videos on almost any blog service—Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, and many more.

Windows Live Writer offers a range of features including support for inserting multiple photos, cropping and tilting photos, server-side tagging, Twitter, Digg and Flickr plug-ins, instant preview, word count, smart quotes, and spell check. It also supports inserting a Windows Live photo album within your blog posts.

Live Writer is free and works with Windows Live, Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal and TypePad, among others.

You can download it from here.

http://download.live.com/writer

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How to remove viruses from pendrives or USB drives ?

Shekhar Saxena — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:42 +0000

I have seen many people using pendrives or USB drives, suffering from viruses in their pendrives. One of the most poplular is AUTORUN.INF.

What is autorun.inf ?

AUTORUN.INF Viruses are virus that uses the Autorun feature of Windows to spread itself on computers. This virus makes a copy of the autorun.inf file to the root or main directory of all the drives on your PC, internal and / or external disks, to make the virus runs every time the external disks like pendrives or USB drives were inserted or every time you double-click the drives through the Windows Explorer.

How to remove or block autorun.inf virus ?

For this purpose, you can download a software called “USB Disk Security”. This will automatically detecc virus whenever you insert pendrive and more importantly it will remove your virus as well.

Preventing AUTORUN.INF virus manually

The following are just generic instructions and some of the steps might not be applicable to some virus infections that uses autorun.inf.

The method is to create an AUTORUN.INF folder on the root directories (main directory usually represented by backslash symbol \ ) . You can do this via Windows Explorer or Command Prompt but I will recommend the method via Command Prompt.

To run command prompt, click Start then Run or press the key combination: Winkey + R

Type CMD then press enter. This will open the black and white environment.

On the prompt, type MD C:\AUTORUN.INF then press enter key.

Repeat this procedure to other hard drives and USB drives. Just replace the C letter from the command with the appropriate drive letter of each storage device.

If you liked this post and if it helped you, please do comment.

Avast! Pro v4.8.1335 Now released

Shekhar Saxena — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:19:24 +0000

Avast 4 Professional Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit software package for corporate and advanced home use. Avast Professional Edition includes an on demand scanner with two user interfaces, a skinnable simple interface: just select what you want to scan and in which way and press the play button, an enhanced user interface: Outlook like UI allows users to set any feature of Avast, prepare and run tasks, store and check task results, on access scanner: special providers to protect: most available e-mail clients, instant messaging: ICQ or Miranda, network traffic: lightweight firewall, P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent, Web shield: all HTTP traffic, script blocker. avast Professional Edition is available in 32 languages. Small, true incremental, updates are downloaded and installed automatically.

Minimum Requirements:
For a computer running WindowsÂ® 95/98/Me:
486 Processor, 32MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space.

For a computer running WindowsÂ® NTÂ® 4.0:
486 Processor, 24MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space and Service Pack 3 (or higher) installed

For a computer running WindowsÂ® 2000/XPÂ® Workstation (Not Server):
Pentium class Processor, 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space

For a computer running WindowsÂ® XPÂ® 64-bit Edition:
An AMD Athlon64, Opteron or Intel EM64T-enabled Pentium 4 / Xeon processor, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space

For a computer running WindowsÂ® Vista:
Pentium 4 processor, 512MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space

The program itself requires about 60MB of hard disk space; the remainder of the recommended space is reserved for the virus recovery database file and its index (VRDB, also known as the “integrity database” from the previous version).

A functional MS Internet Explorer 4 or higher is required for the program to work.

This product cannot be installed on a server operating system (Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 Server families).

Note: The operating systems Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 will be supported until the end of 2009.

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Registry Tricks and Tips

Shekhar Saxena — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:30:47 +0000

Here is the trick that can help you in registry editing. Here are various tricks and tips through which you can edit your configurations.

Backup / Restore the Registry

To Backup/Restore the Windows Registry: Windows 9x For XP 2000 click here

If you are in MSDOS, at the C:Windows prompt type
Attrib -s -r -h C:WindowsSystem.dat (press Enter)
Attrib -s -r -h C:WindowsUser.dat (press Enter)
To make the backup copies type:

copy C:WindowsSystem.dat C:WindowsSystem.000 (press Enter)
copy C:WindowsUser.dat C:Windowsuser.000 (press Enter)
To Restore the Registry

copy C:WindowsSystem.000 C:WindowsSystem.dat (press Enter)
copy C:WindowsUser.000 C:Windowsuser.dat (press Enter)

Add Open With to all files

You can add “Open With…” to the Right click context menu of all files.This is great for when you have several programs you want to open the same file types with. I use three different text editors so I added it to the “.txt” key.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*Shell
3. Add a new Key named “OpenWith” by right clicking the “Shell” Key and selecting new
4. Set the (Default) to “Op&en With…”
5. Add a new Key named “Command” by right clicking the “OpenWith” Key and selecting new
6. Set the (Default) to “C:Windowsrundll32.exe shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1″, C: being your Windows drive. You must enter the “OpenAs_RunDLL %1″ exactly this way.

Customize the System Tray

Customize the System Tray

You can add your name or anything you like that consists of 8 characters or less. This will replace the AM or PM next to the system time. But you can corrupt some trial licenses of software that you may have downloaded.

1. Open RegEdit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelInternational
3. Add two new String values, “s1159″ and “s2359″
4. Right click the new value name and modify. Enter anything you like up to 8 characters.

If you enter two different values when modifying, you can have the system tray display the two different values in the AM and PM.

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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Now released

Shekhar Saxena — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:21:15 +0000

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 – the backbone of your PC’s security system, offering protection from a range of IT threats. Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 provides the basic tools needed to protect your PC.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 – the all-in-one security solution that offers a worry-free computing environment for you and your family. Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 has everything you need for a safe and secure Internet experience. Kaspersky Internet Security 9.0 – is a new line of Kaspersky Labs products, which is designed for the multi-tiered protection of personal computers. This product is based on in-house protection components, which are based on variety of technologies for maximum levels of user protection regardless of technical competencies. This product utilizes several technologies, which were jointly developed by Kaspersky Labs and other companies; part of them is implemented via online-services.
Our products for home and home office are specifically designed to provide hassle-free and quality protection against viruses, worms and other malicious programs, as well as hacker attacks, spam and spyware.
During product preparation several competitor offerings were considered and analyzed – firewalls, security suites systems, which position themselves as proactive in defence and HIPS systems. Combination of in-hosue innovative developments and results from analysis gathered through the industry allowed to jump onto a new level of protection for personal users, whereby offering even more hardened and less annoying computer protection from all types of electronic threats – malicious programs of different types, hacker attacks, spam mailings, program-root kits, phishing emails, advertisement popup windows etc.

DO NOT UPDATE, SANDBOX NOT WORKING AFTER INSTALLATION MUST Reload!

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 All Features:

Essential Protection:
* Protects from viruses, Trojans and worms
* Blocks spyware and adware
* Scans files in real time (on access) and on demand
* Scans email messages (regardless of email client)
* Scans Internet traffic (regardless of browser)
* Protects instant messengers (ICQ, MSN)
* Provides proactive protection from unknown threats
* Scans Java and Visual Basic scripts

Extended Protection:
* Two-way personal firewall
* Safe Wi-Fi and VPN connections
* Intrusion prevention system
* Intelligent application management and control
o automatically configured application rules
o security rating is assigned to unknown applications
o access to the user’s resources and data is restricted for unknown applications

Preventive Protection:
* Scans operating system and installed applications for vulnerabilities
* Analyzes and closes Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
* Disables links to malware sites
* Detects viruses based on the packers used to compress code
* Global threat monitoring (Kaspersky Security Network)

Advanced Protection & Recovery:
* The program can be installed on infected computers
* Self-protection from being disabled or stopped
* Restores correct system settings after removing malicious software
* Tools for creating a rescue disk

Data & Identity Theft Protection:
* Disables links to fake (phishing) websites
* Blocks all types of keyloggers
* Virtual keyboard is provided for safely entering logins and passwords
* Prevents the theft of data exchanged via secure connections (HTTPS / SSL)
* Blocks unauthorized dial-up connections
* Cleans up any traces of user activity (deletes temporary files, cookies etc.)

Content Filtering:
* Parental control
* Improved antispam protection (plugins for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, The Bat!, Thunderbird)
* Blocks banners on web pages

Usability:
* Automatic configuration during installation
* Wizards for common tasks
* Visual reports with charts and diagrams
* Alerts provide all the information necessary for informed user decisions
* Automatic or interactive mode
* Round-the-clock technical support
* Automatic database updates

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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 TP Now Released

Shekhar Saxena — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:27:35 +0000

Microsoft intends to release Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview to invited guests who register to sign up for Office 2010 CTP Program only by July 2009. Office 2010 was previously known by codename Office 14 (taken cue from its version), and wrongly assume to be Office 2009. The setup installer of both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64) Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 (TP 1) has been leaked to BT network. The leaked Office 2010 Technical Preview 1 has the version of 14.0.4006.1010, a pre-trial version provided to premium Microsoft partners.

It’s unclear whether it is the leaked Office 2010 TP1 build will be the version that is going to be released officially by Microsoft in July. And it’s still unclear yet whether Microsoft will make available publicly for Office 2010 Beta downloads, which is said to be will be having 2 betas – Beta 1 in July 2009 and another Beta 2 in November 2009. The betas is said to be different from Technical Preview, where TP is just meant as an engineering milestone for the development of Office 2010 and related products that leading to RTM that will reach in July 2009, according to Office 2010 IT Blog. Office 2010 is expected to RTM and released as final product in March 2010, with the exception of Exchange Server 2010, where Exchange Server 2010 beta already available from official download links.

The setup installer of the leaked download will install Microsoft Office Plus 2010 edition, with Access 2010, Excel 2010, InfoPath 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Publisher 2010, and Word 2010. Project Professional 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visio Professional 2010 are also included in the leaked RAR archive download. Office 2010 supports Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

Important note is that Office2010 TP 1 is still in early stage of development, and may contain bugs, although most individual programs such as Word 2010 and Excel 2010 are usable in everyday life. It’s also interesting to know that Office 2007, the predecessor of Office 2010, is version 12. Office 2010 will be version 14, skipping version 13, the number that Microsoft assumes may be not so lucky.

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Google Earth Pro 2009 Gold Edition Now Available

Shekhar Saxena — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:13:58 +0000

Google Earth Pro 2009 Gold Edition
Multi-Language | 17.85 MB

Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address and zoom right in. Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions. Tilt and rotate the view to see 3D terrain and buildings. Save and share your searches and favorites. Even add your own annotations.

Now you can download google earth rofessional 2009.

Its looks will surely take your heart away.

I think you all should try this new version

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