Showing posts with label Computer tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computer tricks. Show all posts

Thursday, August 16, 2012

[Solved] Cannot Remove USB Flash With Safely Remove Hardware Feature Not Working

There are times some of our users faced the problem when suddenly the icon in task manager stopped working as nothing happening when users click on the icon to remove the USB flash drive or any other removable drives and for some users the safely remove hardware icon in the windows taskbar disappeared.
After searching about this we came to know that this could happen when the DLL files responsible for this feature are not working correctly or gets damaged. Still there are many ways to fix this problem, either you just need to run some commands in case you don’t see the safely remove icon or just need to make sure that when you remove the flash drive the you are not copying to or from the drive to computer and also close the window showing the drive files when you unplug it from USB port.

Method1: Safely Remove Hardware Icon Not Visible Or Missing ?

In such case the first thing you should try running the following command which brings back the safely remove hardware icon back in windows taskbar, even if you don’t see the icon back in system tray you will able to use the safely remove hardware feature using this command below in any versions of windows.
“C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll” [ run the command without quotes ]
If you need to run the above command every time you plug any USB drive then you should better create a shortcut with the command above as target path, so that you just need to double click the desktop shortcut when safely remove hardware does not respond when you click it or it does not appear in system tray.

Method 2: Do You Actually Need To Remove Every USB Removable Drive Safely Using Safe Remove Hardware Icon ?

No, unless you are doing some heavy copy of data to or from the USB Drive, by default any USB drive you plug is optimised for quick removal, so you can unplug the USB drive without using safely remove hardware. But don’t do it when some data transfer is going on to or from the USB drive to computer it is plugged in.
In order to enable a drive for better performance, you will need right click on the USB drive icon in My Computer and then -

  1. click the Hardware tab.
  2. click Properties.
  3. Now click on Policies tab. 

Enable Write Caching Windows

If you want to do fast copy of data, you should enable this feature but a power failure or sudden shutdown may result in loss of data from the drive once you enable this feature. We suggest you not to use this feature until you really need it.

Method 3: Alternative Way To Fix Safely Remove Hardware Not Working

This method is quite different as it may look like a possible solution to many but it works perfectly for many windows users out there who were facing this problem, as reported by users when they click the icon of safely remove hardware list of USB devices does not pop up. You will not be able to access the devices and printers when this is happening at the following path Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Devices and Printers.
Follow the procedure below to fix this, the simple solution to make sure Bluetooth Support Service is running (even if you do not use Bluetooth!)
1. Go to Start menu >> Run or press Window Key + R
2. Type services.msc and press ENTER
3. Scroll down to locate Bluetooth Support Service, right-click and select Start
4. Now, the safely remove hardware should be working again.
5. Restart your pc and Devices and Printers should load correctly as well.
If this problem appears again and again then go to the properties of the Bluetooth Support Service and change its startup type to Automatically (Delayed Start) as shown in the image below.

Bluetooth Support Service Delayed Start

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Evernote – Probably the best way to note down things

I have this habit of noting down all the interesting things I see here and there so that I can think on it afterwards in my free time. I was looking for something which I can use on my laptop as well as on my Android and which is also quick and easy to use. In past I had heard of Evernote from one of my friend so decided to give it a try and here is what I saw.

Evernote is available for iPhones, Android devices, Windows phones and Windows-based desktops as well. After downloading the app and quickly registering for a free Evernote account I started creating notes on my phone to test this app and as I was creating notes on my phone I can see it was getting uploaded on the Evernote server. Evernote is not only about storing text files and uploading it to the cloud. One can do a lot more than this.


Saw something worth noting down? Simply click it and store it using Evernote.  Sitting in a lecture or seminar and need to note down all the points quickly? It can record audio clips as well and upload it instantly so that you can get access to it from your PC any time. You can even add location to your notes so that you can easily remember where you noted the stuff, add tags to notes so that you can easily sort them later on. See this video.

It also allows you to create check lists, do basic text formatting, insert bullets and numbering to your notes and built-in support to share notes on Facebook. Almost everything you will ever need in a mobile text editor. I didn’t find the desktop version as cool as its mobile variant. It took me some time to get used to it. I had to literally look around the window to find buttons. It would be better if they can improve the user interface. A little more clean and intuitive user interface will do the magic.

Apart from this I really think it is a nice app and will surely be very useful for people using other text editors on mobile . Give it a try.  Below is the link to download page of this app. One can download and run this app on variety of platforms. And if at all you don’t wish to install the client on any of your device you can always use it via your web browser.

Download Evernote

How to remove new folder.exe virus from pendrive

If you are using pendrive for data transfer at school, college or at your office you must have come across this virus. This virus creates an exe file in your usb drive with the name New Folder.exe. Here are some symptoms of this virus.
  1. Task manager is disabled.
  2. Registry Editor is disabled.
  3. Folder options not working.
  4. Taking too much time for accessing pendrive.
  5. Uses half of your computers processing power.
You can easily remove this virus from your computer by using Smart Virus Remover tool. It is a small 550 Kb file. Just download the file from the link given at the end of this article. Run this downloaded exe by double clicking on it.Then click on “Delete Autorun.inf file”.

After that click on ” Remove virus from USB”. The virus will be removed from your pendrive. To restore your task manager, registry editor and other things which were disabled by virus – click on “Restore Default Windows Settings”.
remove new folder.exe virus
Download:
Enjoy

[How To]Protect your Pen drive from autorun virus

One of the most challenging task now a days for naive computer users is to keep their usb drive free of autorun viruses. Most of the time when you connect your USB drive to any public computer chances are pretty high that an autorun virus gets loaded in your pen drive.  So next time when you put it in your computer your computer will automatically get infected by the autorun virus.
BitDefender has come up with a really useful tool named USB Immunizer. Bitdefender USB immunizer is designed to help protect windows users from autorun virus files. It creates an autorun.inf file which can not be modified or replaced by the malicious autorun files.


It also allows user to easily on /off the autorun feature in Windows operating systems. A user can easily turn off the autorun feature by dragging the slider to off in the main screen.
Autorun immunizer can save you from a lot of hassels which can be caused by the autorun virus.This amazing app is free for everyone and can run on any of the latest Windows operating system. You can download it from the link given below.

Download : BDUSBImmunizer1.zip (1.1 MB)


Download

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Cool Css Button With Hover Style For Blogger

This is Cool Css button. It include with cool hover style.you can add this button any where  in your blog with this code.Follow these steps to add it to your blog.




1. Log in to blogger account and Go to Design >> Edit HTML

2. Find this tag by using Ctrl+F    ]]></b:skin>

3. Paste below code Before ]]></b:skin> tag


.hb-buttons{
background-color:#4b3f39;
font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fff;
position:relative;
padding:10px 20px;
padding-right:50px;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,51,46) 0%, rgb(101,86,78) 100%);
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #9e8d84, 0px 5px 0px 0px #322620, 0px 10px 5px #999;
}

.hb-buttons:active {
top:3px;
background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(62,51,46) 100%, rgb(101,86,78) 0%);
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #9e8d84, 0px 2px 0px 0px #322620, 0px 5px 3px #999;
}

.hb-buttons:before {
background-color:#322620;
background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZPhdnJk2PM3nkOW6zRIl7awAmhosMQe5ANIwuHc-nxLEYf1ZhQj94IH53xBkOqpsX01glNLFOGAKRT6SLs8_k0Z9vnjMPaQRqzmCcxico9MVF5K0x0aoO7fQemcifNXShORivXSk8-8/h80/helper-blogger-right-arrow.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center center;
content:"";
width:20px;
height:20px;
position:absolute;
right:15px;
top:50%;
margin-top:-9px;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #19120f, 0px 1px 0px #827066;
}

.hb-buttons:active::before {
top:50%;
margin-top:-12px;
box-shadow: inset 0px 1px 0px #827066, 0px 3px 0px #19120f, 0px 6px 3px #382e29;
}

Now you can save your Template.
When you want to add it to your blog. Use Like below


<a href="YOUR LINK " class="hb-buttons">Button name</a>

When you want to add button use above link and.
* Replace YOUR LINK With your URL
*Replace Button name With any name you want.


You have done , Cheers

[How To]Share your Nokia mobile internet connection with others over Wi-Fi

One of the most popular and interesting feature of Android phones is its capability of turning a mobile phone in to a Wi-Fi hubspot. Before it,  this feature was available for Windows 7 pc users only. But now even Nokia mobile users can turn their smart phone into a Wi-Fi hubspot using a free software Joiku.

Joikuspot can be a really useful software for those who use their laptop for work and have to carry a USB modem everywhere. Joikuspot allows users to access the internet easily and cost-efficiently. One can use his mobile phone’s data plan for accessing internet on Desktop PC or on his laptop as well.
Joikuspot light is a free software where as the premium version of the same is available for 9 euros which comes with few more features. But according to me a light version is good enough for normal users.
Joiku is compatible with following Nokia mobiles :
N8, E6, E7, C7, C6, X7, N900, N97, E51, E52, E55, E71, E72, E75, N78, N79, N80, 5800 and many more phones.

You can download this free software from Nokia ovi store or from the Joiku website.

Link : Joiku

source: http://tipsfromgeek.com/

How to Make free international phone calls


Yupp, it is possible and it’s 100% working. You can call on any number from your number that too for free. If you want to make free calls to anywhere in the world just follow the steps given below.
  1. Go to mobivox.com and register for free account.
  2. You will receive a email for verification. Verify  your account by clicking on the link you received in your mail.
  3. Now login to your account at mobivox using your email id and pin number.
  4. After logging in click on direct webcall.
  5. There select the country in which you want to make the free call. Enter the number you want to connect to.
  6. After that you will receive a call on your phone and then you will be connected to the number you entered earlier.
  7. Now you can talk with that person for five minutes only. If you want to talk more then add some money to your account.
Enjoy
image credit:ClipArt.com
 
Source:http://tipsfromgeek.com/

Turn your symbian smart phone into a remote control using SmartTouch

SmartTouch is a free software available for Symbian series 60 phones (5th edition only i.e Nokia 5800). You will require three files to run this software.
  1. SmartTouch client for your phone
  2. Python to run the SmartTouch on your phone.
  3. SmartTouch software for your PC.
Install all this softwares on your phone and PC and see the video below to know that you can do with your smart phone ;-)


Source: http://tipsfromgeek.com/

Nitro PDF Reader: best free alternative to ADOBE Reader

Nitro PDF Reader is a free PDF reader. It is loaded with more features than any other free PDF reader available right now. You can create PDF files from over 300 different file types. That means you can convert almost any document into PDF using this free software.You can edit or add notes to your PDF file with this which is not possible with any other free PDF reader.
The looks are pretty similar to that of MS Word 2007 so if you are already using Office 2007 then you will find this one very familiar and easy to use. The list of features is really big so can’t point them all here. You can see all the features of this great free tool at http://www.nitroreader.com/features/.
If you are not willing to pay for Adobe Reader then you must give this one a try. It is completely free and is available for Windows 32/64 bit systems.

Download Nitro PDF Reader (Freeware) (22.6 MB)

Source: http://tipsfromgeek.com/

HOW TO Lock/hide partitions in Windows without any software

Sometime it is important to maintain privacy of some personal/important files and hide it from others who are using the same PC. Everyone now days is smart enough to find hidden files and folder,  so that trick doesn’t work anymore. So what I tried is, I created a separate partition with enough space for my files and made it invisible so that no one else can get access to it. To know more about this trick read on.
This one is a little risky so try it at your own risk. If not done correctly you might lose your data permanently
This trick works with almost all latest versions of Windows OS’s.
  1. Go to Start->type cmd and press Enter.
  2. Type mountvol in command prompt and press enter.
  3.  Now you can see all the drives in your system with the corresponding IDs
    • Now suppose you want to hide your G: drive, note down the volume id for that drive. In my case for G: drive the volume id is \\?\Volume{96c924d1-7f19-11de-808a-806e6f6e6963}\.
    • This step is very important. If you don’t note down your volume id you will not be able to get your partition back. 
    •  Now the last step to hide your drive. Type mountvol G: /d to hide the G: drive.
    • To get your hidden drive back type mountvol g: [volume id]. For me it is \\?\Volume{96c924d1-7f19-11de-808a-806e6f6e6963}\. So it will look something like mountvol g: \\?\Volume{96c924d1-7f19-11de-808a-806e6f6e6963}\  
    • Be very careful while noting the volume id. What we are doing here is we are just unmounting the drive so that it will not be visible. Just like we unmount our memory card from the mobile phone before removing. And to get it back we are mounting the drive back with the exact address. If you give the wrong address here then it will point to wrong memory area and the actual memory will not be accessible.
      Most important:Never try to hide your System Drive(The drive in which your OS is loaded). You may corrupt your PC. So use it wisely.

      Enjoy
      Source:- http://tipsfromgeek.com/

      How-to Use Gmail to send free SMS anywhere in the world

      Previously we showed you how to send free SMS using facebook and now Google has integrated similar service with Gmail. So anyone using Gmail can send a free SMS to any of his/her contacts right from the mailbox. If you haven’t used this service or don’t know how to use it then follow the steps given below.
      1. Head to gmail.com and login with your user id and password.
      2. After logging in point your mouse at any of the contact from chat or use the search box to search the contact.
      3.  Now point your mouse at the contact name and then select “Send SMS”..
      4. After this it will ask you to select the country of receiver and enter receiver’s number. Enter your friend’s number here
      5. How to send free sms using gmail 2
      6. Now you are all set to send free SMS to your friend. You’ll get 50 free SMS credit at the beginning. Every time you receive a reply from anybody your SMS credit increases by 5 up to 50. So if it ever gets over you can always send one SMS from your number and you will get 5 more credits.
      7. Also if your SMS credit goes to zero then it will automatically increase back to one after 24 hours which means you can send at least one free SMS everyday .
      Have fun ;)

      Source:- http://tipsfromgeek.com/