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reating icons

The icon of a bitmap file can be set as the file image itself. To effect this setting, navigate to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Paint. Picture/ Defaultlcon and set the value of ‘Default entry’ to ‘%1’. Also navigate to the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOV.bmp and set ‘Default entry’ to ‘PAINT.PICTURE’. The flip side of this tweak is that folders with a lot of bitmap files might take longer to load. In such cases, try increasing the icon cache to make the folders load faster. The icon / cache can be increased using the ‘MaxCachedlcons’ entry (type string) in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer key. Increase the value of this entry to increase the icon cache; use any value between 100 and 4,096.

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Start Menu scrolling

When your Start menu overflows, it isn’t possible to list all the entries in a single column. Then, Windows either creates a second column or a scrolling menu. You can control this through the registry. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced, and select the entry called ‘StartMenu ScrollPrograms’. If it’s not present, create a new String value called ‘StartMenuScroll-Programs’. Specify the …… Continue Reading…

Internet portals offer everything from shopping to music, movies and so on. The key to making these web portals multifunctional are web tools. There are numerous web tools out there, but only a few of them leave an impact on web pages. Dreamweaver, which is an HTML Editor, Flash, an animation application, Visual Studio and GoLive are four best tools Web designer cannot live without. Each of these applications performs specific design-oriented tasks. Together they create magic!

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

HTML is the commonly used standard in web designing. Since most web pages are based on HTML, an HTML editor should be of utmost importance in web designing. Macromedia Dreamweaver is the most popular HTML ……. Continue Reading…

How well is your personal computer secure from the cyberspace and other computers on your localized network? Almost all of you may be having an anti-virus solution installed that you update regularly but most of the times even this guard runs out to fulfill the security. This is because an anti-virus observes an unusual file (an infected file or executable) on the PC only after it has got its way into the system folder or lodged its way into the Temporary Internet Files folder (that’s good enough to set off all the alerts).Advance user generally recognize what to search out for and how to prevent uninvited attacks upon their Personal computer either with the good software package or with bright browsing habits.

If you plan to host a internet site, play games on internet, link up to a local network then you should protect yourself against invasions prior to their try for get into your computer. This is the function of a firewall to monitor and alarm you of data coming in as well as departing the personal computer (called as incoming and outgoing). Even if you do not mean to do anything other than browsing the Net, checking mail and chatting, you must have some sort of defense against other computers trying to access your machine without your knowledge. Other than rogue machines or zombies (infected PC directing infection) getting at your machine’s ‘open ports’, there could be programs that associate to the Net to transmit information. Did you know even MS Word tries to connect online? A firewall will alarm you of any such action. Particular computer program* that periodically access the cyberspace can be controlled in more than one manner (it will become clearer as we carry on through the tutorial). Options available inside the firewall allow it to work alongside the anti-virus set uped on the system too. Occasionally even email security is merged into the software. A firewall also has the power to ‘hide’ the IP address of the system it is installed on, making it invisible to external (infected) computers or hackers.

There are some precautions you must take before installing a firewall. Even though they keep our PCs safe, some users might face problems when the application itself crashes or certain files get corrupted. Problems might arise from too many settings blocking the Internet traffic altogether. So the best thing to do is to create a System Restore point before an install and after you have configured the software firewall correctly (i.e. you have confirmed access to your network and the Internet). If there ever is a problem you will be able to revert back to earlier settings without giving yourself a headache.

This tutorial throws some light on the options available across three different software firewalls ZoneLabs - ZoneAlarm , Norton Personal Firewall and McAfee’s Personal Firewall Plus . ZoneAlarm is free and is ideal for a standalone PC or for a small home network. For larger networks or greater configurability, there are other versions of ZoneAlarm available (other than Norton and McAfee). If you’re always on the move then a software firewall should be installed since you will need to connect to different networks. Norton provides a simple “Location” feature that allows you to switch access restrictions based on your location (just like a profile). With the help of these …….. Continue Reading…

1. SharePod
   Copy the iPod dataase to another PC, share your iPod in a LAN.
   

   

2. iPodLibrary
   Copy an audio-book in either LIT, PDF, HTML, and TXT formats as notes in your iPod.
   

   

3. iPodWizard
   Replace fonts and graphics used in the iPod’s OS.

   

4. iPodLinux-Installer
   Install specialized Linux with many . .. . .. . Continue Reading…