Add ‘Open with Notepad’ to Context Menu

When I come across files with unknown extension, I prefer to open it with Notepad. The same when it comes to files like PHP, HTML, CSS and the likes. Adding a context menu option, to open with notepad, helps you quickly open up files without having to go through the long ‘Open with’ way, obviously saving your time. Though this is a common registry trick, for sure you should have read about this in many sites, if you haven’t heard, read below. You should also be knowing to deal with Registry Editor, if not, you can download the registry key directly at the end of this post. (more…)

Creating an ISO Disc Image

Though there are many Disc Image Creators available, MagicDisc from MagicISO is used here. MagicDisc is a free, small (1.28MB) and a simple application that supports creating disc images in multiple formats (standard ISO, BIN, CUE, NRG and UIF). (more…)

Convert and Download YouTube Videos

Basically, YouTube doesn’t allow you to download its videos. Download managers like IDM (Internet Download Manager) help you download the video in FLV (normal) or MP4 (high) format. But what if you don’t have those download managers? Here are few sites with which you can download YouTube videos. (more…)

Registry Editing disabled by Administrator

There are few reasons why Registry Editor gets disabled, and when you attempt to open Registry Editor when it is disabled, you get a message box that reads “Registry Editing has been disabled by your Administrator”. Few Trojans are made specifically to disable registry editor and few others are made in order not to revoke it from Startup (CurrentVersion/Run). If you ever up with this problem, be sure to first check your PC for Viruses/Trojans. I’ve already blogged on basic security which you can find here. Then proceed with the following solutions. (more…)

Playing XviD on Windows Media Player

I’ve seen many having the same query on how to play XviD movies on Windows Media Player (WMP). In order to play a content on ANY media player, you’ll need to have it’s (content’s) codec. In simple, a codec is similar to your normal software and helps your player to read the movie/audio from a compressed video/audio file by decoding it. Wikipedia describes this as “A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding and/or decoding a digital data stream or signal”. (more…)

Guide : Creating a Torrent

Why rely on 3rd-party File Sharing sites when you can create yourself a torrent and share it in real-time? Torrents are the easy and the best way to share your files. All you need to have is a Tracker! (more…)

NTFS Conversion for Newbies

If you have come across File Systems, you surely must be knowing a file system known as NTFS. NTFS stands for New Technology File System.

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Multiple Instances of Google Talk

Many of you should be knowing this. This trick (based on a parameter) helps you open multiple instances of your GTalk (Client/Software version) which basically is limited to a single instance. To override this, you will have to run Google Talk’s executable file (exe) with a parameter. You can do this in many ways – by directly passing the parameter or by creating a shortcut to Google Talk with its parameter. (more…)

How to: Setting up POP/IMAP Mail Access

Before we set up mails clients to download email, we need to know 2 important protocols (a set of rules). They are POP/IMAP and SMTP. POP stands for Post Office Protocol, IMAP for Internet Message Access Protocol and SMTP for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. POP and IMAP are the protocols to retrieve messages from server and SMTP is the protocol to push messages to the server. Here, server is your Email provider (GMail/Yahoo!/Your ISP). (more…)

Create PDFs easily with doPDF

Creating PDFs are now as easy as saving a file or taking a print out! Yes, doPDF makes it possible! doPDF is a tiny 1.5 MB application that allows you to create PDFs virtually from any application, from a simple notepad document to a professional Photoshop Image! You’ll just have to make sure the application you are using has Print feature in it. If so, you are all set to create PDFs! (more…)

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