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How to Remove and Disable Yahoo Messenger Ads Banner

When you open the yahoo messenger you’ll notice an annoying animated ad at the bottom of the main window.This  Ads can get really irritating at times. From time to time it changes Ads wasting our precious bandwidth. One of the easiest ways around this is to remove them with Ad Banner Remover Plus.

Some adverts can be removed and there are few that cannot be. For the ones that cannot be removed a HTML replacement file is created and saved with HTML replacement file select a background color of your choice. This can help blend the advert in with the window it is in.


In addition to remove Ads on YM applications, AdBannerRemoverPlus can also be used for Multi Login ID (Multi YM). So we can open multiple Yahoo Messenger on single PC at the same time.


AdBannerRemoverPlus works with most of YM versions 8, 9  & 10 .If you want to restore Ads on a later date ,then that also possible with this software.

Download Ad Banner Remover Plus 1.0.4.2

Other tools : Y.AddsRemover 1.00Yahoo! Messenger Tweaker 1.3.1.0

To remove Ads manually here is the Procedure:-

(1)Open Notepad,
(2) Paste the following code on Notepad and save it as: adremover.reg
Code: REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\YUrl]
“N2Phone Adurl”=”*”
“Messenger Ad”=”*”
“Address Book”=”*”
“Change Room Banner”=”*”
“Conf Adurl”=”*”
“Chat Adurl”=”*”
“Tutorials”=”*”
“Messenger Help”=”*”
“Voice General Help”=”*”
“Finance Disclaimer”=”*”
“Webcam Upload Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Big”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Medium”=”*”
“News Alert Ad URL”=”*”


(3)Double click the file ( say: adremover.reg )
(4)Click Yes
Its Done!! No more ads will be there in the yahoo messenger Window!

February 19, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

Optimize Your Web Page for Print

When you are online ,you want to take a print out of a blog post or news article. But it not easy to  take a print out  by avoid the graphics, ads which waste your ink.Most of the sites are not print friendly, so to overcome this use PrintFriendly.Just enter the   URL of a webpage and get a printable version  with the content and inline images only.You can also remove inline pictures/ paragraphs if you don’t want. You can download the content as in PDF.When  ever you  need a quick printout without wasting ink  use this  handy tool .

  • Prints Clean: it removes ads, navigation, and all the junk you don’t want to print.
  • Prints Pretty: use best practices in print Typography to format your document for great readability.
  • Customize: Save even more paper and ink, remove images, paragraphs, and Get PDF

Visit http://www.printfriendly.com

February 18, 2010 Posted by | Useful Sites | , | Leave a Comment

Protect Your Private Files With MK Drive Access Control

Sharing your computer with others? Worrying that other user may pry into your private files?Worrying that they may modify your system settings arbitrarily?MK Drive Access Control is a small and easy to use application that helps you lock your drives from unwanted access.It doesn’t matter  whether it is a portable USB drive, Local Drive on hard disk or it is a CD / DVD  drive you can lock them.This  tool  will lock these drives and prevent unwanted access by other users on these locked drives which you define with this software, so it prevents others to copy your private files and view them.


Features

· Lock CD/DVD drives doors to prevent write CD / DVD from your files
· Lock and Unlock all kind of drives from access and show in Windows Explorer, include Windows Drive
· Password Protecting Program Changes


Download  MK Drive Access |Mirror| SysReq: Windows NT/ 2K / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7|813 KB

February 17, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , , | Leave a Comment

OpenDisc –Collection of Best Open Source Programs

OpenDisc is a collection of some of the best  open source software in-one download file, ready to burn to CD and subsequently installed in Windows.

The OpenDisc is available as an ISO image file ready to be burned to DVD. Program has user friendly interface that simplifies the process of installing  it .

 

OpenDisc The programs are organized into different categories  as under

  • Design: Blender, Dia, The GIMP, Inkscape, NVU, Scribus, Tux Paint.
  • Education: CARMETAL, Guido van Robot, Maxima.
  • Games: Battle for Wesnoth, Enigma, Freeciv, FreeCol, Neverball, PokerTH, Sokoban YASC, tuxmath, TuxType.
  • Internet: Alliance, FileZilla, Firefox, HTTrack, Miro, Pidgin, RSSOwl, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, Vuze, WinSCP.
  • Multimedia: Audacity, Avidemux, Celestia, InfraRecorder, Really Slick Screensavers, Songbird, Stellarium, Sumatra PDF, TuxGuitar, VLC Media Player
  • Productivity: DjVuLibre, FreeMind, GanttProject, GnuCash, Notepad2, OpenOffice
  • Utilities: 7-Zip, Abakt, ClamWin, GTK +, TrueCrypt, Workrave
    Besides OpenDisc, the team also produced the OpenEducationDisc that contains everything that is on OpenDisc along with a number of other educational programs.

Download  OpenDisc |1.2 GB |  Visit  here  | Burn with imgburn

February 14, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

Gtalk AutoReply to Send Auto Replies to all Gtalk Chat

Many of us are  using GoogleTalk  . While you are working on some important thing  in office  and  if you are online,  the   incoming messages  from your friends  may  cause  disturbance . Here is a small tool called  Gtalk Autoreply  which  is helpful in this situation  . This will also helpful  when you are away from your PC .This  free tool allows you to set  a custom reply message which will be replied to all incoming chat messages.You will need to enter the  username and password for your GMail account.

 

Download  Gtalk Autoreply | 960 KB |Windows XP / Vista

February 14, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | , | Leave a Comment

Free File Recovery 1.1

Free File Recovery is  free utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. You can restore  the files that   you emptied from the Recycle bin.You can also  retrieve  images and other files that have been deleted by accidently from digital camera memory cards , MP3 players and iPods .Free File Recovery will even bring back files that have been deleted due to bugs, crashes  or viruses.

 

Features

  • Simple to use interface – just click ‘Scan’ and choose the files you want to recover
  • Can be run from a USB thumb drive
  • Restores all types of files, office documents, images, video, music, email, anything.
  • Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 , NTFS + EFS file systems.
  • Restores files from removable media (SmartMedia, Secure Digital, MemoryStick, Digital cameras, Floppy disks, Jaz Disks, Sony Memory Sticks, Compact Flash cards, Smart Media Cards, Secure Digital Cards, etc.)
  • Restores files from external ZIP drives , Firewire and USB Hard drives
  • Simple, easy-to-use and highly customizable interface.
  • Full Support For Windows XP/2003 Server/Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Download  Free File Recovery |SysReq: .NET framework 3.5

February 13, 2010 Posted by | Freeware | | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Windows 7 Your Way: Speed Up and Customize Window

Want to make Windows 7 run faster, smarter, easier, better? Want to personalize Windows to look and act the way you want it to? Want to get more efficient and ditch all those Windows hassles? You don’t need a Ph.D in computer science or expensive upgrades. All you need is this book!

 

Speed Up & Customize Windows 7

February 13, 2010 Posted by | Windows 7 | | Leave a Comment

How To Add A Keyboard Shortcut For Snipping Tool In Windows 7

Snipping Tool is a utility  included in Windows 7 and  Windows Vista.It is a screen-capture tool that allows taking screenshots  of an open window, rectangular areas, a free-form area or the entire screen. With Snipping Tool you can capture text, graphics, and any associated annotations and then save them in your desired format  ie  in PNG, GIF, or JPEG    or an HTML page, or e-mailed.Snipping Tool is available only in the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editions of Windows .Microsoft has not defined a default keyboard shortcut for Snipping Tool both in Vista and Windows 7, s o it is  not easy to find out the tool quickly from  Start Menu.

SnipTool

You can create a keyboard shortcut for Snipping Tool  as follows
1.Start>Accessories
2.Select the properties  by right clicking the Snip Tool

Snip Tool
3.Select the Shortcut key box, now  press any desired keyboard key as your shortcut to the program and apply it.If  your assign key is  “S” , then you need to press Ctrl + Alt + S to launch it.

SnipTool

February 3, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a Comment

Free Download Managers for File Sharing Sites Like RapidShare, MegaUpload etc

Many of us   rely on file downloading links like  RapidShare ,Megaupload, FileFactory ,Mediafire etc . But the free service offered by these sites, makes the user go through multiple steps to be able to download the files.To download , users often must wait for a countdown  time .Some have  captcha ( confirm letters and numbers that appear on the screen) and  you have to search a download button hidden in a confusing page.If you are downloading a large file , the situation gets even worse .You need to download the split files from  one by one by performing the steps above  and certainly the  limitations of download for free users are there.

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There are several download managers   available to download files from sites like RapidShare, MegaUpload, MediaFire, Easy-Share, etc which  automate the entire download process for you.Earlier I had  posted some tools like MDownloader  , Rapidshare Plus , SkipScreen and some Browser Extension Tools.Check out  here for  some more  free tools to automate the download of your files on Rapidshare, Megaupload, Easy-Share, MediaFire, Uploading, 4Shared, ZShared, SendSpace and many other sites file sharing.

MyPony

MiPony is a download manager, very easy to use allowing you to automate downloading files in Megaupload, Rapidshare, Hotfiles, Easy-share, Gigasize, Mediafire, Depositefiles, Sendspace, Uploading, 4shared, Letitbit, Sendspace, Zshare, Storage.to, Uploadbox, Uploaded.to, Ziddu, Netload etc..

mipony

MiPony access the download page of the file, waiting for the time needed , recognizes the captcha and start downloading the files, one after the other automatically. Just add the links to the files in the download queue of Mipony the program takes care of downloading all the files in the shortest time possible.It also checks for every link if the file has been deleted from the server or if it is available to download, so before downloading a set of files you can be sure that all the files will download without problems

  • Mipony has an embedded web browser.
  • No need to have Premium accounts.
  • Fully automatic download.
  • It indicates if the files are available to be downloaded.
  • It optimizes your connection.
  • It also works with Premium accounts of Rapidshare, Megaupload and Hotfiles

Download MiPony

2-2-2010 05-27-03 JDownloader

jDownloader is FREE and open source software that helps with downloading files from sites like Rapidshare.de and Megaupload.com.It also lets you download YouTube videos.This Java-based tool makes the whole file downloading process much easier for those sites, saving you the pain of going through endless pop-up windows, waiting times.jDownloader doesn’t have support for resuming downloads.

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  • Download several files parellel
  • Download with multiple connections
  • JD has an own powerful OCR module (AntiCaptcha)
  • Decryptplugins for many services. e.g. sj.org, UCMS, WordPress, RLSLog…
  • Automatic extractor (including password list search) (Rar archives)
  • About 75 hoster and over 300 decrypt plug-ins
  • Reconnect with JDLiveHeaderScripts: (1400 router supported)
  • Webupdate
  • Integrated package manager for additional modules

Download JDownloader | Req: Download Java

logo FreeRapid

FreeRapid is another great download manager that automates the downloading of files  from more than 140  supported sites including Rapidshare, MegaUpload, MegaVideo, Megarotic, NetLoad, Hotfile, MediaFire, FileFactory, Filebase.to, Uploaded.to, DepositFiles, Share-online.biz, Storage.to,Uploading,Egoshare,Easy-share,Letibit.net,File2Box ,etc.It offers a more holistic way to manage your downloads and uploads in one convenient application. It lets you download files hosted on Megaupload, Rapidshare, Netload or FileFactory without needing to click a single thing.

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This also has automatic check for broken links, download simultaneously on different servers, option to use proxy servers to bypass the download limit, switch timer, automatic update, etc. It  basically works by allowing you to add several links at the same time until they’re queued up waiting to go. You monitor your clipboard for links that are cut to it and automatically add them to your queue

  • support for concurrent downloading from multiple services
  • downloading using proxy list
  • download history
  • smart clipboard monitoring
  • automatic checking for file’s existence on server
  • auto shutdown options
  • automatic plugins updates
  • simple CAPTCHA recognition
  • works on MS Windows (all, include Win7), Linux and MacOS
  • easy to use
  • multilanguage interface – Arabic, Bosnian, Brazilian portuguese, Croatian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian is ready for you!
  • looks amazingly
  • more than 140 supported sites!

Download FreeRapid

February 3, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a Comment

Rename Your Tabs

Are you surrounded by nosy people who constantly peer into your computer?

You can now double your chances of being discrete by downloading an add-on. It’s called TabRenamizer and works on all versions of  Firefox . All you have to do is follow some simple renaming techniques to rename your tabs to whatever name you feel safe. You can also use this to rename your tabs for easier referencing, especially when you have to later bookmark these tabs.

Visit the following site:TabRenamizer 0.9.6

  • Click ‘Add to Firefox’ and then ‘Install Now’ on the dialog box that appears. You will have to restart Firefox for changes to take effect.
  • On restarting the browser,open multiple tabs to check the functionality of the add-on.
  • Right-click the name of the tab and click ‘Rename this tab’ or simply press [F2].
  • You will see a dialog box that displays the ‘Current tab’ along with a text box below it. Enter the new name of the tab in this field and click ‘OK’.

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Features

  • Random rename tabs: change the titles of your tabs to random ones with a simple click. Nobody will suspect what pages are you reading.
  • Select a new title for a tab, writing it or replacing a substring of the original title into another text.
  • URL and domain automatic rename: rename all tabs with a certain URL or domain with the title you want, automatically.
  • Bookmark integration: give the pages the same title you have in your bookmarks

Download Add TabRenamizer to Firefox

February 3, 2010 Posted by | Uncategorized | , | Leave a Comment

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