Mar 19, 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista is famous for its looks and beautiful looking icons but as far as I am concerned the icon text below each icon seems to steal the show from your desktop. As you already know what an icon means (like the Internet Explorer icon) so you can comfortably remove the icon text from the icons. The procedure is simple.
Right-click on any shortcut and click Rename. Hold your ALT key and type 255 using the number keypad on the right of your keyboard. Your number keys above the alphabetic keys won’t work and remember to turn Num Lock on before you type 255 (now you know why all keyboards do not save space by removing those keys.)
ALT+255 means a blank space for the shortcut name so you name the first shortcut as ALT+255 and the second shortcut as “ALT+255ALT+255″ (two blank spaces) and repeat the process thrice for the third shortcut. The process goes on for the consecutive icons…
Remember that you won’t be able to rename back the folders once you name them using this method. To rename them back to some visible name you need to use DOS prompt. Use the command given below:
ren “Alt+255” “NewName”
Also read Cool Way To Hide Folders Without Using The Hidden Attribute
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Mar 18, 2008
Well, today we will wrap the day with a real tiny tip. Their are cases when people want to kick away the recycle bin icon from their desktops. When it comes to Windows Vista yes you can do it. All you need to do is ‘right-click on recycle bin’ and then click delete.
Were you expecting anything else? Sorry to disappoint you but this is it!
Note that you can also configure this from the Desktop Icon Settings in Personalization and you this place to enable it again.
Also read Save Space By Reserving Less Space For Recycle Bin and do check the other vista tips of ours.
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Feb 5, 2008
Microsoft has some hidden snap-ins which are many times very useful to accomplish some tasks very quick. Like, to manage all your shared folders in one window you can use one of the Microsoft’s snap-ins.
Click on Start > Run and type fsmgmt.msc and hit enter. This shows to you all the shared folders of the computer in one single window. You can also see the other computers which are connected, what files they have opened and you can even disconnect live sessions from this interface itself.
This snap-in is part of Windows XP as well as Windows Vista.
Just another small tip to save few seconds of yours.
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Dec 24, 2007
Don’t tell me that you do not use a firewall! Please start using one. I agree that hackers might find it easy to break through firewalls but at least the firewalls provide them with one more wall to break before they enter your system. And who knows if the quality of that (free) firewall saves you from many dangers. Yes, you read that right. FREE firewalls and that too safe.
There are many companies who create firewalls and charge money for that but there are many generous ones which charge none for the applications use. They are FREE, they are secure, they do provide quality fight for there paid counterparts and few are even Microsoft Vista compatible!
Here goes the FREE list:
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Dec 18, 2007
The word FREE always entices people. But when it comes to softwares which protect your computer than there is always a feeling which says that free software might not be able to protect your computer to the fullest. But I want to emphasize on the point that FREE softwares are actually making a mark in today’s software industry and they are above par when compared to any other paid softwares.
Here I present to you the list of FREE Anti-Spyware which are actually making a mark in the industry:
Get them before the respective companies start charging money for them.
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