Category: tips & tricks

Categories
tips & tricks

Block any website on your computer with Any weblock

Internet users in India is growing at a very fast rate with easy and cheap broadband services provided anywhere by mtnl or bsnl and other companies like airtel ,sify broadband etc.

With the increasing use of internet among the young children it becomes very crucial to block those web sites like which are not healthy for young children’s  ( porns , online games and chatrooms) etc

Solution to the problem is to block the websites with the help of website blocking software like Any Weblock

Any Weblock – It is a free program to block access to any website on your computer.

any-weblock-block-websites

 

 

 

Some Features of Any Weblock Includes:

Continue reading “Block any website on your computer with Any weblock”
Categories
tips & tricks windows hacks

Clean your cluttered Desktop with Desktop Teleporter

Is your desktop cluttered with lots of files you download from internet or copy from pen drives etc?

Mostly the answer to the above question is yes, Same happens with me as well I too have a bad habit of downloading files from internet and saving them on the desktop. All these items keeps lying there until I get some time and move them into separate folders.

Today,I found a cool application called Desktop Teleporter to do this task automatically of transferring files from desktop to any other specified location.

exclude-files

 

What is Desktop Teleporter?

Continue reading “Clean your cluttered Desktop with Desktop Teleporter”
Categories
tips & tricks windows hacks

Alternative command prompt for windows

Are you not able to fire up any commands just because your run prompt is not visible in your windows xp start menu?

We have already posted a procedure on how can you restore your run prompt in start menu, but still even after following the procedure given there if it does not appear then,

You can try this freeware called Command Prompt Bar which provides an alternative Command prompt in the task bar, but you will need to activate this new command prompt which will reside in your windows taskbar (as shown in the image below).

command-prompt-bar-activate

 

 

 

 

 

Command Prompt Bar becomes a part of your Windows taskbar and allows you to launch command lines from your windows bar.

Continue reading “Alternative command prompt for windows”
Categories
internet hacks & tips tips & tricks

convert your torrent file into .exe to to download directly without torrent client

Yes, I am talking about a FREE tool to convert your torrent file to a .exe file with which you can directly download the files without any torrent client application installed on your system.

Torrent2Exe

 

 

 

 

This application is called Torrent2Exe ,  as the name suggest it Convert torrents into stand-alone exe files and download them without a client.

The application is really useful for those who do not want to install a torrent client which downloads the files instead by connecting to peers and seeds.

The application offers a simple two-step approach to downloading torrent files without using a client.

How to use?

Continue reading “convert your torrent file into .exe to to download directly without torrent client”
Categories
tips & tricks windows hacks

Move your files to any folder by dragging using teracopy

There are some instances when you would want to move a downloaded file or folder to a different location.

Well it happens with me most of the time because, what ever I download any thing from web I tend to download it to the desktop and then at the end of the day, I categorize my downloads then move them to the different folders, like software downloads , Music etc.

multimedia-shortcuts

 

 

 

For all these folders like Sangeet , Software Downloads I have shortcuts created on the desktop so just need to drag the files on the shortcut icon to copy the files over that folder.

But what ever you do you can’t move files, they will always be copied if you drag files on the shortcuts icon.

So after coping I have to delete the files from the desktop, all this makes the whole process somewhat unproductive. 

But I found out a solution to this problem using TeraCopy, Let’s see how

Continue reading “Move your files to any folder by dragging using teracopy”
Categories
firefox tips & tricks tips & tricks

Sync up Firefox browser with your google account

I use firefox web browser every where, at my office pc, on my home desktop pc and as well on my laptop.

I always wanted to sync up my firefox on all these locations automatically, including my firefox bookmarks, browser settings ,add ons so I don’t have to configure my firefox at all these places etc.

So. I decided to google out the ways for syncing up my firefox browser with my google account.

Basically there are certain things which needs to be in sync like firefox settings , its bookmarks, browsing history etc.

Let’s cover them one by one

Continue reading “Sync up Firefox browser with your google account”
Categories
tips & tricks windows hacks

What is mdm.exe and why it is running ? can I stop it ?

We have just received a query from Kashish a techie reader of Technix Update, who wants to use his CPU and RAM by ending up all the non relevant process, but ending process helps?

Yes, it helps a lot in speeding up your system but key factor is you need to know which process to end in your task manager process list.

Let’s discuss about mdm.exe, and how important is it for windows

Continue reading “What is mdm.exe and why it is running ? can I stop it ?”
Categories
how to tutorials tips & tricks windows hacks

How to prevent your playlist in winamp from getting lost out

I have been using winamp from a long time as a music player, it is I think the best player which is free also, but initially when I use winamp for the first time I found a issue in it.

Let me tell you how does it happen.

I used to enqueue some songs from different directory locations ,and issue arises when  accidentally I double click on any .mp3 file due to which all the playlist which I collected in winamp got evaded in seconds and the only songs which remain there is that on which I have accidentally double clicked. It may have happened to you some time if you have used winamp.

Let’s see why this happens and how can we correct it.

Continue reading “How to prevent your playlist in winamp from getting lost out”