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RENAME A SERIES OF FILES (A simple but often forgotten tip)
2007-06-03 09:40:00 Photos from your digital camera, they often have unrecognizable seies of numbers or names. You can rename several similar files at once following this procedure. This also works for renaming other types of files.1.Open the folder containing files that you want to rename.2.Select the files you want to rename.3.On the File menu, click Rename .4.Type the new name, and then press ENTER More About: Computer , Series , Simple , Files
REMOVE MSN MESSENGER
2007-06-03 09:38:00 Remove msn messenger from your computer typing the following command in run window "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%infmsmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" More About: Computer , Messenger , Messe , Messen , Mess
LOCKING THE SYSTEM
2007-06-03 09:34:00 Press the Windows key and the L key (WinKey+L) at the same time to lock your system or you can type the following command "rundll32.exe user32.dll,Lock WorkStation" in a text file and change its extension to a bat file and place it in the desktop. Double clicking which will lock your desktop More About: System , Computer , Stem , Locking
SPEED UP LAUNCH OF PHOTOSHOP
2007-06-03 09:32:00 To speed up the launching of Photoshop , add ~(Tilde) in front of those plugins which you would not use much in the plugins folder present in the installed directory....When you need the plugins remove the tilde... More About: Softwares , Launch , Speed , Speed up
REDUCE START MENU SIZE
2007-06-03 09:30:00 To make your computer look good and also to shorten the start menu, create a folder somewhere in your system and drag the shortcuts from the start menu and place it in the folder( say drag norton antivirus from start menu to a folder called security also similarly antispyware etc.,)and remove all the programs listed in the start menu and removing all the shortcuts, drag this folder in to the start menu .. This would help you organise softwares on their contexts. More About: Computer , Start Menu , Start , Reduce , Size
HOW TO STORE FILES SECRETLY
2007-06-03 09:28:00 Hide files in Jpeg image --Keep Your files secret in a different way --Create a folder of any name in a location of your choice..Copy a jpg file and a file of any format to the created folder..Convert the file in to a rar file or zip file....now in command prompt type the following commandc:folder name /b picturename.jpg+filename.rar newname.jpg{go to the "folder name" by using "cd foldername" command in command prompt, picturename is the name of the picture file and filename is the name of the rar file and newname is the name you need to give for the created jpg file}1file copied will be displayed...now delete other files from the folder other than newname.jpgnow if you double click the picture file it will open as a normal jpg filebut if you open the jpg file using winrar or winzip it would show the file stored inside the rar file too.. More About: Computer , Store , Files
SAFE WORKING WITH REGISTRIES
2007-06-03 09:25:00 Many a times you would feel why you did not create a restore point before starting to work on the registries...There is another way of taking backup of the original registries before editing...Rt.click on the "mycomputer" in Regis try editor (type regedit in 'run' to go to registry editor) and click export...All the original registries will be exported to the location you mention...Double clicking which, all registries will be restored... More About: Computer , Safe , Working , Trie
CONVERT TO NTFS
2007-06-03 09:23:00 Upgrading your file system to NTFSYou can upgrade to NTFS using CONVERT.EXE. in 2000 even after installation...........For example:Go to "Command Prompt"Type:CONVERT C: /FS------------------------------(Convert s drive C to NTFS:)Press ENTER More About: Computer , Vert
AVOID STARTMENU COLLAPSE
More articles from this author:2007-06-03 09:21:00 Generally after opening the program from start menu, the start menu closes...To avoid it press shift key while launching a program from the start menu to launchmultiple programs...... More About: Collapse , Computer , Tart , Menu , Avoid 1, 2 |
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