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Open up a
copy of google talk on all computers with which you wish to conference.  After
one copy is opened make a new shortcut for google talk but at the end of it add
/nomutex.  If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should
read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex.

 

 

 
Open 2 instances of the software on every user’s computer.  After this start a
chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2.  User 2 will connect on
his second instance to user 3.  User 3 will connect using his second instance
back to user 1.  With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.

 

Possible
problems:  Google will try to connect you with others on the same instance.  To
fix this just open a new instance. It seems that google will try to take calls
on the newest IM client.

 

Note: You
can also make a conference call with more people, just have need to have one
less instance than the amount of people that exist.

 

 

courtesy : lpahome 

Under Windows 98, Me, or 2000 there was an option in the shutdown
dialog box to enter the computer into hibernation (where all the
content of the RAM is copied to the hard disk). The shutdown dialog box
of Windows XP doesn’t offer any longer the hibernation button. Some
users may get confused about how to enable the hibernation mode. If
this mode is supported by your motherboard (ACPI) you have to do the
following:

1.Click Start and Shut Down,
2.Point the standby button and maintain the shift key pushed,
3.A new hibernation button appears: click it while still holding the shift key: voila your PC will hibernate.

You
can restart a Windows XP Pro and Home machine easily by creating a
shortcut with following path. (Assume you installed Windows XP on your
C: Partition) "c:windowssystem32shutdown.exe -r -f -t 00"
-r is for restarting the computer. -f is to force close all programs
without saving. -t 00 is used to restart in zero seconds. i.e. as soon
as you D.Click on the shortcut.

You can log off from a Windows XP
Professional or Home edition by running "C:windowssystem32shutdown.exe -l -f -t 00". Also you can shutdown a Windows XP Home or Professional edition by running "c:windowssystem32shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00".
You always have to turn from the CPU after running this command. (Same
with AT and ATX powered machines.)

If you want to turn down power of
ATX machine automatically, run "c:windowssystem32tsshutdn.exe 00 /POWERDOWN /DELAY:00" This is used to turn off a server. Even though your computer will be
shutdown
completely, this whole operation will take 30 seconds to finish. Even
though you don’t have networked computers attached to your computer,
this works.

WinRAR trick: how to PREVIEW video files without downloading all parts!

 

Guys, many movies posted are broken into many pieces using WinRAR. usually you have to download all parts before unzipping.

Now here’s a simple method to watch the movie without downloading all parts. First, download the first few parts (even
just the first part is enough) and start to unzip as normal (but
remember to check the ‘keep broken files’ check box first in the dialog
box !!!).

Now use VLCPlayer to watch the movie!!! (of course, only the downloaded part will be watchable

In the mayhem of "Da Vinci code " movie many ppl downloaded 700++ MB
documentaries which were named as davinci.part1.rar etc etc .After horrible hours of downloading the only thing they got was extreme frustration(some stepped ahead breaking the monitors).

 

Bottom Line : This is just a trick to know wether u r downlading the right thing or not.

A quick and painless guide to how Rapidshare works and how to quickly download files from Rapidshare links. The images are clickable to bring them to full size.

Begin by simply click the link or by copying the link into your web browser.

-Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
-Press the FREE button to start the download.
-Upon click the FREE button, a second, similar page will load.

-Scroll down to the bottom of the second page. -Find the download counter; you must wait until the counter finishes before the download will begin. There is a trick to getting around this counter, as explained below.

-After waiting for the counter to finish or by using the trick, a third page will appear.

-Scroll down to the bottom of the third page.
The file name will appear as a clickable link. By clicking (or right click, save) the link, the download will begin, prompting the user to save the file.

How to take and post screenshots from Video files

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This may be very basic but i see many people asking for help on this. This is the proper way of taking screenshots from a video . I hope this helps many
If you have the K-lite codec pack along with the Quick time and real alternatives installed , this works for all video files .

Software used:Windows Media Player Classic

To take a screenshot , still the video to get a good screen of your choice and then click on "save image" under "file" as shown and save it as a jpg file .

Upload the jpg at ImageShack or as attachments and post the screenshots