Shortcut to Hosts File on your Desktop

Here is an easy way to create a shortcut on your desktop to edit your 'Hosts' file in Notepad.

- Right click on your desktop --> New --> Shortcut
- On the box, enter the following command:

notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

- Click 'Next' --> Provide desired name for the shortcut --> Finish

Now you just need to open this shortcut to edit your 'Hosts' file...

Cool.... isn't it? :)

Send mail using Telnet

Here are the steps to send mails using Telnet command:
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- Open 'Command Prompt' (Start --> Run --> type 'cmd' --> OK)
- Type telnet [server IP] 25
- Type Helo [domain name]
- Type MAIL FROM:[E-mail address]

You may get a '250 OK' message

- Type RCPT TO:[E-mail address1], [E-mail address2], [E-mail address3]

Here also you might get a '250 OK' message

- To write the mail message, type DATA and press Enter

1. On the first line type SUBJECT:yoursubject and press Enter twice.
2. Continue typing your message.
3. Put a single period (.) on a line by itself and press Enter to send your message. The server should display a confirmation that your mail has been sent
   

Type 'QUIT' to exit Telnet

Hide PHP version on server

If you do not wish to expose the PHP version used on your server to the outside world, just do the small trick..

- Locate php.ini
- Edit it and make the below value to 'Off'

expose_php = Off

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Deltree replacement in XP

Just a short tip:

'Deltree' command is replaced in XP by 'RD' or 'RMDIR'

RD {folder name} /s /q

/s - Removes all directories and files in the directory in addition to the parent directory.
/q - Quiet mode (does not asks for confirmation.

:-)

Firefox tweaks

Here are some tweaks to speed up your browsing speed with Mozilla Firefox...

- Open Firefox
- Type 'about:config' on the address bar and press 'Enter' key

Change the following values to increase the speed:
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network.http.pipelining: true
network.http.proxy.pipelining: true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests: 8

network.http.max-connections: 96
network.http.max-connections-per-server: 32


Do not open new tab window next to current
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browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent --> False


Disable Anti-virus scanning
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browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone: false


Open search bar results in new tab
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browser.search.openintab: true


Load Firefox faster first time
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- Right click on Firefox shortcut, then choose Properties
- On Target field, Add /prefetch:1 at the end of the path with space in between.

Eg: “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe” /prefetch:1



Enjoy faster browsing :)

Make ur computer "Talk"!!

Open Notepad and type the following:

Dim msg, sapi
msg=InputBox("Enter your text","Talk it")
Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
sapi.Speak msg


Save the file with a (*.vbs) extension, it will create a VBScript File.

Now open the saved file, input the text and press ok."

U will hear what u typed...

Have Fun :)

Change Program Files Path

Use the following registry hack to change the default program installation folder.

Run --> Regedit
Navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Micosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Look for the String Value 'ProgramFilesDir'
Double click to edit and enter the desired folder --> Click 'OK' to save settings.

:)

Windows XP Re-activation

Re-activate Windows XP w/o going online (No hardware change pls)
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Take a backup of the below 2 files from %systemroot%\system32 folder

1) wpa.dbl
2) wpa.bak

Restore these files to the same location after the new installation.

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