Browse Indian language websites in firefox with out installing fonts

Monday, December 7, 2009

Many of us have problems,while browsing Indian language websites using firefox.There is a simple way to solve the problem.Install Firefox add-on 'Padma'.Then restart Firefox.Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Devanagari (including Marathi), Gujarati, Bengali and Gurmukhi are supported.Link to download is given below.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/873

Install new fonts on your computer

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Click 'START'
Select 'Settings'
Select 'Control Panel'
Double click on 'Fonts'.
Now you are on Fonts folder.
Go to 'File' menu. Select 'Install New Font'
Click the drive and folder which contain the fonts you wand to install.
Double click on the font.The font is now installed on your computer.
In order to select more than one font press and hold 'Ctrl' key and click on the fonts to add.

Boot your PC to safe mode at system restart

Friday, November 13, 2009

If you are working on a PC on normal mode and want to boot to safe mode on system restart,then go to 'START'
'RUN'
Type 'MSCONFIG'
Click 'OK'(Now you are usingt system configturation utility)
Go to 'BOOT.INI' Tab
Check on /SAFEBOOT
Then 'APPLY'
'OK'.
Now if you want to boot to Normal mode
Go to system configuration utility
Uncheck '/SAFEMODE'
Then click on 'APPLY'
'OK'.

Create startup disk for windows

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Click 'Start'
Select 'Settings'
Click 'Control panel'
Double click 'Add or remove programmes'
Go to 'Startup disk' tab
Click on 'Create disk'
Then follow the instructions on the screen of your computer.
NB-Use a Floppy disk(1.4 MB) to make startup disk.You can use this startup disk, when your system fails to start.

Change home page in internet explorer

Friday, November 6, 2009

Open 'internet explorer'
Go to 'view'- 'internet options'- 'General tab'
Go to 'home page' area
Then enter the url you wand to make your home page.
OR
Select 'Use current', 'Use default' or 'Use blank' options.
Click on 'Apply' and then 'OK'

Change your computer's date and time

Go to 'Start'
Choose 'Settings'
Click 'Control panel'
Double click 'date and time'
Then change date and time.
Click 'Apply' and then 'OK'.

Winamp more shortcuts

Monday, September 28, 2009

(options/toggles)
R        Toggle Repeat
S        Toggle Shuffle
Alt+3        Current file info box/tag editor
(playback controls)
Z        Previous Track
X        Play/Restart/Unpause
C        Pause/Unpause
V        Stop
Shift+V        Stop with Fadeout
Ctrl+V        Stop after current track
B        Next Track
L        Open/Play File
Ctrl+L        Open/Play location
Shift+L        Open/Play Directory
Left Arrow    Rewind 5 seconds
Right Arrow    Fast-forward 5 seconds
Up Arrow        Turn Volume Up
Down Arrow    Turn Volume Down
Keypad 1        Jump Ten Songs Back
Keypad 6        Next Track
Keypad 5        Play/Restart/Unpause
Keypad 4        Previous Track
Keypad 3        Jump Ten Songs Forward
Keypad 7        Rewind 5 seconds
Keypad 9        Fast-forward 5 seconds
Keypad 8        Turn Volume Up
Keypad 2        Turn Volume Down
Keypad 0        Open/Play File
Ctrl+Keypad 0    Open/Play location
Insert        Open/Play Directory

Open pages using chrome inside firefox

Monday, September 21, 2009

You can open pages in chrome inside firefox using chrome view addon.For this you have to install chrome in your system.And then go to the following link and install chrome view addon.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8740.

Increase menu appearing speed

Go to START>RUN
Type 'regedit'
Click 'OK'.
Then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control_Panel/Desktop.
Go to MenuShowDelay in the right hand pane.Change it's value from 400(milliseconds) to a lower one.

Use Gmail as your web drive

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

You can use your Gmail as a web drive.For this you should have a working internet connection.Download software 'Gmail drive'.Install it on your system.Then login to your gmail account via GMail drive.Upload files to your mail account.You can always access files by logging in.

Useful Short forms while sending email and SMS

See you- CU
Oh I see- OIC
Are you OK?- RUOK?
Freequantly asked question- FAQ
For your information- FYI
In other words- IOW
Be right back- BRB
Normal shut down- NSD
For you- 4U

Open pages in Internet explorer inside firefox

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Some internet pages best views in internet explorer.You can open pages in internet explorer while using mozilla firefox.For which you have to install 'IE Tab' or 'IE View' addon to firefox.You will get IE Tab/IE View from the following links.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/35 .

How to enable/disable unnecessary programs from start up?

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Go to start menu.Click 'RUN'
Type 'msconfig'
Click 'OK'
Now system configuration utility box appears.
Click on 'Startup'
Check the programs you wand at startup.
Click on 'Apply'
Click 'OK'

Prevent your children from accessing harmful websites

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Open internet explorer browser.
Go to 'Tools'-'Internet options'
Click on 'content' tab
Click on 'Enable'
Now you are on Content Advisor box.
Click on 'General' tab
Then click on 'Create Password' button
Enter your password
Confirm password
Enter an easy question on hint box(to recover password)
Press 'OK'.
Now once again go to 'Tools'-'Internet options'-'Content' tab
Click on 'Settings'
Enter your password.
Enter the website addresses on 'Allow the website' field.
Then click on 'Always' to allow always,'Never' to deny.
Press 'OK' to save.

More Winamp shortcuts

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

F1 Open Help
Ctrl+F1 About Box
Ctrl+A Toggle Always on Top (N/A in playlist editor and media library)
Ctrl+Alt+A Toggle always on top (playlist editor)
Ctrl+W Toggle Windowshade mode (main window, unless in playlist editor)
Ctrl+D Toggle Doublesize Mode
Ctrl+E Toggle Easymove (only applicable in classic skins)
Ctrl+T Toggle Time Display Mode
Alt+W Toggle Main Window
Alt+E Toggle Playlist Editor
Alt+G Toggle Graphical Equalizer
Alt+V Toggle Video Window
Alt+L Toggle Media Library
Ctrl+Tab Cycle through different Winamp windows
Alt+S Go to Skin selection
Ctrl+P Go to Preferences
Alt+F Open Main Menu
Alt+K Configure current visualization plug-in
Ctrl+Sh+K Start/stop current visualization plug-In
Ctrl+K Open visualization plug-in section of preferences
Ctrl+J Jump to time in current track
J or Keypad . Open jump-to-file box
Ctrl+Alt+N Spawn new Winamp instance
Alt+M Minimize Winamp
Ctrl+H Show recently played files/streams (History :)