Essential Computer Tips You Should Learn Right Now :

How to Lock Personal Computer with Just Single Click?
Instead of pressing "CTRL+ALT+DEL" or "Windows + L" keys to Lock Down your computer you can create an icon on your Computer desktop, with the help of this icon you can lock down your computer in single click. To create the icon:
1- Right click on free space of desktop then hover your cursor on NEW and then select SHORTCUT
2- A window/Dialogue Box named: Create Shortcut will appear on your computer screen
3- Now type given phrase in the blank space of dialogue box
Rundll 32 user32 dll, Lock Work Station And Press Next.
4- As soon as you will press Next Button, a new window will appear and here you will see "Type a name for this shortcut". Here you can have a name for this short-cut of your choice, I.e. Lock Computer or Log off etc.
5- Now press Finish and you will have a Short-cut icon on your desktop.

How to see your most important file on top of the other files in Windows Explorer?
If you want to see your most important file in any folder or Windows Explorer on top of the other files, so that it will be convenient and time saving for you. For that you just need to follow a simple trick:
1 - Go to the folder where you want your file should be top of the other files
2 - Right click any free space in folder and arrange these files "Sort by Type"
3 - Now click on any file of your choice then press F2 to rename the file and at the start of the name of file insert an Underscore " _" I.e. New Document.docx to _New Document.docx.

How to Shut Down Computer Friskily?
When you shut down your computer or laptop, many programs remain in Running Process and they are not completely closed. Thats why Computers and Laptop take too much time to shut down. To resolve this problem I am going to share a very useful tip with you.
1- Open Notepad
2- Write these three words "Shutdown inn text" in notepad and save it as Shutdown.reg
3- Now go to the location where you have saved this file and double click on this file.
4- Import the file
(Your computer will shut down faster than before)

Essential Computer Tips You Should Learn Right Now

How to Create a File or Folder without any Name?
1- First of all select the file or folder which you want to remove its name.
2- Press F2, then Press and Hold ALT Key and then press 0160. Press Enter
3- Your file or folder will now be un-named..

How to clean program files with Run menu?
When you write any command in Run menu, few of past commands remain save in Run Menu drop down list. Furthermore the lists of programs which are currently running also remain in Run Menu. If you want to remove these lists from Run Menu then use this small yet powerful tip.
Open Run and type "REGEDIT"

In Registry Editor select this Registry Key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" from left side panel.
Now go to "Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > RUN MRU"
In RUN MRU Folder every last used information are saved. After clicking on RUN MRU folder there will be shown some values on right hand side window. Except "Default" file delete every file from this folder.

In this step restart your computer, now when you will see your RUN Menu drop down list, it will be emptied.

How to hide shared folders from Network?
To hide shared folders from your network location, simply add a "$" sign in the end of every folder name. By doing this your shared folders will be hidden from all users. Except those who know the correct location of that folder.

How to change the ownership of Windows?
If in case while installing fresh windows on your system, you have unconsciously entered some wrong information regarding ownership, you do not need to worry about it. Because you can alter these information anytime, you just need to have a bit knowledge about Windows Registry.
Go to Registry Editor "Run > Regedit" and search the Registry Key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software > Microsoft >WindowsNT > Current > Version
From right side panel find a file named "Owner" double click this file and change the values as per your need.

Close the registry editor and restart your computer. Done

How to find properties of any file or folder quickly?
If you want to know the properties of any file or folder quickly then select the file and press "ALT + Enter", the properties will rapidly be shown. Its a better and quick to get property information then the mouse.

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The CyanogenMod is the most popular Android custom firmware in the world. in this post i will share tips and tricks on cyanogenmod. In a growing number of devices they bring a current version of Android, which is almost identical to stock Android - no bloatware or manufacturer changes. "Almost" means that the CM team has built several more tweaks and features that enhance the sense imagined by Google Android. Because some of them are hidden very well, we present the top 20 at this point, more or less secret tips and tricks for CyanogenMod.

A note: All tips have been tested and are safe on the Release Candidate 1 of 9 CyanogenMod . But even in later versions, such as expected in the near future CyanogenMod 10 based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, these tips will work with some certainty. If not, we would appreciate a note in the comments area.

The Tips and tricks for Cyanogenmod : 

Phone completely silent

As varied as the landscape of Android devices, some things have almost all the tablets and smartphones in common: volume control buttons, for example. A simple shortcut with which you can turn their device completely silent is: volume up and press down at the same time, to hold any key briefly. Also works on the lockscreen.

how to set up Quiet Hours

Who has not - no one dozes off at night just really nice surprise because crows and the smartphone, according to the dessert and announces the arrival of an e-mail. Well-earned sleep rudely interrupted one realizes that it is irrelevant to any newsletters. With a function that is personally one of my loved ones in the CyanogenMod, belongs to the past, this scenario: the so-called quiet hours. Simply define Settings ⇒ ⇒ tones Quiet hours for a period to which you do not want to be disturbed.

The whole thing is only for notice, calls come through anyway. Whos calling at night, it finally has an important reason - hopefully.

Comfortable brightness

In my opinion, the automatic brightness adjustments of most Android phones is inadequate, self-configurable in the CyanogenMod however a bit too complex and too opaque. No wonder you can still have a fast and convenient way of manual brightness adjustment. Such has the CyanogenMod - clearly inspired by Samsung, which had implemented this function is identical to the software of the Galaxy S1 and S2.

The setting for manually adjusting the brightness can be found under Settings ⇒ ⇒ ⇒ Status Bar brightness control. If this option is enabled and auto brightness off, you can adjust the brightness very easily and quickly: These remain only briefly with a finger on the notification bar, without pulling down. Now wipe the left (darker) or right (lighter).

Apps quit faster

Actually, the multitasking of Android be balanced so well that it re-open apps always provide a sufficient amount of free RAM available. Sometimes it makes sense, but then, an application to quit immediately and quickly. For this purpose, the CyanogenMod has an option for quite some time, with the focus will be finished in exploiting dividend app when you press and hold the Back button. Ended, as in: closed abruptly, not stored and thrown by kick in the pants from the store.
Who would like to use the option, it enables end ⇒ Settings ⇒ Application Developer Tools.

Remove camera sounds

The camera app in the Android standard and CyanogenMod is actually very nice, but has an annoying peculiarity: the shutter sound. The stay in its curdling roars "Klöng" - except when they switched their device completely silent. This can be a tabula rasa-fix method - namely, by deleting the sound files that uses the camera. For this we need a root-enabled file manager like Root Explorer , Ghost Commander or the File Manager by Rhythm software .

With one of these apps in the directory / system / media / audio / ui and navigate the files camera_click.ogg , camera_focus.ogg , VideoRecord.ogg and VideoStop.ogg delete (who is not sure whether he might still files later one needs to rename instead). Voilà - still is the camera.

App shortcuts on the lockscreen

Who wants to have quick access to the most important apps already out of the lockscreen, can these "moving finger" on the lockscreen, the ring-key lock set.




⇒ Settings ⇒ screen lock screen lock applications can be, including the already preset camera app that can be exchanged, to specify three apps. These apps can be run directly on the lockscreen future by pulling the ring on the appropriate icon.

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Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/30s, ISO 800

With year end comes Christmas lightings, and one of the ways to capture the Christmas spirit - literally - is to roam the shopping belt of Orchard Road where the decoration lights glisten.

If you carry a consumer compact camera and want to capture the lights, here are some tips Id like to share.

Switch Off Your Flash
Flash is useful to light up a near object, like a person. It cannot light up the entire street or the sky. So if you attempt to capture the street scene with flash, you will find that your foreground will be lit up unnaturally while the background will look darker. Try by turning off the flash and shoot again with steady hands.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/20s, ISO 250

Adjust Exposure Manually
For many compact cameras, when you turn off the flash and let the camera meter automatically, the image might turn out overexposed, or blur. This is because the camera thinks that the scene is too "dark", which is correct. However, you wanted the dark to be dark. So, if you camera has a function called EV compensation, then you can adjust down the exposure by selecting a negative value of, say -1. Different cameras meter differently, so play around with this to get the optimal exposure.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F3.5, 1/30s, ISO 400

My favourite method is to set the shooting mode to Manual, which means you decide the aperture and shutter values. My usual settings are 1/30s, f/3.5, ISO 400. Anytime when you feel that the exposure is not bright enough, reduce the exposure by 1 step (1/15s -> 1/8s -> 1/4s, etc.).

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/13s, ISO 100

Manual Exposure + Flash
Now that you have achieved the best exposure value for shooting the night lights, you can add the flash to shoot portraits. Heres a tip: adjusting the shutter speed manually DOES NOT affect the exposure of the person lit by the flash. It will however brighten up the background. The catch is not to select too slow a shutter speed or else your background will be blurred.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/20s, ISO 640, Flash

Help with "Dummy" Camera
If your compact camera is unable to do any of the above, all is not lost. Use the SCENE mode to work around. Find a Night Scene mode and use that. The results may not be consistent, but well, if you are serious about capturing better night scenes, then you would have to invest in a better camera. Look for one that lets you adjust exposure manually or shoot in M mode.


Happy Lights-Shooting
Over the years, camera manufacturers have been improving their camers to make them more consumer friendly. Some cameras have over 30 preset SCENE modes to cater for every scenario, but they all boils down to the control of depth of field (aperture) and speed of capture (shutter) to achieve proper exposure. Once you understand how camera works, then you will know how to overcome some shooting challenges and achieve more pleasing images.


P.S. if you have missed the year-end festivities, fret not. You can use the same techniques to capture any night light scenes.

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