"Star Wars" Movie in Windows XP

Wanna watch a movie for free of cost??

So grab your popcorn and get ready for the exciting Space opera.....

Wondering what the movie could be!!!!

"STAR WARS"

Ya, i m not joking. Windows XP has the Star wars movie in it. All you need is an internet connection.

* Start ==> Run

* Enter "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" (without quotes) in the text field

* Click "OK".

So there you are........enjoy your movie!!!

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Define a Reply Address in the OUTLOOK

Outlook offers many features and most of them are hidden from many of the users....
Do you know that Outlook offers features to define the reply address to a mail sent from any mail address. This might be helpful when you are sending a mail from your company server but want to get the reply directed to a different address.....

OUTLOOK XP, 2003:

* Write the new message and before sending it, click "View" ==> "Options"

* Activate the checkbox "Have replies sent to" under "Delivery options" section.

* Enter the mailing address in the field or can alternatively select from the Contacts list by clicking "Select names".


OUTLOOK 2007:

* While composing the message, in the "Options" tab on the ribbon, click on the "Direct replies to" button.

* Check the box "Have replies sent to" in the "Delivery Options" section and enter the desired address.

* And to select the address from the Contacts list, click the "Select names" button.

* "Close" the dialog and send the message.


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Delete Windows Messenger

Windows messenger loads by default with the MS Windows. And it is not even displayed in the list of installed softwares. This is because the corresponding entry is hidden. But if the chat box is annoying and you never use it, the messenger can be shut....

* Navigate to "C:\\Windows\Inf\"

* Open the file "sysoc.inf" file in the notepad

* Search for the following line in the text file:

msmsgs-msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7


* Delete "hide". And make sure u don’t delete the comma with it.

* Save the file.

* Click "Start ==> Control Panel ==> Software" and select "Add/remove Windows components".

* The list now shows an entry for Windows Messenger, which u can now uninstall.


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Latest News As Your Desktop Screen

Wide screen monitors have lots of space. Then why not design and customize it with your convenience. How about the idea of embedding a website on to your desktop? This can be easily done with Windows XP. Just follow these steps......


* Open your favorite webiste in IE.

* Now find the RSS feeds and click on the arrow beside "Display feeds from this website" and select the desired entry in the toolbar.

* Copy the URL of the site in address bar to clipboard .

* Now Right-click on free space on the desktop ==> Properties ==> 'Desktop' tab ==> "Customize Desktop"

* Click on "Web" tab ==> "New"

* Paste the URL in the 'Location' field ==> "OK"

* Now the item added is displayed in the Webpages listbox.

* Make sure the checkbox next to the URL is checked adn click "OK".

* Now you can see that an area of the desktop is running live with the News.

You can move it on the desktop to your desired location and can even scale the window.

To remove the webiste.....

* Right-click on the Desktop ==> Properties ==> 'Desktop' tab ==> "Customize desktop"

* Uncheck the checkbox of the webiste you wish not to display.

* Alternatively, you can even remove the item completely from the list by selecting the item and click "Delete" button on the right.



Wasn't that coooooollllll.........


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Auto Numbering In Word 2007

MicroSoft Word provides the best features to format the text in no time. One of such features is the auto numbering format to the paragraphs. But this soemtimes can be annoying if you dont want to auto number the lines of text.

So, here is how you can control it Word 2003 & 2007.....

* Click Tools ==> AutoCorrect ==> "AutoFormat As You Type" tab

* Under "Apply As you Type" section, uncheck "Automatic Numbered Lists"

For Word 2007:

* Click "Office" button ==> "Word Options" button

* Select "Proofing" from the diaog box

* Click "Auto Correct Options" button ==> "AutoFormat As You Type" tab

* In the "Apply As You Type" section, uncheck the "Automatic numbered list" box.

* Click "OK" to save the changes.


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Easy Download With Firefox

Firefox is secure of the browsers available around. And when it comes to downloading, Firefox displays a dialog box on the progress of the download whether it be one or many. But this requires the browser to open a new window and hence utilizes more resources. But it is often in a minimized state. A new Add-on "Download Statusbar" is the solution....

This displays the progress in the stauts bar and hence doesn't require to open a new window.

Download the utility from "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26"
Click on "Add to Firefox"

It also provides options to configure the status bar like the style and colors.

* Click Tools ==> Add-ons ==> Options

* Under "General" tab, you have two modes - Full mode and Mini Mode.

* "Mini Mode" displays just the number of files being downloaded while "Full Mode" displays the complete name of the files.

* "Progress Notifications" section displays the notifications. And the highlight of all is that the files are cleared from the status bar once the download is done.

* Click "Appearance" tab ==> "Custome Style" radio button

Now you can select from the range of colors to design the status bar according to your style. You can even adjust the font sizes and width, height of the bar.

* Finally click "Apply" for the immediate effect of the changes and Click "OK" to fianlize.

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Design Your Toolbar With Registry

Toolbar in IE, is the easy access to the wide features provided. But it is even dumped with unused icons. But now you can design your own toolbar with few simple commands.

So here you go for a complete new look.....

* Click Start ==> Run

* Enter "Regedit"

* Browse 'HKEY_CURRENT_USERS' ==> Software ==> Microsoft ==> Windows ==> CurrentVersion ==> Policies ==> Explorer

* Righk click in the right-pane and select "New" ==> DWORD value
* Name it as " SpecifyDefaultIcons" and enter the value as "1".

Now begins the adventure....

* For individual icons, create the DWORD values provided below and then double-click on each and assign a value of "2"

Btn_Back ==> Hide Back

Btn_Forward ==> HIde Forward

Btn_Stop ==> Hide Stop

Btn_Search ==> Hide Search

Btn_Refresh ==> Hide Refresh

Btn_Home ==> Hide Home

Btn_History ==> Hide History

Btn_Favorites ==> Hide Favorites

Btn_Folders ==> Hide Folders

Btn_Fullscreen ==> Hide Fullscreen

Btn_Tools ==> Hide Tools

Btn_Size ==> Hide Size

Btn_MailNews ==> Hide Mail

Btn_Print ==> Hide Print

Now to make the icons visible, simply double-click the DWORD value of the icon and assign a vlue of "1" (or)delete the DWORD value.


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Increase Size Of Command Prompt

The command prompt window shows only a text of 25 lines at a time and can be fuzzy sometimes. Now play around with the size and view the text in a complete drag with these simple changes.

* Start ==> Run ==> Enter 'cmd'

* Right-click on the upper left corner of the window and select 'Properties'.

* Click on the "Layout" tab and edit the 'Height' value under 'Window Size' - say 50.

* Also change the "Height" under 'Screen Buffer Size' to 500. This is the number of lines the command prompt notes.

* Click 'OK' to confirm the settings and close the dialog box.

* Type 'Exit' in the command prompt and the changes will affect the next time you open Command Prompt.


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Explore "My Computer"

Every time you open "My Computer", it takes you to double click the folder to dig to the content. Now with simple registry hacking, you can open "My Computer" in the Explorer view.


* Start ==> Run ==> 'Regedit'

* Navigate to 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell' key.

* Double-click on '(Default)' in the right pane and in the "Edit String" dialog box, in the "Value data" field, enter 'explore'.

* Click 'OK'.

Now restart your system to explore the explorer.



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