Register for 3G Iphone through Airtel and Vodafone

The much awaited product; Apple iPhone would soon be launched in India. With Airtel and Vodafone already asking for pre-registration for Apple IPhone 3G.



Since India do not have 3G network, so only selective features from 3G iPhone would be available, those which are compatible with current 2G network.

Pre-register iPhone with Vodafone
Pre-register iPhone with Airtel

Check out more about this launch.

Nokia advisory for replacement of BL-5C Battery

Nokia has released advisory that identified in very rare cases Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006 could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Nokia is working closely with relevant local authorities to investigate this situation.

This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. There have been approximately 100 incidents of over heating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported.

While the occurrence in the BL-5C batteries produced by Matsushita in the time-period specified is very rare, for consumers wishing to do so, Nokia and Matsushita offer to replace any BL-5C battery subject to this product advisory.

A list of Nokia products that include the BL-5C battery is available here.

This is how you can verify your battery and ask for replacement. Remember this replacement is only for BL-5C model.



Now remove the battery and check the 26-character identification number from the back of the battery. Now enter you 26 digit code here at Nokia battery verification Site and you will be advised if your battery may be replaced.



Consumers with replacable batteries should visit the website www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement or contact their local Nokia call center.

Yahoo home page logo for 4th July

Watch the animated logo of Yahoo today for 4th July.
4th of July is USA Independence Day.
Hover your mouse on the Yahoo logo and see the crackers bust.
Enjoy the animation, and Happy Independence Day.

Following are the snapshots of Images that you will see at
first instance.

Lock folders with password - explained

This is really very good video, explaining how to lock
folders with password.

Really useful if you are using a shared PC or want some of your
sensitive documents to be protected from others.


!!! Access Denied !!! Lock Any Folder - The best bloopers are here

try out...

Change your Computer Name on network

Get ready to think of some high quality appealing name for your
computer so that when you apply that, everybody else on the network
would identify you by that name.

To achieve this travel to following registry key through Registry
editor:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName

Then selecting the 'ComputerName' Key in left pane of registry editor,
you would find the entry in right pane as 'ComputerName'.



This name is your computers name on network, change this to whatever
that you want. And you are through to it.

Recover the lost product ID for Windows Installation

Ever imagined, that you lost your Windows product ID and later
due to some unexpected reasons your windows installation got
corrupt as a result some files went missing and finally you need
to perform reinstallation.
Then how are you going to install it back again without Product ID.

Usually when we install the Windows its ID is stored in Registry.

To get back this ID, travel to following path;

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\

Then selecting the 'CurrentVersion' key in left pane, find for the
entry 'ProductID' in right pane.
And there it is the ID you wanted.



Alternatively you can also get your product ID by right clicking on
the 'My Computers' icon on Desktop or Start Menu.
And then uder the General tab you would find your product ID at
lower section of dialog box as shown below.



So now keep it safe, may be next time even your computer won't boot,
to recover it.

Change taskbar clock AM & PM text

This is the one of the best registry tweak available.
In this tweak we change the AM and PM that is shown in taskbar
clock to some other name.



To achieve this follow steps given below:

1. Travel to following key in registry editor
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\
2. Now select the 'International' key in left pane and search for
the following two entries in right pane of registry editor.
s1159 - for changing AM
s2359 - for changing PM
3. Once you have found this entries now double click it to change
the text.

Remember it only accepts characters of minimum six letters even
if you try to stuff more, only first six will be displayed.

Enjoy the tweak, please let me know in case you are finding
some problems.

Refine your Google search using keywords

You can make google speed up the search for your queries by
displaying only the most relevant links.
For that you have to learn the google language, which is nothing
more than handful of queries; mentioned below are most frquently used.

you can even combine two or more of above keywords to get the results
more accurate and specific.

Disable all Balloon tips in Windows

I always felt it wary about those balloon tips in Windows task bar for
'low disk space', 'new hardware', etc.

The following small registry tweak can disable these balloon tips:

Go to following registry key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Advanced

and then in right pane search for entry 'EnableBalloonTips' and if it is
not present then add the DWORD entry and name it as ' EnableBalloonTips'.

Once this is done then add the value to it as '0' (zero in number).

If you want to enable it again than change the value to '1'.

Remember the key and entry names are Case Sensitive.

Add Google Search in your browser address bar

One can now easily Google search for any term using the browser's
address bar, and the search results will be displayed to you in
the Google's page.

The following small registry tweak can do this for you;

Go to following registry path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

sometimes the 'SearchUrl' key might not be present, in that case add
it as sub-key under 'Internet Explorer'.

Now in right pane for above key 'SeacrhUrl', change the default value to

http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

press F5 to refresh registry and then exit.
For this tweak to work you might need to close all the browsers and
open again.