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Entries for April, 2009

4 Windows Tricks You Must Know – Part 2

I have written about some unknown tricks of Windows XP that you should know. In case you missed it, then read it from here.
Here are the next 4 tricks that will benefit you some day.
4 Windows Tricks
1.    Prioritize Important Applications
If you have a habit of running many applications and programs simultaneously then you should know [...]

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What is GrooveMonitor.exe and How to remove it?

If after installing Microsoft Office 2007 you have been wondering what is GrooveMonitor.exe and from where does it come from then here is the information about its existence.

What is GrooveMonitor.exe?
GrooveMonitor.exe is a service that gets installed when you install Microsoft Office 2007 and belongs to GrooveMonitor utility. This means it tracks Microsoft Groove behavior and [...]

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Add Custom Search Engine to Firefox

There are many search engines in Firefox by default that includes Google, Yahoo, eBay but what if you want to add your favorite or custom search engine to the browser?

Here are the methods to add different search engines to the Firefox.
1.    To add different renowned search engines
If you want to add different renowned search engines [...]

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Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Windows XP

Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 is a rage these days and is making quite news. If you have no problem in shifting to this OS then it is worth a try however if there are many people who can’t shift to this new OS.

For those here is the Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Windows [...]

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4 Windows Tricks You Must Know – Part 1

Windows is full of unknown features some of which are known to us but most of them are unexplored. There are many features that I think one should know about so here is a two-phased article that gives you insight about some unknown Windows Tricks.

4 Windows Tricks
1.    Remove Shortcut Arrows from Desktop Icons
•    Open regedit [...]

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Steps to Install .msi files in Linux

MSI files are the popular Microsoft Installer Files used in Windows today to execute and install a program. These files do the same work as other exe files in Windows.
Msi files are mostly setups of applications and Windows can install these files but what if you want to install these files in Ubuntu or Linux?
Wine [...]

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Create or Convert Windows Icons from JPG, BMP, PNG Images

Searching for a tool that can create Windows Icon .ico files for you? I bet it can’t get simpler than this free utility.
Whether you wish to replace the My Computer icon with a pic of your choice or just create a favicon for your website. This tool is for you.

The tool is called ImagIcon that [...]

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[Solved] Generic Host Error for Win32 Problem

It is very irritating that while working over the internet suddenly all network activity goes down and we come across a Generic Host Problem

“Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience”
The problem was reported by one of our readers and here is the [...]

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Increase Speed Dial in Opera

It has been a long time since Opera ever thought to increase the speed dial slots in its browser. There are many browsers today that provide speed or fast dials and of course more than 9 buttons.

For all those who need to visit lot of sites regularly and are bored with only the 9 speed [...]

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Download iPhone Camera Zoom Application

Zoom in iPhone’s camera was the only thing that I missed in it until I realized there is a cracked app that can add zoom feature in the iPhone.
The app is really great and allows the user to click a pic with the added zoom feature in iPhone camera. Since it was not possible for [...]

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Convert Text to Audio Mp3 Files

In addition to the article published yesterday “Convert PDF to Word Doc and Excel Xls file” which talks about how to convert PDF files to other formats, here is a cool way to convert text to audio or speech.
If you have not tried this before and have always wondered how to do that, then here [...]

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Convert PDF to Word Doc and Excel Xls file

Editing .pdf file is not easy, right? Keeping this in mind and to be able to let our readers easily convert the pdf file to Word .doc or Excel .xls format, here is a cool solution.
Convert PDF to Doc
If anytime for your work or to edit, you wish to convert PDF file to Doc file [...]

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