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Entries for June, 2009

What is Recycler Folder and How to remove it

If you have used Windows for quite some time now then you must have seen this folder called RECYCLER. But many people don’t know what this folder is and what is it doing in the drive?

What is Recycler folder?
The Recycler folder is used only on NTFS partitions and is referred to as a location where [...]

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Hide a Drive or Partition with TweakUI in Windows

One of our readers wanted to know how to hide any drive or partition in Windows? Well if you also want to hide yours or just wish to fool someone, then this can be easily done.
The advantage of hiding a disk drive is that this method not only hide your data but also make it [...]

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[Solved] MMS Option Missing in iPhone 3G 3.0

One of the major improvements in the iPhone 3.0 Firmware is the launch of the MMS Service. Though iPhone 2G users would not be able to use this but iPhone 3G and 3GS users can use this facility on their phones.

I recently upgraded my iPhone 3G firmware to the latest 3.0 version but I was [...]

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Eject Removable Drives by Double Clicking in a List of Drives

You have been removing the USB drives by safely removing them first by clicking on the Taskbar. Here is a way to do the same work but in easier and interesting way.

There is a tool called Removable that will create a list of all drives connected in the computer whether externally or internally and can [...]

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Check and Test USB Drive for Errors

If you are planning to purchase a USB Pen Drive and are worried about its genuineness then this post is surely for you.

It happens many times that before we buy a pen drive or a USB memory drive we want to give it a try and check whether it will work fast and reliable or [...]

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Add Open in New Window Option to Right Click Context Menu of Folders and Drives

What you do to open a drive or a folder in a new window? I guess open My Computer again and open the required drive/folder there. But with this trick you can add the option “Open in New Window” to the right click menu of the drive or a folder in Windows.

XP has this feature [...]

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Remove W32.Gammima and W32.Gammima.AG Virus

One of our readers came across these virus called W32.Gammima.AG and W32.Gammima in his computer but if you are also troubled with these, then here is how to remove these.
Both the viruses W32.Gammima and W32.Gammima.AG spread with the use of Removable media like USB Drive and have the ability to collect and send information regarding [...]

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Malware Attached with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Movie

Who doesn’t like watching movies? Internet is a good source of watching and downloading the good titles but now it seems that watching movies over the net is not secure anymore.

While surfing the internet you may come across a site or a blog that claims to show you the complete movie at a single click [...]

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[Solved] iPhoneBrowser Crashing After Firmware Jailbreak

It has been the Apple week for various things, the most popular of them being the launch of new iPhone 3GS and the official final firmware version 3.0. iPhoneBrowser not only helps us viewing the folders but also let us explore our iPhone in detail.
If you use iPhone Browser to access files and folders on [...]

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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC3 Available for Download

It seems Mozilla is busy developing Firefox and incorporating some new and cool features. After the release of its various versions, Firefox 3.5 RC3 is also available for download now.

RC stands for Release Candidate and it would interest you to know that Mozilla has released RC3 build of Firefox 3.5. It is recommended that if [...]

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Add Search Engines to Right Click Context Menu in Firefox

Few days back, we learned how to add Google Search to the Right Click menu in IE but today we will see how to add any search engine to the right click context menu in Mozilla Firefox.

No more need to open the search engine page and copy paste the term to search it, just highlight [...]

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Sites to Access Blocked Sites like Orkut, Facebook

Many of us can not use the social networking sites like Orkut, Facebook and Myspace at our office, school or college. The people with the admin rights usually block these sites in the backend but thanks to many online sites that enables us to use these sites without their notice.
There are many ways to access [...]

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