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What Microsoft forget to implement in Windows Explorer | StExBar provides you that

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Windows explorer helps you do things more easily. But If you have something that Microsoft had not provided in Windows Explorer like your own favorite commands which are not just available from the toolbar, but also via hotkeys and via a context menu. This means that you can line up all your favorite applications right on Windows Explorer’s toolbar.

StExBar is a toolbar for Windows explorer that adds a number of handy commands and shortcuts to it. By default StExBar includes some common action like create new folder, copy file path, rename, open command prompt and a few others. You can also add custom executable files to it.

The StExBAr Below the Windows Explorer

The StExBar Below the Windows Explorer

It comes with a  ‘lightweight’ console which simply requires command you like to execute into the edit box on the right of the StExBar and hit enter. The command will be executed in the system console.

For example, creating a new folder will be just a one click away. It allows you renaming multiple files at once.

You can also perform the following activities with one click:

  • Rename many files or folders at once using regular expressions strings
  • Copy the full paths for files and folders
  • Copy the name of files and folders
  • Open a command window set to the current working directory
  • Show/hide system files with one click
  • Add your own custom buttons and commands
  • Use the text box on the right to filter items in a folder
Configure it according to your taste

Configure it according to your taste & Add more commands

You can also go into the Options dialog and change the order of the commands if you like. You can also hide the filter box or use it as a command prompt replacement. Customize it with your own taste.

You can actually use that text box on the right as a command prompt. Go into options and uncheck “Use filter instead of cmd replacement”. Now you can type commands into the box just like you would if you did Start and then Run.

So, StExBar is a must have utility for making day to day tasks very easy & comfortable.

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Trillian Astra: Revolutionizing Instant Messaging

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At long last, Cerulean Studios has released Trillian Astra, the long-awaited next version of its popular multi-protocol instant messaging client. Currently, Trillian Astra is avtrillian-logoailable an invite-only download, this Cerulean Studios product is best in its class.

Trillian Astra helps you organize your online life with its powerful and flexible interface for IM, social networks, content syndication, the Web, and email.

Trillian was not the first IM app to offer multi-network connectivity, but it stood out of the crowd thanks to an intuitive interface design that helped users manage their contacts from different networks in a much easier way.

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The program now supports Live Messenger, AOL Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Facebook, MySpaceIM,  Skype, Jabber, IRC, Twitter, e-mail accounts (POP3 and IMAP) and Bonjour, besides the Astra proprietary network. Trillian Astra boasts a nice interface design, though it can get quite bloated with contacts lists from a dozen different IM platforms. Trillian Astra is now at a beta testing phase, but if you are too curious to wait until the final official release, fill in this form, sign up to subscribe as beta tester and you’ll probably get an invite soon. Mine took hardly a couple of minutes to arrive.

Some of the interesting Features Trillian Astro offers:

  • One Login for all accounts
  • Offline Messaging
  • File transfers with proxying
  • Video & voice calls
  • Easy inline image transfer
  • Sign on from multiple locations
  • History window
  • Bookmarking
  • Group Conversations
  • Program Execution & control
  • Tabbed windows
  • Color themes
  • Your contact list everywhere
  • Protocol refresh
  • Powerful plugins

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How to Speed up Mozilla Firefox about 3-30x Faster

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Firefox 3.5.5 releases promises a lot of new Features that provide its users a much better experience in browsing the web world. Already a browser war is going on the web & but everything is revolving around faster access, faster results & speed factors.

See also How to Accelerate Internet Browsing Speed on your Mobile 3 times faster than now.

Here are some very effective techniques that can make your Mozilla Firefox 3-30x faster then now.

How to Speed up Mozilla Firefox about 3-30x Faster

1. Open Firefox & Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll
down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading. So, Double click all those entries to Enable them.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

How to Speed up Mozilla Firefox about 3-30x Faster

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0“.
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

4. After altering the entries given above close the firefox window and restart.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages 3-30 times faster now. See also How to Make your Web Searches More Effective & 10 Times Faster | Use Operators & Limiters

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List of All 174 Run Commands for Windows

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All 174 Run Commands for Windows

Following is a list of all commands that you can run off from the Run Command prompt. Just select programs that you use most and remember its command. It will make your PC life easier.

How to Run these Commands

Go to Start Menu – Run and type in the command to run the specific application. Command are in front of the Program, while program names are first in the list. So, It comes in handy if you have the list of all programs with you.

All 174 Run Commands for Windows

Run command increases you productivity and saves lot of time as you don’t require to access start menu to launch any application or system utility. 

Run Commands Listed below In Alphabetical Order

To search Press Ctrl +F & type the Action you need to do.

Program

Run Command
Accessibility Controls access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools control admintools
Adobe Acrobat ( if installed ) acrobat
Adobe Distiller ( if installed ) acrodist
Adobe ImageReady ( if installed ) imageready
Adobe Photoshop ( if installed ) photoshop
Automatic Updates wuaucpl.cpl
Basic Media Player mplay32
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard fsquirt
Calculator calc
Ccleaner ( if installed ) ccleaner
C: Drive c:
Certificate Manager cdrtmgr.msc
Character Map charmap
Check Disk Utility chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer clipbrd
Command Prompt cmd
Command Prompt command
Component Services dcomcnfg
Computer Management compmgmt.msc
Compare Files comp
Control Panel control
Create a shared folder Wizard shrpubw
Date and Time Properties timedate.cpl
DDE Shares ddeshare
Device Manager devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel ( if installed ) directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility cleanmgr
Disk Defragment dfrg.msc
Disk Partition Manager diskmgmt.msc
Display Properties control desktop
Display Properties desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected ) control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility verifier
Ethereal ( if installed ) ethereal
Event Viewer eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool sigverif
Findfast findfast.cpl
Firefox firefox
Folders Properties control folders
Fonts fonts
Fonts Folder fonts
Free Cell Card Game freecell
Game Controllers joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor ( xp pro ) gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game mshearts
Help and Support helpctr
Hyperterminal hypertrm
Hotline Client hotlineclient
Iexpress Wizard iexpress
Indexing Service ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard icwonn1
Internet Properties inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard inetwiz
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel ( if installed ) javaws
Keyboard Properties control keyboard
Local Security Settings secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out of Windows logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool mrt
Microsoft Access ( if installed ) access.cpl
Microsoft Chat winchat
Microsoft Excel ( if installed ) excel
Microsoft Diskpart diskpart
Microsoft Frontpage ( if installed ) frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker moviemk
Microsoft Management Console mmc
Microsoft Narrator narrator
Microsoft Paint mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint powerpnt
Microsoft Word ( if installed ) winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync
Minesweeper Game winmine
Mouse Properties control mouse
Mouse Properties main.cpl
MS-Dos Editor edit
MS-Dos FTP ftp
Nero ( if installed ) nero
Netmeeting conf
Network Connections control netconnections
Network Connections ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard netsetup.cpl
Notepad notepad
Nview Desktop Manager ( if installed ) nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32
ODBC Data Source Administrator odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard osk
Opens AC3 Filter ( if installed ) ac3filter.cpl
Outlook Express msimn
Paint pbrush
Password Properties password.cpl
Performance Monitor perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor perfmon
Phone and Modem Options telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer dialer
Pinball Game pinball
Power Configuration powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes control printers
Printers Folder printers
Private Characters Editor eudcedit
Quicktime ( if installed ) quicktime.cpl
Quicktime Player ( if installed ) quicktimeplayer
Real Player ( if installed ) realplay
Regional Settings intl.cpl
Registry Editor regedit
Registry Editor regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook rasphone
Remote Desktop mstsc
Removable Storage ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy ( xp pro ) rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks control schedtasks
Security Center wscui.cpl
Services services.msc
Shared Folders fsmgmt.msc
Sharing Session rtcshare
Shuts Down Windows shutdown
Sounds Recorder sndrec32
Sounds and Audio mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game spider
SQL Client Configuration clicongf
System Configuration Editor sysedit
System Configuration Utility msconfig
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Immediately ) sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility ( Scan Once At Next Boot ) sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility ( Scan On Every Boot ) sfc /scanboot
System File Checker Utility ( Return to Default Settings) sfc /revert
System File Checker Utility ( Purge File Cache ) sfc /purgecache
System File Checker Utility ( Set Cache Size to Size x ) sfc /cachesize=x
System Information msinfo32
System Properties sysdm.cpl
Task Manager taskmgr
TCP Tester tcptest
Telnet Client telnet
Tweak UI ( if installed ) tweakui
User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager utilman
Volume Serial Number for C: label
Volume Control sndvol32
Windows Address Book wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig
Windows Backup Utility ( if installed ) ntbackup
Windows Explorer explorer
Windows Firewall firewall.cpl
Windows Installer Details msiexec
Windows Magnifier magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player wmplayer
Windows Messenger msnsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (Need camera connected) wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool syskey
Windows Script host settings wscript
Widnows Update Launches wupdmgr
Windows Version ( shows your windows version ) winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart
Wordpad write
Zoom Utility igfxzoom

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How to Add “Save as PDF or XPS Format” Option to all 2007 Microsoft Office Programs

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Microsoft Office 2007 allows you to save files in many formats. But the only feature it lacks is Saving files in the PDF Format. So, there ia a very nice way to add “Save as PDF or XPS Format” as one of the Inbuilt option to all the programs packed in Microsoft Office 2007.

If you are using Microsoft Office 2007, you can add this free add-in from Microsoft for saving files as PDF or XPS. This add-in is supported in Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2.


It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.

Once installed it will allow you to save files as PDF or XPS in all eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs:

  • Microsoft Office Access 2007
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007
  • Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
  • Microsoft Office Visio 2007
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007

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Restart Windows without Restarting your Computer

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Sometimes you may need to restart Windows (e.g., when installing new software), but there is no need to restart BIOS. The default restart option do both (Windows and BIOS) restart. That is called doing a “cold boot” rather than “warm boot”.

Here I am going to explain the trick of how to do the “warm boot”. It works on both Windows XP and Vista. I tested it on Windows 7 and it works perfectly on Windows 7 also.

The trick is to hold down the Shift key when invoking restart.

For Windows XP

Click on Start button. Click on Turn off Computer button. The Turn off computer dialog box opens. Now hold down the Shift key and click on Restart button.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7

Click on Start button. Click on Right Arrow. Now hold down the Shift key and click on Restart.

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Download Wave 3 Suite of Applications from Microsoft Now

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Windows Live, which is a suite of Microsoft applications including Messenger, Mail with Calendar sync, Live Writer, Photo Gallery, Family Safety, and the Outlook Connector is now rolling out a new beta in what is called Wave 3. Wave 3 now also includes Windows Movie Maker, which used to be found in Windows Vista.

Wave 3 suite of applications is the newest release of the core Windows Live suite of software and services.

Wave 3 suite of applications from Microsoft comprises:

  • Messenger v9
  • Windows Live Movie Maker
  • Mail with Calendar synchronisation
  • Writer
  • Photo Gallery
  • Family Safety
  • Outlook Connector

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Turn Off (Disable) Autorun Feature of All Drives in Windows without Any Tool

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CDs, DVDs & PenDrives containing viruses or malwares make use of the AutoRun feature in Windows to infect your computer as soon as they were loaded. AutoRun was introduced with Windows 95 so a CD or DVD that contained a file called autorun.inf would start up when it was loaded in the CD drive.

AutoPlay was added in Windows XP and is also in Windows Vista. AutoPlay brings up a dialog box when any removable media like CDs, external hard drives or USB memory sticks are attached to the computer. The dialog box gives the user a list of possible actions like open as a folder, cancel, autorun a file, and more.

For the computer user who wants to avoid all possible means of having his or her computer infected the safest thing is to turn off autorun or autoplay.

Go with the following simple steps to turn off Autorun in Windows:

1. Go to Start, Click Run & type gpedit.msc and click OK.

2. It will open the Windows Group Policy. Now in the Group Policy, Click Administrative Templates,

  • For Windows XP click on System
  • For Windows Vista, click on System Components, then Autoplay Policies.

Then Double click on Turn Off Autoplay.

3. Now In the Autorun Properties just popped, select Enabled & then select All Drives in the drop down.

Thats it. Now your windows is safe from unexpected viruses & malwares that infect the windows services using the Autorun feature.

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How to Remove Autorun.inf virus Completly from System & Flash Drives using CMD

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Is your PC a victim of the Autorun.inf virus? How to Remove Autorun.inf completely explains the simple way of removing Autorun.inf virus by using Autorun.inf Eater software.  Deleting autorun.inf is effective only if the computer you are using is clean otherwise the autorun.inf will simply bounce back.

Using CMD to Remove Autorun.inf Virus from the System & Removable Drives


Method One

  • Open command line (CMD) and write the following:

del /a:rhs [driveletter]:autorun.inf

  • Simply Replace  [driveletter] with your drive. If the virus is on the D drive the commad will be

del /a:rhs D:autorun.inf

  • Restart the computer & Done.

Second Method

Genreally when you refresh the windows explorer view a bounded virus process recreates this file. This file is attached to many events of windows explorer including OPEN, REFRESH, etc.
You must close opened explorer windows.

1. Open up a command prompt (i.e. cmd.exe) >> to load it go to Run, type cmd, enter.
2. Now to remove virus’s attributes (in order to delete it type following line by line and execute them pressing enter.

F:
F:attrib -s -r -h *.*

If there are any malicious EXE files those are now visible so if unnecessary delete them too.

F:del autorun.inf

3. After finishing above, quickly remove the pendrive as soon as posible (just after executing del command).
4. Now your pen is without virus activation config. file. Now you can safely delete unnecessary EXE files on it.

Method Third

  • Download Flash_Disinfector.exe from here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it and follow any prompts that may appear.
  • The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives including your mobile phone.
  • Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well.
  • Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program.
  • Reboot your computer when done.

Note: Flash_Disinfector will remove any autorun.inf files, create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive plugged in when you ran it. Don’t delete this folder. It will help protect your drives from future infection.

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Easiest & Fastest Way to Convert PDF Files to Word, Text, Image & Html Online for FREE

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PDF is a very pupular & useful format for distributing and sharing documents as it can keep the originality of the documents. Most of the files (manuals, tutorials, etc.) downloaded from the internet are usually in PDF format.

You can use PDF reader to open such files and read them. However on some occasions, if pdf reader not works or you need to convert pdf format to other formats like word or more simple format like HTML, then you need some application specifically doing the conversion. But today it can be done online which is the most easiest & fastest method.

Easiest & Fastest Way to Convert PDF Files to Word, Text, Image & Html Online for FREE

Introducing a very nice pdf conversion website which allows you to convert PDF file online & then converted format can be downloaded  very easily. Convertpdftoword allows conversion of PDF format to Word.

The site is itself connected to another conversion sites through a nice navigation menu(shown above) which do the following conversions of file PDF file formats:

  • PDF to Word
  • PDF to Text
  • PDF to Image
  • PDF to HTML
  • Text to PDF

Simple browse to the PDF file, Select it & Press the convert button.  The Converted format will be available to you for download in just few seconds. Easy & fast.

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