Turn Off Notifications : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

Turn Off Notifications : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

In Windows 11, the number of notifications has actually increased and this might be annoying to some. Well, thankfully you can turn the notifications off.

Go to Settings from the Start Menu, alternatively, you can also press Win+I to open the Settings directly.

Go to System and then click on Notifications.

The Notifications are kept On by default but you can easily turn it Off if you want to.

You can also adjust the notification settings for all the apps on your PC separately.

Exclude Edge in Alt + Tab : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

 Exclude Edge in Alt + Tab : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

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In Windows XP & windows 10 we are using the Alt + Tab keyboard shortcut to switch between open applications and windows. 

With Windows 11, we can also include browser tabs from Edge in the Alt + Tab list for easy navigation. 

Open Settings and head to System > Multi-tasking, and then use the drop-down menu in the Alt + Tab section to choose Open windows only to ignore Edge tabs.

Show the taskbar in all your displays : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

 Show the taskbar in all your displays : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

With the new windows 11, you can now view the taskbar in all your displays. By the way, the taskbar also has a whole new look now. To view the taskbar in all your displays-

Right-click on your desktop and go to Personalize

Scroll down to Taskbar

Scroll down to Taskbar Behaviours and you will see the option ‘Show my taskbar on all displays”

And your settings done.

Check Windows 11 Compatibility: - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

Check Windows 11 Compatibility: - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

 Before upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 , make sure your computer is compatible with Windows 11. To do that, run the PC Health Check App. If the app says your device meets the Windows 11 requirements, you’re good to go.

Check-windows-11-compatibility as below options :->

By the way, there are two security settings that you need to turn on before launching the update process: Secure Boot and TPM 2.0. Go to BIOS settings to do that.

Don’t force the update if your device is not compatible with Windows 11. You may risk bricking your computer. If you really want to upgrade to Windows 11, you’ll need to buy a new PC. Just double-check the specs to make sure your new device is compatible with Windows 11.

Enable dark mode : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

Enable dark mode : - Windows 11 Tips and Tricks

 

The option to switch to a darker colour is a trend that has hit many different applications, and Windows 11 does not miss out.

If you like darker tones, right-click an empty section of the desktop and select Personalize before clicking the Colour section.

From the drop-down menu labelled Choose your mode, select Dark and enjoy the look.

 

Recover Data Using Coolmuster Android SMS

Mobile phones are basic need today. Everyone owns a mobile phone and have a lot of personal and official data in it. Although many phones comes with great features to protect and backup your data without any third part apps. But there comes many times when you will lose all your contacts, text messages from your phone. At that time you really don’t have to panic, all you need is to get Exclusive SMS & Contacts Recovery Software for Android Smartphones!

Recommended Features:

Recover – There are only two basic components of android mobile phones, that is Contacts and Text Messages which helps users to easily communicate and pass on the information with each other. But there comes many times, when your all-important contacts and text messages may get lost or deleted. So it’s always better to have a recovery software. Many friends asked me that how to recover deleted or lost messages on Samsung phone and my answer was Coolmuster Android SMS + Contacts Recovery Software.

Backup – It’s always better to take precautions than to rack your brains to find out the way to solve the problem which had already gone wrong. After recovering your android smartphone’s data with Android SMS Recovery and Android Contacts Recovery Tool, you can sync it with android device again or you can also backup them to your computer. Recovered contacts and text messages from android smartphone can be save in most common printable and readable formats like .txt, .html, .xml, or .csv.

Preview – This software provides you a great feature to preview all the scanned contacts and text messages before recovering them. This make data recovery process more accurate and quick. It’s all start with a powerful scanning process, in which this tool scans both internal and external memory of your phone and shows you contacts and text messages with attachments, contact person details, email, addresses etc.

More – Coolmuster Android SMS+Contacts Recovery Tool is an universal android recovery and backup tool, so it works on almost all android OS based mobile phones like LG, Samsung, HTC, ZTE, Huawei, Motorola etc. This tool only reads your device data so it won’t damage, modify or delete original data of your device. This is 100% risk free Android Contacts and SMS Recovery Software. It can also be used as Samsung data recovery software.

System Requirements :

Supported OS: Windows 8/Windows 7/Vista/Windows XP (64&32 bits)

Processor: Intel Pentium 1000MHz and above

CPU: 1GHz (32 bit or 64 bit)

RAM: 256 MB or more of RAM (1028MB Recommended)

Hard Disk Space: 200 MB and above free space

Final Vedicts

Coolmuster Android Data Recovery is one of the most advanced and perfect data recovery software for Android Smartphones and Android tablets. With it, you can easily recover lost and deleted data from Android device quickly, safely and without losing its quality. Although there are many more android data recovery available for android devices, but still I why I am recommending Coolmuster Android SMS and Contacts Recovery Tool, because it is available for both free and paid versions. It is available for paid version doesn’t mean that the free version will not give you many features. It’s just like that paid version will provide you some more extra features over free version.

REGEDIT Keyboard Shortcuts

Searching:

 
"Ctrl+F" -- Opens the Find dialog box.
"F3" -- Repeats the last search.

Browsing:

 
"Keypad +" -- Expands the selected branch.
"Keypad -" -- Collapses the selected branch.
"Keypad *" -- Expands all the selected branch's sub keys.
"Up Arrow" -- Selects the previous key.
"Down Arrow" -- Selects the next key.
"Left Arrow" -- Collapses the selected branch if it's not collapsed; otherwise, selects the parent key.
"Right Arrow" -- Expands the selected branch if it's not already expanded; otherwise, selects the key's first sub key.
"Home" -- Selects My Computer.
"End" -- Selects the last key that's visible in the key pane.
"Page Up" -- Moves up one page in the key pane.
"Page Down" -- Moves down one page in the key pane.
"Tab" -- Moves between the key and value panes.
"F6" -- Moves between the key and value panes.

Others:

 
"Delete" -- Deletes the select branch or value.
"F1" -- Opens Regedit's Help.
"F2" -- Renames the selected key or value.
"F5" -- Refreshes the key and value panes.
"F10" -- Opens Regedit's menu bar.
"Shift+F10" -- Opens the shortcut menu for the selected key or value.
"Alt+F4" -- Closes Regedit.

Mozilla Firefox Hotkeys | Keyboard Shortcuts

 

CTRL + A	Select all text on a webpage
CTRL + B	Open the Bookmarks sidebar
CTRL + C	Copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard
CTRL + D	Bookmark the current webpage
CTRL + F	Find text within the current webpage
CTRL + G	Find more text within the same webpage
CTRL + H	Opens the webpage History sidebar
CTRL + I	Open the Bookmarks sidebar
CTRL + J	Opens the Download Dialogue Box
CTRL + K	Places the cursor in the Web Search box ready to type your search
CTRL + L	Places the cursor into the URL box ready to type a website address
CTRL + M	Opens your mail program (if you have one) to create a new email message
CTRL + N	Opens a new Firefox window
CTRL + O	Open a local file
CTRL + P	Print the current webpage
CTRL + R	Reloads the current webpage
CTRL + S	Save the current webpage on your PC
CTRL + T	Opens a new Firefox Tab
CTRL + U	View the page source of the current webpage
CTRL + V	Paste the contents of the Windows clipboard
CTRL + W	Closes the current Firefox Tab or Window (if more than one tab is open)
CTRL + X	Cut the selected text
CTRL + Z	Undo the last action

Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox
F1	Opens Firefox help
F3	Find more text within the same webpage
F5	Reload the current webpage
F6	Toggles the cursor between the address/URL input box and the current webpage
F7	Toggles Caret Browsing on and off. Used to be able to select text on a webpage with the keyboard
F11	Switch to Full Screen mode

Complete list of run commands in windows XP

Run Commands In Windows XP
You can access all these programs by going through START-->RUN or Simply Click Windows Key+R

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 Information - msinfo32.
Task Manager – taskmgr
System Properties - sysdm.cpl
Task Manager – taskmgr
TCP Tester - tcptest
Telnet Client - telnet
Tweak UI (if installed) - tweakui
User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager - utilman
Windows Address Book - wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup
Windows Explorer - explorer
Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier- magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player - wmplayer
Windows Messenger - msmsgs
Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr
Windows System Security Tool – syskey
Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver
Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart
Wordpad - write
Password Properties - password.cpl
Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer - dialer
Pinball Game - pinball
Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes - control printers
Printers Folder – printers
Private Character Editor - eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
Real Player (if installed)- realplay
Regional Settings - intl.cpl
Registry Editor - regedit
Registry Editor - regedit32
Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
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
Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
Microsoft Access (if installed) - access.cpl
Microsoft Chat - winchat
Microsoft Excel (if installed) - excel
Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg
Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
Microsoft Paint - mspaint
Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt
Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword
Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
Minesweeper Game - winmine
Mouse Properties - control mouse
Mouse Properties - main.cpl
Nero (if installed)- nero
Netmeeting - conf
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
Outlook Express - msimn
Paint – pbrush
Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfi/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(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-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
Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff.....
Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
Add Hardware - Wizardhdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools control - admintools
Adobe Acrobat (if installed) - acrobat
Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist
Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist
Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready
Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop
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
Control Panel - control
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
Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
Findfast- findfast.cpl
Firefox (if installed)- firefox
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
Help and Support- helpctr
HyperTerminal- hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1
Internet Explorer- iexplore
Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz
Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl

Boot Or Start Computer Faster

Many computers take a lot of time to boot (or start ).This is due to many reasons.

Some slight changes can do wonders for your system:

1. Press start->run then type msconfig and press enter.

Go to the startup tab. Here you will see a list of startup items. These are all the programs that automatically start when you boot your PC. It is these that slow down the boot up process.
                                 So uncheck all the unwanted items like ms-office, messengers other utilities that u may not need at startup). Don't uncheck your antivirus software.

Restart your Pc to and see for yourself, your pc will now boot faster.... 
   
2. A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk to allow for faster booting. By default this option is enabled, but on some systems it is not, so below is the information on how to turn it on:

Go to Start Menu and Click Run
Type in regedit then click ok
Find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOpt imizeFunction"
Select "Enable" from the list on the right
Right on it and select "Modify"
Change the value to Y .
Reboot your Pc and see the change yourself.

3.SPEED UP BOOT BY DISABLING UNUSED PORTS.!!
You may have tried many tweaks like modifying windows XP start-up applications, prefetches, unload DLLs method, etc. And yes those methods do work for me.
                    I have just accidentally found out another way to give you an extra boost in windows XP's boot performance. This is done by disabling your unused devices in Device Manager. for example, if you don't have input devices that are connected to one of your USB's or COM ports, disabling them will give you an extra performance boost in booting. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware tab -> device manager Disable devices that you don't use for your PC and then restart.

Top Tips to increase bittorent download Speed

The latest file sharing protocol bittorrent has modified everything when it comes to file sharing. It is a nice platform for downloading large files. Sharing of files include movies, iso images and MP3 songs. Bittorent is mainly famous for illegal file sharing .

The Bittorrent system can be slow at times due to heavy traffic. so let us tweak bittorrent sharing program a little bit.
There are a lot of different bittorrent clients that you can download. I think the best are BitCommet and uTorrent.

Here is a few tips to speed up uTorrent Client. Similar can be implemented on any other torrent clients ,which you are using.

 

Step 1: Increase TCP connections

You need to increase the number of TCP connections that are allowed at max.Windows XP Service Pack 2 came with the number of allowed open connections to 10. This is to stop any piece of spyware(in our case bittorent client even) from totally taking over your internet connection. TCP connection allowed should be 50 for optimal performance. The best way to increase the maximum number of connections is to apply patch that is available at www.lvllord.de. A nice way to fix this is to download this patch .

The little tweak to the torrent client works great in certain times. If you’re using uTorrent go to Options menu then Preferences. In the Preferences go the Advanced Options. In the advanced options change the net.max_halfopen connections to 80. In the same section change the max half open tcp connections to 80. Once your done click on OK and you are all set. This tweak will let the maximum TCP connection available for the bittorrent client. Now start downloading you’ll realize a little difference in the download speed. Port forwarding technique is more effective than this.

A third point of interest is that some “windows updates” revert your tweaked tcp connections back to 10. So it’s wise to check this every now and then. You can check this by going to (in windows xp) Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > System… Look for event 4226 (sort by event).
If there are a lot of daily occurrences it’s likely that the max amount of half-open tcp connections was set back to 10. Or you’re infected with some nasty spy ware…

Step 2:Torrent Client Configuration
In order to apply these tips you must know your maximum up- and download speed. You can test your bandwidth over here (stop all download activity while testing).

Settings 1-4 can be found in the options, settings or preference tab of most torrent clients.

1. Maximum upload speed 

Probably the most important setting there is. Your connection is (sort of) like a pipeline, if you use you maximum upload speed there’s not enough space left for the files you are downloading. So you have to cap your upload speed.

Use the following formula to determine your optimal upload speed…

80% of your maximum upload speed

so if your maximum upload speed is 40 kB/s, the optimal upload rate is 32kB/s But keep seeding!

Unlock HTC Touch ( FREE AND EASY )

Here are the steps to unlock HTC Touch for any network :

•  Copy 'Cert_SPCS.cab' on your phone & install (run).
  

•  Copy 'EnableRapi.cab' on your phone & install (run).

• Connect Your HTC with PC
  

• Establish an Activesync connection with your phone.

• Unzip the zip file & Run "Unlock_Touch.exe"on your PC. (Make sure the ActiveSync connection is still running)

• File "unlock_code.txt" thus generated will have your unlock code( Eight-digit number).Ignore any other digits if generated.

 You can download the file from here:
 

• Unlock_touch 
• Cert_SPCS.cab
• EnableRapi.cab

Know your mobile number free of cost

If You want to know your mobile number, then by dialing following codes you can know your mobile  number free of cost :-


1)FOR RELIANCE GSM dial *1#
 

2)FOR AIRCEL dial *888#
 

3)FOR TATA DOCOMO dial *1#
 

4)FOR VIRGIN GSM dial *1#
 

5)FOR LOOP dial *222#
 

6)FOR IDEA dial *789#

How to trace email sender’s location

What is an email header?

Each email you receive comes with headers. The headers contain information about the routing of the message and the originating IP address of the message. Not all electronic messeges you receive will allow you to track them back to the originating point and depending on how you send messages determines whether or not they can trace an email address back to you. The headers don’t contain any personal information. At most, the results of the trace with show you the origination IP and the computer name that sent the email. After viewing the trace information, the initiating IP can be looked up to determine from where the message was sent. Remember, IP address location information DOES NOT contain your street name, house number, or phone number. The trace will most likely determine the city and the ISP the sender used.
How to enable email headers?
This process will vary on different email messaging programs that you may be using. I will cover some of the most common options here.

1. Outlook: Right click the message while it’s in the inbox and choose Message Options. A window will open with the headers in the bottom of the window.
2. Gmail: Once Logged into your Gmail Account open the Email whose headers you want to view. Click on the “More Options” link in the message next to the date of the email.  Now click the “Show Original” link.  This link will popup a new window the headers and the body of the message.
3. Hotmail: Click on the “Options” link in the upper navigation bar. Now click on the “Mail Display Settings” link. Change the “Message Headers” option to “Full” and click Ok. Go to your inbox and open any one of your email. You emails show now contain additional headers.
4. Yahoo: Click on the “Options” link in the upper navigation bar. Now click on the “General Preferences” link. In the paragraph titled Messages and locate the “Headers” heading and select “All”. Go to your inbox and open any one of your email. You emails show now contain additional headers.

In any case, email headers typically look something like this:

Return-Path:
Delivered-To: admin@freetipsandtricks.com
Received: (qmail 13384 invoked by uid 110); 13 May 2005 21:33:53 -0000
Delivered-To: 1-leo_nospam@pugetsoundsoftware.com
Received: (qmail 13380 invoked from network); 13 May 2005 21:33:53 -0000
Received: from bay107-f18.bay107.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (64.4.51.28)
by pugetsoundsoftware.com with SMTP; 13 May 2005 21:33:53 -0000
Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC;
Fri, 13 May 2005 14:33:53 -0700
Message-ID:
Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP;
Fri, 13 May 2005 21:33:52 GMT
X-Originating-IP: [XX.X.XX.XXX]
X-Originating-Email: [xyz@hotmail.com]
X-Sender: xyz@hotmail.com
From: “Leo Notenboom”
To:  admin@freetipsandtricks.com
Bcc:
Subject: Example Email
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 14:33:52 -0700
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 May 2005 21:33:53.0097 (UTC) FILETIME=[75980390:01C55803]

Your email header may look a lot different. It may be longer or shorter, or have additional information, or less. But the basic idea is that there’s a lot of information in the headers that has to do with the administration of getting the email from the sender to the receiver.

The easiest way for finding the original sender is by looking for the X-Originating-IP header, this header is important since it tells you the IP Address of the computer that had sent the email. If you can not find the X-Originating-IP header then you will have to shift through the Received headers to find the sender’s ip. Once you know the IP address of the sender, you can lookup the location using free service at ip2location.com.

Tips to Convert YouTube Videos

If you have favorite videos on the web, you can use download software to convert YouTube videos into different formats such as MP4, FLV, 3GP, AVI, DivX and WMV. Depending on the type of download YouTube software you use, you can save the videos on your computer or view them right from your iPod or mobile phones.

MPEG-4, commonly known as MP4, is a format file created to provide DVD quality of audio and video in a very small file size. It is ideal for playing on portable MP4 players like the iPod Video and mobile phones that are equipped with a technology to playback MP4 files.

There are sites on the web that allow you to download YouTube videos and save them in MP4 format. These sites do not require a converter as they use compressed domain transcoder technology to converts FLV to MPEG quickly and with less losses.
On the other hand, you can download a converter software to convert videos from YouTube into different formats like the MP4. Some converters can convert YouTube videos into several formats while a few can convert into one or two file formats.

FLV stands for Flash Live Video and it is the type of video file used by YouTube, Reuters and Google videos. Some converters retain the FLV extension file of the video instead of converting into another format. There are video and audio players that can play FLV files.

The 3GP is a multimedia file created by the Third Generation Partnership Project of 3GPPP used on 3G mobile phones. It can also be used by 2G and 4G mobile phones. With this technology, it is possible to play and view videos from mobile phones and Pods.

The file extension .3GP is a simplified standard of the MP4 designed to reduce the amount of storage required and decrease the bandwidth requirements established to accommodate for mobile phones.

Another file format into which you can convert YouTube videos is the AVI. AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave, and it is a multimedia container format that allows you to playback synchronously audio and video files like the DVD video format.

The AVI files support multiple streaming audio and video, and also use the file format extensions created by the Matrox OpenDML group. AVI was creadtMicrosoft in 1992 as a component of its videos for Windows Technology.

DivX files use the media format DMF or DivX Media Format with .divx as its file extension. As a media container format, it is used for the MPEG-4 Part 2 codec. Its features include interactive video menus, multiple subtitles, multiple audio tracks, and multiple video streams.

You can convert YouTube videos into .divx files and have them played on your DivX player, which you can download for free from certain websites. Another option file for you to consider is the wmv.

WMV stands for Windows Media Video. It was originally developed by Microsoft for internet streaming applications as a competitor of RealVideo. If you convert YouTube videos into WMV file, you must have Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Media player or KMPlayer

SEO Techniques to boost your website

In SEO, link building is one of the most important techniques used by many specialists in their campaigns to increase the volume and quality of visitors coming to their website. Though many have found this technique a pain, particularly because of all its tedious work, it does make up almost 70% of the total success rate in any SEO campaigns.

Link building involves a number of techniques, from link exchange to blogging. Some have become popular, while others have started to decline due to the changing algorithms of search engines, particularly by Google, as well as methods to decrease the effect of spamming, which caused a number of these techniques to become ineffective. Here are some link building techniques used in today’s market.

Blogging

Blogging is one way to get links from. Managing your own blog and allowing people to comment on it and grow allows your website to get more organic or natural links. Organic links are those types of links which naturally grows over time.

This is mostly due to the content in your blog in which many people would likely link to, normally because of its uniqueness or because of its intriguing facts. This link building technique is mostly known in the industry as link baiting.

Blog comments

One of the most widely used form of technique in link building, it involves living links in blogs through its comments. However, many SEO Philippines experts have said that the use of blog comments in link building has steadily declined due to the use of nofollow tag which rendered every links in their comments ineffective to most search engines, particularly with major search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

Forum signature

Using forum signatures to create links is also popular among many of those that loves to engage in forum discussions. Their signatures in forums are one way to create one-way links to their websites, however, this has also become ineffective particularly because many forums today doesn’t allow their signatures to be used as marketing tools for their websites.

Ten Interesting Window 7 Features

Want to learn some cool features in Windows 7? Here is a list of ten of the lesser known but really useful features of Windows 7 which I have come along so far.

1. Activate God Mode: If you play a lot of video games, probably, you are familiar with the GodMode using which you can access all the features like weapons, unlimited life, special moves, tricks etc. This mode is usually used by developers for testing purpose. Windows 7 has a hidden “GodMode” which lets users access all of the operating systems settings and administrative functions from a single place.
   • Create a folder in your computer.
   • Rename it as GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
   The folder icon will change into a control panel icon. Inside the folder you can find every system settings you may want. The trick is also said to work in Windows Vista, but 64-bit versions of that operating system might crash.
2. Problem Steps Recorder: This is a really useful application of Windows 7 which can help reduce the length of calls to the support desk by providing enough information to the IT pros. This tool lets users to save the steps to cause a problem with taking step-by-step screenshots of users action.
   • Click on Start menu and type psr to open Problem steps Recorder.
   • Click Start record to begin recording your issue. You can also add comments if you like.
   • Click Stop Record when you are done.
   
   
3. Switch to  Projector: Windows 7 now provides a standard way to switch your display from one monitor to another, or a projector.
   • Press Win+P or run displayswitch.exe and choose your preferred display.
   
   
4. Sticky Notes: Even though this feature existed in previous versions of Windows in one form or another, it’s much easier to use in Windows 7. You can stick a note on your desktop for quick reminders.
   • Click on Start button and type “Sticky Notes” in the search box and click on Sticky Notes in the result list.
5. Customize User Account Control (UAC): Do you want to get notified when programs try to install new software or make changes to your computer? You can control this setting through UAC.
   • Open Control Panel and click on Action Center
   • Click on Change User Account Control Settings link to open UAC window.
   • User slider to select your desired level of notification and click OK. (By default, it is set to Never Notify option)
   
   
6. Add Options in Send To Menu: Hold down the Shift key while right clicking on a folder and select the Send To menu. You will find a number of extra options in the context menu. You can customize the menu to display the options you want even without holding the Shift key.
   • Open an explorer window and type shell:sendto in the address bar.
   • Drag the shortcuts to your preferred folders into this folder.
7. Disable Aero Snap feature: Aero Snap feature lets you minimize, maximize or resize program windows by dragging and dropping them to the screen corners, e.g. you can maximize a window by dragging and dropping to the top of the screen. If you don’t find this feature convenient, you can disable it.
   • Open Control panel and click on Ease of Access Center icon.
   • Click on the “Make it easier to focus on tasks” link.
   • Now click on the “Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen” option and click Apply button.
   
   
8. Undo unintentional Move/Delete/Rename/Copy operation: Have you ever accidentally deleted the wrong file, or duplicated files while trying to select hem with the mouse? These types of mistakes can be extremely frustrating, but there’s a really, really simple way to reverse them. All you have to do is use the Ctrl+Z keyboard shortcut or select Edit->Undo from the menu. This works in all version s of Windows.
9. Burn images: Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years – the ability to burn ISO images to CDs or DVDs. And it couldn’t be much easier to use.
   • Just double-click the ISO image, choose the drive with the blank disc, click Burn and watch as your disc is created.
10. AppLocker: AppLocker is a completely new feature for Windows 7 that enables you to lock down certain applications for users that you specify, using rules and properties to provide access control for applications.
    • Run GPEDIT.MSC and go to Computer Configuration ➜ Windows Settings.
    • Highlight Security Settings and look for Application Control Policies. AppLocker is within this group.