Easy to remember DNS servers
There are days when your DNS servers go bad and makes you wait for many a seconds before the domain-name to IP conversion takes place. Here are some alternative DNS server IP addresse, just in case...
Category: Tips n Tricks
Disabling Windows Security Center Alerts in XP
If you’re running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows Security Center should tell you the status of your antivirus software, firewall, and automatic updates. Security Center will alert you if your antivirus is out of...
Shutdown Windows XP faster
It gets on one’s nerve when you have to wait for minutes for XP to shutdown, when it takes lesser time for a boot. The reason that the shutdown times increase over the days is due...
How to disable ATI Catalyst Control Center from context menu in windows
Ever since I installed this updated version of ATI Catalyst Display drivers, i have been plagued by this terrible menace. The “ATI Catalyst Control Center” is the first item that pops up on my context menu....
Open Multiple Yahoo! messengers
With just a small tweak, open infinite yahoo messenger accounts simultaneously..
Google Earth’s easter egg
GOOG is trying to outrun MS in a number of spheres.. but gaming ? It seems that Google Earth has a hidden flight simulator in it. To access this hidden feature, open Google Earth and hit...
Prevent applications from stealing window focus
One ‘feature’ of XP is the ability of one application to steal the focus from another. This is the reason why your chat window looses focus when someone else buzzes you on Yahoo! messenger. [That’s still...
Skinning Yahoo! Messenger
Well, it’s worth it.. You can do away with the monotony.. Celadon Cool shades of jade and turquoise. Download Bronze Earth tones with an orangy flavor (I like this one. It’s the one on the right)....
rand() – Insert dummy text in word
There exists many myths on the rand ‘virus’. Some consider it to be an Easter Egg. The truth is, it is just an un-documented MS Word function to insert dummy text The Microsoft Knowledge Base article...
How NOT to fight spam with Gmail
This is in response to the Fighting spam with Gmail post… Kurt Wismer [anti-virus rants] has a point there. Check out his post on how NOT to fight spam with gmail. Anyways, the filtering using (.)...
