Assign Permanent Letter to USB drive

If you have multiple pen drives you might have noticed that every time you put in your drive it will be assigned a different drive letter. This can be very annoying, when you trying to open files of pendrive from some software as recent drive letter is changed you have to change address again. So now here is one solution for this problem assign permanent letter to your USB pendrive. Its very simple just follow given steps:

1). Go to Start and then Run.

2). Type mmc in the box and press enter.

(mmc is microsoft console management)

3). Now in console window click on new option in file.

4). Now select File -> Add/Remove Snap-in.

5). In add and remove snaps in window select Disk Management and then click on Add.

6). In disk management window, select This computer and then click on Finish.

7). Now press OK on the Add or Remove snap-ins screen.

8). Now select Disk Management from the left menu.

9).You will now see all of your drives/partitions in the right hand side panel.

10). Right click the USB drive you want to assign a permanent letter to and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.

11). Click on Change.

12). Select a permanent letter.

13). Click OK.

14). It will warn you about making the change - there is little chance programs you use will be affected by this. If they will, you will probably already be aware of this so don’t worry.

15). The final step is to select File > Save and save the file in the default directory. Close the Console and you are done.

Its done..

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Format Mobile Phones without any software - Cool Mobile Trick

Does your mobile phones contains viruses? n do you wanna format your mobile phone? then here is trick to format mobile phones. No need to go out to mobile agencies or customer care, format your mobile by yourself.
Before carrying out this process make sure you have copied all your contacts and notes onto your Memory, because every thing will be deleted. When its finished the formatted phone may be like new, just like when u have brought it from showroom.


This trick works for almost all Nokia models. Just follow these steps:

1). Switch off your phone.
2). Remove SIM card & memory chip.
3). Now press and hold these keys 3,*,call green.
4). Then without leaving these three buttons press power button, It will start formating function.
5). It must show you formatting screen, wait for formatting to be finished.
Its done.

This is called hard format.

After the completion of formatting, you can restore all your contacts , notes and other data from memory card.

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A to Z Run Commands - Useful commands

Here are list of all Run commands ....

A
Accessibility Controls - access.cpl

Accessibility Wizard - accwiz

Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools - control admintools

Adobe Acrobat (if installed)- acrobat

Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist

Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist

Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready

Adobe Photoshop (if installed) - photoshop

Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl


B


Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt


C


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

Control Panel - control


D


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 desktop

Display Properties - desk.cpl

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

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility - verifier


E


Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc


F


Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz

File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif

Findfast - findfast.cpl

Firefox (if installed) - firefox

Folders Properties - control folders

Fonts - control fonts

Fonts Folder - fonts

Free Cell Card Game - freecell



G


Game Controllers - joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) - gpedit.msc


H



Hearts Card Game - mshearts

Help and Support - helpctr

HyperTerminal - hypertrm



I


Iexpress Wizard - iexpress

Indexing Service - ciadv.msc

Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn1

Internet Explorer - iexplore

Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl

Internet Setup Wizard - inetwiz

IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration)- ipconfig /all

IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) - ipconfig /displaydns

IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) - ipconfig /flushdns

IP Configuration (Release All Connections) - ipconfig /release

IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) - ipconfig /renew

IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) - ipconfig /registerdns

IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) - ipconfig /showclassid

IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid


J


Java Control Panel (If Installed) - jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (If Installed) - javaws



K


Keyboard Properties - control keyboard


L


Local Security Settings - secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff


M


Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt

Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl

Microsoft Chat - winchat

Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel

Microsoft Frontpage (if installed) - frontpg

Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk

Microsoft Paint - mspaint

Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed) - powerpnt

Microsoft Word (if installed) - winword

Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync

Minesweeper Game - winmine

Mouse Properties - control mouse

Mouse Properties - main.cpl



N


Nero (if installed) - nero

Netmeeting - conf

Network Connections - control netconnections

Network Connections- ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl

Notepad - notepad

Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) - nvtuicpl.cpl


O


Object Packager - packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard - osk

Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)- ac3filter.cpl

Outlook Express - msimn



P


Paint - pbrush

Password Properties - password.cpl

Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor - perfmon

Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl

Phone Dialer - dialer

Pinball Game - pinball

Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes - control printers

Printers Folder - printers

Private Character Editor - eudcedit


Q



Quicktime (If Installed) - QuickTime.cpl

Quicktime Player (if installed) - quicktimeplayer



R

Real Player (if installed) - realplay

Regional Settings - intl.cpl

Registry Editor - regedit

Registry Editor - regedit32

Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone

Remote Desktop - mstsc

Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc

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



S
Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks - control 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 (Scan Immediately) - sfc /scannow

System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce

System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot)- sfc /scanboot

System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) - sfc /revert

System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) - sfc /purgecache

System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) - sfc /cachesize=x

System Information - msinfo32

System Properties - sysdm.cpl


T


Task Manager - taskmgr

TCP Tester - tcptest

Telnet Client - telnet

Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui


U


User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager - utilman


W


Windows Address Book - wab

Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig

Windows Backup Utility (if installed) - ntbackup

Windows Explorer - explorer

Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl

Windows Address Book - wab

Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig

Windows Backup Utility (if installed) - ntbackup

Windows Explorer - explorer

Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier - magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc

Windows Media Player - wmplayer

Windows Messenger - msmsgs

Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected) - wiaacmgr

Windows System Security Tool - syskey

Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr

Windows Version (to show which version of windows) - winver

Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart

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Spypig - Get a notification when people read your email

Have you ever wondered that whether your friend read your mail or not? He/she is not replying or didnt see your mail. Wheteher your important mail reach to its destination. If yes then here is Spypig for you.

Spypig is a cool email tracking system that sends you a notification mail whenever recipient read your mail.

Its very simple to use just follow these steps:

1). Open www.spypig.com .

2). Here enter your Email id and message title.

3). It provides special image which contains tracking code, select 1 of the image provided. If you dont want that your recipient know about this tracking then select blank (white) image provided

there.

4). Select no of notifications you want and then press activate.

5). Now it will generate an image copy that image in your mail.

6). Send it.

Its done.

Now whenever your recipient open that mail you will got a notification email.

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Relax your eyes while working on your Computer

If you use computer for more than 2-3 hours per day, for any purpose work, fun, internet, games or anything. It may strain your eyes.


Long and continous working on computer makes eyes tired, which may lead to some serious eyes problems like blurred vision, back and head aches, dry and burning eyes, forehead heaviness, light sensitivity, delayed focusing, sore eyes or distorted color vision. To prevent this we should give small brakes to our eyes during long working hour. this can be done by using a small application named Eye Relax.

Eyes Relax is a small application that can do just that, reminding you at a specified interval to relax your eyes. It alert the user after every 13 minutes( by default its 13 minutes but you can change it according to your preferences) that is time to take a 60 seconds brake.

It provides four options for display during brakes display the default break dialog, blank screen, show an image or a slideshow of pictures from a chosen directory.You can choose one of them which is best suitable for you. It also provides an option to choose audio for brakes.

It has notification feature, displays user the time left for next brake. It also has a parent mode which allows user to password protect his settings so that noone can change is settings.

Eye Relax is freely available on Internet, so download it now and prevent eye strain and give your eyes some small brakes. It will surely contribute to your health.

Click here to download.

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Split or Extract Video files by using ChopperXP

It is very useful when you have less storage space and require a particular portion of video.

Wanna
extract some particular part of some video or movie? Now you cna do it
easily, videos can be easily split or cut by using this software named
Chopper XP.

Chopper XP is a Vob cutting program with a video display and a great interface. It is a DVD cutting program and has very fast speed of operation. You can scroll to a location and select mark in and out points and save the file as a Vob file. The program also lets you set any priority of extraction and displays the estimated time left for extraction.

It let you extrat video files from any DVD and it preserve 100% quality as there is no recompression.

Its a freeware software, available on internet. You can download it by clicking on the link given below.

Click here to download chopper xp

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Keyboard shortcuts for VLC media player

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• VLC is one of the common media player. It can play almost every known media format. So here are shortcuts keys for VLC media player. If you are keyboard lover, love to use keyboard more than mouse then just try these shorcuts.
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• Ctrl+ Up/Down Arrow – Increase or Decrease the volume.
• Ctrl+ Left/Right Arrow – Forward or Rewind the video.
• A – Toggle video in different aspect ratios;
• C – Crop the Video;
• F – Switch to fullscreen and exit fullscreen.
• G – Subtitle delay, hitting it inserts a 50ms delay, twice 100ms delay and so on.
• H – This works as reverse process for G.
• J - Audio delay of -50ms every time you hit ‘J’
• K – Reverse of ‘J’, i.e. hit ‘K’ to get a +50ms audio delay.
• M – Mute or un-mute.
• N – Play next track from the playlist.
• P – Play the Previous track in the playlist.
• S – Stop playback
• T – Show Time played/ Time left
• V – Enable subtitles (if available).
• Z – Zoom in and Zoom out.

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Automatic Window refresh - Cool Computer Tricks

Whenever you make a change to your windows you have to press F5 or do a manual refresh sometimes its very annoying Now with this trick you can tell windows to increase the rate at which it does the refreshing.

Just follow given steps:

1) Type Regedit in run.

2) In Registry editor window go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Update.

3) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named UpdateMode and set it to equal 0 for faster updates. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Its done.

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Pdf files speak

Do you know the reading feature of adobe reader, Now you have no more need to read the long Pdf files line by line, pdf will read out itself for you.

This feature is available in all 6+ version of pdf, It will read the document in computer generated voice. Here are steps:

1). Open a pdf file using adobe reader. Make sure that you have 6 or higher version of adobe reader.

2). Go to view >> Read out Loud >> Activate Read out loud.

3). Then choose any from read this page only or read to end of document.

4). You can also stop or pause reading any time just by selecting option stop or pause in read out loud.

Here are some Shortcuts for the same:

Ctrl + Shift +V to Read this page only.

Ctrl + Shift+ B to read to end of document.

Ctrl + Shift+C to Pause.

Ctrl + Shift+E to Stop reading.

Enjoy listening...

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SpeedUp Adobe Acrobat Reader

We all use adobe acrobat reader daily, but sometimes it gets very irritating when we want to open a pdf document and it takes 5 to 10 seconds to load. Now here is tricks to speed up acrobat reader. It will make acrobat reader to load very fast and will open instantly just like notepad.

Follow these steps:

1. Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader like C:\program files\adobe\reader9.0\reader\plugins.

2. Now Cut all the files and folders present in plugins folder and paste them in optional folder in reader.

Make sure that acrobat reader is not open, If it is opend then first close it then move these folders otherwise it wont allow.Its done.

Now Pdf files will load much faster.

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Notepad As DIARY - Cool Computer Tricks

Do you maintain diary??? n want to maintain on your computer then now you can maintain it on your pc without using any software. Use notepad as diary. follow these steps:

1) Create a new notepad file.

2) Type .LOG in it.

3) Save it with any name and close it.

4) Reopen it.

Its done. On reopning it shows current time and date, Whenever you opened it, It will show date and time. So get ready n start writing..

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Notepad, System tricks, Tweaks, VISTA tricks, XP tricks

Here is trick to open cdrom in 1 click. For this you have to make a file which when clicked open cdrom. So to make that file follow given steps:

1). Open notepad.

2). Copy given code as it is into it

code:

Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")

Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection

if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then

for i=0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1

strDrive= oWMP.cdromCollection.item(i).driveSpecifier

colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject

strQuestion = "Close DRIVE " & strDrive & "?"

answer= msgbox (strQuestion, vbYESNO)

if answer= vbYES then colCDROMs.Item(i).eject:

next

end if

wscript.quit

3). Save it anywhere with the name cdrom.vbs.

Its done.

The above file when clicked will open your cd rom and ask question to close it and will close in case of pcs when you say yes.

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Create Table without using mouse and menus in ms word

It’s possible create Table without using mouse and menus in MS word and Outlook. Here its that…

Type the content (+——+——-+——+) in Microsoft Word and press Enter. One row of a table will be created and for more rows you can press TAB.

Step 1:

+--+--+--+

Step 2: (After pressing Enter having the cursor at the last ‘+’ Result will be like the below one)

Step 3: (press TAB to create more Rows)

In this ' + ' represents the column borders and ' – ' represents the length of the each column.

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Mouse Shortcuts

Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. so here are some cool mose shortcut go and try them..

• Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
• Shift+Scroll Down (previous page)
• Shift+Scroll Up (next page)
• Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
• Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
• Middle click on a tab (closes tab)

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Control Music Player from Firefox

If you are music freak and love to listen music while surfing or browsing and tierd of switching back and forth between your browser and media player to control media player, then this post is for you.

Now you can access and control your music player from firefox, for this you just need to install Froxy tunes extensions in firefox.

Once you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox you will see the FoxyTunes Toolbar located in the Status Bar. The default media application is Windows Media Player but it can be easily changed.

It provides various menus,submenus and buttons/items with the default settings. Some of them are Search, FoxyTunes Main Menu, Show Player, Select Player, Previous Track, Play, Next Track, Mute On/Off, Volume, Play File, Twitty Tunes, Foxy Tunes Search/Explore, Open FoxyTunes Planet, & Toggle Visibility/Drag and drop to move.

You can Download Froxy tunes free. Here is link for froxy tune exension..

Click here To Download

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Things to Consider before buying Netbooks - Cool computer Tips

Netbooks are a branch of subnotebooks, a rapidly evolving category of small, lightweight, and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web based Applications.

Here are some tips, some important points which should be considered before buying netbooks. netbooks are inexpensive but it doesn’t mean that you should go ahead and just buy any netbook that you see first. There are a few things that you should consider first:

Consider your needs and wants - There are roughly two types of netbooks in the market today, netbooks with Solid State Drives (SSD) and netbooks with Hard Disk Drives (HDD).

SSD netbooks boot faster, are able to withstand impact and are generally more reliable in terms of performance. But they are also notorious for having low storage capacities (the SSD netbooks that do have high storage capacity are very expensive).

On the other hand, HDD netbooks can store up to 160GB of data on the hard drive, but they are less tough than their SSD counterparts.

Consider the brand - There are many brands of netbooks out in the market today. ASUS definitely created the netbook market in 2007, but other manufacturers followed soon after, including Acer, Lenovo, HP, Dell, and MSI, among others. Different manufacturers have different signatures, e.g., Asus for small keyboards. Different brands of netbooks are known for different things, and it does pay if you research on what these are.

Linux or Windows XP - Just like there is competition between Windows and Mac in desktop computers, for all of the models of netbooks there is a Linux version or a Windows XP version. The only main difference is which operating system the manufacture loads on the netbooks at time of order.

There are advantages and disadvantages to each operating system loaded onto netbooks. Linux is known for its security and stability. Malware and other infections are rarely complained of by Linux users. On the other side, Windows XP has the advantage of popularity. Because most pc users are use to a Windows platform operating system, it is difficult for a Windows user to switch to a Linux platform.

Consider User Reviews - One way to put netbooks to the “test” without actually using it is to read reviews users write about specific netbooks. Manufactures are always going to portray their product as the “latest and greatest” product on the market. User reviews are an honest, first hand rundown on a particular netbook model. Another great way to get reviews of specific netbook brands or models is to search for forums on the different netbook models.

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Portable Music player - Carry audio player in USB

USB Pen Drives are a great way to carry your files around, and that includes your favourite collections of audio files. But it's very diffcult and slso annoying to manage all audio and video files without favourite music player.

So here is one Audio media player for your USB Pen Drive that you can carry around along with your media collection. Its name is CoolPlayer+.



CoolPlayer+ Portable is an easy to use audio player which allows user to listen to his music wherever he go. It can be placed on USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD. You can use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

Its a freeware utlity software, you can download it easily form internet.

Click here to Download

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