Copy USB Drive contents to PC automatically without action Silently

Instead of running each time copying files Function from the device USB your hard disk, you can automate copying all the contents of the pen drive on the hard drive of your PC without any user action.
This is useful many a times when you want to steal data content from your friend who doesn’t want to share or allow you to copy.
AutoUSBCheck is a small software designed to facilitate the use of these devices for mass storage.
By default, the software does not start automatically at boot, but you can make this happen simply by setting the option.
Once you launch the software from the Windows Start menu, select the option Run on Windows startup.


The free version allows you yo copy silently all the contents running in background while the paid version allows to change the directory where the content will be copied.
This freeware can run completely invisible. No icons, no progress bars, no prompts, it just does the job.

Download AutoUSBCheck

Extract Messages Phonebook Contacts And More From Nokia Backup File

All the Nokia mobile users use either one of the two mostly used applications – PC suite or OVI suite for accessing the contents of their mobiles from their computer. These two applications allows users to manage their folders and data in their phone easily. They not only allows them to download new contents for phones, convert music, download maps but also provide an option of backup functionality which is very useful.
With the feature of backup functionality, you can make a backup of all the contents and settings of your phone easily which can be restored later anytime required.

When you will run the application, its main window will appear like this. The tool is very easy to use. You just have to open the backup file of .nbu extension using the shortcut ‘Ctrl+O’ or ‘open’ option in the file menu. You can also drag the file directly and drop it on the application window for opening it.

Now, your backup will be opened with the folders name at the left side of main window and the contents of the folders on the right side. You can very easily manage and access the stored data.

The tool also provides the option of exporting a particular file, folder or all the data to your computer so that you can use it in worst case of failure of your backup files. These options are present in the file menu.
The application also keeps a log of the files which can be opened in the ‘file parsing log’ tab. Here, it will show you some of the detail of the phone as well. The entire log can be saved on the computer using the option of ‘save parsing log’ in the file menu.

In short, it is a nice tool which is a must have for Nokia phone users who want to read and access their backups on the computer.
Download NBU Explorer

Download Multiple Free Files From Rapidshare

Rapidshare allows to download only a single file at a time with free account. If you want to download multiple files at the same time, you need to buy a premium account but now you can download multiple files from Rapidshare free account without paying anything with RapidShare Download Accelerator.

With RapidShare Download Accelerator, you can add all the files you'd like to download, and it will do all the annoying work for you. Now you can just sit back and watch your files download without paying a dime.

Links : Download Rapidshare Download Accelerator

Run, Play Mobile Games on PC with KEmulator

The tool is KEmulator Lite I am going to pick. It’s a JVM for creating a Java runtime environment in your PC. Like mobile you don’t have to install the game in your PC. Just install KEmulator and browse the game from hard drive. It doesn’t acquire huge memory spaces like the computer games.
# Download KEmulator (Click Here)
Well, now come to point-first download KEmulator and install it. Now look it’s a RAR file, extract and click on the KEmulator.exe to start the installation. When done, run the application from Start Menu. 
Now you’re on the main window, click on "Midlet > Load jar…" and browse the game from your hard drive. The game will start to run in few seconds.

It also offers you some extra features like restarting the game, rotating the screen horizontally or vertically as per game’s requirement etc. You can make a visit to Gameloft to get more collections of awesome, stunning mobile games. Note: You can’t run any other kind of game files such as .sys etc.

Find and Fix Broken Shortcuts

Whenever we install some tool in our system, we can choose either to create a shortcut on the desktop or not, but in most of the cases a shortcut is created. A shortcut is a nice way to start a program without going actually to its location.

With period of time, it happens that we either delete the program or change its location, in that case the shortcut is not updated which leads to nothing on double clicking it. So if your system also has several broken shortcuts which lead to nothing then here is a tool called Broken Shortcut Fixer that can search for all the invalid shortcuts for you and attempt to repair them automatically.
What this tool does is, it scans for all the broken and invalid shortcuts in the system and automatically tries to repair it but in case it is not able to repair the shortcut then it lists all those shortcuts before you to take the necessary action. You can now either delete the shortcut or manually browse for the file.
The tool Broken Shortcut Fixer is supported on both 32 and 64 bit versions of the Windows OS and the tool can be downloaded from the location below.
Download Broken Shortcut Fixer

Open, View Any File Type On Any Windows Computer

Have you run into trouble when you download some file from the Internet and not able to open it? Mostly it happens when you don’t have a software required to view that file. For example, you download a presentation in ppt format on your computer and don’t have Microsoft Office or Open Office installed on your computer, then you won’t be able to open it. The problem becomes more when you are using somebody else’s computer, when you don’t know which software is installed on that computer !

In this post, I will share a wonderful portable tool which you can copy on your pen drive and take it anywhere. It will run on any Windows computer and will open almost all kind of common file types which people usually download from Internet or some other computers.

The tools is well named as – Universal Viewer. Its is a very light weight tool, comes in Windows installer as well as the portable version. The portable version is under 6 MB of download and when you extract it it will take around 12 MB space on your disk. You can carry the portable version with you on a pen drive and run this tool to open any type of file on any windows computer anywhere.

This viewer supports following type of files to be opened without installing any other software :

• Text, Binary, Hex, Unicode: any files, of unlimited size (even 4Gb+ sizes are allowed)
• RTF, UTF-8: RTF and UTF-8 encoded texts
• Image: all general graphics formats: BMP JPG GIF PNG TGA TIFF… plus all formats supported by IrfanView/XnView external viewers
• Multimedia: all formats supported by MS Windows Media Player: AVI MPG WMV MP3…
• Internet: all formats supported by MS Internet Explorer: HTML PDF XML MHT…
• Plugins: all formats supported by Total Commander Lister plugins
• MS Office: all file types of MS Office (if installed): DOC DOCX XLS PPT…
• Converters: some types can be viewed as plain text: DOC DOCX PDF PPT ODT…

We recommend that you keep this tool handy with you on your pen drive, you never know when it will save you from a lot of hassle.
Download Universal Viewer Portable | Universal Viewer Installer

Get 3D Computing On Your Windows Desktop

Break the 2D limitation of your Windows desktop. Try the 3D experience for a more comfy computing. T3Desk is one such tiny (841 KB) app that turns your Windows desktop into a 3D interface.

Download T3Desk and install it. Once the application starts all you need to do is right-click the minimize button of the window or hold SHIFT, CTRL and ALT key while clicking the minimize button. This will 3Dmize (minimize in a 3D) instead of simply minimizing it. To open the window again, double click the 3Dmized window. Double click the notification area icon to customize the tool to suit your needs.

It brings a nice soothing desktop experience staying minimal with its memory requirements. It can really help people used to work on a desktop overpopulated with windows and applications. The tool works on Windows 2000/NT/XP/VISTA/WIN7.
I really missed it on my dual screen. The 3Dmizing only happens to work on the main window. So if you use dual screen try 3Dmizing windows after bringing them into the primary display. Let us know how it worked for you.

5 Excellent Free Websites to Make Animated GIFs

All of us love to have animated GIF images as your display pictures on our Instant Messengers, social network profiles and what not. However, very few can actually create their own GIF images according to their own liking. Today we present to you five of the easiest online tools which you can use to create your own GIF images and then use them wherever you like:

Imator

Probably the easiest tool to get hold of in order to make animated GIF images, Imator just does that and more. The great thing is that there seems to be no limit to how many images you can upload and convert them to GIFs. Also, you can create animated banners and avatars for use on blogging websites and forums to let everyone see your creativity. Images can be uploaded from your PC and/or any URL. The simple drag and drop interface easily lets you work and animation speeds of your images can be selected from a pre-defined drop down list.

Loogix

Another great website which allows for creation of animated GIF images, Loogix helps you create your own animated GIF in just three steps. First you need to upload an image (PC or URL). Next, you are required to select the size and speed of the animation you want to apply and finally generate the desired animation and that’s it. Your GIF animated image is ready. Maximum pixel size which can be set is 400 pixels using Loogix.

Gickr

The great thing about Gickr is that it allows you to upload images from YouTube as well, making it easy for you to make animated images out of video clips. Simply Specify a YouTube video URL and you’re on the go. There is a limit of 10 pictures maximum for Gickr which might be a turn off for many. Also a YouTube video converted will only contain a maximum of 45 frames. However, the ability to make animated images from YouTube videos is just amazing. Created GIF Images are downloadable to PC as well.

Picasion

Picasion gives you the ability to resize your images before you actually turn them into animations and also lets you upload pictures from many services like Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, MySpace, Flickr etc. Moreover, you can also rotate the pictures and add color effects to them while turning them into cool animations.

Make A GIF

The best thing about Make a GIF is that you can add multiple images at the same time up to a maximum number of 12 with each image not being more than 1MB in size. Also, you can edit and resize the image before applying the animation and animation time can be set even in milliseconds for some more precision. However, one bad thing about Make a GIF is that it doesn’t provide the user with the ability to one-click download the created GIF and you have to manually save it from your browser.

How to lock your CD-Rom

Below are the tricks to Lock your CD ROM;

Go To;

Run;

Type; regedit

Find; allocatecdrom.

Change the Value from 1 to 0.

Done.

Now it is locked

then to Unlock Change It 0 To 1.

Play, Watch Youtube Videos in VLC by Network Streaming

The latest version of VLC supports network streaming which means you can download youtube directly into VLC media player and watch it or record it. Sometimes this also helps if youtube is blocked in your network but you have the link to the video.

Stream Play Youtube Videos in VLC

1. Open VLC Media Player (download vlc).
2. Go to Media > Open Network Stream.
   
3. Paste the Link of any online video, For eg: I am using Chris Brown – Forever
   
4. Click on the Play button.

Now you can watch the video inside VLC itself

Here is a video guide to the process I found on youtube.

Advantage : Record Youtube Videos in VLC by Network Stream

There is only one advantage of this method and ie, to download or save the streaming video in any format of our choice.

1. In the Open Network Stream page Click on the down arrow of the Play Button.

2. Select Convert. (see pic. right)

3. Add your desired Settings in the window as below.

After the streaming is complete you will get the full video saved in format you set.

This way, you don’t have to use any online youtube downloader, or install any app. to convert youtube videos to your required output. Enjoy !

Best Command Prompt Tricks & Hacks for Windows

This is an excellent post which can really make your life easier in the *NIX world. But, for many, it is a Windows kind of life. So, for those of you out there, I have put together some Windows command line tricks that might make your life easier.

15 Popular Command Prompt Tricks & Hacks

Save A List of Files to a Text File by Extension

dir *.ext /s /b > files.txt

This command line will create a file called files.txt. When you open this file, there will be a complete list of all the files in that directory and all subdirectories with the .ext extension. You can then open up this text file in any text editor and work this the information.By changing the ext part, you can select different files. For example, if you wanted to list all of the PDF documents, you would type:

dir *.pdf /s /b > files.txt

Get Your IP Address Information

ipconfig /all

This will retrieve a pile of information about your network connection and IP information. From this command, you can get:

• Host Name
• Primary DNS Suffix
• Node Type
• IP Routing Enabled
• WINS Proxy Enabled
• DNS Suffix Search List
• Connection-specific DNS Suffix
• Network Adapter Description
• Physical (MAC) Address
• DHCP Enabled
• IP Address
• Subnet Mask
• Default Gateway
• DNS Servers

Get Installed Driver Information

driverquery

It can be very useful when troubleshooting to know what drivers are installed on a system. This command will give you a complete listing of the drivers and when they were installed.

Copy Files Via Infrared Port

irftp filename.ext

This will fire up the Wireless Link dialog so that you can copy the specified file via an infrared port.

Find Files Opened By Network Users

openfiles /query

If you are running a system and you want to know who has files open on your computer, this command will provide you a list of those users and the files that they have open.

Note: If you get an error saying The system global flag ‘maintain objects list’ needs to be enabled to see local opened files, you can fix this issue by typing openfiles /local on. You will have to reboot the system but it will resolve the issue.

Monitor Port Activity

netstat -a 30

This will show you all of the TCP/IP ports that are being used on your system and what they are connecting to (or being connected from). It will continue to monitor these ports and refresh the information every 30 seconds. You can change the refresh rate by changing the number at the end of the command.

Recover Information From A Corrupt File

recover filename.ext

If you have a disk with damaged sectors, you can attempt to recover as much information as possible from the damaged file. Data that is not damaged can be retrieved but data in damaged sectors will be lost.

Defragment Remote Computer

rexec remotePC defrag C: /F


This command used the rexec command to force a defragment of the C: drive on the computer named remotePC. You can use whatever you want to for the command (I just used defrag C: /F as an example). This is very useful for remote maintenance.

Retrieve Detailed System Information

systeminfo

With this command, you can retrieve the following information:

• Host Name
• OS Name
• OS Version
• OS Manufacturer
• OS Configuration
• OS Build Type
• Registered Owner
• Registered Organization
• Product ID
• Original Install Date
• System Up Time
• System Manufacturer
• System Model
• System type
• Processor(s)
• BIOS Version
• Windows Directory
• System Directory
• Boot Device
• System Locale
• Input Locale
• Time Zone
• Total Physical Memory
• Available Physical Memory
• Virtual Memory Max Size
• Virtual Memory Available
• Virtual Memory In Use
• Page File Location(s)
• Domain
• Logon Server
• Hotfix(s)
• NetWork Card(s)

Automatically Defragment C: Daily

schtasks /create /tn "Defrag C" /tr "defrag c: /f" /sc daily /st 23:00:00 /ru "System"


This will set your computer to automatically perform a complete defrag of the C: drive each day at 11:00:00 PM (23:00:00). It does this by creating a scheduled task called Defrag C. It will run this command under the computer’s system account.

Map A Drive Letter to a Folder

subst W: C:\windows

Sometimes, your directory structure can get pretty deep and complicated. You can simplify this a bit by mapping a drive letter to commonly used folders. In the example that I have given, this will create a drive letter W: and map it to the C:\windows directory. Then, whenever you go into My Computer, you will see a W: drive and when you browse to it, it will automatically take you to the contents of the C:\windows folder.

You can do this with any unused drive letter and any folder that exists on your system.

List All Tasks Running On The Computer

tasklist


It’s always good to know what is running on your system. This is the command line version of the processes tab in Taks Manager.

Kill A Program

taskkill /im programname.exe /f


If, when using the tasklist command, you discover that there is something running you just want killed. This is the way to do it! Just note the program name and use it in place of programname.exe.

Reboot a Remote Computer

shutdown -r -f -m \\remotePC -c "System will be rebooted in 20 seconds"

Sometimes, you just need to reboot a system. This will do it remotely and give the user a 20 second warning.

Tip : To open Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

How To Know Who Blocked You on Google Talk

If you are curious to know that someone has blocked you on Gtalk then you can easily find the person who avoiding you and blocked you. Sometimes you noticed that your friends is not contacting you , even when you send messages to them they never reply back. It means either he/she avoiding you or blocked you in gtalk.Would you like to find out who are those people who have blocked you on GTalk?

Here’s an easy way to do that.This can be done using the chat client Pidgin. Pidgin allows you to chat across multiple networks simultaneously. It means that you can chat with your MSN, GTalk, Yahoo and other online buddies all at the same time from one single IM client.

Just follow the simple steps :

Step 1 : Download & Install Pidgin.

Step 2 : Configure Pidgin for Google Talk using the following steps :

a) Add Gtalk account to Pidgin, Go to Accounts > Manage > Add, this will bring a new window Add Accounts ;

b) Enter you gmail account details as shown in the following image, Keep Protocol as XMPP , Domain as gmail.com and Resource as HOME,

c) Now click on Advance Tab in the same window; and make the settings as shown in the following figure.

d) That’s it. You are done with Pidgin settings. Now lets find out who has blocked you on Gtalk.

Step 3 : Sign in to Pidgin with your Google Talk account, Go to Buddies > Show Offline Buddies.

Step 4 : If someone has blocked you on Gtalk , then they appear offline just like other offline contacts who are really offline.

Step 5 : Select the contact from the list and then Right click, click on Get Info.

Step 6: Once you click on Get Info then it will show the some info about the profile of the person. But if the person has blocked you on Google Talk, you won’t be able to see his/her full profile. You can’t even see his/her profile name.

So if you get the profile info like the left side image means this person has not blocked you. But if you get the blank screen like the right side image, it means this contact has blocked you and doesn’t wish to talk to you.

Download Pidgin | Gtalk

The Best Firefox Add-ons for E-Learning: 100 Firefox Add-ons For Students

Firefox Add-ons can now help you in everyday e-learning, no matter if you are a student or a parent who’s helping his/her children. Today we wanted to share with you a list of Firefox extensions that can help you out with your daily learning and studying sessions.

So here there’s a list of tools, from subject-specific tools to tools to help with research and productivity to tools that give parents control over the safety of the family computer, there are sure to be plenty of great options for you.

Here’s the list:

• Math

  

  Download these add-ons to have access to everything from calculators to math encyclopedias.

  1. Open Mathematical Encyclopedia

     Find theorems, basic problems, and axioms listed in this great resource for students learning math.

  2. Wolfram MathWorld

     Search one of the biggest math resources available on the web with this tool.

  3. avzCalculator

     Use this tool as a calculator extension in Firefox.

  4. Simple Calc

     Here’s another calculator extension available for Firefox.

  5. Fire Cal

     This calculator suite provides specialized functions such as compound interest, temperature, wind chill, body mass index, and more.

  6. Graphing Calculator Toolbar

     Enter up to five equations with this tool and see results graphed.

  7. FireMath

     For upper-level students in math, physics, or engineering, this tool will help generate math equations.

  8. Converter

     Convert measurements, time zones, or temperatures with this tool.

  9. Forex Currency Converter

     Learn the current conversion for any currency in over 180 different exchange rates.

  
  
  

• Science

  

  Help your children enhance their science lessons with these add-ons.

  1. Eccellio Science

     Use this tool when doing science research to get results from quality websites.

  2. Life Science Dictionary Tool

     Find definitions to 100,000 life science terms with this tool.

  3. i-cite

     This tool instantly recognizes results from sites such as PubMed and Google Scholar and creates a mash-up of available information.

  4. sequere.eu Science

     To broaden your student’s search for scientific research, use this tool to search by specific areas across Europe.

  5. Medical Terms Dictionary

     Perfect for students interested in pursuing a future in the medical field, this dictionary provides definitions to tons of medical terms.

  6. Labmeeting

     Locate journal articles available on PDF with this tool.

  7. hbar

     Search for physics information located at the arXiv repository.

  8. Weather Watcher Live

     This tool offers a great way to learn about the weather as it’s happening.

  
  
  

• English Language Arts and Reference Materials

  

  Find everything from dictionaries to vocabulary builders to free online texts with these tools.

  1. Bibliomania search

     Search Bibliomania to find information from classic texts, biographies, reference material, and more.

  2. WordStash.com

     Described as part flash card and part dictionary, this add-on makes learning vocabulary fun.

  3. Shmoop

     Use this add-on to search for literature and US history study guides and teaching resources with Shmoop.com.

  4. Project Gutenberg

     Search by book title to get access to a completely free online version of over 30,000 books.

  5. Research Word

     When students use this tool, they can research any word that occurs on a webpage with results coming via Wikipedia, dictionaries, and other sites.

  6. Dictionary Lookup Extension

     Highlight a word and find its definition immediately.

  7. Thesaurus

     Quickly find a synonym for any word with this add-on.

  8. United States English Dictionary

     This tool is a spellchecker based on American English.

  9. Merriam-Webster

     Use this add-on to have access to the Merriam-Webster dictionary right on your computer.

  10. Dictionary.com

      Have access to yet another popular dictionary with this tool that also includes a thesaurus, spellcheck, and translate function.

  11. WordIQ Toolbar

      Search for the meaning of a word among many dictionaries and other resources. There is even a family filter on this.

  12. Wikipedia

      Enhance your Wikipedia searches with this tool.

  13. SnappyWords Visual Dictionary

      Find definitions and synonyms with the visual display available with this dictionary.

  14. Lexiology.com Dictionary

      Get more than just definitions with this dictionary that includes audio, phonetics, and usage information.

  15. Encyclopedia

      Use this tool to search Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, and other online encyclopedias.

  
  
  
  
  

  Foreign Languages

  

  If your children are learning foreign languages, then look into these tools as an aid to their studies.

  1. Alpheios Basic Libraries

     This tool is designed to give students access to tools to facilitate language learning. Use this with any of the specific language tools.

  2. Alpheios Greek Tools

     Learning ancient Greek just got easier with this tool.

  3. Alpheios Latin Tools

     Alpheios also provides tools for learning Latin.

  4. Greek spellchecking dictionary

     For students studying Greek, this tool will help them discover any spelling errors they may have made.

  5. Translate English to German

     This tool will help students learning German check their work.

  6. Translate German to English

     Students can see if they are progressing in their German with this tool.

  7. Translate English to French

     Use Google Translate to help find French words from English.

  8. Translate French to English

     Students can use this tool as a companion to the English to French version.

  9. Translate English to Italian

     If Italian is the target language for your student, then give this tool a try to boost her language learning.

  10. Translate Italian to English

      Again, this works as a companion tool to the English to Italian tool.

  11. FoxLingo Translator

      This tool helps with anything from language learning to web page translation and supports 71 languages.

  
  
  

• Productivity

  

  Keep kids and parents on track with these productivity tools.

  1. list.it

     Use this tool to take notes on your computer.

  2. Google Shortcuts

     Get all your Google shortcuts displayed easily anywhere you like on your computer.

  3. Procrastato

     If you like to spend a little time doing fun stuff on the Internet, use this tool to remind you to get back to your schoolwork.

  4. Smartsheet Quick Add

     If you use a Smartsheet to-do list, then this add-on will make it easier to keep it updated.

  5. MyStickies

     Put virtual sticky notes anywhere and even organize them by tabs.

  6. ColorfulTabs

     This add-on makes all the tabs a different color, thereby making them more distinguishable when you have several open at once.

  7. TooManyTabs

     Another tab management tool, this one adds extra rows of tabs instead of keeping them tiny and all on one row.

  8. Google Calendar Quick Add

     Effortlessly add an item onto your Google calendar with this tool.

  9. Google Calendar Notifier

     Have an entire day’s worth of tasks displayed for students to stay on track of each day’s assignments.

  10. TabAlarm

      This tool schedules tabs to open at specific times throughout the day. Assign lessons on websites that occur when you want them to.

  11. TimeTracker

      This tool tracks how much time is spent on each website so you can track productive time, play time, or see how long a task is taking.

  
  
  

• Research

  

  These add-ons are sure to boost online research for any project.

  1. Trailfire

     Leave notes on websites, then organize any way you want and even share them with others.

  2. Wordpot

     Use this tool to discover search terms based on a keyword you choose. This is a good way to boost Internet research.

  3. Zotero

     Collect, manage, and cite all the research sources you find online with this add-on.

  4. note-o-rama

     Students making notes on web pages and journal articles will find this tool helpful with both marking and citing references.

  5. Diigo

     Add highlights and sticky notes to websites to help with your Internet research.

  6. Yooper

     Quickly and easily highlight and share information with this tool. It even has a memory tester.

  7. TextMarker!

     Use up to three different highlighting colors to keep track of important information on websites.

  8. Notefish

     You can save, organize, and share information from the Internet with this add-on.

  9. Great Summary

     Summarize any website to quickly determine if it holds the information you need.

  10. QuickWiki

      Look up information from Wiktionary and Wikipedia quickly when this tool is installed.

  
  
  

• Parental Controls and Computer Security

  

  Make sure your computer is safe for the entire family with these great tools.

  1. Fox Filter

     This add-on is a filter for parents to put in place to keep out unwanted and inappropriate websites.

  2. KidZui

     This tool makes Firefox searches safe for kids ages 3-12.

  3. Yahooligans

     Another kid-safe search engine, this one is appropriate for children and teens.

  4. Glubble for Families

     Turn your browser into one with games and websites safe for your family.

  5. brOOzi

     Parents set which websites are safe for their children with this add-on.

  6. Menu Editor

     Eliminate menu items your children don’t need to streamline their computer usage.

  7. Clean Screen

     This tool allows parents to set parameters that will clean up what is seen on webpages to correct spelling errors, eliminate foul language, and more.

  8. SkipScreen

     If you would prefer your children not be bombarded with unnecessary ads while surfing the net, then download this add-on.

  9. LastPass

     This password manager allows you to create strong passwords and manage them all with one master password. It even autofills passwords for you.

  10. iTrustPage

      Prevent children from accidentally filling out suspicious forms with this tool.

  11. Viral Threat Level

      This tool adds an image to the toolbar that indicates the level of threat at any given time from malware, viruses, and more.

  12. Certificate Patrol

      Stay on top of certificate updates to ensure your children’s websurfing is done among legitimately authorized sites.

  13. BetterPrivacy

      Non-deletable longterm cookies can compromise your family’s privacy, but not with this tool in use.

  14. Adblock Plus

      Stop pop-up ads, banners, and ad tracking malware with this tool.

  15. Flag-N-Trust

      This add-on puts a flag on each website visited to indicate the country in which it is being hosted. When you click on the flag, you can learn about the trustworthiness of the site.

  
  
  

• Search Engines and Web Browsing

  

  Find specialized search engines and help for web browsing when you use these add-ons.

  1. SweetSearch

     When using this search engine, only trustworthy sites will appear in search results. This is great for student research projects.

  2. search games, homework research and more

     This tool provides a safe place for children to surf the net with hand-picked safe sites.

  3. GoodSearch

     Use this add-on and 50% of the revenue from your Internet searching goes to a charity of your choice.

  4. SchoolTube

     This add-on will provide results from SchoolTube to your searches.

  5. FastestFox

     Speed up your web browsing experience with this tool.

  6. DeeperWeb

     Enhance Google searches with this tool that uses a tag-cloud technique.

  7. termBlaster

     Now you can perform searches within over 110 websites just by right-clicking your mouse.

  8. Similar Sites Search Provider

     Use this tool to help you find sites similar to the one you are currently searching for.

  9. 100 Search Engines for Firefox

     Don’t rely on just one search engine when you can use this tool that pulls from all the major sites plus plenty of others.

  10. deliGoo

      Search through all the sites you have bookmarked through Delicious to refine your searches by the sites you choose.

  11. Web Search optimized for TeacherTube

      TeacherTube offers tons of great educational videos, and this tool will help you search it more efficiently.

  
  
  

• Miscellaneous

  

  Take a look at this collection of add-ons that provide everything from research in art to discounted textbooks to a homeschooling resources toolbar.

  1. Eccellio Arts

     From photography to fine arts, this search engine will help you find exactly what you need from the world of art.

  2. Web of Knowledge

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Share Keyboard and Mouse among Two Computers Connected Via LAN

I use two computers at my desk – an HP 520 notebook running Windows vista along with an Intel P4 desktop on Windows XP. Both the computers are connected via LAN using an Ethernet cable and I share internet connection between them using an ADSL router.

The problem comes when I get confused between the keyboard and mouse pairs. Sometimes, I move the mouse of my desktop computer thinking that I am moving the mouse of my laptop. Another disadvantage of the above setup is “Desk clutter” – caused by wires, cables and peripheral devices.

With InputDirector, you can remove the extra keyboard and mouse if both the computers are connected across a network (LAN or WAN). You can operate both the computers using a single mouse and keyboard as described below:

How to Share Keyboard and Mouse across Computers connected in a Network

Let’s assume you have two computers at your workplace – computer1 is the host or “Master” while computer 2 is the client or “slave”. Both the systems are connected through a Local area network connection and you can share files, documents etc. Following are the steps involved to share mouse and keyboard across multiple computers:

1. Install Input Director on both computers.

2. Open InputDirector in the “Host computer”. The computer whose mouse and keyboard you will use to operate both the computers is the “Host Computer”. The other computer is called as “Slave system”.

3. Go to “Global Preferences” and select the option “On Start, Input Director is Enabled as Master”. Also, select the checkbox “Share Clipboard”. This will allow you to quickly copy files across the two systems.

Master Configuration

4. On the Slave System, right click “My computer” from the start menu and select “properties”. Switch to the “Computer Name” tab and note the name of the Slave system.

Find Computer name of Slave System

5. On the “Host” system, open Input Director and navigate to the “Master configuration” tab. Click “Add” and add the name of the “Slave” system.

Add Slave System in Master computer

6. On the Slave System, open Input Director and navigate to the “Slave configuration” tab. Enter the name of the Master computer and select the option “Allow any computer to take control”.

Slave computer settings

7. Hit “Ok” and you will see a system tray notification saying “The Slave system is now available”.

This means that you are ready to share the keyboard and mouse of your master computer with the slave computer.

Sharing the mouse: Just move the mouse of master computer around the edge of the screen and it would appear in the monitor of the slave system. You can then operate the slave system with the mouse of the master system and do all kinds of work – even shut down the slave system. Move the mouse to the edge of the slave screen, and the cursor returns to the master computer.

Sharing the keyboard: To share the keyboard, first move the mouse in the monitor of the slave system. Then start typing in the master computer’s keyboard and the words would appear in any application window of the slave computer.

Watch the following video demo to learn how Input Director works:

The application also lets you share clipboard data. Suppose you want to copy a file from the slave computer to the master computer without using “My Network Places”. Copy the file in the slave computer, move the mouse to the master computer and hit “Paste”. Done!

Remove Copy and Regional Protection from Blu-Ray DVD

In Blu-ray discs, there are some restrictions which prevents copying / reproducing of the movies. Yes, you cannot copy such movies from DVDs and restriction may also be of regional type which means it can be played in specified regions only. For example, DVD bought in US may not play in India. These restriction has to be removed from the protected Blu-Ray DVD in order to play it.

DVDFab Passkey is a program that handles just that and helps us to remove all types of protection on the disks. This programs helps you remove protection from DVD and Blu-Ray so we can make backups or play the disc in a different region for which it was designed.

When you run the program, it runs as a driver in the background so just notice it’s presence. This way you can access the drive contents without many problems. DVDFab Passkey has some advantages and benefits that may be helpful:

• Remove all DVD copy protections such as CSS, CPPM, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, fluxDVD, CORE X2, etc..
• Remove copy protection from Blu-Ray as AACS and BD +. It also removes blockages by geographic areas (regions) BD-Live and UOPs.
• Allows you to play any DVD / Blu-Ray regardless of the region where you are and the area of the disc. This program generates an image that can be read on your player or computer.
• Blu-Ray allows you to see even without HDCP compliant hardware.
• Allows use of any application to access the unencrypted data on disks.

Passkey DVDFab is a program that is in beta, and is now completely freeBut for the final version is expected to be a paid software but do not know the price at which they would be selling.

Compatible with Windows (XP, Vista and Windows 7), both in 32 bits and 64 bits.

Download Passkey DVDFab

Find Drivers For Devices With Yellow Question Mark Shown In Device Manager

There are times when you upgrade the operating system on your computer or just did the fresh install of OS after a long time and then you realize that you don’t have the drivers for all the hardware connected to your computer like sound card, Ethernet card etc.

So, you see many devices like these in device manager unrecognized without any drivers. In such a case you can follow our tips on drivers like how to locate and download drivers for unrecognized devices, search for device drivers with hardware ids, update your drivers and how to backup or restore device drivers.

Today we tell you about another free application for the same purpose, which helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are and then you can better lookout for its drivers. It does this by checking Device Manager for unknown devices and extracting information from it.

This program is portable in nature, so it does not require installation it can from CD, USB drive or placed in any folder of your computer. The program contains no adware, spyware, malware, popups, or whatever is the latest name for junk software.

Note: It works Win95, 98, 98se, Me, 2k, XP and 2003 but not for windows 7 now, if you are looking for tool like this for windows 7 then check out unknown device identifier.

Download Unknown Devices