Showing posts with label windows tips and tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows tips and tricks. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

MAKE YOUR PDF FILE SPEAK TO YOU

Recently I have found this interesting trick that will make your pdf file speak to you. To do this just follow the following steps:-

1. First of all, you need to download adobe reader (if you don't have already).

2. Now open any pdf file using adobe reader.

3. Click on view menu and then goto option "read out loud".

3. A submenu will open. Click on "activate read out loud".

4. Now again go to option "read out loud" and select the desired option.

Thats it. Your pdf file is talking to you.......

Thursday, July 29, 2010

CHANGE THE NAME OF REGISTERED USER OR COMPANY

Usually you are not allowed to change the name of the registered user or company. But now with this regestry hack you can change the name of the registered user or company. To do that just follow the following steps:-

1. Click on start and then run.

2. Type "regedit" without the quotes and press enter.

3. Now browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows NT >> CurrentVersion.

4. Look for the Registeredowner and registeredorganization.

5. Initially it will have the original owner and organizayion name.

6. To change it just double click on them and change the value.

CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE SPECIAL FOLDER

Usuallly you cannot change the location of specific folder(like My documents, favourates, pictures etc.). It is restricted by default. But a little bit of registry hack you will be able to change the location of those specific folder. To do this just follow the following steps:-

1. Click on start and then run.

2. Type "regedit".

3. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Microsoft >> Windows >> CurrentVersion >> Explorer >> User Shell Folders.

4. Double click on any file and change the path of that file.

5. Restart your computer.

That's it you have just now change the location of special folder.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

ALERT ! ! ! BEWARE OF CTRL+C & CTRL +V

We all copy various data by using ctrl+c for pasting somewhere else. But do you know these copied data are stored in clipboard which are easily accessibe over the internet by the use of some javascript and ASP.

If you don't beleive just try out this:-
1) Copy any text by using ctrl+c.
2) Open your web browser and go to site: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm
3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen as it is accessed by this web page.

So, do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, creditcard numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while brwosing the internet as it can be easily extracted to steal your sensitive datas. If sufficient data is stored by mistake it would give away confidential and important information without you even know about it.

So how to protect from yourself from this. Just follow the following steps:

1. Go to internet options >> security.

2. Press custom level.

3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script.

Thats it....Now the contents of your clipboard are safe. Now you can browse safely and securely.