Here we consider you want to run three different applications (WordPad, calculator, and notepad) and minimized automatically with sequence at windows startup. However, you can write a batch file to do the job for you. Open any text editor like notepad and type the following command.
start /min wordpad.exe start /min calc.exe start /min notepad.exe
Now choose the option, Save As to save this file with .bat extension. For example filename.bat.
Now Right- click on Start button and choose open > Double click Programs > here open Startup folder. Now drag your .bat file in the Startup folder and close the dialog box.
Next time When you restart the computer, WordPad, Calc will start first and then Notepad. You won't see the batch file run because you told it to run minimized.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Write A Batch File To Start Program In Startup
Logging in as Administrator
If you want to log in as the Administrator of your computer even though it does not show up in the listing when you start up the computer. Here is the tip:
- Hold down the [Ctrl] + [Alt] keys and press [Del] key twice. This will bring up the normal login dialog box and you can log on as "Administrator".
- To unhide the Administrator account so that it shows up every time. Click "Start > Run" and type "regedit"(without quotes) and press Enter. Go to
Unhide the Administrator Key by giving it a Value of "1". You will now see it appearing as an option the next time you log in to your computer.
Moving to a New Computer ? Plan Ahead and Avoid Problems
You’ll soon get rid of that old computer in favor of a brand new desktop or laptop computer with the fastest processor, lots of RAM and hundreds of gigs of storage.
Everyone in the family is excited about the new computer except for mom – she isn’t sure where to keep that old PC as the store room is already crowded and there’s no storage space available in any of the overhead shelves.
You therefore decide to sell that used computer on eBay and if that doesn’t work out (resale prices of second hand computers can be dismally low), you’ll donate it to a school or charity organization that will pass on the machine to someone in need.
Related: Things You Can Do with the Old Computer
Excellent decision but before you dispose the old computer, there are some very important points to take note of – all your important (and sometimes confidential) data like Office documents, family pictures, videos, emails, MP3 audio collection, internet bookmarks, software programs, address book, etc. are still residing on its hard drive.
Migrate data from old to new computer – Once your new computer is up and running, you can bring the data from the old system to the new one through a USB data transfer cable – they are cheap and easily available at any computer accessories store.
Another option is burn data from old system onto one or more DVD (or CD ROM) disks. I generally put all the required data inside the My Documents folder and burn it to DVD(s).
You can then create a report of all software programs installed on the old computer using a free utility called Belarc Advisor (review of Belarc) – this helps when you want to maintain a consistent computing environment and don’t want to miss using any of these useful utilities that were on the old system.
Related: Backup Your Software License Keys
Also remember to transfer any fonts (file like .ttf) that you may have purchased and downloaded from the Internet. If you use an offline RSS reader like FeedDemon (FeedDemon review), export your RSS reading list as an OPML file else you’ll lose the subscriptions.
And if you share the habit of saving everything on the Windows Desktop, do remember to copy the desktop folder in My Documents because you’ll surely need them in the new PC.
Post-data transfer - Once you have moved all this data to the new computer via DVDs or an Ethernet cross over cable or the USB data transfer cable, don’t call eBay or charity yet. Keep the old PC in your possession for some more time until you are confident that everything you may need from the old computer is now available in the new system.
Related: Synchronize Files, Folders across Computers
And when it’s time to sell or donate, it is must that you spend some time cleaning the old system – I don’t mean wiping dust off the monitor or the keyboard coffee stains, it’s about cleaning your personal information from the computer’s hard drive – that includes information like your medical records, honeymoon pictures, credit card statements, emails, web browsing history, confidential documents, etc.
If you skip this step, you are indirectly exposing yourself to the risk of identity theft. Fortunately, there are some excellent tools that can help wipe everything off your hard-disk (so data cannot be recovered) and one such popular utility is Darik’s Boot and Nuke available at Sourceforge.
This program installs on a Floppy disk or a USB drive or you burn it into a CD. When you are ready to say goodbye to the old computer, put the Darik’s Boot and Nuke floppy (or CD) into the computer and change the boot order of the computer to make CD or Floppy drive first in the boot order. Restart and every bit of data on the old machine will be gone forever.
Before donating the computer, you can install a copy of Ubuntu Linux but if your old computer came bundled with an OEM license (say it came pre-installed with Windows XP and other software like Nero, Norton Antivirus, etc), it’s a good idea to reinstall the OS using the disk that came with the system.
OEM licenses are only valid when used on the original OEM machine on which it was first installed so the license will go waste if you donate the computer without installing the OS.
How To Defrag Computer
Every computer has a hard drive that needs to be reorganized and optimized. This is why you need to know how to defrag computer. First of all, you need to know why you would need to defrag a computer. Once you understand why you need to, I will outline the steps to defragging your computer with the standard defrag program in Windows. This article will aim to educate you on how a hard disk get fragmented and then the steps on how to defrag computer.
So why do you need to defrag your hard drive? First of all, a hard drive is composed of several disks or platters. When data gets written to the hard drive, it is written in a continuous fashion. However, when files get deleted and filled with other data, existing data will prevent a continuous stream of data on a disk. Over time, files would get broken up thus resulting in a large amount of fragmented data that is spread across platters on the hard drive. When you defrag computer, you are basically reorganizing the files so that they are continuous stream. This will increase performance by as much as 200% depending on fragmented your PC is. It also alleviates any system errors caused by file fragmentation.
Although there are tools you can buy that do ongoing defragmentation, you can easily do this task manually every so often to keep your hard drive optimized. Here are the steps on how to defrag computer on a Windows 2000/XP/2003 machine:
Step 1: Open "My Computer"
Step 2: Right-click a drive and click properties
Step 3: Click on the "Tools" tab
Step 4: Look for the "Defragmentation" section and click "Defragment Now"
Step 5: This will open the "Disk Defragmenter". Select a drive and click "Defragment"
Step 6: You can see the visual representation of the files in your hard drive. Once they are in continuous colors, you are finished!
I've just told you about the steps on how to defrag computer. Now that you understand how files get fragment, you can see how performance can affected. The steps to defragging your comptuer should be done at least once a month to keep your hard drive optimized. Defragging your computer should be one of the many tasks to having a healthy computer.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Erase Every Byte of Information on Your HDDs Even Without a Computer
One of the most important selling points of the
Drive eRazer is the fact that it's actually faster than comparable software solutions, writing data at a sustained rate of more than 35MB/s, which means that a 250GB drive would be fully erased in under two hours. Furthermore, the device is fairly simple to use, since all the users have to do is simply connect it to a drive and flip a switch.The Drive eRazer writes over every bit of a drive. After it's done, there's nothing left to recover. A standard single-pass mode writes one time across the whole disk, deleting blocks including partitions and Host Protected Areas. Verification is also performed.For those who want even more assurance, several Pro models are also available, these advanced versions being capable of more than one pass with random characters. Thus, they can delete all blocks including partitions and Host Protected Areas, even the ones normally invisible to operating systems. They automatically check for and remove DCOs and write to every sector of the disk using different data each pass. The verification is done after the last pass."As many people discover too late, trashing a file does not erase it from a hard drive," said James Wiebe, president/CEO of WiebeTech. "It is fairly easy for someone else to recover files from used hard drives. As a test, we bought used drives on eBay and recovered everything from corporate data to email conversations to financial data to legal documents. Drive eRazer is the easiest, most economical solution available to prevent others from seeing your files."
Enlarge pictureThe device is available in 4 versions: the standard/pro versions for 3.5-inch IDE/PATA drives, priced at around 100/150 US dollars, as well as a pro version for 2.5-inch IDE/PATA drives (also priced at 150 US dollars) and a pro version that works with both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA or IDE/PATA drives, which retails for around 200 US dollars.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Reasons for Orkut becoming popular among Indians
Listing down some of the reasons for its popularity:
1) Keeping in touch with old friends and distant relatives.
2) Considering the fact Indians stand no’3(Picture2) in the world who search for sex on net and orkut is an ideally destination which has loads of communities related to sex.
3) Typical desi attitude to peep into someone’s personal life, which is not possible in other social networking sites like face book if you’re in another network.
4) Fan club for their favorite celebrities, TV shows films etc.
5) Free download information related to movies, software, ebooks etc.
6) Online dating &people looking for new acquaintances
Microsoft Reached 40 Million Licenses of Vista
The software giant Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of its Windows Vista operating system in the first 100 days since the product was launched into the market.
The chairman of the company, Bill Gates, mentioned that the fastest sales of the operating system in the history is due to an accelerating shift of the majority of population to digital lifestyles. He outlined that the premium editions had accounted for 78% of the OS sales.
It is worth mentioning that more than 95% computers worldwide run on Windows operating system, which all in all represents the biggest profit increasing engine of Microsoft.
The software corporation introduced its new operating system on January 30. This date marks Microsoft's first big upgrade of the operating system in more than 5 years.
Mr. Gates stated that the next-generation Windows Server software from Microsoft, being known as "Longhorn," now is called Windows Server 2008. It represents a server operating system analogue to the Vista PC operating system, that puts an accent on many of the same features, including an improved security.
The officials from the software giant, which last year was in control of about 2/3 of the world's market of server software, said that Windows Servers 2008 will hit the market this year's second half.
Mr. Gates cited a study made by IDC research group in which the group estimated there would be an economic impact of $120 billion from both products and services going around Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and the giant's Windows Server 2008.
The company's officials also stated that Gateway, Lacie and Medion, being three new hardware manufacturers, are looking forward to manufacture products for Windows Home Server. The new software has the goal of helping families with multiple PCs to centralize easier and share with and protect digital content, including pictures, documents, audio and video files.
Taking Snapshots of Complete Website
Make a couple of useful settings before you start. Switch to the “Configuration” tab for that. Click on “Browse” in that “Save Parameters”. Navigate your way to the desired target folder for the image file and define it by clicking on “OK”. Select ‘JPG’ or ‘BMP’ as preferred graphic format, under “File Format” and also set the quality setting “Compression quality” for ‘JPG’ with the slider.
Then switch to the “Browser” tab. Write the URL of the desired site which you want to take a snapshot in the “Address field” and click on “GO”. When the webpage is fully loaded, click on “Grab now” and check the preview in the right part of the windows.
Here, you can also select the section of the website that has to be taken. “Save” creates a new graphic file as per your instructions, the name of the file is given automatically. With the right settings in the “Configuration” tab, you can even save websites directly in a PDF file using this tool.
Nivio…the world’s first Windows based online desktop
The race is on for creating the world’s first web operating system. Google, eyeOS, YouOS are the names that get bandied around the most frequently in this regard. An Indian startup is attempting to take an entirely different approach to this problem. Instead of taking the web OS route, it wants to take your Windows desktop environment to the web. Nivio is positioned as the world’s first Windows based online desktop; this is what its website says– “…your personal windows desktop on any computer in the world…when we looked to design a desktop available on the web we thought why change something that everyone uses (windows) ….we want to focus on delivering a better service rather than re-inventing the wheel…”. The service launches in a couple of weeks.
Nivio is a 20 member Delhi based startup and one of its co-founders is Iqbal Gandham. Iqbal is a serial entrepreneur of ‘pre Web 1.0’ vintage, for he co-founded Net4India in 1997-98. The company is registered out of Switzerland and thats where its servers are also hosted, but the founders, the development team, sales & marketing team are all based out of Delhi...
When I first heard of Nivio, the idea behind the product seemed quite ambitious, in fact bordering on the fantastic. Google’s rumored web based operating system (as well as its web equivalent of MS Office) may have been discussed threadbare to the point of being somewhat romanticized, but in reality they are a generation away from being functional in a useful way. Given that scenario, Nivio’s basic intent seems quite pragmatic. While they are likely to confront significant technical challenges, you have to appreciate their attempt at thinking differently.
So how will this work out? Nivio is being offered as a web service; for a monthly fee (Rs 399 pm), you get access to the Windows desktop environment on the web. You can access it from any computer (whether running Mac, Linux, Windows) with a browser and internet access. Nivio requires Active X for working in IE, while on other browsers, it uses Java Applets. What you get as part of the standard package is Windows XP, 5 GB Space, automated backups, virus protection, antispam etc. Some applications are available free e.g. Open Office, Yahoo! Messenger, iTunes, Firefox et al, whereas some software will be available on paying a monthly fee e.g. MS Office. Users will get a synchronization tool that allows them to upload/download docs/files to Nivio from their regular desktop. Specific applications can be enabled in your account on demand, either free or on a paid basis.
This is a highly hardware intensive webapp and the architecture is globally distributed over several locations in category 1 data-centers in Switzerland. As the user base grows globally new nodes will be put in place to satisfy localized demand for Nivio services.
I was given a test account by Nivio to try out the application. Logging into the account was smooth and the Nivio desktop looks just like your regular Windows desktop. I create a sample document using Open Office Writer. Browsing on Firefox (within Nivio) was somewhat jerky on my 256 kbps home internet connection. I feel that the streaming over the internet is likely to be bandwidth intensive and one would need a fast internet connection for a comfortable browsing experience. Nivio’s plans to distribute the hardware across different locations will come in handy in reducing network latencies. Iqbal informs me that the core technology is still under development, so you should expect significant performance improvements.
Overall the service looks intriguing and definitely worth a try. I couldn’t help getting a kinky feeling, while using a web version of Windows. In fact, it would be interesting to know what Microsoft thinks of Nivio, for this could be one of the ways to counter Google’s rumored web OS.
Vidipedia - The world's First Video encyclopaedia
You'll probably know Wikipedia and Youtube, two of the sites most visited in the World. But when you mix the two concepts you will obtain: Vidipedia - The world's First Video encyclopaedia.What do I think of this service at present? It's a rather difficult question to answer. My understanding is that two types of contents can find place in this service:
Videos that have already created for other uses: seems to be the case for those videos present on the current site now. One is likely to see re-uploaded videos on Vidipedia of those that are already present on Youtube, or other such sites
Secondly, Videos created specifically for Vidipedia: it is a little easy to Voice off your thought in the form of audio, but to do it with video appears much more complex.
Several questions can then arise, more sensitive than with other textual contents:
How to validate the “encyclopaedic” range of a video? For example at present, one can see there it video of a man reversed by a shooting with the bazooka. Is one really in the contribution of knowledge? Will a video on a concert of Britney Spears be classified in the cultural contents?
Which is the relevance of the search engine with respect to the video? This one is based on semantics, and the results will depend on the description which the uploader of the video will want to make.
There is also the traditional problem of the royalties and the right to the image.In short, if it is a specifically video encyclopaedia as the site seems to be at present -- then is it really functional? The videos should come simply of illustration from articles already existing, as it is already the case for the images? The future of Vidipedia lies in all our hands!!
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Delete your TEMP files on shutdown
It is really easy to set Windows XP to delete the contents of your Temp folder (or run any other commands) on shutdown. There are numerous reasons why you might want to delete your Temporary files when you shutdown Windows XP. Your Temporary files folder can get extremely large. Take a look at what’s in C:\WINDOWS\Temp.The first step is to install Xecutor. You can download Xecutor from the Xpertdesign homepage.
The second step is to create a batch file that will delete your temporary files on shutdown. To do this open up notepad and type the following line:del /Q G:\WINDOWS\Temp save your file as tempdelete.bat. Alternatively, you can download my tempdelete.bat file if you prefer.
The third step is to configure Xecutor to run the tempdelete.bat file on shutdown. Open Xecutor, and answer no to the stream of questionsit prompts you with the first time you run it. Next choose the shutdown tab and add tempdelete.bat file. This is shown below:
After you hit OK you will now see tempdelete.bat in the shutdown tab of Xecutor.
Now just close Xecutor and it will run in your system tray. The last step is to drag the Xecutor icon from your desktop into your Startup folder located in Start >> All Programs >> Startup so that Xecutor starts when you start Windows.
You are all set, now when you shutdown Windows, your temporary files will be deleted, as well. You can add other commands the same way (i.e., delete cookies, delete My Documents, etc.).
What other commands do you think would be useful to run at Shutdown? Let us know in the comments.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
how to check that window is Activated ?
%WINDIR%\system32\oobe\msoobe /a
Friday, February 23, 2007
5 cool Windows XP tips
5 cool Windows XP tips
Straight from the pages of Windows XP Killer Tips, here are 5 cool tips that will save you time, change the way your desktop looks, or simply make you say, "I always wondered how to do that."
Try them yourself and then share them with your family and friends.
Stretching the taskbar
Sometimes your taskbar gets a little tight and cramped for room. When this happens, give it a stretch.
First, unlock your taskbar by right-clicking the taskbar, and then clicking Lock the Taskbar if it is selected (this will un-select it). Scroll your mouse over the top edge of the taskbar until you see the vertical resize cursor (arrow pointing up and down). Click, hold and drag the top of the taskbar up. Isn't that better? Once you find a place where you like it, you should re-select Lock the Taskbar.
Adding a special character
There are probably one or two special characters that you use regularly (for example, ® and ©). It can be a real time-waster to open your Character Map every time you want to insert one of these symbols. So don't! Open the Character Map by clicking Start, clicking All Programs, and then clicking Accessories. Click System Tools, and then click Character Map. Click the © symbol. Notice that the bottom-right corner of the Character Map shows the keyboard shortcut used to insert the special character. Write it down for later use. When you want to insert that character, here's the trick: Position the cursor where you want to insert the special character, then with NUM LOCK key on, hold down the ALT key and use the number pad keys to type the character value.
Open files with one click
It just makes sense that if you can do the same thing in Windows with a single click of the mouse that you can do with two clicks, you'd take the shorter route, right?
If you want to change your two clicks to one, click Start, click My Computer. Under the Tools menu, click Folder Options. Now click the General tab in the dialog box, click Single-click to open an item (point to select), and then click OK. This makes everything in Windows exactly one click faster.
Change your pointer scheme
The first thing I do when I get a new computer is head straight for the cursors and change them. It's not that the default ones are bad; I've just been using the same ones forever and I'm not comfortable using anything else. If you want to change your pointer scheme, click Start, and then click Control Panel. In Category View (vs. Classic View) click on Printers and Other Hardware, and then click on Mouse. Click the Pointers tab and browse the available themes. Select the one that suits you best, and then click OK.
Change the power button
I rarely ever shut down my computer; instead, I tend to put my system into stand by mode. Here's a clever way to speed up this task and make your computer's power button put your computer into stand by for you. Click Start and open the Control Panel. In Category View, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click Power Options. In the Power Options Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab. Under Power Buttons, select Stand by in the When I press the power button on my computer area, and then click OK. Now, when you push your computer's power button, your system will immediately go to stand by.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Orkut: The new danger
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So perhaps even in this age of globalisation and technical advancements we will hold ourselves from showing our face to the entire world for we never know who is misusing it in what way. And as the lawmakers say “We cannot do anything, until a complaint is lodged”.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Why there is a war for best browser?
Why there is a war for best browser?
Internet Explorer 7 VS Firefox
Who is the bond on internet? Microsoft or Mozilla. I think so both have some flaws and good things in them. It’s not a war of open source and Microsoft. It's just a way of those people to get satisfaction by abusing closed source companies. "Abuse" just because companies day b day don't allow them to use pirated softwares and getting new updates.
Firefox have several things in it easy to use features like tabbed browsing and???? Is there any. You may yes, Extensions. So buddies I want to tell you with each addition of extension you will increase memory requirement of your browser, which is already too high. Frequent browser crash is main drawback of Firefox. It’s true that Firefox is one of the best browsers, But we can't ignore this fact that Internet Explorer is much more ahead of Firefox.
Now come to IE7. One thing is sure when it comes to graphics and user interface no once can beat Microsoft. But still there are some security issues which are coming with IE 7. Tabbed browsing is also there. No one in this world is perfect. Everything has pros and cons. So why not browsers. I am unable to understand why there is a debate going on who is best IE or Mozilla. IE has its own user base and Mozilla has its own. When you want more graphics you have to loose security and when you need more security you have to loose graphics.
Life is a compromise those who can do it survive on earth others can’t. So a user must decide according to his needs that which browser is best for him.
There is a famous phrase in the world that “security is meant only for novice users, miscellaneous user will find some way to crack security”. I use to work on both IE and Firefox as well.
But side by side, whether I use Firefox or IE, I always use firewall and antivirus system also. I use to surf the good sites.
People use to surf sites which have porn content or provides software cracks or serial. Normally these types of sites try to hack your browser or inject a virus in computer. So people should take proper precaution when they visit these types of sites.
Tips to visit sites which provide suspicious content:-
- When you surf net use a restricted window user account rather than account having administrator privileges.
- Install a good anti virus on your system and update it regularly.
- Install a good firewall on your system and also update it plus raise the level of protection than normal one.
- Disable JavaScript of your browser.
- Never install any plug-in/Activex suggested by site until unless you are satisfied with gentility of site. Like you can easily trust Microsoft, Yahoo, Google etc. But never trust porn sites.
- Try to use Genuine Microsoft Windows and other software as it is easy to get update of genuine softwares.
(Price is not an issue for them who want peace of mind. Do you work in your office without pay? Answer is ‘NO’. So if every thing have price than software must also companies use to pay heavy salary to software engineers for those softwares. Frankly speaking if you don’t use genuine software mean to say if you don’t pay for them but still using them than you don’t have any right to say about their good and bad things. Companies are liable to answer only those who pay them just like you are liable to answer you boss. You will listen abusing thing from any body else.)
You can also take them as Tips to use Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
