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Remove the Outlook Express Splash Screen
2008-05-03 15:42:00
Sick of the Outlook Express splash screen every time you start? This tip will help you remove it. (1) Open your registry ( start > run "regedit" ) (2) Navigate to the key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Outlook Express and create a new value called 'NoSplash ' in the key . (3) Change the value to equal '1' to disable the splash screen or '0' to enable it. (4) Exit the registry... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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IIT Kanpur Site hacked 3 times in last one week
2008-04-28 11:15:00
IITK site hacked once again and this time by some professional hacker. Thankfully he didn?t do any damage and left with just the warning. The last time it was hacked it was something like a Mc Donald's Site . Well technically its the third time that someone has edited the homepage of IITK website but the last time it was twice by the same hacker in 24 hrs. Actually it wasn?t even hacked, it was... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: News , Week , Times , Hacked

Changing the Internet Explorer Window Title
2008-04-24 16:46:00
This setting allows you to customize Internet Explorer by using your own window title. For example you could rename IE to 'My Browser' or anything else you like! See the pic below : (1) Open your registry ( Start > Run > type "regedit" ) (2) Navigate to the key below. Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInter net ExplorerMain]Value Name: Window TitleData Type: REG_SZ(3) Create a new... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Internet Explorer , Changing , The Internet

Change the Location of the Outlook Express Mail and News Files
2008-04-24 16:40:00
If you have installed Windows on a separate partition and want to keep it free of any unnecessary files, you can change the location of the mail and news files stored by Outlook Express to another partition. (1) Open regedit ( Start > Run > type "regedit" ) (2) Navigate to the key : Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOutloo k Express]Value Name: Store RootData Type: REG_SZ (3) Change the... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: News , Mail , Location

Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines
2008-04-23 11:19:00
Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows XP machines. Its actually a fix to a bug installed as default in Windows 2000 that scans shared files for Scheduled Tasks. And it turns out that you can experience a delay as long as 30 seconds when you try to view shared files across a network because Windows 2000 is using the extra time to search the remote computer for any Scheduled... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Machines , Browsing , Speed

Removing or Renaming the Recycle Bin
2008-04-22 15:21:00
Some people want to keep there desktop clean like me, and to do that they either remove all icons except the recycle bin or uncheck the "Show Desktop Icons" ( by right clicking on dekstop ) . The later technique is good but it uses system resources to do this task . Here is a better option, remove all the icons and then to remove the recycle bin icon , do the following : (1) Run > type... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Office filing cabinets and bookcases
2008-04-22 08:33:00
Intercounty.com is an online store based in the UK, and they specialize in office furniture. But that doesn?t mean that they only offer the best quality office furniture at the most reasonable prices; their 22 years in the industry has allowed them to expand their expertise to manufacturing executive furniture, bookcases, bistro furniture, classroom furniture, artificial plants, filing cabinets,... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Reviews , Office

Your Favorite Video As Desktop Wallpaper
2008-04-21 13:13:00
Wanna put your favorite video as wallpaper on your desktop, or just wanna impress your friend with the tricks you can play with your desktop wallpaper. If the answer is yes, go read this : Windows Vista will have a feature called Dreamscene which will allow us to have a video as a desktop background . Dreamscene will only be available to the people using Windows Vista Ultimate but for people... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Mosquito Ringtones : Ultrasonic Ringtones Adults Can't Hear
2008-04-16 20:21:00
Did you phone ring the wrong item when you were in class or in a meeting. You got a call or message from a friend which resulted in the a sound disturbing the whole class or meeting. If this is what happened with you, then this technology comes to the rescue. Mosquito Ringtones , the ultrasonic ring tone that adults can not hear. This special frequency tone is inaudible to those over the age of... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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3GB Community : New Social Networking Site
2008-04-16 08:42:00
If you just can?t get enough of social networks such as myspace, friendster, orkut, or facebook, then you should join 3gb community www.3gb.biz After signing up, one gets to add new friends, or find old ones via the search system. In addition, you can get to listen to mp3 tracks within the community as well, which is rather interesting. You also get to blog and to receive comments from all... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Social , Social Networking , Community , Networking , Site

Login Multiple Google ( ie Gmail / Orkut ) Accounts Using Firefox
2008-04-15 18:29:00
May times we have multiple Google accounts of Gmail or Orkut or Google Groups etc. & we wish to access them simultaneously. One solution can be login into different accounts using different browsers but if you want to access the accounts using the same browser, then go for the trick below. Step 1: Open System properties ( Right clicking my computer >> Properties), choose tab advanced, click... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Discount Inkjet & Laser Printer Cartridges
2008-04-15 07:53:00
Printer is commonly used either for business or personal. Without it we cant print our projects and other paper forms that used for business. Finding a Cheap Ink Jet Printers Cartridges for your Home Office or Business Office is the most difficult part of the printing, as now a days Ink Jet Printers are getting out of the Market, but as we all know that we are still in use of the same. I have... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Reviews , Laser , Printer , Discount

Microsoft Surface : This is what I call Technology !!!
2008-04-14 14:06:00
Wanna see what technology really is ??? Check out the video above !!! Wooooo !!! Microsoft surface is a technology which thins the line between the virtual world and the physical world . Microsoft Surface (Codename: Milan), is a forthcoming Multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: News , Technology , Reviews , Call

Turn off Welcome screen
2008-04-13 11:45:00
By using Welcome Screen at startup , you can simply click your account name to log on. This is much simple and fast then classical login window in which you have to enter user name and password. By some users, for added security, want to turn off this feature and use the classic login prompt screen like in the picture above, so that other people can't login unless they know both user name and... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Intel Classmate PC : Powering IT amoung Children
2008-04-13 11:37:00
?Only 5 percent of the world?s children today have access to a PC or to the Internet,? Chien said. ?Education is one of the best examples of how technology improves our lives. We have seen how technology helps teachers create fun learning experiences more efficiently. We have also been touched by children?s excitement when they are inspired by technology. The Intel -powered classmate PC is one of... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: News , Children

Graphics.h in C++ in Vista
2008-04-11 20:17:00
Download the file from the links below ( Zipped file splitted in 2 parts ) : Part 1 : Dev-Cpp with Graphics in Vista (9.86 MB) Part 2 : Dev-Cpp with Graphics in Vista (9.89 MB) After downloading the 2 files , double click on .zip file and extract the folder to "C:" . The folder will consist of Dev C++ Complier. Follow the steps below : 1. Go to the ?File? menu and select ?New?, ?Project?,... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Programming , Codes

Windows 7 : The Next Version of Windows
2008-04-11 09:40:00
After the much awaited release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is now working on the release its successor, Windows 7 (code named Blackcomb and Vienna). Windows 7 is expected to be released next year as Bill Gates said recently. A server variant, codenamed Windows Server 7, is also under development. Details- Windows 7 has reached the Milestone 1(first stage) stage and has been made available to key... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: News , Information , Reviews

NetBeans 6.1 IDE Beta : WoW !!!
2008-04-07 13:53:00
Sun Microsystems, Inc. , the leading Open Source company, and the NetBeans(TM) community announced the availability of NetBeans 6.1 integrated development environment (IDE) Beta . NetBeans 6.1 Beta adds a rich set of features for JavaScript(TM) technology development, a key component for delivering Ajax web applications and tighter integration of MySQL(TM) database functionality. The NetBeans 6.1... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr

Show Hidden Files And Folders Not Working
2008-04-06 15:39:00
A few days back, a friend came to me and told me that he was having trouble with his Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If he selected the radio button ?Show hidden files and folders?, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Folders , Files , Hidden , Working

Enable / Disable Registry Editing Tool In XP ( Regedit)
2008-04-06 15:13:00
Sometimes because of a virus or some software, the registry editing tool "regedit" ( Accessed by Start >> Run >> "regedit" ), gets disabled. This is quite irritating as you get this message when you try to access "regedit". Also sometimes, you might want to restrict users to change registry. Here is a solution for the same : Open gpedit tool ( Start >> Run >> "gpedit.msc" )Navigate to User... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Registry , Tool , Editing

Disable or Enable Folder Options in XP
2008-04-06 15:07:00
Folder options are very important when a system is shared between users. One of the main functionality that can be changed from folder options is to view hidden or/and super hidden files and folder in Windows XP. (Before...) (After...) So, if you share your system among multiple users, it is advisable to disable the folder options in Windows XP. Method :Goto Group Policy Editor.... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Restore Task Manager, Regedit and Folder Options Disabled by Virus
2008-04-06 14:47:00
Let?s face it. All of us have been infected by virus before. Even if you have anti-virus installed, you can still be infected by a new or custom virus that is not recognized by your anti-virus. Sometimes after removing the virus completely from our system, you?ll face new problems such as you can no longer bring up Windows Task Manager from CTRL+ALT+DEL. You get the error message saying ?Task... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Virus , Options , Disabled , Restore

Remove the Username or User Pic from Start Menu
2008-04-04 19:09:00
(1) Remove User name : Start regedit.exe and navigate to the this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies Explorer In the right-pane, set NoUserNameInStartMenu value-data to 1 Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows. (2) Remove the user name and user account picture from Start Menu , in order to have a blank blue panel at the top, try this: Start Windows... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr

Info on DSL, Cable, Satellite & Dialup ISP Service
2008-04-04 17:09:00
It might take you some time to find out the best DSL, cable, wireless, dial up and satellite service. If you have to visit site by site to find an affordable service you will have to spend some time front of the computer. You do not want to buy from the first service provider without comparing the prices. If you are interested in finding a cheaper ISP provider, try GetISP . You can compare... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Reviews , Satellite , Service , Info , Cable

Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance & Speed
2008-04-03 13:30:00
This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the prefetch directory can get full of junk and obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your computer noticeably. Open C(system... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Performance , Clean , Speed , Improve

Allow more than 10 simultaneous downloads in IE
2008-04-03 13:22:00
This is to increase the the number of max downloads to 10. 1. Start Registry Editor ( Start -> Run -> "Regedit"). 2. Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows CurrentVersionInternet Settings 3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value (a dword) , and then add the following registry... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Blog Tv : Live Broadcast , Shows & TV
2008-04-02 12:36:00
Discover something new or broadcast your own live shows, or record and archive your blog with Blog TV. I've discovered a website wherein you can create live shows and chat with your audience. Here, all you need is a webcam and an internet connection. I think it works like youtube but the difference is it offers a live broadcast of your videos. A 15-minute fame, it is what they offer. In the time... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Reviews , Broadcast , Live

Disable Log Off Option From System
2008-04-01 11:04:00
This trick might help in an organization where you don't want your employees or students, to log off the system. 1. Type GPEdit.msc 2. Goto User Configuration and go into administrative templates 3. Under that you have "Start menu and Task Bar" 4. On right hand side you will see a policy which says "Remove Logoff on the start menu" 5. Enable it 6. Run GPUPDATE /FORCE on clients and Done !!!! (... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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Collaborate and Improvise : Net Beans
2008-04-01 10:22:00
I think this is the best feature NB has provided with, its a module named "Developer Collaboration". What's Plugin Portal Plugin Portal page showcases "Recently Added", "Top Rated" and "Most Popular" Plugins made by the NetBeans community members.The "Plugins" allow you to extend the functionality of the NetBeans IDE, as well as any other application built on top of the NetBeans... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
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20 things you didn't know about Windows XP
2008-03-29 08:41:00
You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets. 1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All... To read this full article, other contents, and more, visit www.techx.co.nr
More About: Things , Windows Xp