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Prank : Shut Down Computer by simply clicking a icon

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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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win mobile 6_5 market place

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!

Complete list of Run Commands for Windows (Includes some unusual Commands)

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Now this list that am going to ‘re-produce’[pun unintended] here is interesting in the sense that it can work wonders with anyone of us using Windows,most of us being doing so.In case you have got stuck to some un-indentifying (well,apparently,to you) problems which you are not being able to undrown from,this is the right thing for you.You just turn your face to these commands that can act as way-givers and savers in your bad computing days!

Well, here it goes.I will be producing a list of the run commands in an alphabetical order to execute the various programs in the windows operating system installed in our computers..

RUN commands for windows:

START >> RUN

Accessibility Controls-  access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard- hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs-  appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools-  control.exe admintools

Automatic Updates-  wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard-  fsquirt

Calculator-  calc

Certificate Manager-  certmgr.msc

Character Map-  charmap

Check Disk Utility-  chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer-  clipbrd

Command Prompt-  cmd

Component Services-  dcomcnfg

Computer Management-  compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties-  timedate.cpl

DDE Shares-  ddeshare

Device Manager- devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (if installed)- directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter-  dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility-  cleanmgr

Disk Defragment-  dfrg.msc

Disk Management-   diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager-  diskpart

Display Properties-  control.exe

Desktop display Properties-  desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control.exe color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility-  drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility-  verifier

Event Viewer-  eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool-  sigverif

Findfast-  findfast.cpl

Folders Properties-  control.exe folders

Fonts-  control.exe fonts

Fonts Folder-  fonts

Free Cell Card Game-  freecell

Game Controllers-  joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game-  mshearts

Iexpress Wizard-  iexpress

Indexing Service-  ciadv.msc

Internet Properties-  inetcpl.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)- jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)-  javaws

Keyboard Properties-  control.exe keyboard

Local Security Settings-  secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups-  lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows-  logoff

Microsoft Chat-  winchat

Minesweeper Game-  winmine

Mouse Properties-  control.exe mouse

Mouse Properties-  main.cpl

Network Connections-  control.exe netconnections

Network Connections-  ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard-  netsetup.cpl

Nview Desktop Manager (if installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager-  packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator-  odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard-  osk

Opens AC3 Filter (if installed)- ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties-  password.cpl

Performance Monitor-  perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor- perfmon

Phone and Modem Options-  telephon.cpl

Power Configuration-  powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes-  control.exe printers

Printers Folder-  printers

Private Character Editor-  eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)-  QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings-  intl.cpl

Registry Editor-  regedit

Registry Editor-  regedit32

Removable Storage-  ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests-  ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy-  rsop.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)- rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras-  sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks-  control.exe schedtasks

Security Center- wscui.cpl

Services-  services.msc

Shared Folders-  fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows-  shutdown

Sounds and Audio-  mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game-  spider

SQL Client Configuration-  cliconfg

System Configuration Editor-  sysedit

System Configuration Utility-  msconfig

System File Checker Utility-  sfc

System Properties-  sysdm.cpl

Task Manager-  taskmgr

Telnet Client- telnet

User Account Management-  nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager-  utilman

Windows Firewall-  firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier-  magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure-  wmimgmt.msc

Windows System Security Tool- syskey

Windows Update Launches-  wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard-  tourstart

Wordpad-  write

All these commands really have helped me a lot to set up the tiny tit-bits of my machine,and also to set-up previously unexplored agendas..

I would like to have all of you have the same experiences of happy computing,and for that you now know where to hit upon…

So,tech it easy!

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

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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.

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

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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.

Make a Invisible Folder without making it Hidden!

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Well this trick is quite common and old but well “Old is Gold” and so if you don’t know it then here’s a trick that will help you make a nameless folder in Windows Xp and the make it invisible! (The invisible part isn’t quite popular!)

  • Right  click on a folder which u want to make invisible.
  • Rename the folder.  hold on alt and type 0160 and then leave alt. type the numbers from the numpad.
  • Right click again on the that folder and go to properties  and then customize and change icon from a folder to a blank icon.
  • And there it is you have created  an invisible folder.

You don’t even have to make it hidden folder and still it’s hidden!

Windows XP SP3 Browser Performance Beats Windows 7 RTM

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Windows 7 Seems to be called as the best OS in the Windows line. Is that so? Reports don’t suggest so. Well the picture above shows the difference between the OS Browser Speed difference.

Windows Vista beats Windows 7 by 17.1%. Well it is very surprising, as it has been claimed that Windows 7 is supposed to be the fastest operating system among Windows, Windows Xp beats it. 

Chrome and Safari tend to work the best and fastest on the windows OS and even more faster on Windows XP SP3.

Thanks BetaNews.

How much ever you try Microsoft, you’ll fail : Hackers win against software giant

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It’s not long time since Windows 7 RTM had been announced. But now if you check out popular torrent websites, you will already find the Cracked Version of Windows 7 Ultimate RTM there!

The Hackers somehow managed to steal OEM disc of Windows 7 which was originally meant for Lenovo. Easy Task. Now came the cracking part. It was the same as it was while cracking up Windows Vista. Activation key was murmured from the Disc itself.

But there’s a twist there. The hackers had to change some Hardware settings to make the crack work on their PC. This is the first time something like this has happened. And i think it’s good, Microsoft is working towards stopping piracy but better luck next time, you loose Microsoft!

Warning From Microsoft : Serious Security hole in Software!

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Microsoft Warns users of a possible Loop hole in Internet Explorer on Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 allows hackers to install Malicious software and objects Remotely. Well all the malicious software get’s downloaded due to the interaction between Internet Explorer and Active X.

Microsoft’s StopGap solution is currently available to Fix the problem temporarily as this disables the Video Software. Well, the Microsoft is working to fix the problem and you will soon see a Patch coming out, till then if you use Windows Xp or Server Edition 2003 then Make sure you don’t click on a Suspicious links as this will automatically download Viruses.

The Funny Part is that All of my School Computers Work on Windows XP which use I.E 6!! :) And also the server is powered by Windows Server 2003!! So My School surely needs to check out this post!

Thanks Gizmodo.

Microsoft’s New Promotional Campaign : It get’s more interesting!

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The guys of Microsoft’s are always trying out new and new ideas. One of the ideas they thought of was this, Microsoft India’s New promotional Campaign called “Windows Nex Gen Families”.

It’s Very Simple. You need to complete a survey at ibnlive.com/windows7. If you are “Lucky” you and your family will get a chance to use Microsoft’s Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 6.5 before it’s officially released! Go ahead and try your luck!

It’s an clear attempt made by Microsoft to collect as much as Data possible from the Users in India as this will help Microsoft in their Further Campaigns by collecting data like what type of Gadgets you own, your Income and so on…

Thanks Beingmanan!