Prank : Shut Down Computer by simply clicking a icon

Ever thought of how to log off / restart / shut down a pc by just clicking on an icon? Or wait playing pranks with friends by making him click on My Computer Icon and shutting down his system? Here’s how to do it.
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Well the trick is to make a Fake icon .Which is now more than easy to create with the instructions given below.

How to get it done :
1.) Right click on the desktop in a blank space.
2.) Select new.
3.) Click where it says create shortcut
4.) Where it tells you to type a location type in one of the codes below:

-If you want there computer to shutdown type this in:
shutdown -s -f -t 60 -c “type a message you want to appear here”

-If you want it to log them off type this:
shutdown -l -f -t 60 -c “type a message you want to appear here”

-If you want it to restart there computer type this:
shutdown -r -f -t 60 -c “type a message you want to appear here”

5.) Click OK and name it My Computer.

6.) Right click on the file you just made and click properties and look for where it says change icon.

7.) find the icon that is the same as the “my computer” icon

8.) change the icon and wait for the victim to open my computer, then it will shutdown / log off / restart.

Microsoft to Launch Marketplace for Windows Mobile on 6th October

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Today, for consumers the most important thing they look for on a cellphone is Apps. Till now Microsoft did not allow developers from all over world to develop apps and sell them to users via centralized system and so Apple did win over microsoft with their app store for iPhone.

But Microsoft will be back into the race on October 6th, 2009 with the launch of Windows MarketPlace for Windows Mobile allowing developers and ISV’s (Independent software vendors) will be able to showcase and sell out their apps to Windows Mobile users.

Unfortunately in this Phase 1, the store will support only Mobiles with with Windows Mobile 6.5 which will be released on the same date as Windows MarketPlace. But in November the Marketplace team hope to bring in support for Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1 and till that date a PC accessible catalogue for the Apps for users to Shop, user generated reviews.

According to their blog post, they stated that they had received a large response from the developers and good feedback. Well, it slashes out Apple’s App store by stressing on Windows MarketPlace’s open, transparent and rewarding processes for the developers. 

They also listed some of the known issues with the Windows Marketplace which they will solve out till the launch of the MarketPlace next week!

Some of the “Cool” Windows 7 ads

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Microsoft is going quite heavy with it’s advertising campaign against it’s rival Apple. It’s obvious that this advertising war will surely leave us with some of the most funny and amazing ads.

Especially the one with the kid, where Windows 7 is all over the news and she makes a presentation out of it. Well, Microsoft has just released 9 ads for windows 7, which are sparking out creativityy, after all advertising is a creative field.

I am just listing a few of the ads below, in which they show up some of their features like the Aero-Shake.  Videos after the break.

Microsoft Tablet Rumors begin to fly in the Blogosphere!

Microsoft_Tablet_Courier We are not yet over with the Rumors about Apple’s tablet PC and there comes some news from Microsoft, it’s biggest rival that it might be working on some a Tablet PC too.

The Tablet according to leaked pictures and information has a 7 Inch Screen which will be touch-sensitive (very obvious) and have stylus input and writing. It’s another purpose may be to compete with Amazon’s Kindle as a Ebook Reader :)  The device has also been named Courier, now if you can remember something that among the lists of fonts in Word, this name is also present!

The Design will be more Book-Like than actually being like a tablet. Instead of pages it will have two screens which will fold one above other and would form a Booklet like Object.
It is also being said that Microsoft Might be able to beat Apple in the Tablet race by releasing it before then it’s competitor. Yikes!

Currently it’s in Development stage and the User Interface is being worked upon. But on thing is not surely confirmed, that will it be working on Windows 7 (Maybe because Windows 7 is touch ready) or Windows Mobile 6.5 or a new system.

Prices Still seems to be a mystery. It’s not confirmed but it is not likely to be untrue because this era is of Tablets and it’s not possible that leading tech companies like Microsoft would remain behind in the race.

[Via Gizmodo]

Microsoft Poaching Apple Employes for New Microsoft Retail Stores

Some People Feel Apple’s very good at Retail and according to some sources Microsoft feels the same too. Yesterday, Some people Contacted the Loop Regarding this Matter Confirming this news of Microsoft Going after Apple’s Employees.

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Microsoft has  got in touch with some of the Apple Store Employees and offered them, their golden pot of money which is more valuable than that of App

le’s. Along with that, in some cases Microsoft is also ready to pay them “Moving Charges” also which further heats this up.

As soon as one Apple Employee is hired, he asks others at Apple’s Key Positions in the Sales team to join in Microsofts Den for a hefty payout which is obviously more than that of Apple’s.

Microsoft’s Retail Store strategy is seeming pretty challenging to Apple. If this Goes true than maybe Apple will loose out a lot. 

Microsoft’s Retail Store’s on the New Since some time, especially when the  first ever MS Retail store designs were leaked off. As a Opponent to Apples Genius Microsoft has it’s very own Guru Bar.

Windows 7 : Get some Cool Ringtones for your Cell Phone!

After the craze with Bing tones few days back, here Windows 7 also have come up with ringtones for you to have the feel of the Operating system while on the go.

For the people who admire Windows 7 OS very much, Long Zheng has produced the OS tones in a format that you can use to play as ring tones on your mobile phone.

The tones are in 2 formats: MP3 for everyone using MP3 compatible phones and m4r for the iPhone users. Some of the tones are really great but that is a personal choice.

Download the Windows 7 Ring Tones here.

Zune HD : The Perfect iPod Touch Killer

Microsoft has started to get things right, especially with the Launch of Bing and Windows 7. Now, if Zune HD also makes it, then probably Microsoft will continue to win!

iPod Touch users and iPod Lovers were Pretty unhappy about the fact that Camera Wasn’t added to iPod Touch and this being the right time for Microsoft to get in Consumers for their Product! Apart from that, not just timing but the features, Interface and looks also appeal to users.

I would also love to get a hands-on Review on Zune HD but unfortunately it isn’t available in India, and i hope it will be available soon! But Zune HD seems to be getting many positive responses from the Blogosphere, i think it will be the same from users. As far as i have seen videos and read reviews people have already started claiming Zune HD as iPod Touch Killer!

Zune HD has OLEDs which instead of having those mounted lights at the back, they emit their own light. Along with that, it has the HD Radio Capability where you can get Crystal Clear Clarity while listening to HD Radios.zune_hd

The interface seems to rock. Next, the Marketplace is rival to Apple’s iTunes Store. Although many Apps have not been developed and also the marketplace is also not open to developers worldwide like Apple’s App store but to certain Publishers with which Zune is working. HopeFully, Developers might get access to it, next year. Some Games are also available for free of cost now.

Looks are also one more factor affecting sales of any Product. I know many people, who go on for iPod Nano and not iPod Touch because according to the “iPod Nano is More Good Looking than iPod Touch”, and most can’t deny the fact because of the awesome colors it’s available in. Zune HD is not available in Many Colors but it still has got stunning looks!

It Sells for $220 with a 16 Gb Memory Storage whereas Apple’s iPod Touch Starts at 8gb with a Price of $199.

Here’s a Zune HD User Interface tour by CrunchGear. (We hope to give out our very soon!)

Windows XP outsmarts Windows 7 when it comes to consuming battery life on Netbooks

This might come out as a surprise but it is true. The news is that Windows 7 may be a better player than Vista but it lags behind Windows XP when it comes to battery life consumption on Netbooks.

Laptopmag conducted a test by running Windows 7 on a Toshiba Netbook NB205 and the results were quit surprising. Windows 7 provided just 6 hours of battery life whereas Windows XP provided an impressive 6 hours battery life.This is what Laptopmag stated:

When we ran our standard battery test on the Toshiba NB205 under Windows 7, it lost more than 3 hours. Under XP it got an amazing 9 hours and 24 minutes, but with Windows 7 it only lasted for 6 hours and 15 minutes. Installing new Win 7 drivers from Toshiba only resulted in an extra half hour or so (6:53). We also noticed a bit of a drop-off with another netbook we tested: the MSI U123. This time it was less dramatic: 8:14 in XP vs. 7:41 in Win 7.

Seems like Windows 7 needs to buck up to Windows Xp because Windows 7 Browser speed is also less compared to Windows Xp. After all there is some reason why this saying is famous – “Old is Gold:)

Image Credit : BeingManan

How to Shut Down your PC faster! : Tricks you need to know

My friends are very impatient. Once had my friend playing some games on my PC along with me. I just went out of the room to attend a call and i told my friend to shut down the PC before leaving. As soon as he Clicked Shut down and then waited for 30 seconds and switched the whole System off. Now you know, if you don’t properly shut down you PC thousands of problems can arise.
So i found out the Whole thing is that my ShutDown Speed is too low. So here’s what i did to increase it! Simply follow our 3 simple steps!
  • Go to >> start menu , then select run and type “regedit”regedit
  • then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System >CurrentControlSet > Control.
  • Look on the right and open waittokillapptimeout or waittokillservicetimeout (depends on which OS you are using) and in the values type 1000 (Which stands for 1 Sec) and press ok.
  • Now your pc will shutdown faster!

So actually what did we do? We simply changed the values of time taken to shut down in the Registry from a higher value to just 1 sec. So this will Accelerate your Shut Down Speed.

Microsoft’s Zune HD coming on 15th September

It seems that Microsoft’s multimedia player Zune HD will be officially announced and released on 15TH September. I say this because packaging images have leaked onto the web that suggest and strengthen this fact. Have a look at it yourself.

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Seems like 6GB and 32GB models of Zune HD will be available on 8th september which will be the Pre-Order Delivery date.