ReadyBoost is a component of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. It works by using flash memory, USB 2.0 drive, SD card, CompactFlash or any kind of portable flash mass storage system as a drive for disk cache. ReadyBoost is present, with fewer restrictions than in Vista, in the beta version of Windows 7. ReadyBoost is also used to facilitate SuperFetch, an updated version of Windows XP’s prefetcher which performs analysis of boot-time disk usage patterns and creates a cache which is used in subsequent system boots.
In order to take advantage of this feature and boost performance as stated above you will need a flash memory device. But if you really want to see the boost your device should meet some minimum performance and space requirements:
• The device must be at least 64 MB
• The device must be USB 2.0
• It has to be able to read at 3.5 MB/s
• It has to be able to write at 2.5 MB/s
But don’t worry if you do not know the device’s specs or is unsure about it, just give it a try. To get started using ReadyBoost, follow these steps:
• First, plug in USB storage device.
• If autorun is enabled, Vista or Windows 7 will ask you what you want to do with it. Just select the option that says “Speed up my system”
- If your device is fast enough you will see a properties dialog box for further configuration.
- Select “Use this device”
- Select the amount of space on it you want to dedicate for the ReadyBoost system file.
- Click OK and you are finished.
• If autorun is disabled, then go to Computer and right click on the removable storage device and select Properties.
- If your device is compatible, you will see a ReadyBoost tab. Select that tab by clicking on it.
- Then select “Use this device”
- Select the amount of space on it you want to dedicate for the ReadyBoost system file.
- Click OK and you are finished.
From now on your memory device will be used instead of hard disk as virtual memory. If you have any questions regarding ReadyBoost you can visit Tom Archer’s blog. Feel free to comment below your experience with ReadyBoost.
Showing posts with label Searching Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Searching Tricks. Show all posts
Forcefully Eject USB Flash Drives In Windows
While ejecting USB flash drives from PC, sometimes an error comes saying The device “Generic Volume” cannot be stopped right now, Try stopping the device again later. Here is a free utility called EjectUSB that forcefully stops all the running programs and helps in ejecting pen drives safely. It is designed to be a simple utility to close all programs running from a specified drive or folder and then attempt ejection if a drive was specified. Download Instructions: Click here to download this software from the official website.
Liferea: RSS feed reader for Linux users
RSS feeds have been really very useful for me and I love to manage all the feeds which I follow via FeedDemon. Recently when I started using Ubuntu I was really missing my Feed manager. Then I found this cool feed reader. Liferea is a feed manager for Linux systems. There are many feed readers out there but all of them requires new libraries to be installed or the worse they do not support linux systems.
The best thing about this is you can easily add your Google feed reader feeds to this. So if you are already using FeedDemon and if it is synchronized with your Google Account then you can easily add all those feeds to Liferea also.
Liferea is the best feed reader available for the Linux systems. It’s fast, it’s simple and it’s easy to use.
Read this to know how to install it in your Linux.
The best thing about this is you can easily add your Google feed reader feeds to this. So if you are already using FeedDemon and if it is synchronized with your Google Account then you can easily add all those feeds to Liferea also.
Liferea is the best feed reader available for the Linux systems. It’s fast, it’s simple and it’s easy to use.
Read this to know how to install it in your Linux.
How To Edit WordPress Themes/Templates in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is a professional software from Adobe that allows you to design web templates. By default, we cannot edit Wordpress designs in Dreamweaver but in this post I am going to tell you that how to do it.
Before starting this tutorial, I think that you have Dreamweaver installed in your system and you have basic skills required to design Wordpress themes.
Lets start : Here is a new extension for Dreamweaver called ThemeDreamer that makes WordPress theme creation in Dreamweaver very simple. You do not need any server or Wordress installed in your System, ThemeDreamer assembles the different WordPress pages into aWYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) version of your blog that you can edit with live blog data in Dreamweaver’s design view panel.
What does this extension actually do :
ThemeDreamer automatically combines all the Wordpress files into a single editable design view page inDreamweaver so that we can easily edit the design to whatever we want. Just download any freeWordpress theme and you can customize it according to your needs.
Download Instructions : ThemeDreamer can be used for a free trial period of 15 days. Click here to download. (You must register an account to download this application) Click here to register an account for free.
Tutorials : If needed, you can watch Video tutorials here.
Feel free to post comments. :)
Before starting this tutorial, I think that you have Dreamweaver installed in your system and you have basic skills required to design Wordpress themes.
Lets start : Here is a new extension for Dreamweaver called ThemeDreamer that makes WordPress theme creation in Dreamweaver very simple. You do not need any server or Wordress installed in your System, ThemeDreamer assembles the different WordPress pages into aWYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) version of your blog that you can edit with live blog data in Dreamweaver’s design view panel.
What does this extension actually do :
ThemeDreamer automatically combines all the Wordpress files into a single editable design view page inDreamweaver so that we can easily edit the design to whatever we want. Just download any freeWordpress theme and you can customize it according to your needs.
Download Instructions : ThemeDreamer can be used for a free trial period of 15 days. Click here to download. (You must register an account to download this application) Click here to register an account for free.
Tutorials : If needed, you can watch Video tutorials here.
Feel free to post comments. :)
Use Webcam With Multiple Applications At The Same Time
ManyCam is a freeware tool that offers an excellent replacement for your physical webcam. It works by allowing both CamFrog and ICQ or any other video supporting program to run simultaneously. It supports most of the chat hosting services like Yahoo, CamFrog, MSN, ICQ, PalTalk, Skype, YouTube, and much more. It predominantly functions as the video source for the above video or chat enabling services.
This tool has an easy to use interface. Users must select ManyCam instead of iSight as the video source of their chat recording program. When you activate this program, you can record video from the iSight. With the help of this tool, you can launch both video and chatting services like Skype, SightSpeed, and Yahoo Messenger at the same time. In addition, when you are working on both the chat and video programs simultaneously, you can also access YouTube at the same time.
This tool appears as a menu bar icon once it gets installed on your system. This tool lets you display much more than your recorded videos in a camcorder or digital camera. You can display the Mac’s desktop over video chat with your peers and colleagues. You can further zoom in and zoom out the video shared through this virtual web cam. It has inbuilt features that allow you to edit / remove / add text to the video you share. This web camera displays date and time throughout your chat session. Further, you can enhance the visual appeal of your video by adding CGI graphics like water and fire effects. This tool is available for free download.
Download ManyCam
This tool has an easy to use interface. Users must select ManyCam instead of iSight as the video source of their chat recording program. When you activate this program, you can record video from the iSight. With the help of this tool, you can launch both video and chatting services like Skype, SightSpeed, and Yahoo Messenger at the same time. In addition, when you are working on both the chat and video programs simultaneously, you can also access YouTube at the same time.
This tool appears as a menu bar icon once it gets installed on your system. This tool lets you display much more than your recorded videos in a camcorder or digital camera. You can display the Mac’s desktop over video chat with your peers and colleagues. You can further zoom in and zoom out the video shared through this virtual web cam. It has inbuilt features that allow you to edit / remove / add text to the video you share. This web camera displays date and time throughout your chat session. Further, you can enhance the visual appeal of your video by adding CGI graphics like water and fire effects. This tool is available for free download.
Download ManyCam
Free PDF ebook to Word Converter Software
PDF to word converter is an absolute freeware and can convert any pdf ebooks and documents to doc or rtf files for free. It also supports batch pdf to word conversion.
Steps to Convert
Download and install the software.
Add the source pdf files and use the option given in the left to display or avoid graphics, select pages, provide password and much more.
Click start conversion to begin pdf ebook conversion.
Features of Free pdf to Word Software
Steps to Convert
Download and install the software.
Add the source pdf files and use the option given in the left to display or avoid graphics, select pages, provide password and much more.
Click start conversion to begin pdf ebook conversion.
Features of Free pdf to Word Software
- Freeware
- Does not require an adobe reader for conversion
- Convert encrypted pdf files
- Preserve original layout
- Batch conversion
- Option to specify which pages should only be converted
Convert PDF ebooks to Word Format for free
Nowadays most of the printed magazines and books are available online as “ebooks” in downloadable PDF format. Since Pdf files could only be edited with separate PDF editors, it’s better to edit them after converting into Microsoft word or doc format. We have already mentioned free pdf to doc online converters in one of our previous posts. But since these conversion services are being provided only online, we can’t predict or rely on them all time. Downloadfree software which converts pdf ebooks to word format.
Setup An AutoReply Bot For Gtalk Messenger
Setup an autoreply bot for gtalk/gmail messenger with a freeware called Gtalk Autoreply. This software bot lets you send automated replies to your friends in Google talk.
Gtlak Autoreply bot can become handy while you are busy in office or away from your system.You can preconfigure this bot with auto replies so that when someone buzzes you, this app will automatically respond to your friend with the automated reply from your gtalk instant messenger.
Gtalk Autoreply uses Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) inorder to send automated replies.
Gtlak Autoreply bot can become handy while you are busy in office or away from your system.You can preconfigure this bot with auto replies so that when someone buzzes you, this app will automatically respond to your friend with the automated reply from your gtalk instant messenger.
Gtalk Autoreply uses Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) inorder to send automated replies.
How to setup Autoreply Bot for Gtalk/Gmail messenger
All you need to do is to login with your Gmail/Gtalk username and password and the bot will sent an automated message when any one buzzes you.
1. Download Gtalk Autoreply and run setup.exe.
2. Run Gtalk Autoreply and enter your Username, Password and Message and active.
All you need to do is to login with your Gmail/Gtalk username and password and the bot will sent an automated message when any one buzzes you.
1. Download Gtalk Autoreply and run setup.exe.
2. Run Gtalk Autoreply and enter your Username, Password and Message and active.
Open Password Protected Excel Documents
We are often advised to password protect our files which contain sensitive information. But the use of strong passwords makes it more difficult to remember and has its own inconveniences. So what happens if we forget the password to those files we had backed up few months before. Is there any ways to open a password protected microsoft excel file without knowing its password. The answer to this is simply, YES.
How to open password protected Microsoft Excel documents without knowing its actual password
There are two ways to open a password protected MS excel file, either by decrypting the entire excel file or by recovering the original password. These two process can be easily done by following the steps provided in this excel password recovery article. I’ll summarize the steps in a simple way below.
1) Download office password recovery tool from this link.
How to open password protected Microsoft Excel documents without knowing its actual password
There are two ways to open a password protected MS excel file, either by decrypting the entire excel file or by recovering the original password. These two process can be easily done by following the steps provided in this excel password recovery article. I’ll summarize the steps in a simple way below.
1) Download office password recovery tool from this link.
2) Install the application with the default options.
3) Run the application and navigate to the password protected file by clicking the open button provided in the top left of the window.
4) This launches the recovery wizard. Here you can find two options.
a) 100% instant document decryption - This method is the fastest and it strips all the password protection from the msexcel document.
b) Recover the password to open – While this method just finds the original password of the excel file.
5) Choose any of the option and recover the password protected Excel document.
a) 100% instant document decryption - This method is the fastest and it strips all the password protection from the msexcel document.
b) Recover the password to open – While this method just finds the original password of the excel file.
5) Choose any of the option and recover the password protected Excel document.
Activate Multitouch Feature for all Synaptics Touchpad [Laptop]
Now you can add multi-touch functionality to all laptops having Synaptics touchpad using a free utility called Scrybe. With multi touch functionality you’ll be able to perform common tasks using customizable gestures with your touchpad.
For example, you can configure Scrybe such that drawing a G on yourtouchpad takes you to google.com and similarly you could do other tasks like copy/paste, control mediaplayers, rotate/crop images and launching applications.
Scrybe takes gestures to the next level with gesture workflows. Gesture workflow does more than launch an application or perform a keyboard shortcut. Gesture workflows carries out multi-step tasks like running presentations, watching DVDs, working with digital photos, shopping online, and more - all using the TouchPad alone.
How to Use Scrybe on your laptop
After installing Scybe, make sure to restart the system.
Right click the Scrybe button in the system tray and select Scrybe control panel. Take a small practice session, and go through all the gesture entries and create new ones accordingly.
To activate gesture shortcut entry, press SHIFT + Ctrl key and press one finger down on the TouchPad to launch the symbol drawing area. A small window shows up and here you can draw your favorite gesture with the finger that is resting on the TouchPad.
All the gestures configured could be accessed using the control panel. You can access control panel from system tray or by drawing a scrybe control panel symbol.
Download Synaptics Scrybe
For example, you can configure Scrybe such that drawing a G on yourtouchpad takes you to google.com and similarly you could do other tasks like copy/paste, control mediaplayers, rotate/crop images and launching applications.
Scrybe takes gestures to the next level with gesture workflows. Gesture workflow does more than launch an application or perform a keyboard shortcut. Gesture workflows carries out multi-step tasks like running presentations, watching DVDs, working with digital photos, shopping online, and more - all using the TouchPad alone.
How to Use Scrybe on your laptop
After installing Scybe, make sure to restart the system.
Right click the Scrybe button in the system tray and select Scrybe control panel. Take a small practice session, and go through all the gesture entries and create new ones accordingly.
To activate gesture shortcut entry, press SHIFT + Ctrl key and press one finger down on the TouchPad to launch the symbol drawing area. A small window shows up and here you can draw your favorite gesture with the finger that is resting on the TouchPad.
All the gestures configured could be accessed using the control panel. You can access control panel from system tray or by drawing a scrybe control panel symbol.
Download Synaptics Scrybe
Use Google as proxy
Many jobs and schools & colleges block access to certain sites. However, it is very difficult for anybody to block access to google. By using google with either of these two methods, you can gain access to blocked sites very easily. Blocked web site, huh? Need a proxy? I am not a big fan of chasing free, open proxies all over the place. I use google instead. Here I describe what I believe is an uncommon way for bypassing blocked sites using google. 1) The first and most common way of using google to bypass blocked sites is just to search for the site and then clicked the "cached" link that appears on google. Easy, simple, and frequently works for static information. 2) Passing the site through google translator works well as well. Here's the URL to use: Code: http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=enen&u=www.blockedsite.com (where blockedsite.com is the site that you wish to visit) This translates the site from english to english and works because the ip address will appear as google instead of you. Here's a link to tech-recipes passed through the translator as an example. You can actually do this with any langpair. Change enen in the URL above to spanish by using eses and it still works. 3) Unique method that I have not seen described before is to search through google mobile. Google mobile will "convert as you go" very similiar to the translation method above. Just search for your site with google mobile and click on the link it provides. Here's is tech-recipes brought up through google mobile search. Once again, this will allow you to bypass any blocks because the IP request comes from google not for you. Like the translation method above, google will continue to "proxy" as you continue to visit links through the site. And ya it is also useful to retrive some information from net which is currently not available.
Google Search Techniques
Link: url Shows other pages with links to that url Related:url same as "what's related" on serps. Site: domain restricts search results to the given domain. Allinurl: shows only pages with all terms in the url. Inurl: like allinurl, but only for the next query word. Allintitle: shows only results with terms in title. Intitle: similar to allintitle, but only for the next word. "intitle:webmasterworld google" finds only pages with Webmasterworld in the title, and google anywhere on the page Cache:url will show the Google version of the passed url. Info:url will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box. Spell: will spell check your query and search for it. Stocks: will lookup the search query in a stock index. Filetype: will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:doc" to remove Microsoft word files. Daterange: is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date. Maps: If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented. Phone: enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for Something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code) Site:www.somesite.net "+www.somesite.+net"(tells you how many pages of your site are indexed by google) Allintext: searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title Allinlinks: searches only within links, not text or title
To Trace Original Email Sender
The purpose of this guide is to show the process involved in tracing an email. The first step required to tracing an email is finding out the headers of the email. What are headers? Email headers are lines added at the top of an email message that are used by servers as the email goes on route to get delivered. Generally email clients only show the standard To, From, and Subject headers, but there are more. Enabling Email Headers For Gmail Step 1:Once Logged into your Gmail Account open the Email whose headers you want to view. Click on the “More Options” link in the message next to the date of the email. Step 2: Now click the “Show Original” link. Step 3: This link will popup a new window the headers and the body of the message. Enabling Email Headers For Hotmail Step 1:Once logged in, click on the "Options" link in the upper navigation bar. Step 2: Now click on the "Mail Display Settings" link. Step 3: Change the "Message Headers" option to "Full" and click ok. Step 4: Go to your inbox and open any one of your email. You emails show now contain additional headers. Enabling Email Headers For Yahoo Step 1:Once logged in, click on the "Options" link in the upper navigation bar. Step 2: Now click on the "General Preferences" link. Step 3: In the paragraph titled Messages and locate the "Headers" heading and select "All". Step 4: Go to your inbox and open any one of your email. You emails show now contain additional headers.
Explore rapidshare
Use following keywords in google to see all rapidshare folders available on internet site:rapidshare.com inurl:users "*" site:rapidshare.de inurl:users "*" site:rapidshare.com inurl:files "*" site:rapidshare.de inurl:files "*" site:rapidshare.com inurl:users (pass|password) site:rapidshare.de inurl:users (pass|password) (where * is the file name you want to search on rapidshare) Suppose you need some info on vista .Then you can try following keywords to see all rapidshare folders having any vista related thing in it. site:rapidshare.com inurl:users "vista" site:rapidshare.com inurl:users "windows vista"
Great tip for MP3 searching on google
Go to google copy and paste in ?intitle:index.of? mp3 and after mp3 put in an artist or album or whatever and hit enter… what you get is lists of downloadable mp3s eg: ?intitle:index.of? mp3 shakira enjoy downloading…………
Trick to see how many gals/guys are there in anybody's Orkut Friends List
1)Go to your friends profile 2)Under the Friends click view all 3)Now you can see all friends of that person 4)In the address bar (place where you type website names) you can see uid followed by a number, at the end of the number add &q=female For seeing number of girls and press enter. &q=male For seeing number of guys and press enter.
Cool Things You Can Do With Google
No one would argue the fact that Google is one of the most useful sites on the Internet. Unfortunately, most people only use about 3% of its power. Smart Google users, on the other hand, know how to turn Google into a quick calculator, translate foreign sites, create their own customized search engine, and search for movie reviews and stock quotes with special search queries. In this article, we’ll show you how to do all of that and more.
Turn Google Into a Quick Calculator Google enables you to perform a number of math operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages. All you have to do is use some calculator operators, which include: + (addition) - (subtraction) * (multiplication) / (division) % of (percentage of) ^ (raise to a power) Here a few example queries to get you started. 23+34 120-43 36*20 27/3 36% of 134 3^9 (3 to the 9th power)
Take Notes while Browsing the Web with Google Notebook. This note taking application allows you to organize all of your online research quickly and easily. With Google Notebook, you can clip text, images, and links from web pages while browsing. Your notes and clips are saved to an online “notebook” that you can access from any computer, and may also be shared with others. So whether you’re planning a vacation or writing a school paper, Google Notebook makes it easy. To get started, go to Google Notebook’s main site.
Translate Foreign Sites A large portion of the web sites on the Internet are not in English. This means that you’re missing out on a big portion of the Web. Fortunately, Google has provided a solution. First, translate the word you want to search for into the desired language. You can do this at BabelFish. Next, go to Google, enter your search query, and press enter. On the results page, you should see a link that says, “Translate this page” to the right side of the search results. Click on that link and Google will automatically translate the page to English for you. I have used just this one tip to discover a number of great new sites that I never would have had access to if it weren’t for Google’s translation tools.
Looking for Movie Reviews? Google’s got you covered. Simply go to http://www.google.com/movies and type in your favorite movie. Here’s an example of my most recent search for Shrek the Third:
Google also has lots of specialized search portals catered to technology enthusiasts. Are you a Mac junkie? Google will allow you to search for all things related to Mac and Apple at http://www.google.com/mac. Search for all things Microsoft at http://www.google.com/microsoft. Not a Microsoft fan? Google’s got a special Linux search engine waiting for you at http://www.google.com/linux.
Forget the Weather Channel. Who needs television when you’ve got Google? To get your local weather, simply go to www.google.com and type in weather:”areacode”. Fill in your area code and you will be given a 4-day weather forecast and today’s temperature, wind, and humidity.
Looking For a Stock Quote? Find it quickly at Google by typing in: “stocks:msft”. This search query will give you a quick snapshot of Microsoft’s stock performance. To find other stock information, just change the stock symbol.
Create your own Customized Google Search Engine. Google is allowing everyone to join in the fun with Google Custom Search Engines. This Google product allows anyone to create their very own search engine. You get to choose the sites, invite others to contribute to your search engine, and even customize the look and feel to suit your preferences. You could make your very own customized search for jobs, videos, digital camera reviews, and more. The possibilities are endless. Start building your own search engine at http://google.com/coop/cse/.
Hidden Google Pages There are also a number of hidden pages on Google that you’ve probably never seen before. Here are just a few of them: Google Moms - A tribute to Google moms for Mother’s Day. Google Dance 2004 , Google Dance 2005 and Google Dance 2006. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but Google has their very own dance. They’re packed with plenty of food, drinks, games, product demos, and a hotspot where you can meet the engineers. Google Holiday Logos - About the only thing that spices up the Google homepage are their cool logos. They’ve dedicated a special page to commemorate all of the holiday logos dating back to 1999. Dilbert and the Google Logo - Check out the first and last Dilbert cartoon on Google.
Get the local time of any place Not many people know that Google can also be used to get the local time of any place. To get the local time of the place of your choice follow the steps mentioned below. 1.) Point your browser to www.google.com 2.) In the search box type time . For e.g. to get the current time of Bangalore type, time Bangalore 3.) The search result has the first entry as the local time of the place you entered.
The Future of Google Google always has new ideas brewing in the Google Labs. Everything from Experimental Search to Google Voice Local Search. Find out what they’re up to at http://labs.google.com. Play around with their prototypes and then send in some feedback. Who knows, maybe we’ll see your ideas in the next Google tool. Feel free to post comments :)
Turn Google Into a Quick Calculator Google enables you to perform a number of math operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages. All you have to do is use some calculator operators, which include: + (addition) - (subtraction) * (multiplication) / (division) % of (percentage of) ^ (raise to a power) Here a few example queries to get you started. 23+34 120-43 36*20 27/3 36% of 134 3^9 (3 to the 9th power)
Take Notes while Browsing the Web with Google Notebook. This note taking application allows you to organize all of your online research quickly and easily. With Google Notebook, you can clip text, images, and links from web pages while browsing. Your notes and clips are saved to an online “notebook” that you can access from any computer, and may also be shared with others. So whether you’re planning a vacation or writing a school paper, Google Notebook makes it easy. To get started, go to Google Notebook’s main site.
Translate Foreign Sites A large portion of the web sites on the Internet are not in English. This means that you’re missing out on a big portion of the Web. Fortunately, Google has provided a solution. First, translate the word you want to search for into the desired language. You can do this at BabelFish. Next, go to Google, enter your search query, and press enter. On the results page, you should see a link that says, “Translate this page” to the right side of the search results. Click on that link and Google will automatically translate the page to English for you. I have used just this one tip to discover a number of great new sites that I never would have had access to if it weren’t for Google’s translation tools.
Looking for Movie Reviews? Google’s got you covered. Simply go to http://www.google.com/movies and type in your favorite movie. Here’s an example of my most recent search for Shrek the Third:
Google also has lots of specialized search portals catered to technology enthusiasts. Are you a Mac junkie? Google will allow you to search for all things related to Mac and Apple at http://www.google.com/mac. Search for all things Microsoft at http://www.google.com/microsoft. Not a Microsoft fan? Google’s got a special Linux search engine waiting for you at http://www.google.com/linux.Forget the Weather Channel. Who needs television when you’ve got Google? To get your local weather, simply go to www.google.com and type in weather:”areacode”. Fill in your area code and you will be given a 4-day weather forecast and today’s temperature, wind, and humidity.
Looking For a Stock Quote? Find it quickly at Google by typing in: “stocks:msft”. This search query will give you a quick snapshot of Microsoft’s stock performance. To find other stock information, just change the stock symbol.
Create your own Customized Google Search Engine. Google is allowing everyone to join in the fun with Google Custom Search Engines. This Google product allows anyone to create their very own search engine. You get to choose the sites, invite others to contribute to your search engine, and even customize the look and feel to suit your preferences. You could make your very own customized search for jobs, videos, digital camera reviews, and more. The possibilities are endless. Start building your own search engine at http://google.com/coop/cse/.
Hidden Google Pages There are also a number of hidden pages on Google that you’ve probably never seen before. Here are just a few of them: Google Moms - A tribute to Google moms for Mother’s Day. Google Dance 2004 , Google Dance 2005 and Google Dance 2006. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but Google has their very own dance. They’re packed with plenty of food, drinks, games, product demos, and a hotspot where you can meet the engineers. Google Holiday Logos - About the only thing that spices up the Google homepage are their cool logos. They’ve dedicated a special page to commemorate all of the holiday logos dating back to 1999. Dilbert and the Google Logo - Check out the first and last Dilbert cartoon on Google.
Get the local time of any place Not many people know that Google can also be used to get the local time of any place. To get the local time of the place of your choice follow the steps mentioned below. 1.) Point your browser to www.google.com 2.) In the search box type time . For e.g. to get the current time of Bangalore type, time Bangalore 3.) The search result has the first entry as the local time of the place you entered.
The Future of Google Google always has new ideas brewing in the Google Labs. Everything from Experimental Search to Google Voice Local Search. Find out what they’re up to at http://labs.google.com. Play around with their prototypes and then send in some feedback. Who knows, maybe we’ll see your ideas in the next Google tool. Feel free to post comments :)
Easiest Way To Catch IP Address Of Any Person Online
How to use this service : 1) First visit IPCatcher 2) Now choose a redirect URL and a password and the script will create you a link. 3) Then send this link to anyone you know (online) and the script will record their I.P. 4) Click Login at the bottom of the page to login and view the IP addresses of those who have visited your link. Simple !
Enhance Your SATA Hard Disk Performance in Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista users must have used the search box on the Start menu and after using it they must have experienced its sheer power. This search box not only searches in your start menu and control panel but also your personal files like pictures, documents and even your emails. This makes it very useful for everyday tasks. It also saves time and we also tend to get the habit of getting what we want by just typing a few letters and the reason why I love it! Getting back to the topic, if you are having a lot of personal files then this feature of the search box, i.e., searching through files takes toll on its performance and causes it to slow down. But if we narrow down the search to only start menu and control panel then we can easily get some performance benefits. This tip will help us to find the program or setting easily and faster. Follow these steps to make search box faster: 1. First right-click on the Start button and select Properties. 2. Then select the Customize button. 3. Remove the check where it says Search Communications. 4. Then for Search Files set Don’t search for files. 5. Click OK, then OK again and you are done. Enjoy a speedy search and get your results quicker! :)
Download Correct Drivers for Unknown Devices
Most of the computer hardware's comes along with their respective device drivers in a disc. If your driver CD gets lost or corrupted, then you can always download the necessary drivers from the manufacturer's website or restore the drivers from the backup if you have created earlier.
But if you do not have a backup and is unsure about the manufacture of the device or your device model, then you will not be able to search the device driver online and windows will be showing errors like “Unkown device Found” or “Device not identified” in your system tray. Here is an excellent trick to find out the correct drivers for the unknown devices in your device manager.
How to Download Drivers for Unknown Devices
1) Find the Vendor and Device ID of the unknown device. To do this,
Open Device Manager
In Device manager,take the properties of unknown device
In Properties, click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop box.
You will see a code like this
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_104D1700&REV_1000
Here 14F1 is the Vendor ID
and 2C06 is the Device ID
Note: The code which comes after VEN is vendor ID & code which comes after DEV is device ID.
2)After obtaining both device and vendor ID, go to pcidatabase.com and search with your vendor ID or device ID to find the driver of the unknown device.
After finding your device model and manufacturer, you can either go to the manufactures website and download the necessary drivers or you can get them from these websites.
http://www.driverfiles.net
http://driverzone.com
http://www.driverguide.com
But if you do not have a backup and is unsure about the manufacture of the device or your device model, then you will not be able to search the device driver online and windows will be showing errors like “Unkown device Found” or “Device not identified” in your system tray. Here is an excellent trick to find out the correct drivers for the unknown devices in your device manager.
How to Download Drivers for Unknown Devices
1) Find the Vendor and Device ID of the unknown device. To do this,
Open Device Manager
•(In windows XP :Start>Control panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager)
•(In Windows Vista:Start>Control Panel>Device Manager)
In Device manager,take the properties of unknown device
In Properties, click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop box.
You will see a code like this
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2C06&SUBSYS_104D1700&REV_1000
Here 14F1 is the Vendor ID
and 2C06 is the Device ID
Note: The code which comes after VEN is vendor ID & code which comes after DEV is device ID.
2)After obtaining both device and vendor ID, go to pcidatabase.com and search with your vendor ID or device ID to find the driver of the unknown device.
After finding your device model and manufacturer, you can either go to the manufactures website and download the necessary drivers or you can get them from these websites.
http://www.driverfiles.net
http://driverzone.com
http://www.driverguide.com
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