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Say Hello to the Community
Published: 2009-11-02 04:53:37With the motive of adding more functionality to this site and creating a more interactive community I have just launched the Computer Realm community forums! The forum is currently broadly divided into the hardware and software categories as well as a forum for general off topic dicussion. If you are looking for an opinion or solution for any issue you might have, the forums would be a great place to find it. You can also share any tips you might have to give a little something back for the numerous tips available on the blog. Signing up is free and takes just a couple of minutes after which you can get posting right away! Any tips, feedback or even a doubt you might have would be greatly appreciated if shared on the forums to kick things off. Happy posting! Computer Realm Forums Related posts:LuqSoft is now Computer Realm Software Well, as you may be knowing, apart from this...2009 and Computer Realm First of all Happy New Year Readers! Thanks for...Fed up of long URL’s? Ever wanted to share a link online? Sure you... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Windows Live Messenger Not Remembering Your Email?
Published: 2009-10-16 06:43:56Windows Live Messenger keeps getting fancier, the latest version has visual customization incorporated at every possible location in your messenger window almost as if it’s target audience is for pre-teens, personally I prefer the previous version, and if you share similar perspective you can stick with the older version without the messenger ruthlessly forcing you to update. Well, there seems to be quite a common glitch (Microsoft product, who would have thought) with the software as well, where it fails to remember your username and/or password for some reason. Well times are hard with the recession and having to type your email address each time you need to login to your messenger can get unmanageably overwhelming…right? Well, Jonathan Kay, who somehow thinks it’s cool to call himself the “MessengerGeek” has developed a tiny application that fixes this issue, however MakeMessengerRemember runs on the not so tiny 2xMB .NET Framework which you will also need to install to run the application, upon execution you simply need to click ‘Fix’ after which your computer reboots and voila! your credentials should stick again. Before you return to this post and start bitching (’this is a scam’, best answer, don’t we love Yahoo! answers, jeez.) about the “The application failed to initialize properly” error, please refer to the bold section in the paragraph above and make sure you have done that as well. [MakeMessengerRemember] Related posts:Forced to use The New Windows Live Messenger You Hate? Apparently, Microsoft feels the need to continually tweak the...Spice up your Email Experience If you take the Internet, the single most important...Forgot your IM Passwords? We are all guilty of forgetting a password we... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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How to Schedule a Computer Shutdown
Published: 2009-10-11 02:28:38Do you need to shutdown your computer at a specific time? You might need to do this for a number of reasons, an ideal situation maybe you are downloading a file overnight and you sleep 12 hours a day (because, maybe you are unemployed) but you are pretty sure the file you are downloading would be done in a few hours the most and you probably want to save electricity (because you are unemployed, remember?), many software that requires a lot of time have features to shutdown your computer once the function is complete. In the downloading example, software like uTorrent allow you to automatically turn off your computer once downloads are complete, however most developers aren’t really that thoughtful so you’d be stuck with shutting down your computer manually, or not. Shutdown Monster (lame I know) is an open source software that lets you schedule your computer to shutdown based on a preset time. You can also assign it to recurringly turn off on a particular day at a specific time. Be sure to suggest any similar apps in the comments and also provide your feedback on Shutdown Monster. Related posts:Registry Tweak – Enabling/Disabling the Shutdown capability Here is a registry tweak which you could use...Why do you shutdown your computer? Stupid question? Not when you can hibernate it. Hibernating...Fed up of Duplicate Files Lurking in Your Computer If you download a lot of files, you might... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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How to Customize Your Comment Icon
Published: 2009-10-09 07:50:19Ever left a comment on a blog? If you haven’t and you are reading this you are one undeserving freeloader, get off my blog! But seriously, leave comments on blogs, it shows appreciation to the blogger. Well, you might have noticed comments left on blogs to have custom thumbnails however no option to display a custom icon maybe provided in the comment form. Welcome to the wonderful world of Gravatars. Gravatars as the official site describes it are ‘globally recognized avatars’ and there is no easier way to put it. Gravatars are email specific and allows you to customize an avatar at gravatar.com. From the same guys that bring you Wordpress, Gravatars have been incorporated into several other online services as well. Head over to gravatar.com and get yourself a customized icon for your comments. Related posts:You can now reply to comments directly! It’s always difficult to engage in direct conversation in...Spam Karma – Impressive so far This is somewhat a follow up of my last...How to Change your Blogger Favicon A Favicon is a custom icon for your blog... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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How to Open RAR Files
Published: 2009-09-28 04:39:28RAR files have become increasingly common in terms of compressed files that it has almost become second nature, specially in illegal online file sharing networks and also several webmasters today share any personal downloadable files on their websites in RAR formats today because of their sheer compression capabilities over the traditional, standard (matter of factly named) ZIP files. Unfortunately, files available in RAR formats for download aren’t usually supported with any relevant documentation as to how to open them and most operating systems don’t have native handlers for RAR files so noobs (like you) are absolutely foiled (or maybe not) because they cannot open that porno or cracked software file they downloaded. Fortunately the solution isn’t really a big deal. Install a free app and just like that all RAR files can be extracted and viewed. RAR files are the native file format of the best compression tool (feel free to argue below), WinRAR and thus if you are looking to open RAR files, it is ideal to use WinRAR to handle RAR files on your computer. While WinRAR is shareware, the developer has done a poor job of restricting use beyond the trial period other than a nag screen when you run the program that asks you to buy it, click ‘close’ and it humbly obeys (unlike other similar nag screens that frustrate the shit out of you by disabling all features for 5 minutes displaying a menacing countdown timer as well until the time passes). WinRAR is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Pocket PC (the pocket PC version is free and the MAC and Linux versions are command line only). It also supports a zillion languages so if you speak a language only a dozen people in the World speak and you are using Google’s (pathetic) translator WinRAR should support your language too. Other Alternatives WinRAR as mentioned above is pretty much your best best if you are looking to open RAR files, but if you are feeling bold for some reason you could try alternative software as listed below or if someone told you installing too many software would make your computer implode and you were retarded enough to believe that you could try a web based application to handle your RAR files too (see below). 7-Zip 7-Zip is a popular, open source alternative that allows extracting only of RAR files, works on Windows operating systems with unofficial Mac and Linux versions available as well. PeaZip PeaZip is another free archiving tool that allows extraction of RAR files, supports Windows and Linux operating systems. OpenRarFile.com This website is a web based RAR handler (as the domain name suggests obviously) that lets you extract as well as create RAR files. It goes unsaid that this is a cross-platform free solution. Any other tools that you would personally recommend to open RAR files would be appreciated in the comments. Related posts:How to Open WPS Files A WPS file is a document file type similar...10 Tools to Recover Deleted Files I recently enlightened you on how you can recover...Can’t open your drive by double clicking on it? Fed up of using your flash because you can’t... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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10 Free Tools to Rename Files Effectively
Published: 2009-09-25 08:52:12Renaming isn’t really something we focus on so much as to use a dedicated software for it, most operating systems provide renaming on the fly in just a few clicks. However you might encounter situations where you need to rename multiple files as it is how you organize your files or even to manage your music. I previously wrote a post on how to rename multiple files, here are 10 absolutely free tools that lets you perform a similar set of functions. 1. Ken Rename Ken Rename is a simple, efficient, free file renaming utility that lets you rename multiple files at once. This includes renaming certain phrases in several file names, renaming according to a sequence and several other features. 2 . THE Rename THE Rename is a program designed to help you to rename files and folders en masse with a number of possibilities and options. 3. Lupas Rename 2000 Lupas Rename allows you to rename files and folders. It also works using recursive directories and includes Shell Integration. Also features batch rename/undo from a console window, rename from external ANSI files, Multi-language – it currently supports nine languages, and much more. 4. Metamorphose Métamorphose is a free, open source mass renaming program that combines great flexability with an intuitive interface. Allows many command line renaming operations in a single utility, perfect for those of us that need to rename large numbers of files and/or folders on a regular basis. 5. ReNamer ReNamer is a small, yet very flexible file renaming tool, that offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes and more. In addition, it can also remove brackets, add number sequences, remove digits or symbols and change file extensions. The program allows you to combine multiple renaming actions as a rule set, applying each action in logical sequence, which can be saved, loaded and managed within the program. 6. Bulk Rename Utility Bulk Rename Utility is a utility which allows you to easily rename files and directories, based upon extemely flexible criteria. Add date-stamps, replace numbers, insert strings, convert case, add auto-numbers, process folders and subfolders along with several other features. 7. Advanced Renamer Advanced Renamer is freeware program for renaming multiple files or folders at once. It can use several different methods for calculating the new name including multimedia tools for sound and picture files. With Advanced Renamer you can construct new file names by adding, removing, replacing, changing case, or giving the file a brand new name based on known information about the file. 8. Filesman Filesman is a software very useful for those who work with very big file lists, such as MP3 files or Midi, and want to keep the file names with certain criteria. It often happens working with huge file lists, where some files have uppercase words, other lowercase. 9. Flexible Renamer Flexible Renamer is a file/folder renaming utility, which can use Wildcard or Regular-Expression and Tag-information (MP3, EXIF) and script (vbs/js). 10. Digital Filename Editor Digital Filename Editor allows you to rename many files in multiple folders, including photos, xml files, images, and other graphic files. Find and replace characters, add a prefix and/or suffix to file names, or completely rename files using the same file name with incremental counter. For Mac Name Mangler is more than just one versatile renaming utility, it’s an infinite number of task-specific renaming utilities, Name Mangler’s Droplets make it ridiculously easy to store configurations and use those repeatedly for different, alternating purposes. Just drop your files on them. 10 great freeware applications, probably more than sufficient for your file renaming needs, if you like the list a Stumble or Digg would be appreciated. Related posts:Need to Rename Several Files at Once? Renaming files is no big deal really, with today’s...10 Tools to Recover Deleted Files I recently enlightened you on how you can recover...Have Your Files Disappeared From Your Hard Drive? You might have noticed files on your hard drive... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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How to Permanently Delete a File
Published: 2009-09-03 01:49:41Windows provides a nifty feature to easily and quickly delete any files, but is it, really? A while back I posted on how you can recover your deleted files, a few days back I gave you a list of 10 applications that lets you recover deleted files, which means deleted files aren’t really gone for good after all. Sometimes you might want to delete sensitive personal documents or any other file and your files aren’t really gone for good just with a shift+delete. Image Credit Usually, deleting a file only partially deletes certain data from a file which makes the file ‘apparently’ deleted, the above posts share applications that make use of this method of deleting files to recover them easily. There are applications developed to workaround this life saver if you accidentally delete an important file flaw in deletion though, these applications are typically known as ’shredders’ and software indexes are flooded with them. Shredders replace the actual data with random binary data and thus they cannot be recovered. File Shredder (windows) is a free application that ’shreds’ your files, while it couldn’t get more boring with such a matter of fact file name it does quite a good job at ’scrambling’ your file and then deleting it with little hope of being recovered, using standard file recovery software at least. Another great free alternative you might want to check out is AbsoluteShield File Shredder. While I was referring to Windows in the above example, this recoverability exists in other operating systems as well, for Mac there is ShredIt X which is a similar app for mac however it is shareware. For linux you can refer to this tutorial on linux.com on how to shred files. There are other methods and applications to shred files, if you are aware of any alternatives you use, feel free to share them in the comments. Related posts:Accidentally Permanently Deleted a File? Well, depending on your deleting habits you might have...10 Tools to Recover Deleted Files I recently enlightened you on how you can recover...Denied Access to delete your own files? At some point or the other, you might have... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Modes of Data Transmission
Published: 2009-09-02 03:43:16Talking about data transmission can get confusing sometimes, we talk of types, modes, ways, these terms maybe synonymous to each other however they do have very distinct differences and cover different aspects of data transfer, I recently covered ‘types’ of data transmission in a network, which consists of how they maybe transferred, serially or in parallel, modes are pretty much ‘rules’ of the versatility of how data can be transmitted. Data can be transferred in 3 different modes, these 3 modes are equally popular and used in common everyday situations. Simplex If data can only be transferred in a single direction (one way) it is known as simplex. Television transmission is an example of Simplex transmission, here data can be transferred only to a television but no data can be transferred in the opposite direction. Duplex When data maybe transferred in two directions simultaneously it is known as Duplex, a simple telephone conversation would be an example, while we usually don’t talk simultaneously a telephone provides that ‘duplex’ functionality. Half-Duplex In this mode of transmission as well, data maybe transmitted in both directions, however it cannot be done simultaneously. A Walkie Talkie would be an example of this mode of transmission. The different modes are implemented based on their requirements, for example in Simplex transmission, two way transmission is not required in television transmission thus Simplex is used. Related posts:Different Types of Network Transmission I’ve been covering different topics on networking lately, last...How data is checked for errors Ever wondered how data is checked when it is...Data Transfer in a Network Data transfer in a network differs slightly from the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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How to Open WPS Files
Published: 2009-09-01 03:19:03A WPS file is a document file type similar to the well known DOC type however with less formatting that DOC offers. WPS files aren’t really as common as the other standard document file types (doc, txt, rtf) however used in popular document applications like Microsoft Works. Thus you might encounter a WPS file and may not have a program associated with it. Today, fortunately much of the popular document readers support this file format however if you are using an older version of Microsoft Office, etc. the format may not be supported. Using Zamzar Zamzar is a multi format web based free converter which can convert your WPS files to other more popular word formats. Microsoft Works 6-9 File Converter This converter by Microsoft gives support to your current version of Microsoft word for opening and editing WPS files. Word Viewer A standalone application by Microsoft that lets you view (not edit) WPS files. OpenOffice The popular opensource office suite also fully supports viewing and modifying WPS files. There maybe other workarounds you know of available, if you are aware of any of them feedback in the comments would be appreciated below. Related posts:Still Outdated With Your Word Processor? It’s been a while since Microsoft rolled out the...How to Open RAR Files RAR files have become increasingly common in terms of...Need to Rename Several Files at Once? Renaming files is no big deal really, with today’s... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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10 Tools to Recover Deleted Files
Published: 2009-08-31 01:01:50I recently enlightened you on how you can recover your deleted files, well there are dozens of similar software tools (freeware and shareware) developed for this purpose however their performance may vary, below I’ve highlighted the top 10 tools which perform this function for this purpose based on how effective they are, price, operating system support and their overall popularity based on community feedback. Recuva (Windows) Recuva (freeware) is one of the most popular file recovery tools, from the same developers of the popular, reputed CCleaner, Recuva quickly searches files deleted and displays them with info on whether the file is ‘healthy’ enough to be recovered as well. The only issue with this program would be no Windows 7 support yet however it should be in the works. Glary Undelete (Windows) Glary Undelete is a free and easy-to-use yet powerful file undelete solution for FAT and NTFS file systems. It will bring back files emptied from the Recycle Bin, in a DOS window, from Windows Explorer with the SHIFT key held down. It will even recover files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses. The features are quite similar to Recuva and some of the other programs in this list. Support all operating systems except Windows 7. DiskDigger (Windows) DiskDigger (freeware) can recover files from any type of media that your computer can read. This includes USB flash drives, memory cards (SD, CompactFlash, Memory Stick, etc), and of course your hard drive. The types of files that it recovers include photos, videos, music, documents, and many other formats. It functions on all Windows operating systems except Windows 7. Pandora File Recovery (Windows) Pandora Recovery (freeware) allows you to find and recover recoverable deleted files from NTFS and FAT-formatted volumes, regardless of their type – you can recover pictures, songs, movies or documents. EASEUS Deleted File Recovery (Windows) EASEUS Deleted File Recovery is a fully functional freeware designed to recover deleted files from all types of media such as Hard Disk Drives, Floppy Drives, Smart Media, Compact Flash, Memory Sticks, and other types of removable media. PC Inspector File Recovery (Windows) PC Inspector File Recovery is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. Works similar to the other alternatives listed however does not support Windows 7 or even Windows Vista. SoftPerfect File Recovery (Windows) SoftPerfect File Recovery is a free and useful tool to restore accidentally deleted files from hard and floppy disks, USB flash drives, CF and SD cards and other storage media. It supports the popular file systems such as FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and NTFS5 with compression and encryption. Works on all Windows operating sytems except the latest Windows 7. PC Tools File Recover (Windows) File Recover allows you to recover critically important documents, or other files, which have been lost by accidental deletion. These files may be lost by emptying the Recycle Bin, or using other deletion actions that bypass the Recycle Bin altogether. Such actions include Windows® Shift-Delete, command line deletion, deleting excessively large files or using applications that delete files without the Recycle Bin. PC Tools File Recover is not freeware and will cost you approximately $43 however it is the only application that acknowledges Windows 7 support. Data Rescue II (Mac) While mainstream popular application types like media players and such are available in Mac, other less required applications like file recovery are hard to come by, however Data Rescue II is a file recovery application for Mac that lets you recover deleted files. Data Rescue II is not freeware and isn’t exactly economical as well (around $100) however if you require a file recovery tool for Mac, it should be the best alternative to go with. It is also compatible with the latest Snow Leopard. EASEUS Linux File Recovery This is a file recovery tool to recover linux files. It can recover your valuable data with its three function modules: Delete File Recovery, Complete Recovery, and Partition Recovery to retrieve your lost data from any kind of data disaster. Related posts:Accidentally Permanently Deleted a File? Well, depending on your deleting habits you might have...How to Permanently Delete a File Windows provides a nifty feature to easily and quickly...10 Free Tools to Rename Files Effectively Renaming isn’t really something we focus on so much... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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