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How to find your mobile number?

How to know my mobile number? A question which arises in most of our minds when we have forgotten our mobile number when we are upto a flexi recharge due to low balance.All network providers in India including Airtel,Aircel,Docomo,Idea,Reliance gsm,vodafone .... have options for their customers to view their own mobile number toll free without calling the customer care numbers.You can now know your mobile number by typing the number for your operator given below :

>For Aircel,Docomo and Reliance gsm dial *1# to know your mobile number

> For Airtel dial *140*6575# instead of showing your mobile number directly,you will recieve a call from your number itself

>For Idea dial *789# Idea customers can know their mobile number and date of activation of the sim card

>For Vodafone dial *555#

IPhone "this accessory is not made for your phone" Error

Of the numerous errors that iPhone sprouts up, one of the most common is a pop up message which says that “this accessory is not made for your phone” error. This is a good example of how the iPhone language can be truly confusing. When this iphone error message pops up on your screen that your mobile computer is conveying to you is that the app that you are trying to load into the phone is not compatible with it. In other words, the phone does not recognize the format. The most confusing part is that the message pops up when you are trying to upload an iphone app that is compatible with the iPhone as well. In such cases, you need to check the hardware of your phone. In all probability, your phone must have accumulated dust at the plug-in post point or that the battery leftover is too less, in which case, you need to charge your phone. This is one problem that will not effectively be solved by rebooting.

15 Time-saving Windows shortcuts

Time-saving Windows shortcuts

Time is often of the essence when dealing with PCs, especially when a lot of IT-based work seems to involve watching progress indicators crawl across the screen.

It's vital to recoup what snippets of time you can,

and so a set of useful Windows shortcuts that help you perform common tasks is very welcome.For those tasks you carry out particularly often, consider setting a hotkey so you can launch them directly from the keyboard.

Here are 15 time-saving Windows shortcuts you should try.

1. Safely remove hardware:

A great place to start saving a few seconds is the 'Safely remove hardware' dialog, which helps you disconnect USB devices without data loss. The default method to launch this is via a small icon in the system tray, which can be fiddly and awkward to use, especially if you're in a hurry.

Here's how to make a standard shortcut that does the same job. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose 'New | Shortcut'. In the 'Location' box, type the following: RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll.

Provide a suitable name for the shortcut and then complete the wizard. Double-click the newly created shortcut, then select the specific device that you want to remove.

2. Install USB Ejector:

If you want a bit more control, or you'd like to produce a shortcut that ejects a specific device, you can do so with the help of some additional software.

USB Ejector is free to use, and is available from. Download and install it.

When the software is launched, you can select the device to eject. By calling it from the command line, you can specify the drive letter you want to eject and then convert the command into a shortcut. Connect your USB drive to see what letter Windows assigns to it.

Now create a new shortcut with the following in the 'Location' box: C:\path-to\USB_Disk_Eject.exe / REMOVELETTER X, where 'path-to' is the full location of the program and 'X' is the letter of the USB drive. Complete the shortcut and you'll be able to use it to eject your drive.

3. Launch a screensaver:

If you want to launch a screensaver to obscure your screen, or just for fun, you can do so from the command line. If you convert this command to a shortcut, you can start a screensaver with a double-click.

To find the commands for the available screensavers, browse to the System32 folder, which is usually located at 'C:\Windows\ System32'. Run a search for '*. scr' and make a note of the screensaver file names.

Now return to the desktop and create a new shortcut with the full path to the screensaver of your choice, followed by the '/s' switch. For example, to launch the Mystify screensaver, enter: C:\Windows\System32\Mystify.scr /s.

4. Enable and disable transparency at will:

Some operations work best when Aero transparency is turned off, but doing so manually takes time. You can make shortcuts to disable and re-enable transparency quickly.

To disable it, enter the following into the 'Location' field: rundll32.exe dwmApi #104. To enable it again, create a shortcut with the following in 'Location': rundll32.exe dwmApi #102.

5. Mute hotkey:

Many laptops include a mute key that lets you switch off Windows sounds easily when you're working in a public place. However, if your laptop is missing such a luxury, you can always make your own.

Start by downloading and installing the free utility NirCmd.

Right-click on the desktop and choose 'New | Shortcut'. In the location bar enter "C:\path-to\nircmd.exe" mutesysvolume 2, where 'path-to' is the full location of the 'nircmd.exe' program.

Complete the shortcut and launch it to check that it mutes the sound. Launch it again to restore sound.

Now right-click the shortcut and choose 'Properties'. On the 'Shortcut' tab, set the hotkey you want to use to launch it. You can now mute Windows at will.

6. Copy file list to clipboard:

If you need to produce a list of file names, typing them all out individually or even copying and pasting each name can be a tedious process. With a simple registry hack, you can produce a right-click menu item that copies all the file names in a folder automatically.

To try this, choose 'Start' and enter regedit in the search bar. Press [Enter]. Browse to this key: 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ Folder\shell'.

Create a new key called 'copylist', and a subkey below this called 'command'. In the 'copylist' key, right-click the default value and choose 'Modify'. Enter Copy list to clipboard. Now right-click the default value in command and choose 'Modify'. Enter the following for the value: cmd /c dir "%1" /b /a:-d /o:n | clip.

Close regedit – you can now right-click any folder to see the new menu option.

7. Clear the clipboard:

If you've recently placed a lot of data on the clipboard and no longer need it, or want it cleared for security reasons, this handy shortcut can help. It uses the 'clip.exe' utility, which is present in both Windows 7 and Vista.

To begin, right-click on the desktop and create a new shortcut. Type the following into 'Location': cmd /c "echo off | clip". Call the shortcut 'Clear clipboard'.

Right-click the new shortcut and choose 'Properties'. On the 'Shortcut' tab, set 'Run' to 'Minimised'. To help you remember what this particular shortcut does, you can give it a custom icon. Click 'Change icon' and browse to '%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll'.

There are lots of different system icons available here, so select one that looks like a clipboard.

8. Copy text file contents:

You can also make a registry edit to add a right-click menu option that copies the full contents of a text file to the clipboard without you having to open it.

Click 'Start', enter regedit into the search bar and press enter. Browse to this key: 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\txtfile\shell'. Create a new key here called 'copytoclip' and set its default value to Copy file contents.

Now you need to create a subkey within this key, called 'command'. Modify this subkey's default value to this: cmd /c clip < "%1_. Close regedit and right-click a text file to test the new menu item and copy the text to the clipboard automatically.

9. Create a new folder quickly:

Press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N] in any Windows Explorer window using Windows 7 to create a new folder. To do the same thing in earlier versions of Windows, download and install bxNewFolder.

When you install the program, right-click and run the installer as administrator. This makes the [F12] key create a new folder.

10. Hibernate:

If you leave your PC for more than a minute or so, you can save power by putting it into hibernation. Creating a shortcut that does this job means you can do this more easily, and even assign a hotkey to it.

Right-click the desktop and choose New, Shortcut. Enter the following as the location: C:\ Windows\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, SetSuspendState 0,1,0.

Call the shortcut 'Hibernate'. Right-click the new shortcut and choose 'Properties'. On the 'Shortcut' tab, you can then assign a hotkey and browse for a suitable icon.

11. Eject CD/DVD:

If you install the freeware NirCmd utility, you can create a shortcut that opens your CD/DVD drive tray. Set the following as the location of the shortcut: "C:\ path-to\nircmd.exe" cdrom open D:.

Replace 'path-to' with the location of the 'nircmd.exe' file. To make a shortcut to close the CD tray, use the same location but change 'open' to 'close'.

12. Switch power plans quickly:

You can create a shortcut to switch to any Windows power plan if you find its GUID. The shortcut location is: powercfg -setactive <GUID>. Replace '<GUID>' with the string of characters that Windows applies to that scheme.

You can find this out by opening a command prompt and entering powercfg -list. Right-click the background of the command window and choose 'Mark'. Select the GUID that you want to use and copy it to the clipboard.

13. Shutdown shortcut:

Instead of going to the 'Start' menu to shut down your PC, why not create a shortcut that does the job in one operation? Set this as the location: Shutdown.exe -s -t 00.

14. Restart shortcut:

You can do exactly the same thing to produce a shortcut that restarts your PC. Just change the shortcut location to: Shutdown.exe -r -t 00.

15. Lock workstation:

Finally, if you want to lock your PC, there's a 'lock workstation' shortcut. Enter the following as the location to create it: Rundll32.exe User32. dll,LockWorkStation.

Try This: Seriously Amazing # 2

For those of you using Windows, do the following:

Open an empty notepad file

Type "Bush hid the facts" (without the quotes/ do not copy paste from here)

Save it as whatever you want.

Close it, and re-open it.

Noticed the weird bug?

No one can explain!

10 Ways to speedup your PC

1. Disable Indexing Services
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don't search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:

1. Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Double-click Add/Remove Programs
5. Click the Add/Remove Window Components
6. Uncheck the Indexing services
7.Click Next

2. Optimise Display Settings
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:
1. Go to Start
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click System
5. Click Advanced tab
6. In the Performance tab click Settings
7. Leave only the following ticked:

. Show shadows under menus
. Show shadows under mouse pointer
. Show translucent selection rectangle
. Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
. Use visual styles on windows and buttons

3. Speedup Folder Browsing
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computer

4. Disable Performance Counters
Windows XP has a performance monitor utility which monitors several areas of your PC's performance. These utilities take up system resources so disabling is a good idea.
To disable:

download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List
Then select each counter in turn in the 'Extensible performance counters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled' checkbox at the bottom.

5. Improve Memory Usage
Cacheman Improves the performance of your computer by optimizing the disk cache, memory and a number of other settings.
Once Installed:

Go to Show Wizard and select All
Run all the wizards by selecting Next or Finished until you are back to the main menu. Use the defaults unless you know exactly what you are doing
Exit and Save Cacheman
Restart Windows

6. Optimise your internet connection
There are lots of ways to do this but by far the easiest is to run TCP/IP Optimizer.

Download and install
Click the General Settings tab and select your Connection Speed (Kbps)
Click Network Adapter and choose the interface you use to connect to the Internet
Check Optimal Settings then Apply
Reboot

7. Optimise Your Pagefile
If you give your pagefile a fixed size it saves the operating system from needing to resize the page file.

Right click on My Computer and select Properties
Select the Advanced tab
Under Performance choose the Settings button
Select the Advanced tab again and under Virtual Memory select Change
Highlight the drive containing your page file and make the initial Size of the file the same as the Maximum Size of the file.

Windows XP sizes the page file to about 1.5X the amount of actual physical memory by default. While this is good for systems with smaller amounts of memory (under 512MB) it is unlikely that a typical XP desktop system will ever need 1.5 X 512MB or more of virtual memory. If you have less than 512MB of memory, leave the page file at its default size. If you have 512MB or more, change the ratio to 1:1 page file size to physical memory size.

8. Run BootVis - Improve Boot Times
BootVis will significantly improve boot times

Download and Run
Select Trace
Select Next Boot and Driver Trace
A Trace Repetitions screen will appear, select Ok and Reboot
Upon reboot, BootVis will automatically start, analyze and log your system's boot process. When it's done, in the menu go to Trace and select Optimize System Reboot.
When your machine has rebooted wait until you see the Optimizing System box appear. Be patient and wait for the process to complete

9. Remove the Desktop Picture
Your desktop background consumes a fair amount of memory and can slow the loading time of your system. Removing it will improve performance.

Right click on Desktop and select Properties
Select the Desktop tab
In the Background window select None and click OK

10. Remove Fonts for Speed
Fonts, especially TrueType fonts, use quite a bit of system resources. For optimal performance, trim your fonts down
to just those that you need to use on a daily basis and fonts that applications may require.

Open Control Panel
Open Fonts folder
Move fonts you don't need to a temporary directory ( e.g. C:\FONTBKUP?) just in case you need or want to bring a few of them back. The more fonts you uninstall, the more system resources you will gain.

Customize XP Tips n Tricks

Some tips to Customize Windows XP
Customize XP Tips | Tricks

1) Remove windows messenger from WinXP one forever
Go to Run box and type next:
runDll32 advpack.dll, LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\ msmsgs.inf, BLC.Remove

2) Disable XP Error Reporting
Right click on MyComputer choose Properties
In System Properties click on Advenced
In Advenced click on Error Reporting
Check "Disable error reporting"
Leave unchecked field "But notify me when critical errors occur"

3) Hide 'User Accounts' from users
Go to Start/Run, and type: GPEDIT.MSC
Open the path
User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel
doubleclick "Hide specified Control Panel applets"
put a dot in 'enabled', then click 'Show"
click Add button,
type "nusrmgt.cpl" into the add box

4) Create Your Own Logon Message

Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
In the Registry Editor, drill down to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
Right-click LegalNoticeCaption, click Modify, type My Windows XP Machine, and then click OK.
Right-click LegalNoticeText, click Modify, and then type your message.
Close the editor and your new message will appear at every log on.
This tip applies to computers that are part of a domain. For stand-alone or peer-to-peer networks, the custom screen appears just before the Welcome screen.

5) Disable balloon tips

Run regedit and Navigate to Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentV ersion \Explorer\Advanced
then set the value of 'EnableBalloonTips' to 0.

6) Create your own popup menu in the taskbar

You can create your own popup window other than START MENU in the taskbar.
Put all the shortcuts to the applications that you want to popup in a folder.
Then you right click on taskbar ->toolbars ->new toolbar -> and select the folder

7) Reset Your Password On XP

1. Restart you computer

2. When booting, press F8 and select "Safe Mode"

3. After getting to the user menu. Click on a user and this time it will not ask you for a password

4. Go to Start>Run and type "CMD" (without the quotes).

5. At command prompt type in "cd C:WindowsSystem32" (without the quotes), I am assuming C is your System/Windows Drive

6.For safety purposes first make a backup of your Logon.Scr file.. You can do this by typing in "Copy to Logon.scr to Logon.bak" (without the quotes)

7.Then type "copy CMD.EXE Logon.scr"(without the quotes)

8.Then type this command, I will assume that you want to set Administrator' s password to "MyNewPass" (without the quotes)

9.Now, type this in (I am assuming that you are still in the directory C:WindowsSystem32) , "net user administrator MyNewPass" without the quotes

10. You will get a message saying that it was successful, this means Administrator' s new password is "MyNewPass" (without the quotes)

11. Restart the PC and you will login as Administrator (or whatever you chose to reset) with your chosen password

Create your own Internet Explorer Toolbar

First, create your HTML file and place it in whatever folder is easiest for you to remember. ( I have a folder on my D drive called Desktop Toolbars. )

Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Internet Explorer\AboutURLs

Create a new String Value with an easy to remember name.
Ex: TopToolbar ,BottomToolbar ,GoogleSearchPage

In the data for the new string value you've created, put the COMPLETE address for the HTML page you want to display in a toolbar.

Like this: D:\Desktop_Toolbars \TopBar.html

To show your new toolbar, right-click on your taskbar and choose "Toolbars" > New Toolbar.

In the box labeled Folder:, type about: with the name of the string value you created that represents the HTML file you want to see in your toolbar.
Like this:
about:TopBar
will display your D:\Desktop_Toolbars \TopBar.html in your taskbar.
about:BottomBar
about:GoogleSearchP age

Speed Up Windows XP and Improve performance

1) Shutting down WinXP faster

When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services currently running. Every once in a while the service does not shut down instantly and windows give it a change to shut down on its own before it kills it. This amount of time that windows wait is stored in the system registry. If you modify this setting, then windows will kill the service earlier. To modify the setting, follow the directions below:

Click on Start, and then goto run, type REGEDIT

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ SYSTEM/CurrentCo ntrolSet/ Control.
Click on the "Control" Folder.
Select "WaitToKillServiceT imeout"
Right click on it and select Modify. Set it a value lower than 4000

2) You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password.

Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2' , which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

3) Windows XP SP2 Tweaks

Disable the SP antivirus and firewall functions

[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\ Security Center]
"AntiVirusDisableNo tify"=dword :00000001
"FirewallDisableNot ify"=dword: 00000001
; don't monitor firewall and antivirus
"AntiVirusOverride" =dword:00000001
"FirewallOverride" =dword:00000001

Turn off Auto Updates

[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\ WindowsUpdate\ Auto Update]
"AUOptions"= dword:00000001
;disable Auto Update
[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Microsoft\Security Center]
"UpdatesDisableNoti fy"=dword: 00000001

Turn off the SP2 firewall

[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Policies\ Microsoft\ WindowsFire wall\DomainProfile]
"EnableFirewall" =dword:00000000

turn off firewall policy for domain profile
[HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE \Policies\ Microsoft\ WindowsFire wall\StandardProfil e]
"EnableFirewall" =dword:00000000

4) Disable unnecessary Services

Caution:
Exercise caution when stopping services. If you do not know what a service does or are unsure of the ramifications of stopping the service, leave it alone. Some services are critical to Windows XP's operations, so make sure you understand what the service is before you disable it.
Open Control Panel/Administrativ e ToolsServices or else select Start/Run, type services.msc, and click OK. Either way, you see the Services console.
Notice that on the General tab, you see a Startup Type drop-down menu. If you want to change an automatic service to manual, select Manual here and click OK. As a general rule, don't disable a service unless you are sure you will never use it. However, manual configuration allows the service to be started when you find it necessary, thus speeding up your boot time. However, before you change a service to manual, look at the Dependencies tab. This tab shows you which other services depend upon the service you are considering changing.

Tip:

The Indexing service and the System Restore service take up a lot of disk space and system resources across the board. You can live without the Indexing service but I suggest that you keep using System Restore. It works great when you are in a bind and this is one case where the loss of speed may not be worth the ramifications of not using System Restore.

While disabling services, check and make sure that IIS (internet information server) is not installed and running if you do not want to run a web server, ftp, or mail server. If you find it, you can uninstall from the control panel. If you only want to run one of the 3 services it provides, disable the other 2 (the 3 should be HTTP server, FTP server, & SMTP server).

TEXT Slang for Baby Boomers

NSR = Need some roughage

T4W = Time for whiskey

TXT L8R = Can’t find reading glasses

WWIS = What was I saying?

IV-NV = My kid’s going to big-name college, neighbors jealous

JDTV? = Which channel has a Judi Dench movie tonight?

3dickPM = Read three detective novels this afternoon

M = Margaritaville

X2EZ = Crossword puzzle too easy

WILMA! = Lost my keys

WSWS = Wearing socks with sandals

RxV-->BW = Got Viagra prescription, just need Barry White cassettes

GOTMG = Going out to mulch garden

VROOM! = Got tires rotated

RB<DM = Russell Brand is no Dudley Moore

80/20 = Spouse doing more and more of the talking

NPR = Sleep aid; no prescription required

ARF :-) = Dogs don’t talk

]CVG[ = Stuck in Conversational Vise-Grip

DdoTH = Don’t do the Hustle, ever

VCR Rut = Watching “Caddyshack” tonight

M = Mojitoville

Ahhh = Memorable smoke smell wafting from my kids’ rooms

Brrr = Wearing socks to bed

TN2WMP = Trying not to wet my pants

PNP = Peeing in pants

[------] = Another funeral, can’t play poker/bridge/Scrabble

Top 10 green apps for Android users

Green technology is one of the most adopted technologies these days in almost all fields of technology and science. Green is the word everywhere and people love this green technology to the core. These days even the apps for mobiles are made keeping green environment in mind.

These green apps are gaining massive popularity among all ages of people and especially among youth and students. These apps available on Android Market have become a source of imparting the message of saving our environment. Most of these apps are available free of cost. These apps makes your phone go green, saves your battery life, helps in calculating carbon footprint and much more.

Here is a list of 10 green apps for Android users that are creating a buzz around.

1. 3rd Whale Mobile App

This Android mobile app is a really cool one that lets you find the locations around you that offer green products. It also provides the location for fair trade shops, yoga centers, ecofriendly meetings, vegetarian restaurants, and much more. All you have to do is tap the search button in the app and you are into a greener world.

2. Eco Buzz Widget APP

The Eco Buzz Widget makes everything go green in your Android phone. It is specially made to deliver the information on climate change, best places to buy organic threads, Ecofriendly car and much more. It helps you find out locations and objects that has least impact on environment. Overall it is one of the best green apps for all green technology lovers.

3. Print Green App

The Print green app emphasizes on the sustainability in the printing and graphic arts industry. This green app lets you print green on any kind of object in your mobile. This Android app is an initiative from Chevalier International Printers which are known for their first Carbon neutral printer in Europe.

4. IAmGreen App

This green app is made to deliver the message of saving our environment by recycling cell phones. The concept says that every year millions of cell phones are used and are thrown into garbage. This garbage cell phone covers a plenty of area and also pollutes the green environment. So this app is made to create awareness among people regarding the recycling of these unused cell phones.

5. Green Mileage App

This cool green mileage app is specially developed keeping in mind the vehicle’s mileage questions. This app lets you track your vehicle’s mileage when you are on the move and gives exact detailed information about the mileage of your vehicle. It records each time you fill-up you tank and also determines the vehicle’s MPG.

6. Green Driving Gauge App

Next up is the Green Mileage App which is again something related to your vehicle’s mileage. This green app determines your driving and provides solution and feedback to help improve the efficiency of car and make you a fuel efficient driver. It also keeps a check on your acceleration and breaking intervals.

7. GreenYou App

This cool green app developed for the Android market is capable of calculating the quantity of carbon footprint on the planet by providing the information related to transportation, housing needs, and solutions, food locations, goods and services provided for green environment and ways of saving the environment. When you are done with the calculation part, make your own Green plan by selecting various key options and see how much impact is made by you on the environment.

8. Green Sushi Selector App

Next up is the Green Sushi Selector app that allows you to find your favorite sushi available in market. This green app provides you the every key information regarding sushi and also lets you know which species is harmful to human beings as these days some sushi come from threatened fish species. This perfect green app will make your work of ordering a safe and green sushi very simple. So next time when you go out looking for a decent and non-harmful sushi, do make use of this app.

9. iGreenCircle App

This iGreenCircle app allows you to interact with people who love this green technology and have faith in improving our green nature and saving our planet. It acts as a social media where people can interact anytime from any place of the world. Using this app will help you in transferring and gaining knowledge from different people across the world.

10. Recycle Guide App

Next on the list is the Recycle Guide app that is developed to provide a complete guide for using various recycled products effectively. This app helps the environment by providing new effective recycling ideas. Now you can use this app to discover things that are available around you which can be easily recycled into useful products. Moreover, it is available free in market.

Apple iPhone Voicemail Problem

One of the biggest drawbacks of apple iphone is the voicemail problem, the problem is that even if you have the voicemail feature activated iphone does not divert the call it just keeps on ringing and ringing. This common problem is even more evident if you have an unlocked phone. Another voice mail problem is that like most of voicemails it follows a linear pattern that is if you have say 20 voicemails and you want to listen to the 18th one you have to sift through each one after the another, though apple has tried to fix this problem by incorporating visual voicemail wherein the user can choose which message to hear but the solution is still network specific and not all apple iphone users are able to enjoy the service making the apple iphone voicemail problem still the same.

If you are plagued by apple iphone voicemail problem involving the ringing and ringing and not diverting to voicemail here’s a quick fix to changing the timeout period and getting rid of this problem.

From the dial pad key In *#61#
Then call
Remember your voicemail number
Key in *61*1VOICEMAILNUMBER*11*30# that means if voicemail number is 24908761223 then you have to dial *61*124908761223*11*30# where the last digits 30 stands for the time duration with 30 being the maximum and 20 being default.
Press call to send the service command
After you are done with this you will see the following
Setting Activation Succeeded > Voice Call Forwarding >When Unanswered

With these steps you have successfully overcome apple iphone voicemail problem, congrats

Turn your iPhone into an Instant Library

Apple has launched its own electronic book app with iBooks (free), and Amazon’s Kindle app (free) is also popular, thanks to its huge selection. But Classics (£1.79/ $2.99) offers something neither of these apps do: a ready-toread library of high-quality literature without you needing to browse through bookstores or spend time downloading.

Offering over 20 of the greatest works ever written, from Homer to Kafka, Classics is polished throughout, with a bookmark that keeps your place when you switch between different books.

You can’t add your own books to it, but the developers are committed to adding more. If you’re looking for a more extensible reader, Stanza (free). can read many text formats, so you could fill up your iPhone

with copyright-free classic texts.

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Know your iPhone: Face time

Remember when everyone thought that video chat would be the future – then it arrived and nobody used it? Apple hopes to change that with FaceTime, the iPhone 4’s video-calling function, which uses a frontfacing camera to facilitate 30fps video conversations.

You activate FaceTime via your Contacts; for it to work, the person you’re calling must have both Wi-Fi and an iPhone 4 (or new iPod touch) of their own. You can’t yet make video calls to other devices – not even iChat users on Macs. Quality is far better than existing 3G mobile video calls, displayed at a decent resolution. The option to switch to the rear cam to show your chat buddy what you’re looking at is a nice touch, and there’s no noticeable lag if you’re both on a decent broadband internet connection.

FaceTime’s a nice idea, but it needs to work over 3G and with other devices if it’s ever to take off.

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Top 21 desktop shortcut keys To Ever Use

These days are very interested to use shortcut keys & some newbies asked me to list it, but now I’m back to college, so i listed out the top 21 & we will blog the whole shortcut keys list later. Now let us see the top 21 desktop shortcut keys

Windows key + E = Explorer
Windows key + Break = System properties
Windows key + F = Search
Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
Windows key + R = Run command pop-ups
ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
CTRL + C = Copy
CTRL + X = Cut
CTRL + V = Paste
CTRL + Z = Undo an action
CTRL + Y = Redo an action
CTRL + A =Select all items in a document or window
F1 = Display Help
F2 = Rename the selected item
F3 = Search for a file or folder
F4 = Display the Address bar list in Windows Explorer
F5 = Refresh the active window
F6 = Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 = Activate the menu bar in the active program

These commands are very useful to day to day life, keep using and then you’ll automatically remember when you want

Know Your iPhone: Your Photos App Settings

There are four basic settings for the Photos app. The first setting lets you set the duration for each photo during your slide shows. The default is 3 seconds, but you can set it from 2 to 20 seconds. The next setting lets you choose your default slide transition. You can choose between Cube, Dissolve (the default), Ripple, Wipe Across, and Wipe Down. The third setting is Repeat. By default, this is off, which means that your slide show will stop after the last slide. You can turn on Repeat so that it loops the slide show. The last setting is Shuffle, which is off by default. With Shuffle on, your slide shows will play in a random order

Know Your iPhone: iTunes Store Settings

If you tap on Settings on the Home screen, then tap on Store, you can view your iTunes Store account. This will show you your current balance (if you have store credit), payment info, current billing address, allow you to turn on Genius for apps, and allow you to control your subscription to iTunes newsletters and special offers.

Technology changes never end - Designer Jinsun Park Invented a new Pen

Designer Jinsun Park from Korea has come out with a simple tool called Color Picker. Place the pen against an ob-ject and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.

Easy Ways for online marketing using Twitter

Twitter presents an incredible opportunity to build relationships with the leaders in your industry, and with your target market. It’s a social medium for exposure and connections, and a great way to know and be known. Keeping those connections active and mutually beneficial is the key.

Consider the ways that you can create “followbility” with your Twitter account.

Just like any marketing strategy, you have to ask yourself what it is that your target market wants or needs from you – and deliver exactly that. The only difference between Twitter and any other medium… is that you do that in 140 characters or less.

If you blog, you need great content to build a loyal readership that keeps coming back for more. If you own a mailing list, your emails have to contain some value to keep your subscribers opening them. The same holds true with Twitter. Constant self-promotional blasts will leave you with zero following.

Your reach is your most valuable asset. This is the number of people that you can reach online at any given time, that are specifically interested in what you have to offer. This may include your blog readers, newsletter subscribers, website visitors, your networks at Facebook and MySpace, and now… your followers on Twitter.com.

Twitter users are particularly sensitive to spam in their space. Blasting out self-promotional tweets consistently is a sure-fire way to get unfollowed - and fast. That doesn't mean that you cant include links and make announcements. It simply means that you have to be both creative and tasteful about it.

Done right, ‘tweeting’ is one of the easiest and best ways to gain exposure and drive live traffic to your blog or website. Not just visitor count mind you, but real people with specific interests who are genuinely interested in what you have to say on a particular topic.

If I had to wrap it up in a bite-size nugget, my advice would be:

Keep it real, make it fresh, interact and show some personality! Your tweets should contain a good mix of current news, opinions, conversations and announcements. Reference links are welcomed, so use them liberally but with good taste.

Of course it helps if there are people out there ‘listening’ when you post your tweets. Just like any other web property, you have to stake your claim and then build your following.

Not sure where to start? Here are five super-easy ways to get the ball rolling…

1. Create a reason to be followed

Set up your account and start tweeting. Contribute something original, useful, funny or interesting to your ideal ‘follower’. Most people will scan your profile before choosing to follow you, so make sure there’s something there to interest them at first glance.

2. Search for people you already know

Use the search box at the top of your Twitter screen to search for people you already know. If you find them on Twitter, follow them! Look for authorities/leaders in your niche, blog authors you enjoy, people you connect with on other websites, etc. Twitter is a very social site and people you follow will often follow you too.

3. Put the word out!

Invite people to follow you on Twitter. Blog about it. Mention it in your newsletter. Put out a MySpace bulletin. Add a Twitter widget to your Facebook profile. Let people know about this cool new way to stay in touch with you!

4. Get involved in the current discussions

Reply to tweets you find interesting. If they reply to your response and a dialogue gets started, your twitter link will end up on their profile page. A person with a strong following, or even a smaller but targeted following, could end up sending you several new loyal followers.

5. Be consistent and let it grow naturally

Do the first four steps consistently, and you’ll find that your Twitter following grows daily. Post a good mix of resources, humor & personality, news and updates throughout the week or even throughout the day.

Bonus Tip: Use your real name on your Twitter account – or the name people will most likely know you by online, such as a common username. This will help people find you easily when searching for you on Twitter or Google.

How to make Google love your website

Make no mistake; the Google means business!

If the Googlebot doesn't like what it finds when it visits your site then you're in serious trouble! Your website will
be on page 273 of Google Search and you will be losing customers and money; there's no doubt about it!

To keep your website ahead of the competition, check out the below 10 pieces of very important information to keep the noble Googlebot happy.

The Googlebot is a very sophisticated computer program. It is a search engine spider that scours the Internet and inspects web sites in order to have them ranked according to Google’s standards. It’s “job” is to look at your web page, make a few notes and then report back to Google, who in turn give your page a ranking.

In this article I’m going to tell you a little about how to attract the Googlebot to your website and how to make sure it’s happy with what it finds. Think of it like this: The Googlebot needs love too.

1) Read Google's Webmaster Guidelines: Most of Google’s algorithms (search rules) are really secret; we can only guess what they are.Their guidelines are very simple and precise, however. Following their guidelines can’t “hurt” your site's ranking and Googlebot will “enjoy” its time with your website. Disregarding their guidelines can and probably will hurt you and your website in the long run.

2) Make the links in your site text links: Google says: "Make a site with a clear hierarchy (structure) and text links. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link."

The native language of the Googlebot is text; this is not to say that you cannot make your site really pretty and fill it with lashings of Java Script and Flash but you MUST have regular text and standard text links. Usually you can achieve the desired effect by having extra navigation menus based on standard text links.

3) Give every page a a complete and meaningful title: This is also directly from Google's Webmaster Guidelines. Have a look at Rule #1.

The "title" tag is supported by every web creation tool out there, and goes in the header of a web page. Make sure your title is not just a list of keywords and that it is related to the actual content of the page. Google can and will check that, before deciding on your page's 'relevance' and fate...

4) DO NOT place important text inside images: Google says: "Try to use text instead of images to display important names, content, or links. The Googlebot doesn't recognize text contained in images."

It is very tempting to create images with text inside them, for the very simple reason that you are not limited to the very few font options that basic HTML allows. Also, different browsers tend to display things differently nowadays, so it is much easier to create a text image, which will be shown consistently and not worry about styles, operating systems, etc. Unfortunately, the Googlebot doesn’t like this one bit...

5) Use descriptive "ALT" tags: The "ALT" tag is used as a text alternative for images and image links and was designed so that text browsers do not just display a generic 'Image' for every picture link you might have. If all your links say 'Image', how would a potential visitor know what they are?

Make sure that the text description is meaningful and accurate. If the "ALT" tag only says "display", that is what Googlebot will see and index. If the tag says something like "example of a tradeshow display design", that is certainly more useful to the information-hungry Googlebot.

6) Use meaningful descriptions for links: Whether you use picture links or text links, please use meaningful text inside your tags so that Googlebot can associate that text with that link.

In other words, if you intend to put a link to a set of sample coffee mugs promos, say something like "link to samples of Y.O.U.R. branded coffee mugs", not just "coffee mugs", or even worse, "click here for pictures". Never use link text like "read more" or "go here" or "download it", "click here", "don't click here". Googlebot will not understand what you mean...

7) Use a "description" tag for every page: Include a <meta name="description" content="[insert your site's description here]"> tag in your page header to summarize your site. Use a meaningful one or two sentence description and certainly do not keyword spam.

Even better, include descriptive text on the site's front page where users can actually read it. It is this text will appear as the description for your site in Google results.

You should place more important content higher in the page than less important content in a page. The Googlebot does categorize text on a page based on it's position, text at the bottom of a page is considered less relevant.

8) Use robots.txt: Google says: "Make use of the robots.txt file on your web server. This file tells crawlers which directories can or cannot be crawled."

This almost ancient and very standard mechanism for directing well-behaved robots like the Googlebot will allow you to specify places where the robot is not welcome, for whatever the reason. You might want to keep the robot away from your cgi-bin directory and other places you maybe don't want available to the entire Googling population of the world. Remember this is a guideline, not a barrier; robots that are not programmed to comply will ignore it. So, use the robots.txt to guide the noble Googlebot but not for any real security enhancing reason.

9) Make a sitemap: Google says: "Offer a site map to your users with links that point to the important parts of your site. If the site map is larger than 100 or so links, you may want to break the site map into separate pages."

A site map is just a page on your website where you guide your users through the structure of your site. The most basic form of sitemap is a page that lists all of your pages, with a brief description and a link - ALL TEXT, of course; the Googlebot cannot read siemaps that are not in plain text. When you make the sitemap, follow all the rules above and don't forget that the purpose of the sitemap is to guide your human visitor.

10) Google Webmaster Tools: You should also check out Google Webmaster Tools, a great way to find out why Google is or is not listing your website in its search results.

A-Z list of Commands used in Command Prompt

ADDUSERS ==> Add or list users to/from a CSV file
ARP ==> Address Resolution Protocol
ASSOC ==> Change file extension associations
ASSOCIAT ==> One step file association
AT ==> Schedule a command to run at a later time
ATTRIB ==> Change file attributes

BOOTCFG ==> Edit Windows boot settings
BROWSTAT ==> Get domain, browser and PDC info

CACLS ==> Change file permissions
CALL ==> Call one batch program from another
CD ==> Change Directory - move to a specific Folder
CHANGE ==> Change Terminal Server Session properties
CHKDSK ==> Check Disk - check and repair disk problems
CHKNTFS ==> Check the NTFS file system
CHOICE ==> Accept keyboard input to a batch file
CIPHER ==> Encrypt or Decrypt files/folders
CleanMgr ==> Automated cleanup of Temp files, recycle bin
CLEARMEM ==> Clear memory leaks
CLIP ==> Copy STDIN to the Windows clipboard.
CLS ==> Clear the screen
CLUSTER ==> Windows Clustering
CMD ==> Start a new CMD shell
COLOR ==> Change colors of the CMD window
COMP ==> Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
COMPACT ==> Compress files or folders on an NTFS partition
COMPRESS ==> Compress individual files on an NTFS partition
CON2PRT ==> Connect or disconnect a Printer
CONVERT ==> Convert a FAT drive to NTFS.
COPY ==> Copy one or more files to another location
CSVDE ==> Import or Export Active Directory data

DATE ==> Display or set the date
Dcomcnfg ==> DCOM Configuration Utility
DEFRAG ==> Defragment hard drive
DEL ==> Delete one or more files
DELPROF ==> Delete NT user profiles
DELTREE ==> Delete a folder and all subfolders
DevCon ==> Device Manager Command Line Utility
DIR ==> Display a list of files and folders
DIRUSE ==> Display disk usage
DISKCOMP ==> Compare the contents of two floppy disks
DISKCOPY ==> Copy the contents of one floppy disk to another
DNSSTAT ==> DNS Statistics
DOSKEY ==> Edit command line, recall commands, and create macros
DSADD ==> Add user (computer, group..) to active directoryDSQUERY List items in active
DSMOD ==> Modify user (computer, group..) in active directory

ECHO ==> Display message on screen
ENDLOCAL ==> End localisation of environment changes in a batch file
ERASE ==> Delete one or more files
EXIT ==> Quit the CMD shell
EXPAND ==> Uncompress files
EXTRACT ==> Uncompress CAB files

FC ==> Compare two files
FDISK ==> Disk Format and partition
FIND ==> Search for a text string in a file
FINDSTR ==> Search for strings in files
FOR ==> Conditionally perform a command several times
FORFILES ==> Batch process multiple files
FORMAT ==> Format a disk
FREEDISK ==> Check free disk space (in bytes)
FSUTIL ==> File and Volume utilities
FTP ==> File Transfer Protocol
FTYPE ==> Display or modify file types used in file extension associations

GLOBAL ==> Display membership of global groups
GOTO ==> Direct a batch program to jump to a labelled line

HELP ==> Online Help
HFNETCHK ==> Network Security Hotfix Checker

IF ==> Conditionally perform a command
IFMEMBER ==> Is the current user in an NT Workgroup
IPCONFIG ==> Configure IP

KILL ==> Remove a program from memory

LABEL ==> Edit a disk label
LOCAL ==> Display membership of local groups
LOGEVENT ==> Write text to the NT event viewer.
LOGOFF ==> Log a user off
LOGTIME ==> Log the date and time in a file

MAPISEND ==> Send email from the command line
MEM ==> Display memory usage
MD ==> Create new folders
MODE ==> Configure a system device
MORE ==> Display output, one screen at a time
MOUNTVOL ==> Manage a volume mount point
MOVE ==> Move files from one folder to another
MOVEUSER ==> Move a user from one domain to another
MSG ==> Send a message
MSIEXEC ==> Microsoft Windows Installer
MSINFO ==> Windows NT diagnostics
MSTSC ==> Terminal Server Connection (Remote Desktop Protocol)
MUNGE ==> Find and Replace text within file(s)
MV ==> Copy in-use files

NET ==> Manage network resources
NETDOM ==> Domain Manager
NETSH ==> Configure network protocols
NETSVC ==> Command-line Service Controller
NBTSTAT ==> Display networking statistics (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)
NETSTAT ==> Display networking statistics (TCP/IP)
NOW ==> Display the current Date and Time
NSLOOKUP ==> Name server lookup
NTBACKUP ==> Backup folders to tape
NTRIGHTS ==> Edit user account rights

PATH ==> Display or set a search path for executable files
PATHPING ==> Trace route plus network latency and packet loss
PAUSE ==> Suspend processing of a batch file and display a message
PERMS ==> Show permissions for a user
PERFMON ==> Performance Monitor
PING ==> Test a network connection
POPD ==> Restore the previous value of the current directory saved by PUSHD
PORTQRY ==> Display the status of ports and services
PRINT ==> Print a text file
PRNCNFG ==> Display, configure or rename a printer
PRNMNGR ==> Add, delete, list printers set the default printer
PROMPT ==> Change the command prompt
PsExec ==> Execute process remotely
PsFile ==> Show files opened remotely
PsGetSid ==> Display the SID of a computer or a user
PsInfo ==> List information about a system
PsKill ==> Kill processes by name or process ID
PsList ==> List detailed information about processes
PsLoggedOn ==> Who's logged on (locally or via resource sharing)
PsLogList ==> Event log records
PsPasswd ==> Change account password
PsService ==> View and control services
PsShutdown ==> Shutdown or reboot a computer
PsSuspend ==> Suspend processes
PUSHD ==> Save and then change the current directory

QGREP ==> Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern.

RASDIAL ==> Manage RAS connections
RASPHONE ==> Manage RAS connections
RECOVER ==> Recover a damaged file from a defective disk.
REG ==> Read, Set or Delete registry keys and values
REGEDIT ==> Import or export registry settings
REGSVR32 ==> Register or unregister a DLL
REGINI ==> Change Registry Permissions
REM ==> Record comments (remarks) in a batch file
REN ==> Rename a file or files.
REPLACE ==> Replace or update one file with another
RD ==> Delete folder(s)
RDISK ==> Create a Recovery Disk
RMTSHARE ==> Share a folder or a printer
ROBOCOPY ==> Robust File and Folder Copy
ROUTE ==> Manipulate network routing tables
RUNAS ==> Execute a program under a different user account
RUNDLL32 ==> Run a DLL command (add/remove print connections)

SC ==> Service Control
SCHTASKS ==> Create or Edit Scheduled Tasks
SCLIST ==> Display NT Services
ScriptIt ==> Control GUI applications
SET ==> Display, set, or remove environment variables
SETLOCAL ==> Begin localisation of environment changes in a batch file
SETX ==> Set environment variables permanently
SHARE ==> List or edit a file share or print share
SHIFT ==> Shift the position of replaceable parameters in a batch file
SHORTCUT ==> Create a windows shortcut (.LNK file)
SHOWGRPS ==> List the NT Workgroups a user has joined
SHOWMBRS ==> List the Users who are members of a Workgroup
SHUTDOWN ==> Shutdown the computer
SLEEP ==> Wait for x seconds
SOON ==> Schedule a command to run in the near future
SORT ==> Sort input
START ==> Start a separate window to run a specified program or command
SU ==> Switch User
SUBINACL ==> Edit file and folder Permissions, Ownership and Domain
SUBST ==> Associate a path with a drive letter
SYSTEMINFO ==> List system configuration

TASKLIST ==> List running applications and services
TIME ==> Display or set the system time
TIMEOUT ==> Delay processing of a batch file
TITLE ==> Set the window title for a CMD.EXE session
TOUCH ==> Change file timestamps
TRACERT ==> Trace route to a remote host
TREE ==> Graphical display of folder structure
TYPE ==> Display the contents of a text file

USRSTAT ==> List domain usernames and last login

VER ==> Display version information
VERIFY ==> Verify that files have been saved
VOL ==> Display a disk label

WHERE ==> Locate and display files in a directory tree
WHOAMI ==> Output the current UserName and domain
WINDIFF ==> Compare the contents of two files or sets of files
WINMSD ==> Windows system diagnostics
WINMSDP ==> Windows system diagnostics IIWMIC WMI Commands

XCACLS ==> Change file permissions
XCOPY ==> Copy files and folders

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