মজিলা ফায়ারফক্সের কিছু টিপস

অনেক দিন পর ব্লগে এলাম । আমরা যারা ইন্টারনেট ইউজার তাদের কাছে মজিলা ফায়ারফক্স একটি অন্যতম জনপ্রিয় ব্রাউজার।

আজ মজিলা ফায়ারফক্স এর কিছু সাধারণ টিপস নিয়ে আলোচনা করব

প্রথমে বলি এবাউট কনফিগ এর কথা । এখানে গিয়ে অনেক সেটিংস নিজেদের সুবিধামত পরিবর্তন করে নেয়া যায়। ব্রাউজারের এড্রেসবারে about:config টাইপ করুনএন্টার দিন। দেখুন - কী আছে ......

এর পর বলি - দ্রুত কীভাবে একের পর এক ব্রাউজিং ট্যাব খূলবেন। কীবোর্ড শর্টকার্ট হচ্ছে - CTRL + T

আর তৃতীয় আরেকটি টিপস বলি -
অনেকগুলো ব্রাউজিং ট্যাব খোলা থাকলে একের পর এক ট্যাবে যেতে হলে কীবোর্ড শর্টকার্ট :

ধরে রাখুন CTRL + # [ # অর্থ ১-৯ সংখ্যা] এখানে # হচ্ছে ব্রাউজিং ট্যাবের সংখ্যা ।

অন্য আরেকটির কথা বলি এবার : -

কোন লিংক আলাদা একটি ট্যাবে খুলতে চাইলে লিংকটি মাউস দিয়ে ক্লিক করার সময় CTRL ধরে রাখুন আর অন্য একটি আলাদা ব্রাউজিং উইন্ডোতে খুলতে চাইলে মাউস দিয়ে ক্লিক করার সময় SHIFT ধরে রাখুন।

- এরকম অনেক সাধারণ টিপস আছে যা দিয়ে আমরা আমাদের পিসি ব্যবহার কিঙবা নেট ব্রাউজিং সহজ এবং স্মুথ করে ফেলতে পারি।

[এই সাধারণ টিপসগুলির অনেককিছুই অনেকেই হয়ত জানেন, তবে যারা জানেন তাদের কাছ হতে আরো এডভান্স পেতে পারি আমরা এই পোস্টের আলোচনায় আর যারা জানেন না তারা হয়ত উপকৃত হবেন এ দ্বারা]

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Keys	Description
Ctrl + A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P	Open the print window.
Ctrl + F	Open find box.
Ctrl + I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K	Insert link.
Ctrl + U	Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V	Paste.
Ctrl + Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl + L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + F	Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + >	Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts.
Ctrl + ]	Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl + Shift + <	Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl + [	Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl + Shift + *	View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl +	Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl +	Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl + Del	Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace	Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl + End	Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + Home	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + Spacebar	Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + 1	Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2	Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5	1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + Alt + 1	Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3	Changes text to heading 3.
Ctrl + F1	Open the Task Pane.
F1	Open Help.
Alt + Ctrl + F2	Open new document.
Ctrl + F2	Display the print preview.
Shift + F3	Change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift + Insert	Paste.
F4	Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5	Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
Ctrl + Shift + F6	Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
F7	Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document.
Shift + F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
F12	Save as.
Shift + F12	Save.
Ctrl + Shift + F12	Prints the document.
Alt + Shift + D	Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T	Insert the current time.

Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys

F2	Edit the selected cell.
F5	Goto a specific cell. For example, C6.
F7	Spell check selected text and/or document.
F11	Create chart.
Ctrl + Shift + ;	Enter the current time.
Ctrl + ;	Enter the current date.
Alt + Shift + F1	Insert New Worksheet.
Shift + F3	Open the Excel formula window.
Shift + F5	Bring up search box.
Ctrl + A	Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl + B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K	Insert link.
Ctrl + U	Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + 5	Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl + P	Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing.
Ctrl + Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl + F9	Minimize current window.
Ctrl + F10	Maximize currently selected window.
Ctrl + F6	Switch between open workbooks / windows.
Ctrl + Page up	Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Page down	Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Tab	Move between Two or more open Excel files.
Alt + =	Create a formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl + '	Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
Ctrl + Shift + !	Format number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $	Format number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + #	Format number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + %	Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^	Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @	Format number in time format.
Ctrl + Arrow key	Move to next section of text.
Ctrl + Space	Select entire
Shift + Space	Select entire row.

Function Key : F12

• Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
• Shift + F12 save the Microsoft Word document.
• Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word.

Function Key : F11

Full-screen mode in all modern Internet browsers.

Function Key : F10

In Microsoft Windows activates themenu bar of an open application.
Shift + F10 is the same as on a highlighted icon, file, or Internet link.

Function Key : F9

Opens the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.

Function Key : F8

Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly use to get into Windows Safe Mode.

Function Key : F7

• Commonly used to spell check and grammar check a document in Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
• Shift + F7 runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
• Turns on Caret browsing in Mozilla Firefox.

Function Key : F6

* Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
* Ctrl + Shift + F6 opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

Function Key : F5

In all modern Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document window.

Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.

Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint.

Function Key : F4

• Open find window.
• Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
• Alt + F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows.
• Ctrl + F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsoft Windows.

Function Key : F3

• Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows.
• Shift + F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

Function Key : F2

In Windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file.

Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens a new document in Microsoft Word.Ctrl + F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.

Function Key : F1

F1

Almost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed. Windows Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.

Open theTask Pane.

Google Search tips

Below are some basic tips as well as some secrets that can be used on Google to help improve your search results and find things you may have never thought of.

1. Group your search query to find better results. For example, if you're searching for computer help, you'll find better results if you search for an exact phrase by surrounding it in quotes: "computer help".
2. If a lot of your results have keywords you're not search for use a minus sign. For example, if you're looking for computer help but don't want pages containing Windows type: "computer help" -windows
3. Google supports number ranges, for example, if you're searching for computer help between the year 2000 to 2005 you can type: "Computer help" 2000..2005
4. See the Google operators page, which lists dozens of the available operators Google allows. For example, the below search would search for URL that contains the word computer: allinurl: computer
5. Visit the Google Features page, which lists hundreds of different examples of the type of things you can find through Google and how to find them.
6. See our Google dictionary definition for a listing of dozens of other Google services.

Below are some more advance searches people are commonly looking for and what they do.

intitle:index.of + mp3 -asp -html -htm -php -pls -txt

In the above example, when entered into Google this search result looks for any index of MP3 files that does not contain the standard web pages like HTML, PHP, etc. or any other non-related pages. In the above example you can replace mp3 with avi or other file extension to search for these types of files.

intitle:index.of + mp3 "" -asp -html -htm -php -pls -txt

In the above example you could replace "" with the artists name, track, group, or name of the MP3 you're looking for. Keep in mind when downloading MP3 that you should own the track or song you're downloading otherwise it's considered illegal.

inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode="

In the above simple example, Google will return results of insecure live web cams and with some of the services even allow you to control the cameras over the Internet.

The above three examples are just a few more advanced searches used to help illustrate how many different things can be found through Google.

Create short Internet addresses

Create easy to read and type Internet addresses from long convoluted addresses often found on popular sites such as Amazon, eBay, MapQuest, etc. by using online services that shrink the address. For example, the URL: http://www.technologysyi.blogspot.com would become: http://tinyurl.com/aynjhp. Below are examples of sites that allow you to copy and paste

any URL into them to make them smaller.

• http://tinyurl.com/
• http://snipurl.com/
• http://tubeurl.com/
• http://cuturl.com/

Google 10 tips and tricks

Below is a list of our top ten Google tricks many users don't know about.

1. Definitions - Pull up the definition of the word by typing define followed by the word you want the definition for. For example, typing: define bravura would display the definition of that word.
2. Local search - Visit Google Local enter the area you want to search and the keyword of the place you want to find. For example, typing: restaurant at the above link would display local restaurants.
3. Phone number lookup - Enter a full phone number with area code to display the name and address associated with that phone number.
4. Find weather - Type weather followed by a zip code or city and state to display current weather conditions and forecasts for upcoming days.
5. Track airline flight - Enter the airline and flight number to display the status of an airline flight and it's arrival time. For example, type: delta 123 to display this flight information if available.
6. Track packages - Enter a UPS, FedEx or USPS tracking number to get a direct link to track your packages.
7. Pages linked to you - See what other web pages are linking to your website or blog by typing link: followed by your URL. For example, typing link:http://www.desiredctg.blogspot.com displays all pages linking to Home Page : Share Your Ideas
   
8. Find PDF results only - Add filetype: to your search to display results that only match a certain file type. For example, if you wanted to display PDF results only type: "dell xps" filetype:pdf -- this is a great way to find online manuals.
9. Calculator - Use the Google Search engine as a calculator by typing a math problem in the search. For example, typing: 100 + 200 would display results as 300.
10. Stocks - Quickly get to a stock quote price, chart, and related links by typing the stock symbol in Google. For example, typing: msft will display the stock information for Microsoft.

Find out who's linking to your blog or web page

See who's linking to your blog or web page by searching for link: followed by your URL. For example, when searching for link:http://www.technologysyi.blogspot.com/ in Google the results will display pages linking to the Computer Hope page. For those of you linking to Computer Hope, thanks!

Cleaning LCD : Computer Cleaing tips

Unlike a computer monitor, the LCD / flat-panel display is not made of glass, therefore requires special cleaning procedures.

When cleaning the LCD screen it is important to remember to not spray any liquids onto the LCD directly; do not use a paper towel as it may cause the LCD to become scratched.

To clean the LCD screen we recommend that you use a soft cotton cloth; if a dry cloth does not completely clean the screen, you can apply rubbing alcohol to the cloth and wipe the screen with the damp cloth. Rubbing alcohol is actually used to clean the LCD before it leaves the factory.

Clean CD ROM : Computer Cleaning basics : Another Part

Cleaning CDs and DVDs should be done with a cleaning kit but can also be done with a normal clean cotton cloth or shirt. When doing this with a clean cotton cloth or shirt, wipe against the tracks, starting from the middle of the CD or DVD and wiping towards the outer side as shown in the below picture. Never wipe with the tracks; doing so may put more scratches on the disc.

It is recommended when cleaning a CD that water is used. However, if the substance on a CD cannot be removed using water, pure alcohol can also be used.

Clean CD ROM : Computer Cleaning basics

To clean the CD-ROM drive we recommend purchasing a CD-ROM cleaner from your local retailer such as a local Radio Shack. Using a CD-ROM cleaner should sufficiently clean the CD-ROM laser from dust, dirt, and hair.

In addition to cleaning the drive with a special disc designed to clean drives users can also use a cloth dampened with water to clean the tray that ejects from the drive. Make sure however that after the tray has been cleaned that it completely dry before putting the tray back into the drive.

Also see our CD cleaning recommendatio

Computer Cleaning Tips : Use Clean Cloth

Cloth - A cloth is the best tool used when rubbing down a component; although paper towels can be used with most hardware, we recommend using a cloth when ever possible.

Caution: We only suggest you use a cloth when cleaning components such as the outside of the case, a drive, mouse, etc. You should not use a cloth to clean any circuitry such as the RAM or motherboard.

Computer Cleaning Tips : 2

When cleaning a component and/or the computer, turn it off before cleaning.

Computer Cleaning Tips : 1

Never spray or squirt any type of liquid onto any computer component.

If a spray is needed, spray the liquid onto a cloth and then use that cloth to rub down the component.

Some Quick tips for Mozilla Firefox

Some quick tips for Mozilla Firefox users.

First, quickly access the full configuration menu in Firefox by typing "about:config" in the address bar. In this window you can change a lot of different settings.

Second, quickly open a new tab by pressing CTRL + T.

Third, press and hold CTRL + # where # is 1 - 9 to switch between tabs in the open window.

Finally, hold down CTRL while clicking a link to open that link in a tab or hold SHIFT while clicking a link to open that link in a new window.

Get to the address bar using your keyboard

Quickly get to the address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox by pressing the F6 key on the top of your keyboard. Opera users can press the F8 key to get to the address bar.

Bookmark search engines

Bookmark almost any search engine and have the capability of using it anywhere by following the below simple steps.

1. Right-click within the text box you wish to bookmark and click "Add a keyword for this Search.."
2. Enter a name for the bookmark and then a keyword you wish to use. For example, if you were doing this in computer hope you could type "ch" as your keyword and then click Ok to create the bookmark.
3. Once created in the URL bar type your keyword and what you wish to search for. For example, if you used "ch" as your keyword and wanted to search for Firefox you'd type: "ch firefox".

Internet browser bookmarks

Click Bookmarks and within bookmarks click your right mouse button and select Sort by Name.

Quickly bookmark a web page

Quickly bookmark any web page in all major browsers by pressing CTRL + D on your keyboard. Pressing these two keys together will open the bookmarks or favorites for your browser and allow you to quickly place a bookmark for the page you're currently at. For example, pressing the two keys now would bookmark this page.

Undo closed tab in Mozilla Firefox

Oops !!

Mistakenly closed a tab you didn't want to close?

Press CTRL + Shift + T to undo a close tab. Pressing this more than once will undo multiple closed tabs.

Quickly bookmark a web page in Mozilla Firefox

Bookmark any web page form field and quickly access it from the browser address bar. Below is an example of how you could bookmark the Computer Hope search and quickly search for help anytime .

1. Right-click on the search box in the top left portion of this window.
2. Click "Add a keyword for this search".
3. In the Add bookmark window, type any name or leave it blank and for the keyword make it something simple and easy to remember. For example, "CH" for "Computer Hope" and click Ok.

Now in your address bar you can type: "CH " and then anything you need help with. For example typing: "CH motherbaord" would open the search results for motherboard.

Select only certain text in an HTML table

Quickly and easily highlight only certain rows, columns, or cells of an HTML table by holding down the CTRL key on the keyboard and click each cell individually, clicking and dragging the mouse up or down a column, or dragging a mouse left or right on a row.

For example, if you wanted to select the data in the below second column of the HTML table hold down the CTRL key and while holding down the key click the "Example 2" cell and drag down to "Four". Once selected press CTRL + C to copy the data and paste it elsewhere.

Example 1	Example 2	Example 3
One	Three	Five
Two	Four	Six.

Hide / Tweak the Firefox download window

Remove that pesky download window that appears after downloading a file by adding the Firefox Download Statusbar Add-on to your browser. Alternatively editing the about:config settings as shown below can also disable this window from being displayed.

1. Open a new tab in Firefox.
2. In the address bar type: about:config
3. Locate browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting by copying and pasting the bold text into the Filter box.
4. Double-click the name or value to change the value from True to False. Once done close the tab.

If you've hidden your download Window it can still viewed by clicking Tools and then Downloads or pressing Ctrl + J.

Some Firefox Extensions

Firefox Extensions

Here are a few Firefox Extensions that I consider essential.

Adblock Plus (alternate link)

The Adblock Plus extension can strip nearly every kind of ad out of web pages, including Flash and Java applets, as well as help prevent pop-ups.

Bookmark Sync and Sort

The Bookmark Sync and Sort extension imports/exports XBEL-formatted bookmarks and can synchronize a bookmarks file across multiple installations by uploading to an FTP or WebDAV server, as well as sort all local bookmarks.

Copy Plain Text (alternate link)

The Copy Plain Text extension allows you to Copy text without formatting. This can be useful when pasting into other applications (such as OpenOffice or Word) that support formatted text.

Download Statusbar (alternate link)

The Download Statusbar extension allows you to keep track of ongoing and completed downloads in a hide-away statusbar.

DownThemAll (alternate link)

DownThemAll makes it easy to download all links or images on a page in one shot.

EZNav (alternate link)

EZNav allows you to middle-click on the navigation buttons for different effects. Forward and Backward increments or decrements numbered URLs, and reload navigates up in the URL hierarchy.

Favicon Picker 2

Favicon Picker 2 adds a new option in the Bookmark Manager to allow you to manually select (or clear) the Favicon associated with each bookmark.

FireBug (alternate link)

FireBug is an integrated JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and Ajax debugger for Firefox, including an error console, command line, and inspectors

ForecastFox (alternate link)

ForecastFox displays current and forecasted weather in your status bar.

Greasemonkey (alternate link)

The Greasemonkey extension allows users to add custom scripts to change the behavior of any web page. Many pre-written scripts can be found at Userscripts.org.

How to recover corrupted PowerPoint file using TEMP folder?

Today tip will help you to recover the unreadable and corrupted file of Microsoft PowerPoint. Normally PowerPoint open files can become corrupted when you are trying to save it or if you were working on it and your PowerPoint application or windows crashed due to power failure. Windows saves a duplicate copy of working file as a temporary version. There is no need to use any third party software to manage these types of corrupted files, because you can recover them from TEMP folder.

Follow the given steps to recover the corrupted files in MS PowerPoint:

First click on Start button then click on Search option to start your search process।

Here type the *.TMP in "All or part of the file name" box then choose the "Local Hard Drives" option in "Look in" box।

click on Search button to start the search process of temporary files on your system local drives.

After some time, windows locate the list to temporary files। Here arrange the all temp files as Date modified.

open the PowerPoint and try to open these temp files or double click on that file to run in PowerPoint.

Windows Media Player Shortcut keys

ALT+1 Adjust zoom to 50 percent

ALT+2 Adjust zoom to 100 percent

ALT+3 Adjust zoom to 200 percent

ALT+ENTER Display the video in full mode

ALT+F Go to media player File Menu

ALT+T Go to media player Tools Menu

ALT+V Go to media player View Menu

ALT+P Go to media player Play Menu

ALT+F4 Use to close media player

CTRL+P Use to Play or Pause the item in media player

CTRL+T Use to Repeat the items in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+B Use to Rewind a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+F Use to Fast Forward a file in media player

CTRL+SHIFT+S Use to play items slower than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ G Use to play items faster than a normal speed

CTRL+SHIFT+ N Use to play items at normal speed in media player

F8 Use to mute the volume in media player

F9 Use to decrease the volume in media player

F10 Use to increase the volume in media player

CTRL+2 Display media player in skin mode

CTRL+B Use to play the previous item in media player

CTRL+F Use to play the next item in media player

CTRL+E Use to Eject CD or DVD from CD or DVD drive

Increase the printing speed of your printer

You can improve the printing speed of your printer with managing the print spooler option. Basically printer spooler holds your prints for some time then send to printer for print out. By default on most printers, printer spooler option is enabled but you turn off to specify that the file should be sending to the printer and not spooled.

Here printer spooler option might be different location in your printer but on most printers you can turn off by going to Start, Setting then Printers. Now right click on the icon of the printer that you are using. Click Properties and select the Advanced tab. Here click on “Print directly to printer” option. This will tie up your application until the printer has all the data, but your print job should finish more quickly. Printing directly to the printer will also come in handy if your print spooler crashes and you need to print before you reboot your PC.

Protecting Microsoft Office Document with Password

You can protect your document by applying password so that unauthorized person can not display as well as modify your document. You can apply two types of passwords:

Password to open the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to open the document, otherwise you cannot open the document.

Password to modify the document:

If it is applied then you have to give the correct password to modify the document, otherwise your document is opened but you cannot modify the document. It means that your document becomes read-only.

To apply a password to document, follow these steps.

* Open Save As dialog box by selecting "Save As" command from File menu.

* Click "Tools" button of Save As dialog box and choose "General Options" from drop down menu, "Save" dialog box appears as shown in figure below.

* Enter first password in "Password to open" text box and second password in "Password to modify" text box (if required) and click "Ok" button of dialog box. Microsoft Word will open "Confirm Password" dialog box for the confirmation of passwords. The maximum length of password is 15 characters.

* Re-enter the password to open and password to modify and click "Ok" button of Confirm Password dialog boxes one by one.

* Click "Save" button of Save As dialog box.

How to access the sharing data offline?

Access the shared data offline allows you to keep using your shared files, folders and software programs when disconnected from the data server. When you reconnect to your data server, all files will be synchronized to the files on the network.

There are two types of configurations required to set the access shared folders offline available, one for data server and other for client computer.

Configuration on Data Server
First locate the folders that you would like to share or make new folders then share these folders so they can be accessible to any one on the network.

Now right click on that folder and click on the option "Sharing and security".

A small dialog box will appear with the title "data properties". Under the "Sharing" tab, select the check box "Share this folder on the network" under the "Network sharing and security".
Now set the share level permissions that you want to give the users on every folder. Enable cache of share folders by click on cache button (by default it will be enabled).
Configuration on Client Computer

On the client computer, first open My Computer then click on Tools.
In Tools menu bar, click on Folder Options, a window will appear with the title Folder Options.

Under the Offline File tab, check the option Enable Offline File. Here you can choose the synchronization process "Synchronize all offline files when logging on", "Synchronize all offline files before logging off" and others.
Click on Apply button to save the settings and then Ok button to close this window.

Now sitting on the client computer, try to access the shared folder from the data server.

First Right click on the shared folder and Click on Make available offline.
To synchronizing the offline work from client computer to data server, again open My Computer then click on Tools. Click on Synchronize then click on synchronizing button.
After that down to data server and then try to access share folders by give the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path of data server. But it will be accessible weather the server is down or up.

How to set Automatic Screen Refresh ?

To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /

Control / UpdateMode

• Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.

• Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

note: If you are novice, please take support of an expert for registry update.

Efficient way to use Search Engine.

You should use the right search terms for relevant results.

The following points must be noted to search the information on the internet.

You can type all word in lowercase and also in uppercase, search engine will return the same result. But the best practice is type search keywords always in lowercase.

Use + sign between words if you want to search the all words. For example, to search history of Football in Bangladesh, type as:

history+Football+Bangladesh

To search the exact match, write the words in double quotation marks. For example to search the map of Europe, then type as:

"Map of Bangladesh"

*Always avoid to use "and", "or" with search keywords, because these words will affect the search result.

How to Disable the Security Center warnings??

Security is a system of safeguards designed to protect a computer system and important data from damage or access by unauthorized persons. Different antivirus and firewall programs are used to manage the security of the computer. Some time this is build-in antivirus or firewall program in windows XP to maintain the computer security. But if your windows is not provided with any antivirus, firewall program and Automatic Updates, your windows security center will alerts you a message "Your computer may be at risk. Your virus protection status is unknown" with useless repeating reminder. You can disable this message permanently by changing the values of “AntiVirusDisableNotify” in windows registry.

Follow the given steps to edit the computer registry for disable message:

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• Here locate the location to:

· HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center

• Here in right side panel, double click on AntiVirusDisableNotify and set its value 1.

• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

How to Display Text Notice before Logon ?

You can create a funny message or legal warnings for others just before logon to your computer. This is very useful if you want to give a message to new user about the use of computer. Edit the value of registry keys to create a banner message.

• Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.
• Here locate the location to:
• HKeyLocalMachine \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Win Logon
• Here in right side panel, right click to create a new string value LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu bar
• Now again right click to create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and change the value you want to see in the dialog box
• Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Note: For novice, Please take support of an expert to handle registry edit.

How can Automate the DIR Command ?

If your are using same switches frequently in Command prompt then open your system command prompt using open Run option

Click Start and open Run option then type cmd to open command prompt, here type

set dircmd=/w/o/p

then press Enter, now every time thereafter that you type

dir

the /w/o/p switches will be automatically applied and now need to type every time. If your are interested to use single switch like /w you can use it

set dircmd=/w

and press Enter.

and same if you wants to undo these switches then you can very easily by typing

dir /-switch

For example, if you wanted to do a directory with only the /w switch, you could enter

dir /-p/-o

When you exit the Command prompt window, however, the Dircmd setting returns to its default settings.

How to change the list of recently opened documents history?

By default windows XP display the shortcuts of last fifteen programs on recent documents list in start menu but we can increase this value with providing required input value.

Follow the given steps for configuration to increase the list of recently opened documents:

• To edit the computer registry, first we should log onto your computer with administrative rights.

• Click Start button and type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next।

• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

• Now in left side panel, click right to create a new Key value with the name Explorer under "Policies" area।

Now we explore the full path like:

• Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\explorer

• Now in right side panel, click right to create a new DWORD value with the name MaxRecentDocs and then set values with our required input value

• In this case, we are trying to set input value to 30 and press Ok button।

But next time, if we want to disable this functionality then simply change the value of data box to 15 or delete the MaxRecentDocs DWORD item.

Now close the registry editor and restart our computer after any changes to go into effect.

Note : If you are novice, please take support from an expert to handle registry editor.

Increase/Decrease the boot Time in window XP?

We can Change the boot time in windows XP.

We can do this with editing Boot.ini file.

Here you can also set the sequence for operating system which operating system boot first [if more than two operating system is working there].

First Right Click on My Computer option and then select its Properties. In next dialog box open Advanced tab button.

Under Startup and Recovery, click on the Settings button. Use the spin box "Time to display list of operating systems" to set the number of seconds we want the system to wait before automatically starting the default operating system.

Here we will set time in seconds and its range start from 0 and ends with 999 seconds.

After set the time, then click OK option to close the dialog box to save our change.

The next time we restart, the new time will take effect.

Close non-responding programs automatically

Normally you end tasks the non-responsive programs manually using windows task manager with (CTRL + ALT +DELETE) keys. Sometimes these non-responsive programs creates problem to run windows and others programs properly. You can configure your computer to manage these non-responsive programs automatically. Windows has a feature that will close all non responding program automatically. If you have little knowledge about editing windows registry then you can configure your computer for this purpose.

Follow the given steps to configure windows registry for auto end task:

1. First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option। Here locate the location to:
2. Go to Hkey_Current_User\Control Panel\Desktop
3. Here in right side panel, double click on AutoEndTasks and here its default value is 0। Now change it to 1.
   
4. Now windows will close your all non-responsive programs automatically.
5. Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

Note : Always Remember, If you are novice, then always take support of expert to handle registry editing.

Brief : Mozilla Add ons

Brief makes reading RSS feeds as easy and intuitive as it gets. Designed to have exactly the right set of features, it is powerful and simple at the same time. Feeds are presented on a seamless, interactive page which let's you bookmark and tag items with a single click

Updated June 16, 2008

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Long Description

Easily bookmark and tag interesting items. Browse your feeds in a couple of useful ways - view only unread or bookmarked entries, display a single feed or a whole folder, show full items or only headlines. Quickly find a piece of news using the search bar. Let yourself be notified when new items are available and track their number using the status bar. Customize the look of feeds. Use keyboard shortcuts to browse the pile of news faster. Above all, do everything simply and intuitively.

Works with:

• Firefox: 3.0 – 3.5b4pre

See All Versions

Homepage

http://brief.mozdev.org/

Support

Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://brief.mozdev.org/drupal/forum

Simple RSS Reader : Mozila Addons

When you need to get the news fast, Simple RSS gets you there faster. With only a few clicks you get your favorite news in your toolbar. Simple RSS comes with built in preview, navigation bar and setup panel.

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Simple RSS Reader (SRR) 1.2.2 by Alvaro Junior!

Updated July 15, 2008

Add to Firefox

* Supports all versions of RSS and Atom.

Version 1.2.2 — July 15, 2008 — 64 KB

► Add : Itens per feed.
► Fix : Broken links (site, email) in ABOUT.
► Fix : FF 3.0. Minor corretions in preferences and popup (tooltip).
► Fix : FF 3.0. MOUSEOVER - Change color and pause the feed.
► Remove : Preferences. Show details popups, default now.
► Updated : en-US, pt-BR, it-IT.

► Updating for FF 3.0 compatibility.

Works with:

• Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0.*

See All Versions

Homepage

http://alvarojunior.com/firefox/extension/

Support

Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://alvarojunior.com/firefox/extension/

Comment anywhere on the web without the permission of a site : Mozilla Firefox addons

Reframe It 1.1.3.20090302 by Brian McKinney

Comment anywhere on the web without the permission of a site. Reframe It lets you communicate through specific comments next to the text or images of any website. With it you can highlight comment and share you thoughts thoughts in context. Say what you want where you want to.

Long Description

Everything in Reframe It happens in a collapsible space on the side of your browser. In this margin you can post, read, and share comments as you browse the web.

Reframe It supports sharing via Facebook, Twitter, RSS, HTML, and direct email so you can quickly share your comments.

Works with:

• Firefox: 3.0 – 3.6a1pre

See All Versions

Homepage

http://reframeit.com

Support

Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://reframeit.com/help or by sending an e-mail to support@reframeit.com

Mozilla Firefox : Add ons : Auto Pager 0.4.2.2

AutoPager 0.4.2.2

by Wind Li

Categories

The AutoPager Firefox extension automatically loads the next page of a site inline when you reach the end of the current page for infinite scrolling of content.

AutoPager works with a ton of sites, including Lifehacker, of course, Google .......

Works with:

• Firefox: 1.5 – 3.6a1pre

See All Versions

Homepage

http://www.teesoft.info/

Add to Firefox

This add-on has a privacy policy.

Work with Tags while bookmarking in Mozilla Firefox

Once you build up a large list of bookmarks, keeping track of them all can get a little messy. To stay organized, you can assign tags to your bookmarked sites: just double-click on the star icon and you’ll be prompted to enter your tags.

You can tag a site with as many terms as you want (be sure to put a comma between each tag), and then easily find the sites again by typing that tag into the location bar. For example, entering "travel" into the location bar will bring up all the sites you’ve been bookmarking as part of your vacation research.

Shortcut Your Way to workout in Mozilla Firefox

Firefox is full of keyboard shortcuts designed to make your life easier. Here are a few of our favorites:

Move cursor to the location bar

Move cursor to the search box

Scroll down the page

Scroll up the page

Refresh the page

Back

Forward

Add Bookmarks With a Single Click in Mozilla Firefox

When you visit a page you’d like to remember, just click on the star icon in the location bar. Firefox will add it to your bookmarks list so you can easily find it again. In Mozilla firefox, Keep better track of the sites you like and save time with one-click bookmarking.

Tab Browsing in Mozilla Firefox

If you like to work with a lot of Web pages opening at the same time, you’ll definitely benefit from tabbed browsing in Mozilla Firefox. Here are some keyboard shortcuts that will help you master tabs:

• Open a new empty tab ctrl + T
• Open a link in a new tab
• Middle Click on link
• Close a tab ctrl + W
• Reopen a closed tab ctrl + shift + T

Mozilla Firefox : Zoom in and Zoom out !!

In Mozilla firefox, Want to see an image a little more up close and personal? Now you can easily zoom in and out of Web pages. Just press

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Use your Windows Key ?

The Windows logo key, located in the bottom row of most computer keyboards is a little-used treasure. Don''t ignore it. It is the shortcut anchor for the following commands:

Windows: Display the Start menu
Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows
Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
Windows + F: Display Search for files
Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer
Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center
Windows + R: Display Run dialog box
Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box
Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
Windows + L: Lock the workstation
Windows + U: Open Utility Manager
Windows + Q: Quick switching of users (Powertoys only)
Windows + Q: Hold Windows Key, then tap Q to scroll thru the different users on your pc

Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer !

Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off?

You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screensaver.

To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer:Right-click the desktop.Point to New, and then click Shortcut.

This will Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following:rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStationClick Next.Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like.
Click Finish.

You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll).

To change the icon:Right click the shortcut and then select Properties.Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button.In the Look for icons in this file text box, type:Shell32.dll.Click OK.

Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK
You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L.
This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.

CHANGING THE REFRESH RATE in Windows

Changing refresh rate can improve performance of windows :

Right Click on desktop --> Settings --> Advanced --> Monitor
Change the refresh rate to maximum ... greater refresh rates provide with clear screen andless eyestrain.

How to set DMA for improving Windows performacne ?

Set DMAby following way :

Go to Control panel --> System --> Device Manager.
Go to disk drives and click on yourhard drive,
go to properties and click the settings tab and then check the DMA box.
Do thisfor all your hard drives. This will improve hard drive io.

How to setup Virtual Memory

Setting up virtual memory can effect performance of Windows. Here, how to set up windows virtual memory...

Right click My Computer --> Advanced --> Performance options
Select optimize performance for ApplicationsAnd change the virtual memory size to double your RAM size ... and if you need more virtual memory ... make small amount of virtual memory on different drives. One whole piece of virtual memory slows down performance.

How to change cache size ?

BY Changing cache size we can improve Windows performance. Here in given below, how to change cache size in windows :

Go to start --> Run --> System.ini

Write these to the system.ini file
[vcache]
MaxFileCache=8192
MinFileCache=2048
ChunkSize=512
These cache settings are for power users with 128 mb of ram ...
if you have more ram ...
you
can increase the settings to double also.

List of Some Hidden files of Windows XP

WinXP Hidden Applications

Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of windows clipboard)

Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

Micro$oft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)
Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy window$ 3.x desktop shell).

Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).

Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the window$ Registry).

Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
Volume Control = sndvol32.exe (this is for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions.