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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Problem with show hidden files folders

Posted by Deekshith Marla

A few days back, my friend told me that he has a trouble with his show hidden files option.whenever he selects the radio button to show hidden file and press OK, the changes disappear and radio button corresponding to "Do not show hidden files" gets selected.This was probably due to some virus attack.Here are some methods to solve this problem:


1)go to start>Run.
type regedit

now go to following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL
now set CheckedValue to 1.

its done.
Try this solution only when you have some knowledge about Registry.

otherwise download this file and run it.

Download http://rapidshare.com/files/302380179/NMshf.exe

Monday, May 25, 2009

Aww Snap!!! Chrome unfriendly to Win 7

Posted by Deekshith Marla


I was never a great fan of Google Chrome.As a heavy browser,I find Firefox as the best browser for me.Main reason being the plugins and Add-ons. Although IE8 is faster than FF consuming less memory,i still prefer FF over IE8 because IE 8 crashes more than bumping car..oh.. MS :( .

Anyways, since Chrome caugh my attention recently ,I thought I would try it on Win7 The installation went fine and it even imported my bookmarks from IE8.but once I opened Chrome,it said “Aww Snap Chrome has crashed..”.I tried restarting,then opened in compatibility mode..still couldn't even open a single page.

Aw, Snap!

It looks like the problem is already noted as I found this issue reported in Chrome’s official website .(issue 11583).

image

I also tried installing the latest beta version and the shortcut modification which appears to be the only solution available now,unfortunately both didn’t work. I don’t think i will try it again..I am happy with Firefox(3.1 beta 4) and will wait for FF 3.1 full release

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Run Google Talk in Firefox Sidebar

Posted by Deekshith Marla

google talk in webpage

The
Google Talk Gadget is clearly more usable than the stand-alone GTalk desktop client or the floating AJAX version in GMail.

Here, each chat session opens up as a tab (like Firefox browser tabs), it can show previews of images or video and the chat client can easily be embedded inside webpages.

There's however a small problem - while we have browser windows in front of us all the time, the same may not hold true for the webpage (like the Google personalized page) where we have embedded the GTalk gadget.

So here's an alternate option - put the Google Talk client in the Firefox sidebar so it always stays in the foreground no matter what website you are on currently.

To add Google Talk to your Firefox sidebar, bookmark the following URL (right-click and choose Bookmark this link)

talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client

Now goto Bookmarks menu, navigate to the above bookmark, right click and choose Properties. Tick the checkbox that says Load this bookmark in the sidebar.



Update: An employee of an investment bank writes that their organization has banned Google talk in office but using the above method, he was able to circumvent the GTalk ban and could chat with friend out the firewalls of his office.

Google Talk gadget will always open in the Firefox Sidebar.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Replace Windows Task Manager with Process Explorer

Posted by Deekshith Marla




There are times when you feel Windows Task Manager is not sufficient to track any particular troublesome process. It happens when suddenly your system starts to behave indifferently and you begin investigating the convicted process. You end up with one and only solution – reboot the system. But what if you in middle of something very important and suddenly your machine stops responding?

For these types of adverse situation and many more, Process Explorer comes into the picture as your savior. Process Manager is an advanced freeware process management utility that displays running processes in a tree structure that includes not only the process name but its icon, command-line, full image path, memory statistics, user account, security attributes and much more.

Its main window is subdivided into two panels – the first one displays the basic information like currently active processes names, account under which they are running etc. whereas the other one which is the bottom panel gives in depth information about process selected in the top window. The information displayed in bottom panel is based on the mode that has been configured in Process Explorer. If it is in HANDLE mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened or if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded.

This is a very handy tool that can give you full information about any running processes and can be very useful if you want to track down any spywares in your system. But if you are not a technology geek then you may find the detailed information a bit difficult to comprehend. Nevertheless, anyone with an average knowledge of computer system can use this utility to their advantage.

Installation file is just 1.6 MB in size and you can Download it from HERE.

(It’s totally FREE to use)

 

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Edit any website with a single line of code

Posted by Deekshith Marla

Have you ever thought of editing the web pages of another website..!! This simple code makes it possible.

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But,you can’t actually edit the actual web page but you can edit the page as you see it on your screen.

This is one of the ways scammers create fake screenshots, fake Adsense & affiliate earnings and even fake Paypal transactions.

All you need to do is visit the site you want to edit, paste the code below into your web browser address bar (tested in Firefox & IE7) and hit the Enter button.Then simply select a portion of text on the page and start editing.

CODE :
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

TOP 10 REASONS - WHY ANY WEBSITE CRASH

Posted by Deekshith Marla


Website not opening !!, seems there server is crashed ..

Many times we came across such statements, there are possible few reasons why any website or server may crash.
Top and most possible reasons may be…

1. Digg/Slashdot - Got appearence on front page of Digg orSlashDot
2. Cable tripping - Someone who probably shouldn’t be walking around in a server room trips on a cable.
3. Coffee/Cola - Someone spills coffee or Jolt Cola on the web server, or, if things are really bad, beer.
4. Pure Enthusiasm - Your boss gets whiff of a new feature and says, “Just install it! What could possibly go wrong?”
5. DDoS attack - An angry, angst-ridden teenager launches a DDoS[Denial of service] attack on your website.
6. Web server upgrade - Your web host upgrades the web server. Nobody told you and now nothing works. This is strongly connected to point 4…
7. Police raid – It happened to The Pirate Bay/Demonoid etc…
8. Bandwidth - Your web host decides you have consumed enough bandwidth this month and cuts you off.
9. Burnout – Your web server decides to spontaneously combust.
10. Blame it on the weather - The next big hurricane hits the US East Coast where your servers are.