Techno Glitters

Register for 3G Iphone through Airtel and Vodafone

2008-06-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-14T13:03:00.000-07:00

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

2007-07-04T10:40:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-05T07:21:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-02T19:29:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-02T18:56:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-01T04:23:00.000-07:00

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

2007-05-01T04:03:00.000-07:00

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

2007-04-29T00:05:00.000-07:00

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

2007-04-28T23:26:00.000-07:00

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.

Browse any Website in Text only mode

2007-04-28T22:54:00.000-07:00

Last time when I was surfing the net, I found the site that allows
to browse any website in text only mode.
This website is http://mytoday.com

To view any website in text only mode follow the steps detailed
below:
1. Type the following address in your browser address bar

http://mytoday.com/v/

2. Once this is done, now add the protocol of access
like http, https, ftp, etc. as shown below

http://mytoday.com/v/http/

3. After this add the website address that you want to view
in text mode, in following way (as shown for technoglitters)

http://mytoday.com/v/http/technoglitters.blogspot.com

so that finally it looks as shown below in your browsers address bar:

Enjoy text only browsing.

Shortcut to open Registry Editor

2007-04-28T04:09:00.000-07:00

Now to open the Registry editor no need of going to Start Menu > Run.
One can create a shortcut on desktop to open the Registry Editor
follow the steps given blow:

1. Open the Notepad and copy the following code snippet:

'Open Registry Editor
'from http://www.technoglitters.blogspot.com
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

Dim WSHShell
Set WSHShell=Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WSHShell.Run "REGEDIT"

Set WSHShell = Nothing

2. Once this is done now save the file as 'Open_Registry.vbs'
(without quotes) remember to make the file type option in
Save As dialog box to 'All files'
3. Now you can create as many shortcuts for these files as possible.
4. Since this is script file, some Antivirus or antispyware softwares
may report abuse, but override the rules and allow it to run and
enjoy the Registry Editor at click of you mouse.

Start Button Context Menu

2007-04-28T03:29:00.000-07:00

Using this tweak, you can run applications from the context menu
of the start button, i.e. by right clicking on the start button.

Open the registry from Start Menu > Run > regedit and follow the path:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell Key.

Right click on Shell Key, and create a new sub-key named after the
program you want to associate it with, say, Notepad. Now select this key
and create another sub-key named 'Command' and set its 'Default' entry
value as the path to the executable for example 'C:\windows\notepad.exe'.

Now if you right click on Start Menu you will see new entry for launching
Notepad.

Related Limks:
Add 'Copy To' and 'Move To' in Context Menu

Create 'Copy To' and 'Move To' in context menu

2007-04-28T00:38:00.000-07:00

When you right click you get a menu called Context menu.
This tweak shows how you can add two useful entries to it namely
'Copy To' and 'Move To'.
Therefore copying and moving files can be done in two steps.

To add 'Copy To' option, go to Registry and follow the following path;
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
and right click ContextMenuhandlers and create a new key called
'Copy To' (without quotes).
Select the key you created in right pane, modify the value of default
entry to '{C2FBB630-297111d1A18C00C04FD75D13}' (without quotes).
Similarly, navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
and create a sub-key named 'Copy To' and give the same default value
as above.

To add 'Move to' option duplicate the above mentioned steps, but rename
the sub-keys as 'Move To' and the default values as
'{C2FBB631-2971-11d1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}'.

Now when you right click on any file or folder - except on the desktop
you will get two more options for 'Copy To' and 'Move To'.
Thia may require a windows restart or simply press F5 after modifying
to refresh the changes in registry.

Clear Add Remove Programs list

2007-04-28T00:11:00.000-07:00

Certain program entries do remain in the Add/Remove programs
list due to some incomplete install/uninstall.
This small registry tweak allows you to remove all the unwanted
entries from Add/Remove programs list, it can also be used to hide
the Installed program from appearing in Add/Remove list.

To do this, go to registry and follow the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Under this key you will find the sub keys for each program installed.
Right Click and delete all the entries you want removed from Add\Remove
programs list.

Clear URL s Cache from Internet Explorer address bar

2007-04-27T23:53:00.000-07:00

To view the visited URLs in IE address bar click on drop down
button on end of address bar. To selctively remove URLs from
this list go to Registry and travel to following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs
In the right pane you will find the list of URLs ordered with name
url1 url2....url25.
Delete the entries you want to remove and rename the remaining
entries to maintain the order.
example: if you delete two entries url4 and url7 then rename the
remaining entries so that they list as url1 to url23.

Clear Run Command Cache

2007-04-27T23:25:00.000-07:00

Commands entered in Run dialog box from start menu are automatically cached to be used later for AutoComplete.

One can selectively remove these entries from cached list of instructions.

Go to registry and follow the following path

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/RunMRU

and in right pane you will find entries for the Most recently used command in Run box.

Delete the unwanted entries or delete all.

Your own Image in Start Menu

2007-04-26T20:13:00.001-07:00

1. Go to : C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures
* Dir is hidden

2. Delete the ones you never use

3. Add your own 48x48 .jpg/.png/.gif/.bmp images.

change Program Files folder

2007-04-26T20:12:00.002-07:00

Type regedit in Run box.

Navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Look for the entry -> ProgramFilesDir

Change its value fom "C:\Program Files" to D:\Installation (or something of your wish)

Run program at login

2007-04-26T20:12:00.001-07:00

Do you want to run a program every time you login into your computer Here you can do it, using Windows Registry.

1. Enter Notepad

2. Type [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

“name program”=”\”C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\winamp.exe\”"

3. Save as using the .reg extension

4. Now double click the saved file and click 'yes' on popup message and allow the information to be added to Windows Registry

Next time when you will login to your PC, Winamp will start automatically.

-To deactivate this you have to delete the information from Windows Registry(go to run from start menu type "regedit"(without quotes) travel to following key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mcft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and find the file winamp that starts automatically and delete it).

Unlimited Upload Sites

2007-04-26T20:11:00.002-07:00

http://esnips.com
Upto 5 GB

http://inbox.com
Max 2GB

http://fileupyours.com
Everything unlimited

http://datapickup.com
Max File Size: 1.5GB
File deleted after 7 days

http://freespace.filefront.com
Max File Size: 1GB (Files cannot be larger than 1GB or take more than 10 hours to upload)
Everything else is unlimited.

http://www.yousendit.com
Max File Size: 1GB
File deleted after 7 days

http://www.transferbigfiles.com
Max File Size: 1GB
File deleted after 5 days/20 downloads

http://www.spread-it.com
Max File Size: 500MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days

http://ftpz.us
Max File Size: 498MB
Everything else is unlimited

http://www.thefilehut.com
Max File Size: 250MB
Free registration required

http://www.megaupload.com
Max File Size: 250MB (used to be 500MB)
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days

http://www.updownloadserver.com
Max File Size: 250MB (Uploads will be checked by an admin before publishing)

http://www.sharebigfile.com
Max File Size: 250MB
File deleted after 7 days

http://www. uploadr.com
Max File Size: 150mb weekdays, 300mb weekends
File deleted 1 week after last download date.

http://www.filecache.de
Max File Size: 125MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days

http://www.pushfile.net
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 7 days

http://www.dropload.com
Max File Size: 100MB
File deleted after 7 days or after the first download (yep.. it's true)

http://www.turboupload.com
Max File Size: 70MB

http://www.picapic.net
Max File Size: 60MB

http://www.nexmicrosystems.com
Max File Size: 60MB
File deleted after 30 days

http://www.savefile.com
Max File Size: 60MB
File deleted if not downloaded for 14 or 30 days. FAQ says 14, upload page says 30...

http://www.psychohost.com
Max File Size: 50MB
Everything else unlimited.

http://www.freeuploader.com
Max File Size: 50MB

http://www.ushareit.com
Max File Size: 50MB

http://sharefiles.ru
Max File Size: 50MB
File deleted after 30 days

http://www.wirefiles.com
Max File Size: 50MB

http://www.xshare.us
Max File Size: 50MB

http://app02.bonpoo.com/file.htm
Max File Size: 50MB

http://rapidshare.de
Max File size: 50MB
Download Limit: 50MB/hour
File deleted if not downloaded for 30 days

http://www.uploadhut.com
Max File Size: 50MB

http://www.gigashare.com
Max File Size: 50MB (multiple files upload option)

http://illhostit.com
Max File Size: 40MB

http://www.filebuffer.net
Max File Size: 40MB
Everything else seems to be unlimited

Run commands

2007-04-26T20:11:00.001-07:00

Accessibility Controls
access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools
control admintools

Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt

Calculator
calc

Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc

Character Map
charmap

Check Disk Utility
chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd

Command Prompt
cmd

Component Services
dcomcnfg

Computer Management
compmgmt.msc

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 Management
diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager
diskpart

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

Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif

Findfast
findfast.cpl

Folders Properties
control folders

Fonts
control fonts

Fonts Folder
fonts

Free Cell Card Game
freecell

Game Controllers
joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game
mshearts

Iexpress Wizard
iexpress

Indexing Service
ciadv.msc

Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl
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

Mcft Chat
winchat

Minesweeper Game
winmine

Mouse Properties
control mouse

Mouse Properties
main.cpl

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.cpl

On Screen Keyboard
osk

Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed)
ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties
password.cpl

Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor
perfmon

Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl

Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes
control printers

Printers Folder
printers

Private Character Editor
eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings
intl.cpl

Registry Editor
regedit

Registry Editor
regedit32

Remote Desktop
mstsc

Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks
control schedtasks

Security Center
wscui.cpl

Services
services.msc

Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows
shutdown

Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game
spider

SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg

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 Setting) 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 Properties
sysdm.cpl

Task Manager
taskmgr

Telnet Client
telnet

User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager
utilman

Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier
magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc

Windows System Security Tool
syskey

Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart

Wordpad
wordpad

set minimum login password length in Windows

2007-04-26T20:10:00.002-07:00

By default Windows accepts both short and long passwords as the Windows login password.
Some users use extremely short passwords, which can easily be brute forced. So in order to set the minimum number of characters or the minimum length of the password, simply follow the following registry trick-:

1. Launch the Windows Registry Editor i.e. c:\windows\regedit.exe

2. Scroll down to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Policies\Network

3. Click on Edit > New DWORD Value.

4. Name this new DWORD value as MinPwdLen and in the data field (by right clicking the DWORD value), enter the minimum number of characters
the password has to be of. One thing to note here is that this value is in Hexadecimal.

5. Now, Press F5 and your system just became a tiny bit securer but certainly not unhackable.

shortcut to CTRL-ALT-DELETE

2007-04-26T20:10:00.001-07:00

If CTRL-ALT-DELETE seems like too much of a hassle, try this instead:

1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop, point to New and click Shortcut.

2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, type the following into the Type the location of the item text box:

rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation

3. Click Next.

4. In the Select a Title for the Program dialog box, type Lock the Desktop in the Type a name for this shortcut text box. Click Finish.

Back up the Registry

2007-04-26T20:09:00.001-07:00

The registry is critical for health of the system, sometimes even a small tweak, may corrupt windows and avoid from logging in. So it is always recommended to back up the Registry before applying any of your changes.
To take the back up of the registry open registry editor from start > Run, type Regedit and press enter.

In Registry editor select the highest key from left pane of 'My Computer' and then from top level menu in registry editor select File > Export, give the location where you want to store the
back-up, and its done with backup of complete registry.
On can also backup particular key, to do that same way select the key from left pane and click on File > export.

To apply the backup again you can simply double click the backup file or clcik on File > import from Registry editor.

Users using Windows ME and higher can also create system restore points, to save all the current settings of windows (including regitry). To do this navigate to start > program > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore, and select 'create a restore point'. To revert to this point later, you have to just select the point again to restore.

Learn to Use Registry

2007-04-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

The registry is the place where windows stores all the settings related to hardware that it controls, software installed and other windows environment settings; like toolbar, colors, menus, etc.
So to apply our own customized settings, registry editing is must.

To open the registry go to 'start menu' > run then type regedit and press Enter.

Then registry editor opens, where the left pane has folder tree like heirarchy. Each item here is called Key and they may again have further sub-keys. When you select a key you will find some items in right pane. These are entries corresponding to selected keys. It is the entries that store the settings. Entries can store three types of data: String, Binary and DWORD.Always back-up the registry before applying any changes.

To create a new key just right click the parent key and select New > Key. to create an entry select the key in left pane, right-click ovr in right pane and select the data type of the entry to be created.
The changes to registry may not be effective right then and there; sometimes it may need Restart or logoff or simply pressing function key F5 (refresh) will apply the customizatons. For particular software changes, sometimes only restarting the application will work.