Tech Tips http://techtips.chanduonline.com Tips and Tricks to effectively use the latest Tools Technologies and Trends Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:44:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Creating Your Own Run Commands! http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/creating-your-own-run-commands/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/creating-your-own-run-commands/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:37:17 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1364 Using this tutorial you can create any run command, for instance opening a program, a game, etc. I am going to create a Run command to run Opera. It’s pretty easy , just follow the below instructions carefully:

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5 Best Websites For Free Windows Mobile Software

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/5-best-websites-for-free-windows-mobile-software/feed/ 0 How to Use Picasa Web to do Camera Research http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/how-to-use-picasa-web-to-do-camera-research/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/how-to-use-picasa-web-to-do-camera-research/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:21 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1360 Are you thinking of buying a camera, but getting confused about the conflicting reviews and ratings on the models you’re interested in? Picasa Web Albums can be used for more than just sharing pictures. Ultimately, you can also search publicly available pictures on Picasa Web Albums as well, and if only you could select for shots taken by your potential new camera, you would have a huge selection of pictures to compare quality and range of function across models.

Search by camera in Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums has a new search function: you can now narrow down your picture search by camera model used.

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How to Use Picasa Web to do Camera Research

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/how-to-use-picasa-web-to-do-camera-research/feed/ 0 Fix File Associations In Windows 7 With File Association Fixer http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/fix-file-associations-in-windows-7-with-file-association-fixer/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/fix-file-associations-in-windows-7-with-file-association-fixer/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:57:01 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1358 File Association Fixer is a portable tool for Windows 7 and Vista that aims to fix corrupted file association with click. You can use this tool when you are not able to open one or more file types in Windows.

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Fix File Associations In Windows 7 With File Association Fixer

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/05/fix-file-associations-in-windows-7-with-file-association-fixer/feed/ 0 Tweak Me : Another Impressive Windows 7 Tweaking Tool http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/tweak-me-another-impressive-windows-7-tweaking-tool/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/tweak-me-another-impressive-windows-7-tweaking-tool/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:23:30 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1354 It appears that with the market share of Windows 7, Windows 7 tweaking tools list is also growing at a rapid rate. In the past, we reviewed tens of free tweaking tools for the latest version of Windows, and here is another impressive tool to the growing list.

Tweak Me is a portable Windows 7 tweaking tool to change advanced Windows 7 settings without opening the registry. The tool offers several tweaks under different categories.

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Tweak Me : Another Impressive Windows 7 Tweaking Tool

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/tweak-me-another-impressive-windows-7-tweaking-tool/feed/ 0 Creating a presentation quickly from a directory of images in OpenOffice Impress http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/creating-a-presentation-quickly-from-a-directory-of-images-in-openoffice-impress/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/creating-a-presentation-quickly-from-a-directory-of-images-in-openoffice-impress/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:53:20 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1352 Once I installed this extension, it took me about six seconds to create a presentation based on a directory of graphics, one slide for each graphic.

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/node/419

Download the extension, don’t unzip it, then choose Tools > Extension Manager as always to add it.

Then choose Tools > Addons > Create Photo Album.(If that doesn’t show up, restart OpenOffice.)

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Creating a presentation quickly from a directory of images in OpenOffice Impress

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/creating-a-presentation-quickly-from-a-directory-of-images-in-openoffice-impress/feed/ 0 DIY: 6 Simple Steps To Start Podcasting http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/diy-6-simple-steps-to-start-podcasting/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/diy-6-simple-steps-to-start-podcasting/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:41 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1350 Are you one of those hard-headed individuals that prefers to reinvent the wheel each time instead of learning from the experience of others? Don’t be. After going through a laborious week of research, question asking, and more research, I’ve finally got Podcasting all figured out. I’ll help you learn what took me about 40 hours — in the next 4 minutes.

I’m not claiming that my way is the only way, or the best way, but I guarantee that it’s the simplest and fastest way to turn your Podcast from an idea into a tangible product that people can listen to. Now that I’m in the know, I present you the simplest 6 steps to start podcasting.

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DIY: 6 Simple Steps To Start Podcasting

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The following list includes 21 great tools/sites for school and college students. The tools are completely web based and almost all of them are free to use. Some of them are general tools useful for every internet user while others are specific to the needs of college students.

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21 Excellent Web Apps For College Students

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/21-excellent-web-apps-for-college-students/feed/ 0 VLC Media Player To Get Extensions Starting With Version 1.1 http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/vlc-media-player-to-get-extensions-starting-with-version-1-1/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/vlc-media-player-to-get-extensions-starting-with-version-1-1/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:36:09 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1346 Starting with version 1.1, VideoLan Media Player (VLC) will get extensions support, and anyone will be able to write their own – like it is with Firefox extensions:

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VLC Media Player To Get Extensions Starting With Version 1.1

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/vlc-media-player-to-get-extensions-starting-with-version-1-1/feed/ 0 Top Tweaks to Make Ubuntu Start-up Faster http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/top-tweaks-to-make-ubuntu-start-up-faster/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/top-tweaks-to-make-ubuntu-start-up-faster/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:34:25 +0000 Techie http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1343 It is a general notion that Ubuntu is a bit sluggish; but here are some handy tips to trigger faster Ubuntu start-up

Boot-Up Manager

The Boot-Up Manager commonly abbreviated as BUM, happens to be a handy utility for starting or terminating boot-up scripts. After the installation is done successfully, BUM appears under — System -> Administration menu.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2010/02/04/top-tweaks-to-make-ubuntu-start-up-faster/feed/ 0 Kill or End Process Without Getting ‘This System Is Shutting Down’ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/kill-or-end-process-without-getting-this-system-is-shutting-down/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/kill-or-end-process-without-getting-this-system-is-shutting-down/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:10:20 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1339 Have you ever kill a process or end a task from your task manager and then you get 30 seconds of countdown before it restarts or shutdowns by itself? When trying to manually remove a virus, the first thing to do is to end the process first before removing it from registry. That’s because some virus are persistent and whenever you remove the auto start entry, it’ll add it back again. Let’s say you are trying to end a task of a running virus from your Windows Task Manager. The next thing you get is a popup that says ‘This system is shutting down. Please save all your work in progress and log off. Any unsaved changes will be lost. This shutdown was initiated by ComputerName\User. Time before shutdown‘

Here is how to kill or end a process without getting ‘This system is shutting down’ error popup.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/kill-or-end-process-without-getting-this-system-is-shutting-down/feed/ 16 Download Windows Search 4.0 Preview http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/download-windows-search-40-preview/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/download-windows-search-40-preview/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:06:32 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1338 Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) is the next version of desktop search for system running Windows operating system. Windows Search 4.0 which replaces Windows Desktop Search (WDS) and automatically upgrades WDS version 2.6 and later (older versions must be uninstalled first), can perform instant search on user’s computer to find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music [...]
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Download Windows Search 4.0 Preview

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/download-windows-search-40-preview/feed/ 0 How to Create a Shortcut to Eject CD or DVD Drive http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/how-to-create-a-shortcut-to-eject-cd-or-dvd-drive/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/how-to-create-a-shortcut-to-eject-cd-or-dvd-drive/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:05:47 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/?p=1337 Windows provides a contextual right click menu item of ‘Eject’, which will be shown when users right click on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or CD/DVD burner/writer optical drive, and when selected will eject or open the CD/DVD disc tray. For some reason, it may be useful to create an Eject shortcut or icon that will auto eject [...]

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/31/how-to-create-a-shortcut-to-eject-cd-or-dvd-drive/feed/ 3 Reset Forgotten MySQL Root Password http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/04/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/04/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:17:56 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/04/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password/ Have you ever forgotten the root password on one of your MySQL servers? This is a quick howto on resetting your MySQL root password. It does require root access on your server.

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Reset Forgotten MySQL Root Password

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/03/04/reset-forgotten-mysql-root-password/feed/ 7 Fill in PDF forms online with PDFescape http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/fill-in-pdf-forms-online-with-pdfescape/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/fill-in-pdf-forms-online-with-pdfescape/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:08:38 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/fill-in-pdf-forms-online-with-pdfescape/ Ever need to fill out the fill-in forms on a PDF document while using a computer without Adobe Reader installed? PDFescape is an online PDF viewer and editor that has almost all the features you could ever need. And that includes the ability to fill in forms, something which you won’t find in most other online PDF viewers.

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Fill in PDF forms online with PDFescape

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/fill-in-pdf-forms-online-with-pdfescape/feed/ 3 Copy Tables in Firefox to the Clipboard http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/copy-tables-in-firefox-to-the-clipboard/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/copy-tables-in-firefox-to-the-clipboard/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:07:01 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/copy-tables-in-firefox-to-the-clipboard/ I sometimes want to copy html tables found on websites into a program that is able to display them properly on my computer so that I can save the data and use it as a reference. Whenever I copy a table in Firefox and paste it into Microsoft Excel, or Open Office, the table structure and formatting is lost. All cells are pasted without the correct formatting which can be quite frustrating if you want to copy a large table.

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Copy Tables in Firefox to the Clipboard

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/14/copy-tables-in-firefox-to-the-clipboard/feed/ 7 How to add recent comments to your Blogspot blog http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/12/how-to-add-recent-comments-to-your-blogspot-blog/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/12/how-to-add-recent-comments-to-your-blogspot-blog/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:45:34 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/12/how-to-add-recent-comments-to-your-blogspot-blog/ If your blog client of choice is Google’s Blogger, odds are you’ve banged your head against a wall at least a few times wondering why Blogger can’t be a bit more like WordPress or TypePad. While Blogger is incredibly easy to use, it’s a bit more difficult to customize. But with a bit of work, you can tweak your Blogger site to near-perfection.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/12/how-to-add-recent-comments-to-your-blogspot-blog/feed/ 20 Access All Shared Folders In One Single Window With ‘fsmgmt.msc’ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/08/access-all-shared-folders-in-one-single-window-with-fsmgmtmsc/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/08/access-all-shared-folders-in-one-single-window-with-fsmgmtmsc/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:05:48 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/08/access-all-shared-folders-in-one-single-window-with-a%c2%80%c2%98fsmgmtmsca%c2%80%c2%99/ Run and type fsmgmt.msc and hit enter. This shows to you all the shared folders of the [...]]]> Microsoft has some hidden snap-ins which are many times very useful to accomplish some tasks very quick. Like, to manage all your shared folders in one window you can use one of the Microsoft’s snap-ins.

Click on Start > Run and type fsmgmt.msc and hit enter. This shows to you all the shared folders of the computer in one single window. You can also see the other computers which are connected, what files they have opened and you can even disconnect live sessions from this interface itself.

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Access All Shared Folders In One Single Window With ‘fsmgmt.msc’

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/08/access-all-shared-folders-in-one-single-window-with-fsmgmtmsc/feed/ 20 iGoogleBar Firefox add-on supercharges Google apps bar http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/07/igooglebar-firefox-add-on-supercharges-google-apps-bar/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/07/igooglebar-firefox-add-on-supercharges-google-apps-bar/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:32:24 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/07/igooglebar-firefox-add-on-supercharges-google-apps-bar/ When you’re using a Google service like Gmail or Google Docs & Spreadsheets, you’ll notice a little menu bar at the top of your screen with links to other Google services. This is kind of handy if you can’t remember the URLs for each service, but otherwise it’s not particularly useful.

iGoogleBar is a Firefox add-on that adds a little oomph to that menu bar by showing previews for each Google app.

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iGoogleBar Firefox add-on supercharges Google apps bar

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/07/igooglebar-firefox-add-on-supercharges-google-apps-bar/feed/ 4 Wordpress 2.3.3 Security Release http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/wordpress-233-security-release/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/wordpress-233-security-release/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:41:48 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/wordpress-233-security-release/ A new version of Wordpress has been released just a few hours ago by the Wordpress team. The update is considered critical and fixes a security vulnerability and some minor bugs. The security flaw was found in the implementation of the XML-RPC which would allow any registered user to edit comments of other users using a specially crafted request.

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Wordpress 2.3.3 Security Release

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/wordpress-233-security-release/feed/ 1 FREE 1 Year Kaspersky Anti-Virus Genuine License Key for EVERYONE http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/free-1-year-kaspersky-anti-virus-genuine-license-key-for-everyone/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/free-1-year-kaspersky-anti-virus-genuine-license-key-for-everyone/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:38:18 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/free-1-year-kaspersky-anti-virus-genuine-license-key-for-everyone/ Last December, there were a few companies such as AVG and Webroot SpySweeper giving out free genuine license key to everyone. I have no idea why they did that but I think most probably they made enough money for the year and it??s a marketing strategy to get more people using their products. Once the 1 year period is up, they will have to update their license to continue using the security products.

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FREE 1 Year Kaspersky Anti-Virus Genuine License Key for EVERYONE

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/05/free-1-year-kaspersky-anti-virus-genuine-license-key-for-everyone/feed/ 7 How To Identify Good or Bad StartUp Programs http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/how-to-identify-good-or-bad-startup-programs/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/how-to-identify-good-or-bad-startup-programs/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:52:57 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/how-to-identify-good-or-bad-startup-programs/ There are a lot, I mean REALLY a lot of free startup and hijack analyzer program which scans your system for all running programs, autostart locations, drivers, services and hijack points. Silent Runners, HijackThis, RunScanner, HiJackFree and AutoRuns is a few popular ones and each has their own pros and cons. Startup analyzer is a very powerful tool to remove malwares but it requires the user to have an advance computer knowledge to be able to determine which file or process is a malware.

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How To Identify Good or Bad StartUp Programs

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/how-to-identify-good-or-bad-startup-programs/feed/ 2 Back up your Flickr Photos using FlickrEdit http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/back-up-your-flickr-photos-using-flickredit/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/back-up-your-flickr-photos-using-flickredit/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:51:49 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/back-up-your-flickr-photos-using-flickredit/ If you are a hardcore Flickr user, this piece of information is worth spending five minutes on. I recently stumbled on a free open source Java Desktop application called FlickrEdit that enables backup of all Flickr photos on your personal computer. Not only that, it also allows burning of these photos on a CD or a DVD with great ease.

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Back up your Flickr Photos using FlickrEdit

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/back-up-your-flickr-photos-using-flickredit/feed/ 0 Unknown Device Identifier: Identify Hardware Type, Model & Driver for Unknown Devices in Windows Device Manager http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/unknown-device-identifier-identify-hardware-type-model-driver-for-unknown-devices-in-windows-device-manager/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/unknown-device-identifier-identify-hardware-type-model-driver-for-unknown-devices-in-windows-device-manager/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:44:31 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/unknown-device-identifier-identify-hardware-type-model-driver-for-unknown-devices-in-windows-device-manager/ Unknown Device Identifier is a freeware Windows application that allows you to identify unknown devices in the Device Manager, highlighted by yellow question mark and labeled as ??Unknown Device?. It then displays a detailed summary of the device manufacturer??s name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown device. With the resulting information, you can contact your hardware manufacturer for support or search the Internet for the corresponding driver with a simple click. Known devices recognized by Microsoft Windows can also be analyzed independent of the operating system.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/unknown-device-identifier-identify-hardware-type-model-driver-for-unknown-devices-in-windows-device-manager/feed/ 0 Remotely control your PC using a Gmail account http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/remotely-control-your-pc-using-a-gmail-account/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/remotely-control-your-pc-using-a-gmail-account/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:40:47 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/remotely-control-your-pc-using-a-gmail-account/ Now here??s an intriguing little program for all you Gmail aficionados out there. You can now send remote commands to your PC by emailing your Gmail account. Available commands include shutting down the PC, running a program and opening a webpage in your browser.

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Remotely control your PC using a Gmail account

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/04/remotely-control-your-pc-using-a-gmail-account/feed/ 0 Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/01/remove-unwanted-programs-from-windows-vista/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/01/remove-unwanted-programs-from-windows-vista/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:39:39 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/01/remove-unwanted-programs-from-windows-vista/ Windows Vista ships and installs with a lot of programs and features that I do not need. I??m not only talking about games and wallpapers but also about Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer or support for Tablet PCs. These applications and functions are nevertheless installed when you install Windows Vista and there is no way of disabling many of them during the installation.

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Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/02/01/remove-unwanted-programs-from-windows-vista/feed/ 0 View Comic Books with CDisplay http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/view-comic-books-with-cdisplay/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/view-comic-books-with-cdisplay/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:35:42 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/view-comic-books-with-cdisplay/ Have you ever come across files with the extension cbr or cbz? These are the standard file formats for digital comic books. Whether you have a subscription to a comic book archive or had the files given to you by a friend, the bottom line is what are you supposed to do with them.

If you??re using Windows, then you might want to try CDisplay

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View Comic Books with CDisplay

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/view-comic-books-with-cdisplay/feed/ 1 Quick Google Calendar Tip: Setting Default Notifications http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/quick-google-calendar-tip-setting-default-notifications/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/quick-google-calendar-tip-setting-default-notifications/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:33:03 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/quick-google-calendar-tip-setting-default-notifications/ Google Calendar notifications rock! Not only do I get alerts by email and browser popups, I also get event alerts on my mobile phone via SMS. Now for most appointments or meetings I need to be reminded of I set the SMS notification at least an hour before, to be sure I don??t forget, and to be sure I have ample time to travel to my meeting destination (if it??s not online).

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Quick Google Calendar Tip: Setting Default Notifications

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/29/quick-google-calendar-tip-setting-default-notifications/feed/ 0 Extend the Windows Clipboard http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/extend-the-windows-clipboard/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/extend-the-windows-clipboard/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:03:29 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/extend-the-windows-clipboard/ The Windows clipboard can store a single text phrase in its memory, once a new phrase is copied to the clipboard the old one is lost. If you want to copy two different text phrases for instance you need to copy the first, paste it somewhere, copy the second and paste it as well. A tool that would save more than one record at a time would optimize the process considerably.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/extend-the-windows-clipboard/feed/ 0 Tweaking Hidden Ubuntu Settings With Ubuntu Tweak http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/tweaking-hidden-ubuntu-settings-with-ubuntu-tweak/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/tweaking-hidden-ubuntu-settings-with-ubuntu-tweak/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:02:55 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/tweaking-hidden-ubuntu-settings-with-ubuntu-tweak/ Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network
icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security
settings, etc. Currently Ubuntu Tweak is available only for the Ubuntu
GNOME desktop, i.e., it will not work on Kubuntu or Xubuntu. This short
guide shows how to install and use Ubuntu Tweak.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/tweaking-hidden-ubuntu-settings-with-ubuntu-tweak/feed/ 0 How To Setup Disk Quotas For MySQL Database http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/how-to-setup-disk-quotas-for-mysql-database/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/how-to-setup-disk-quotas-for-mysql-database/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:52 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/how-to-setup-disk-quotas-for-mysql-database/ MySQL server has no support for preventing disk from getting filled up. You need to depend upon external configurations. Let us see how to use standard Linux disk quota to limit user database size.

Suppose you have a user foo on the system as well as on MySQL. Now how do you limit space for foo?

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/28/how-to-setup-disk-quotas-for-mysql-database/feed/ 1 Flickr Mass Downloader http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/flickr-mass-downloader/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/flickr-mass-downloader/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:49:17 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/flickr-mass-downloader/ Downloading pictures from Flickr can be a time consuming task, especially if you find a collection that contains dozens or even more pictures that you like and would like to download. A mass downloader for Flickr would aid and help you a lot and reduce the time needed to download all the pictures that you want.

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Flickr Mass Downloader

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/flickr-mass-downloader/feed/ 0 Get Information About Your BIOS / Server Hardware From a Shell Without Opening Chassis ( BIOS Decoder ) http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/get-information-about-your-bios-server-hardware-from-a-shell-without-opening-chassis-bios-decoder/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/get-information-about-your-bios-server-hardware-from-a-shell-without-opening-chassis-bios-decoder/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:47:17 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/get-information-about-your-bios-server-hardware-from-a-shell-without-opening-chassis-bios-decoder/ biosdecode is a command line utility to parses the BIOS memory and prints information about all structures (or entry points) it knows of. You can find out more information about your hardware.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/25/get-information-about-your-bios-server-hardware-from-a-shell-without-opening-chassis-bios-decoder/feed/ 0 Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions from Windows http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/three-ways-to-access-linux-partitions-from-windows/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/three-ways-to-access-linux-partitions-from-windows/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:23:13 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/three-ways-to-access-linux-partitions-from-windows/ If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this
problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you
are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three
ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3
filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows.
While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File
System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/three-ways-to-access-linux-partitions-from-windows/feed/ 0 Recovering Ubuntu after a Windows installation http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/recovering-ubuntu-after-a-windows-installation/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/recovering-ubuntu-after-a-windows-installation/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:18:34 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/recovering-ubuntu-after-a-windows-installation/ What follows is a small step-by-step guide on how to recover the ability to boot your Ubuntu partition after a new Windows installation

problem: Windows overwrites the Master Boot Record (MBR), effectively destroying any LILO or GRUB setup you might have had; contrary to what several websites claim: just setting the proper partition active will NOT fix the problem
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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/recovering-ubuntu-after-a-windows-installation/feed/ 1 Install GFX Grub In Ubuntu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/install-gfx-grub-in-ubuntu/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/install-gfx-grub-in-ubuntu/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:54:04 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/24/install-gfx-grub-in-ubuntu/ GNU Graphics Grub is the new Grub boot screen which adds to Visual appeal of Boot Screen .. Unlike older grub GFX Grub has now much better themes and customization options.. This article takes a quick look at How To Install GFX GrubBoot Menu..

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Install GFX Grub In Ubuntu

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Official Google url Alternatives

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/official-google-url-alternatives/feed/ 1 How to run KDE applications on Windows http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/how-to-run-kde-applications-on-windows/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/how-to-run-kde-applications-on-windows/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:25:48 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/how-to-run-kde-applications-on-windows/ Want to run some open source Linux applications designed for the KDE desktop environment, without you know, installing Linux? The KDE Windows Project makes it possible to run some KDE programs in a Windows environment.

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How to run KDE applications on Windows

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/how-to-run-kde-applications-on-windows/feed/ 0 Nice and Useful OpenOffice.org extensions http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/nice-and-useful-openofficeorg-extensions/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/nice-and-useful-openofficeorg-extensions/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:52:52 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/nice-and-useful-openofficeorg-extensions/ Apparently, the only thing that stopped developers from creating useful OpenOffice.org extensions was the lack of a place to publish them. With the launch of the OpenOffice.org Extension Repository, the number of extensions listed there has shot up, and there are no signs of a slowdown. Although quantity doesn’t always mean quality, the repository already offers a few nifty extensions that can expand the functionality of OpenOffice.org and make your work more efficient.

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Nice and Useful OpenOffice.org extensions

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/nice-and-useful-openofficeorg-extensions/feed/ 0 Free CD/DVD burning software with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD support http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/free-cddvd-burning-software-with-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-support/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/free-cddvd-burning-software-with-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-support/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:46:45 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/free-cddvd-burning-software-with-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-support/ Have you spent few dollars on purchasing a CD/DVD burner like NERO, only to find out later how it fell short on your expectations? If you are someone who likes to own everything free, you might want to try BurnAware Free, an inexpensive (read, free) alternative to the CD/DVD burning utilities available in the market today.

BurnAware enables you to accomplish most common disc burning tasks, such as, burn data to almost any type of disc, including blu-ray (BD-R/ BD-RE); create audio CDs from WAV, MP3, or WMA files; create and burn disc images (.ISOs); write DVD-video files (like VOB files) to a DVD; or write multi-session discs to all supported media formats.

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Free CD/DVD burning software with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD support

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/free-cddvd-burning-software-with-blu-ray-and-hd-dvd-support/feed/ 0 WordPress Increases File Storage Space to 3 GB for Free Users http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/wordpress-increases-file-storage-space-to-3-gb-for-free-users/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/wordpress-increases-file-storage-space-to-3-gb-for-free-users/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:35:45 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/wordpress-increases-file-storage-space-to-3-gb-for-free-users/ Wordpress.com increased the free file storage for the blogs hosted at wordpress.com from 50MB to 3GB. Now users can upload up to 3GB of images, documents, movies and more without having to worry about how many kilobytes are left in their upload space.

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WordPress Increases File Storage Space to 3 GB for Free Users

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/wordpress-increases-file-storage-space-to-3-gb-for-free-users/feed/ 2 GTDInbox for Gmail – Firefox Add-Ons http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/gtdinbox-for-gmail-firefox-add-ons/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/gtdinbox-for-gmail-firefox-add-ons/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:32:18 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/gtdinbox-for-gmail-firefox-add-ons/ GTDInbox(formerly GTDGmail) is a Firefox extension, which combines Gmail with David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. It makes Gmail more useful by adding GTD-related labels and reviewing options with tasks and reminders.

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GTDInbox for Gmail – Firefox Add-Ons

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/23/gtdinbox-for-gmail-firefox-add-ons/feed/ 0 How to find out what keeps your hard drive busy under Windows Vista http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-find-out-what-keeps-your-hard-drive-busy-under-windows-vista/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-find-out-what-keeps-your-hard-drive-busy-under-windows-vista/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:50:10 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-find-out-what-keeps-your-hard-drive-busy-under-windows-vista/ Did it ever happen to you that your computer was unbelievably slow because your hard disk was so busy? I am sure it did. Sometimes you know the culprit keeping the light of your disk drive blinking like wild. But most of the time you probably wonder what the heck could have a higher priority for Windows other than loading the application you just launched.

There are tools that can help you track down the program that keeps your hard disk busy, but usually you don’t have them to hand when needed.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-find-out-what-keeps-your-hard-drive-busy-under-windows-vista/feed/ 1 How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:38 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/ Something happen to a windows Master Boot Record (MBR) that you’re responsible for? Want a very quick, very easy way to restore it with nothing but your craft, native intelligence and a liveCD?

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/feed/ 0 How to boot with grub off a floppy and into your hard drive http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-boot-with-grub-off-a-floppy-and-into-your-hard-drive/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-boot-with-grub-off-a-floppy-and-into-your-hard-drive/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:45:57 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-boot-with-grub-off-a-floppy-and-into-your-hard-drive/ Having a problem with grub on your Linux box can really ruin your computing experience. That’s why it’s always handy to make a bootable grub floppy and stick it in a drawer somewhere, just in case.

Here’s how you do it in Ubuntu, although these instructions will be pretty much the same in any distro.

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]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-boot-with-grub-off-a-floppy-and-into-your-hard-drive/feed/ 0 Tips To Protect Your WordPress Blog http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/tips-to-protect-your-wordpress-blog/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/tips-to-protect-your-wordpress-blog/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:43:23 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/4-tips-to-protect-your-wordpress-blog/ Matt Cutts recently wrote a post giving Three tips to protect your WordPress installation. Try these tips if you own a WordPress blog.

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/tips-to-protect-your-wordpress-blog/feed/ 0 Install and Run Software on Windows XP without affecting Registry/Disk using ‘RunAs’ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/install-and-run-software-on-windows-xp-without-affecting-registrydisk-using-runas/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/install-and-run-software-on-windows-xp-without-affecting-registrydisk-using-runas/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:41:25 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/install-and-run-software-on-windows-xp-without-affecting-registrydisk-using-a%c2%80%c2%9crunasa%c2%80%c2%9d/ Here is a quick tip to install and run applications on Windows XP without affecting the registry. While this is not strictly comparable to Windows Vista’s inbuilt Sandbox, Registry & File System Virtualization feature, it is a quick method to run programs such as IE on XP in restricted mode, preventing malware or viirus from affecting the registry or drive.

To use RunAs, right click the program’s executable or shortcut and select ‘Run As’. If the option is not visible, press Shift and then click on the icon. Then select ‘current user’ and check the option ‘Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity’ box is ticked.

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Install and Run Software on Windows XP without affecting Registry/Disk using ‘RunAs’

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/install-and-run-software-on-windows-xp-without-affecting-registrydisk-using-runas/feed/ 0 Clear your printer spooler from commandline http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/clear-your-printer-spooler-from-commandline/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/clear-your-printer-spooler-from-commandline/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:34:45 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/clear-your-printer-spooler-from-commandline/ For one reason or the other, a print job may get hung up and stop responding. One way to possibly clear this problem up is to use the command line to stop and restart the printer spooler. The services command sc can be used. In the command prompt, enter sc stop spooler followed by sc start spooler (omit the quotation marks).

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Clear your printer spooler from commandline

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/clear-your-printer-spooler-from-commandline/feed/ 0 How to clone your bootable Ubuntu install to another drive http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:21:32 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/ If you’ve ever wanted to completely clone your Ubuntu install, with all of the tweaks, files you’ve downloaded and changes you’ve made to it, there’s a fairly simple way to do this. This is great if you want a complete backup, or if you’re looking to move your system to a newer (read: bigger, faster, stronger) hard drive or even just to clone your install to other machines with the same hardware.

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How to clone your bootable Ubuntu install to another drive

]]> http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/feed/ 1 PPCalc.com offers PayPal and Reverse PayPal Fee Calculator http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/ppcalccom-offers-paypal-and-reverse-paypal-fee-calculator/ http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/ppcalccom-offers-paypal-and-reverse-paypal-fee-calculator/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:17:03 +0000 chandu http://techtips.chanduonline.com/2008/01/22/ppcalccom-offers-paypal-and-reverse-paypal-fee-calculator/ Have you ever tried receiving (or sending) payments through PayPal? If your answer is in the affirmative, then you must be aware of the taxes on any dividends you receive from the fund.

Won’t it be great if you could calculate the PayPal fees just before accepting a payment? This is beneficial since you can know how much PayPal fees will be deducted for a certain payment. Better still, if you could reverse calculate the fees, you’d be able to demand a fixed amount (inclusive of the fee) from the person wiring the money.

Enter PPCalc.com and all those concerns are addressed right from the word go.

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PPCalc.com offers PayPal and Reverse PayPal Fee Calculator

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