Wednesday, 28 December 2011

How to Place Facebook Chat on Firefox Sidebar


Select Bookmarks on the top Toolbar.

Select Organize Bookmarks

Click New Bookmark tab and enter the following:

Name: Facebook Chat






Check Load this bookmark in sidebar.

Launch the Firefox sidebar, click Facebook Chat

Now you can chat with your Facebook contacts within Firefox.

How to Create shortcut for signout in Gmail


Right click on Desktop go to New and select Shortcut.
In the Opened window paste the html link https://mail.google.com/mail/?logout&hl=en
Click next type name as Signout and click Finish.
Right click on the shortcut click on the properties
In the Web Document tab give any short like Ctrl + alt + S in the shortcut key option
And click OK.
When you want to sign out your gmail just press the keyboard shortcut which you created above.
The new signout window will pop up in the browser.

How to Access the Twitter from Chrome Toolbar


You have to install the extension named Silver Bird.
Silver Bird is a Twitter extension that allows you to follow your timelines and interact with your Twitter account.

Some Important features of the extension are

Check trending topics right inside the extension
Support for real time timeline updates
Upload images from inside the extension
Follow users by using the inline user actions menu
Browse tweets from a specific user directly inside the extension
See all your tweets in a unified timeline
Compose, reply, RT, share, favorite and delete tweets
Create short URLs within the extension
Notify user whenever new tweets arrive

Sunday, 25 December 2011

Happy Christmas



Hope your holiday season is fun and festival.
Merry Christmas!!!

Thursday, 15 December 2011

How to install new skin to vlc




If u think
The classic look of Vlc media player is not so good.
So we can apply any other skin there. To do so we need a .vlt file (vlc media player skin file).
1. 
Download and install a Vlc media player.
2. To change its default look. We must need some of vlc media player skins.
VLC Skins Download Link: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/skins.php
3. Download the theme file from there. and move the downloaded file to skins folder of vlc media player.
(i.e. "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins")
(Note: The extension of vlc media player skin file is .vlt)
   Now the actual change of theme process starts
4. Now open or run the VLC media palyer.
5.  Now click on "Tools" on 
Menu bar.
6. Now choose "Preference".


7. Now Preference window will be opened. Navigate to "Interface" tab.
8. Select "Use Custom skin".
9. Click on "choose" and browse to "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins" folder and select the skin that you want to use for your vlc media player.
10. Now click on "save".
11. It will ask a confirm message "The skin file already exits. Do you want to replace it?".
12. Just click on "Yes"

13. Now again click on "yes" and apply the changes.
14. Now close all the open windows and reboot your system.
15. After restart whenever you will open the vlc media player you will be able to see the custom skin. 

Friday, 9 December 2011

Some Use Full Shortcuts for Gmail to reduce Time



Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.

C: Compose new message.

Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.

Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.

K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.

N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

P: Switch focus to the previous message.

U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

Y: Various actions depending on current view:

Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.
Inbox: Archive email or message.
Starred: Unstarred email or message.
Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."
Trash: Move back to "Inbox."
Any label: Remove the label.
X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

R: Reply to the email.

A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

F: Forward an email.

Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

How to Lock Your PC with your pen-drive


You can lock your personal computer with USB by using Predator.
You have to download and install the software predator.
Predator will launch automatically after the installation.
Now insert USB to the computer.
You will get a message to set New password.
Click on OK and set your New password
Then Choose the correct Drive letter from "USB Key Drive"
After this click on Create Key
Then Click on OK
If you lock your PC with Predator, computer will work only when the USB in plugged in.
If you removed USB from computer, Mouse and Key board will get disabled automatically and screen will get dark. To unlock the computer, you should insert the USB again.
Note: This process will not format your USB
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