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Really Hidden Windows 7 Tricks! Part 2

This Post is Part of Series [FIRST ONE] ——————.1.—————— Restore Previous Folder Windows at Login: Usually, after software updates or virus scans, users HAVE TO Log-off or (worst) Restart the computer. If you do not want to lose your Opened Windows after the reboo

Check if PHP is running in safe mode or no

Lately, I have been playing around with PHP configuration. And I realized that the runtime configurations do not change using ini_set function, if you are running PHP in the safe mode. A simple check in PHP can tell you this. Notice the code block below and which allows to check this.

Keyboard shortcuts in Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="244" caption="That's my Dell's keyboard. Image clicked with Samsung Galaxy S"][/caption] I have been working with Windows Remote server lately. I found that there were some Keyboard shortcuts which are really helpful while you are working with a re

Really Hidden Windows 7 Tricks!

By now, most of us must have switched over to Windows 7 from XP (I don’t expect Apple Fanboys to switch!). Below are some of the tricks that are not mentioned openly (Usually tricks are not ). This could be part of a series.. I will surely dig further to enable you to get the most out of Windows

Instant Personalization – Facebook’s another privacy woe

Hey Guys, Yes, its facebook’s privacy setting again. Facebook introduced a new privacy setting called Instant Personalization which is by default enabled (in most of the cases)in your profile. According to facebook Instant Personalization - Lets you see relevant information about your friends

Change WordPress admin language with just one click

I got a different requirement for Wordpress blog this time. The client’s requirement was to change Wordpress admin’s language but not to change the blog’s language. The first thing that struck me was to use WPLANG function of wordpress, and use the desired language. But that way it changes t

Export your Facebook data locally as HTML

Facebook contains your complete identity, since it has your pictures, friends, contact numbers etc. Have you ever thought what if your account gets hacked one day, or you just do not have access to it ? What if facebook is paid or getting facebook data becomes paid ? You can now, store all your f

One click to end a non responding application in Ubuntu

Pressing "Alt + Ctrl + Del" in windows is a life saver when some programs just refuse to respond. Of course it opens a task manager which will show you the list of all the processes along with their memory , cpu consumption. You can select any process and can end it. However, there is no such inbu

Highlight text in firefox address bar for Ubuntu / Linux

Whenever I have used firefox in Ubuntu, one usability issue I faced is that it does not select or highlight the URL in the address bar when clicked. I used Windows for most of my life and I feel lazy to double click on the address bar for selecting the URL. I know that sounds a bit strange but that'

How to disable Android Market update notifications

Nice ! that you have an Android phone. Great ! that you have installed many applications on it. But pain is that there are lot of applications which get updated ever now and then. So whenever your phone gets connected to internet, the market application check for the installed application updates.

Difference between InnoDB and MyISAM in MySQL

MyISAM and InnoDB are two most commonly used storage engines of MySQL database. However, MyISAM is the default storage engine chosen by MySQL database, when creating a new table. The major differences between these two storage engines are : InnoDB supports transactions which is not supported by

Import your Facebook contacts into Yahoo and Gmail

Today you are connected to most of your friends via Facebook and not through email. Few years back, email was suppose to be the best way to connect to your friends & family. But what if you want to import all your contacts from facebook to your email service or let’s say you just need them. I

How to block a sender in Gmail

It’s super annoying when you keep getting unsolicited emails from a particular address and none of the options work like, “report spam” or un-subscribe link. Unfortunately, Gmail does not allow users to block these kind of email addresses in particular. Practically saying it will be a mess for

Phone number list of Facebook friends

I am going to share a small trick through which you can access the phonebook of your Facebook friends. You can see the friend’s phone number on info page, but what if you want the complete phonebook. Well to access the phonebook there are several ways, let us discuss them one by one. Direct URL

Enable query cache in MySQL to improve performance

There are lot many solutions to cache your database queries. Some use client level cache, some server side cache. However, MySQL itself provides a cache mechanism which is called “Query Cache” in which the queries being fired at the database are cached. Clearly saying, the result sets are cached

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