11 Web Sites Every Student Should Know

The following is a look at some of the most comprehensive and reliable educational Web sites a student can bookmark and use to research school projects and homework assignments. MSN Encarta The free MSN Encarta site features more than 4,500 articles pooled from Microsoft Encarta and comes with dictionaries, maps, fast facts, interactive quizzes, handy homework tools, and more. Refdesk Since 1995, Refdesk.com, which stands for "reference desk," has served as a one-click springboard to many of the Web's top dictionaries, encyclopedias, calculators, atlases, news headlines, and search engines. The site also includes a handy "homework helper" section that provides help in all subjects to students in every grade. HowStuffWorks Ever wanted to know why earthquakes happen? How CD burners work?...

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Trick to lock your private folder

Do you worry about privacy or do you maintain some personal files on the office system or at Friends pc, then you must lock that folder. I know many software's that most people use to lock their Personal files. But this trick is the safest and locks files or folders without use of any software's. Suppose you want to lock the folder movies in d: which has the path D:\movies. In the same drive create a text file and type ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} Now save this text file as loc.bat Create another text file and type in it ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies Now save this text file as key.bat Now you can see 2 batch files loc and key. Press loc and the folder movies will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents. Press...

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How to Access Banned Websites

Surfing at school? Parents enabled website blocking? Stuck behind a strict firewall? There are lots of ways around the problem so that you can get to the sites you want to see without those cybernannies tying your hands…phproxy is “dedicated to bringing you fast web browsing from behind web filters”. Simply tap in the URL of that banned site you really must see, it could be Facebook, MySpace, Youtube, or a renegade blogger behind enemy lines, and you will be able to access it with no problems. More seriously, the proxy allows you to visit a site anonymously because it is the proxy itself that is visiting the banned site not you, and so keeps your browsing hidden from prying eyes allowing you to protect your online identity. Such a proxy also allows you to visit sites that have...

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HOW TO BLOCK A WEBSITE ON A PARTICULAR COMPUTER

1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost5. To block the website xyz.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:127.0.0.1 xyz.com127.0.0.1 www.xyz.comYou can add as many sites any site, However you will need to prefix it with “127.0.0.1″.6. Save the file.xyz.com will now be blocked in all web browser...

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Watch Banned and Blocked Videos On Youtube

Steps : 1. Go to the video you want to view. 2. The site will display that the video can not be played in your country. 3. See in the address bar and you need to manipulate it a little bit. 4. Your URL will be like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb0tcgdnjpI You just have to remove “watch?v=” and replace it with “v/” Now your URL will look like - http://www.youtube.com/v/Sb0tcgdnjpI 5. Now run this URL and you will have access to the blocked video. Note : This is just a trick and may not work always ...

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How To Hack Passwords Stored In FireFox Browser

       Most of us have the habit of remembering passwords for most of the websites we visit.In general it is very usefull....But what if these passwords are hacked by others.....?????????Passwords are generally stored in fire fox in a encrypted form in their database...Now lets learn how a hacker could decrypt these passwords...Steps:First download Fire Password Viewer Download FirePasswordViewer  Install Fire Password ViewerClick On Start Recovery Button:Now u will see a list of stored user names and passwords:Click on Save As HTML Button And save with any file name.....

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Copy Text From Any Image

Do you need certain information in the form of text from scanned copies of documents. For this first open Microsoft One Note (Start -> All programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft OneNote). Just drag the image in to the Microsoft OneNote. Then right click on the image and select Copy Text from Picture.Then paste it any word or notepad. That's it .It can  recognise handwritten, printed or typewritten text and can reproduce them in to editable word or txt format...

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WANT TO KNOW WHO USED YOUR PC IN YOUR ABSENCE

Want to know Who Used Your Pc In Your Absence & what Did He Do?just follow these simple stepsstart > run >eventvwr.mscEvents are stored in three log files: Application, Security, and System.These logs can be reviewed and archived.For our purposes we want the System log. Click on "System" in the left-hand column for a list of events.Look for a date and time when you weren't home and your computer should have been off.double click on the eg: info n it will show u the detail.You can also use this log to see how long someone was on the computer.Just look at the time the computer was turned on and off for that day....

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Operate Gmail account using shortcuts keys

Useful Gmail account Shortcut keys Shortcut keys             Actionf              Press simple f help you to forward email message to nextShift+I     Use to mark email message as readShift+u     Use to mark email message as unreadr               Reply to the sender of maila               Reply to the all email recipientsCtrl+c     Use to save current email as draftZ            Press z key to undo any previous action?            Display the keyboard...

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Displaying a Text Notice before Logon

You can create a funny message or legal warnings for others just before logon to your computer. This is very useful if you want to give a message to new user about the use of computer. Edit the value of registry keys to create a banner message.Click Start button then type regedit in Run option then press Enter for next.Here locate the location to:HKeyLocalMachine>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Win LogonHere in right side panel, right click to create a new string value LegalNoticeCaption and give it a value you want to see in the menu barNow again right click to create a new string value called LegalNoticeText and change the value you want to see in the dialog boxNow close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect...

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What Is The Difference Between 32-Bit & 64-Bit Windows

The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor (also called aCPU), handles information. The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system. The main differences between the 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and the 64-bit versions of WindowsVista relate to memory accessibility, memory management, and enhanced security features. The security features that are available in the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista include the following: Kernel Patch Protection Support for hardware-backed Data Execution Protection (DEP) Mandatory driver signing Removal of support for 32-bit drivers Removal...

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How To Change The Icon Of An .exe File

Some times it becomes necessary to change the ICON of an executable (.exe) file so that theexe file get’s a new appearence. Many of the Tools such as TuneUP Winstyler does this job by adjusting the Windows to display a custom icon to the user. But in reality when the file is carried to a different computer, then it shows it’s original ICON itself. This means that inorder to permanantly change the ICON, it is necessary to modify the executable file and embed the ICON inside the file itself. Now when this is done the exe file’s ICON is changed permanantly so that even if you take file to a different computer it show’s a new icon. For this purpose I have found a nice tool which modifies the exe file and...

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Transfer Files Between Android Phone And Pc Without Datacable

Android is the leading Mobile/Tablet OS in the world today, Hundreds of Manufacturers are using Android OS on their Gadgets. So, using an Android device must make work easier. There are lot of utilities available on Google Play (Android Market) today which makes work easier “Software Date cable” is one such application developed for Android devices to make easy file transfer between Phone and PC without using a data cable. Many of us carry data cables along with our laptops, just to transfer files between Phone and PC. By using this Software data cable application you can leave your physical data cable in your home as you can transfer files using this software through wireless...

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Partition Data Recovery Softwares For Hard Disk, Usb Cards

Download free Partition Data Recovery Software Wizard and recover files From Hard disk, USBpen drive Cards and deleted, formatted or lost unallocated spaceuse PartitionGuru is an excellent data recovery tool and a powerful disk & partition management program. PartitionGuru is a partition management and data recovery program. In addition to traditional MBR partition table, it supports GUID partition table on GPT disks also. In addition to basic partition management functions such as creating, deleting, hiding, formatting partitions, it also provides more powerful functions like lost partitions recovery, deleted or lost files recovery,...

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How To Burn ISO To USB - Make Bootable USB

Many times we face a problem when our cd/dvd do not work and we have to use bootable USB drive for system formatting. For this you can use ISO to USB. You can guess about its working by its name.This free utility works on windows XP, Vista and 7. Once you hahve downloaded this utility, the use of this tool is simple.  Attach the USB on the system and browse the ISO image you want to burn.  If its bootableWindows ISO file then you can make bootable USB drive by checking Bootable option.  Click on burn button to start the ISO file burning process.Download this tool here: http://www.isotousb.com/  ...

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Task Manager Shortcut: Have you ever left your PC in a hurry? Have you ever felt that it is a pain to lock your system in the simple way of doing CTRL+ALT+DEL? I would imagine that you have and then, this trick is for you. This trick enables you to create a shortcut to lock your computer instead of doing the regular CTRL+ALT+DEL, thus providing you a way to quickly and easily get away from your PC whenever you are in a hurry. To use this trick, follow the instructions given below:- Steps Right Click on an empty slot on Desktop, point to New and click on Shortcut. In the dialog box that pops up, type the following code without quotes in the Type the location of the item. Code: Select all     rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation 3....

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How To Speed Up Copy Speed In Windows

This post is about a nice software which gives you a better experience in copy paste in windows. This tool has a lot of features and improves the speed of copy. The name of the tool is WinMend.WinMend File Copy is a free and excellent batch copy tool. Based on extensive testing, and by constantly maximizing the potential of the operating system, WinMend File Copy developed a unique key technique that makes up for the inadequacy of the system’s default copy functionality and increases the speed of file copy to be 3 times of the system default. It canresume the interrupted replication and display a list of failed files, such as files occupied by other applications. It is the best...

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