How to add profile pics in facebook chat

follow these steps to add faces to chat-

• Get the username or profile id of the person of the group.
• Now write in chat [[username]] or [[user id]] and press enter.
• See the magical effect.

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Facebook worms again hitting user profiles

Users of facebook are again in trouble due to the new scam called “Yeahh!! It happens on Live Television!”. This is spreading rapidly among the users. In this a semi nude pic is shown to attract the users and force them to click on the video link. The lady shown in the video post is Marika Fruscio an Italian Model, She had Wardrobe malfunction on a live TV show. Once a user clicks on the video link, it asks for age verification which is actually a hidden link. On click this executes the javascript code which posts the same link with yout contacts. And it aks for a survey to see the video. Thus scammer makes money each time a user go for the survey.
how to protect from these scams:
The only thing you need to do to protect yourself is self control. Do not try to open this type of strange videos. These can be identified by the messages posted with videos. You should also report these as spam to help facebook to control these scams.

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Five ways to free up Disk Space

ore is always less so even if you have large diskspace at less prices, Disk Space is always a problem. Managing and saving space for making making optimized use of available hard disk space. We cover some 5 ways with which you can Regain your system speed that lets you get to know where your hard disk is occupied by unwanted files. These includes some simple manual tweaks without using 3rd party applications.

1. Run the Disk Cleanup tool

The easiest way to free up disk space in Windows 7 is to run the Disk Cleanup tool to remove different types of temporary files.
To run Disk Cleanup, run the following
-Open Windows Explorer and locate the disc.
-Click the disk with the right mouse button and select Properties.
-Click Disk Cleanup in the new window.
-Opens the tool from which you can choose which files to delete.

2. Uninstall unnecessary programs

One of the easiest ways to recover disk space is to uninstall the programs that are not used.
This solution is particularly useful in the case of laptops that are usually sold off many useless programs installed.
To see which programs are installed on your computer and remove them you must open the Control Panel and click Uninstall a program.

3. Turn off Windows features that are not used

Windows 7 by default installs several features but not all are necessary for all users, so if you do not need to remove them.
Examples of functionality that many users are using the Games and Internet Explorer 8.
To turn off features that are not used you must perform the following
-Open the Control Panel.
-Click Programs.
Click-Enable or disable Windows features

4. Disable the Security System

You can disable System Protection. Given that the restore points used to return your computer to a previous state consume disk space, some people may choose to turn the feature off.
If you decide to disable System Restore, you can do so using these steps:

1. Right click My Computer and click Properties.
2. From the System Properties window, click the System Protection tab.
3. Select the drive for which you want to disable System Protection and click Configure.
4. Click Turn off system protection.
5. Click OK.

Disable Hibernate feature

Hibernation feature is enabled by default in Windows 7 and is found among the options when you click Shut Down.
When the feature is enabled on the disk file is created Hiberfil.sys that can use large so if you do not use this feature you can disable it.
To disable hibernation and must run the following command from a command prompt.
To disable Hibernate, Type the following command, and hit Enter:
powercfg /hibernate off

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6 Free Tools to keep Windows clean

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To maintain your windows clean and hassle free, here are 6 cleaning utilities suggested on DownloadSquad to run your Windows like the first run.

Bleachbit : It is open source and is basically responsible for the cleaning of files, with a fairly long list of programs. Besides the most common browsers, clean traces of Google Earth, Flash, Java, Second Life Viewer, Skype, and Vuze. Runs on Windows and Linux.

Ccleaner : It is free, and has a portable as well as installation version. It is one of the best known, very intuitive to use, quick to analyze the system, not just clean the files, but it repairs the registry and even has an uninstall utility to manage and what programs are initiated with the system. It is my personal favorite, so we recommend twice.

COMODO System Cleaner : Also free, installable and portable versions available. Performs cleaning files, registry items and privacy, as well as a manager of programs that run automatically and a tool to make changes to the system. Doesn’t work well on Windows 7 but Portable one will do the job.

FCleaner : Does an excellent job at finding junk files, up to 15% more than Bleachbit. Also has an uninstaller, program manager for booting, and shortcuts to system tools. Free installable and portable.

Glary Utilities : Free portable. Along with the basic features (such as problems with search files, the registry or shortcuts broken), brings a few more features, like search for malware, optimize memory, encrypt files and analyze the use of disk space, among others.

nCleaner : Besides cleaning up files, provides a monitor of the system tools to modify the system, reducing space, program manager at startup, and support for many extensions that handle more specific tasks, like cleaning behind ACDSee, ICQ, Incredimail, Kazaa or Winamp.

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How to Hide annoying Apps, updates and notifications for Cleaner Facebook

FaceBook needs no introduction, its the best social networking website to get in touch with your family and friends.facebook wall brings us closer to your friends by status updates and follow up comments but lately I had to hunt for a genuine wall update due to annoying applications, quizzes and page like notifications which actually flooded my FaceBook wall. Now Here are two must have GreasesMonkey script for a clean and tidy FaceBook experience.

Before we start there are two points you sure be sure with:-

1. You have to be a FireFox, Chrome , Opera or Safari user in order to make the trick work.
2. Install GreaseMonkey add-on to your Firefox, GreaseMetal for Chrome, JS Utilizer for Opera or GreaseMonkey for Safari.

Now just download the two scripts mentioned below to experience all new FaceBook

F.B. Purity- This script removes application messages (FarmVille, MafiaWars etc), system messages (X likes Y, X joined group Y etc) from the news stream and advertisement and suggestion boxes from the sidebar.

Once you Install this script all such spam wall notification will be hidden leaving behind just the standard FaceBook apps such as status updates, wall posts, links, notes, photos, etc. If by any chance you wish to see the filtered notifications you can do so from the F.B. Purity notification section placed on top of your wall.

FaceBook Improved Notification Script

The function of this script is to remove the Repeat notifications of the notification menu. For example: When many of your friends comment the same Photo, you get one notification per comment, this script deletes them and only leaves the newest notification of each photo, wall comments, etc.

Conclusion

The above two scripts will surely enhance your FaceBook by cleaning and filtering all the junk and delivering to you what best for you. Now share the trick with your FaceBook friends gifting them a better FaceBook.

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how to Add or Delete Users Account with Command Line in Windows 7

You can create user accounts separate for each person that will be using your computer.

To add a new user account

Step-1

Press Windows Key + R then type in “cmd” (without quotes) and hit enter, this will run command line

Step-2

In command line type this command net user UserName Password /add

Where:
UserName = Name of the user account
Password = Password of the user account

net user UserName Password /add

example:-

net user harshard 9489789 /add

To delete user account

Step-1

Press Windows Key + R then type in “cmd” (without quotes) and hit enter, this will run command line

Step-2

In command line type this command net user UserName /del

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how to Speed Up Shut Down Time Windows 7

If some programs are running in Windows 7 and you Shut Down it then Windows 7 will spend some time to save data and close running programs before shutting it down. By default this time is 12 seconds in Windows 7 but you can reduce this time to speed up the shut down time. Its recommended to save you data and close all programs before Shut Down the Windows. Lets see how to speed up the Shut Down time in Windows 7 through registry.

Step-1

Press “Windows + R” keys form keyboard, type “regedit” in the “Run” window and hit Enter key.

Step-2

In the “Registry Editor” window on the left side open the location "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control"

Step-3

Double click to Edit “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” key in the right pane of Registry Editor and change the value to 2000 (2 sec.) in “Value Data” field. Click OK to save data and close the Registry Editor. You can enter value from 2000 to 20000.

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How to Disable Aero Shake in Windows 7

Windows 7 comes with “Aero Shake” fun feature which lets you minimize all open windows except the one on which you are currently working.

If you grab the title bar of any windows and shake it back and forth, all the other opened windows will be minimized except the one you’re shaking.

It’s pretty handy aspect sometimes but if you don’t like it, you can disable it. You can disable Windows 7 Aero Shake feature using a two manual and an automated procedure. You can follow any of the procedures mentioned below.

Method-1: Automated Way (Downloadable Registry Hack)

Download the following zip file: DisableAeroShakeWin7.zip

After extracting the above attached zip file, you will get 2 .reg files. Double-click the DisableAeroShake.reg and it will automatically perform all the manual procedure steps to Disable Aero Shake in Windows 7.

Method-2: Manually (Registry Hack)

In order to disable Aero Shake in Windows 7 manually

Step-1

Go to Start Menu and type regedit in the search bar and hit the Enter button from your keyboard. It will open Registry Editor.

Step-2

Now navigate down to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Policies > Microsoft > Windows
Right click on it and select Create to create a new key and name it as Explorer.

Step-3

Now under Explorer key that you just created, right click on the right-hand side and select Create to create a new 32-bit DWORD. Set following attributes off new value:

Name: NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts
Value: 1

Mehtod-3: Using Group Policy Editor

Step-1

Go to: Start Menu and type gpedit.msc in the search bar and hit the Enter button to open the Group Policy Editor.

Step-2

Go to: User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Desktop

In right-side pane, double-click on Turn off Aero Shake window minimizing mouse gesture and select “Enabled“.

That’s it. It will immediately disable Aero Shake in Windows 7.

source:-http://www.trickyways.com/

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how to create newfolder from keyboard

By pressing CTRL+SHIFT+N keys from keyboard , it quickly creates New Folder and you can rename it as you want.

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How to Check Original Install Date of Windows

If you want to find out original installation date of Windows operating system on a PC then here is a simple process to do that.
open cmd with admin
and paste the following cmd and hit enter
systeminfo|find/i"install date"

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how to enable How to Enable or Disable Hibernate Option in Windows 7

Hibernation option is very useful as compare to sleep option. sleep puts your open documents, files and folders in memory and takes small amount of power as well. On the other hand Hibernation saves the state of all open documents, files and folders in a file created on your hard disk and shut down the computer.
PROCEDURE:-To Enable Hibernate Windows 7:-
Press Windows Key + R and type cmd in the Run windowType the command given below in the command prompt and hit enter key

powercfg -h on

To Disable Hibernate Windows 7:-

Type the command given below in the command prompt windows and hit enter key

powercfg -h off

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how to hide taskbar in windows 7

It is very easy ...

Right click on empty area of taskbar > click Properties

In the properties windows Check the box Auto-hide the taskbar

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how to remove star button on windows 7

Remove Start button form taskbar. Start Killer is a free utility that removes the Start button from your taskbar and give you additional space on taskbar.

Well if the Start button is hidden and you want to access Start Menu using CTRL+ESC or Win Key form keyboard. You can also restore the Start button very easily by just closing the Stat Killer utility. You can close Start Killer utility from its system tray icon or to change setting press CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F12 to open settings dialog box.

You can remove Start Menu Button in Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, Me, 2000

Remove start button Download

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how to Make Windows 7 taskbar like Vista (Show text with taskbar buttons)

you want make windows taskbar just like vista see the following procedure
Right click on empty area of taskbar > click PropertiesIn the properties windows click on Taskbar buttons dropdown and select one of the following options Never combine or Combine when taskbar is full

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How to Enable Administrator Account in Windows 7

Administrator account in Windows 7 is disabled and hidden by default. To perform some Administrative task you have to enable it. To enable the Administrator account in Windows 7 follow the given steps below.
PROCEDURE:-
1.Click on Start menu > Accessories >right click on Command Prompt > Run as Administrator

2.This will open Command Prompt, copy the following command paste and hit enter

net user administrator /active:yes

Now press lock and press swith user and see the administrator account is available

3.

To disable Administrator again just put ‘no’ instead of ‘yes’ at the end of the command

net user administrator /active:no

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how to add Add Copy To / Move To Options to context menu in windows 7

we can download easily with tune up softwares and many some softwares easily..but we want buy them... we can do this manully by spendin time on system... now let see how to do these...
PROCEDURE:-
STEP:-
1.Press Windows Key + R to open Run Window Type regedit and hit enter
2.and nagivate to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > AllFilesystemObjects > shellex > ContextMenuHandlers

3.Right click on it, choose New-- > Key as shown in the figure.

4.Create new Key named as Copy To and double click the default icon enter the following value
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK.
5.And Add Move To option too, just repeat steps 3 and create new Key named as Move To and enter the following value:
{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK. and give right click on any folder u will find copy to & move to options.... enjoy... please share ur experience to be alive to post many articals

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how to create Customize Context Menu in Windows 7

FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. And it lets you:

• Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
• Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
• Configure the "Send to..." submenu.
• Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.

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how to uninstall themes Windows 7

There are so many methods to unistall...
1.go to themes on give left click to delete theme
2. Go to c:\windows\resources\themes and delete the themes you want removed from that folder. If you don't find the theme you were looking to delete in it try going to c:\users\(your user name)\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\themes and check there as personalized themes are stored there.
note:-please uncheck hidden otions

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