Generally whenever we create Documents in MSOffice 2007,we are unable to open those files with MSOffice 2003 and earlier versions...

Here is the solution for that problem...

Your client just emailed a Microsoft Word 2007 document ending with a .docx extension but you have no clue about how to open and print the file or convert from docx to .doc and other text formats.



You can convert .docx to .doc or extract text from .docx files online using the free Zamzar.com or docxtodoc.com service. Unlike the Microsoft compatibility pack, these docx to doc conversion services do not require copy of Microsoft Office.



It is also possible to open and edit a .docx file in OpenOffice or StarOffice using the free Open XML Translator from SourceForge which converts .docx Word documents to .odf and vice versa.


OR 

You need no hacks to read those Word 2007 files (docx) files without Office 2007.



Just mail all the Office 2007 document(s) to your own Gmail account and click the View as HTML link near the email attachment to convert those files into text / HTML format that can be viewed in the web browser itself.



This easy conversion method retains the document formatting (no images though) and works with docx, pptx and xlsx Open XML formats

METHOD 1

Do you know that you can make your PC shutdown at a time u wish to?
Here is the trick!!
How To Make A Shutdown Timer!

Step 1:

Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts".

Step 2:

In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",
type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next.

Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down. So , 60secs*60mins=3600secs.

Step 3:

Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.
You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse.

To abort:

To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer just create another shortcut and make
the "location of the shortcut" to " shutdown -a" without the quotes.


METHOD 2

Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in
start=>Run

Type Code: at 11:35 shutdown -s
to abort

Code:

shutdown -a

take note: all time are in 24hr, example u would like to shutdown at 8:30pm, you should type

"at 20:30 shutdown -s" without quote


METHOD 3

you can use a batch for that as well it makes it easier to use
just run the batch and enter the time you want it to shutdown

shutdown.bat
Type Code:
@echo off
title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example by chacha1234
color A
echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)
set /p stime=
cls
at %stime% ""shutdown -s -t 00"" >nul
echo Your PC Will Auto Shutdown At %stime%
echo Press Any Key To Exit
pause >nul
exit


also you can add -c "desired message" at the end of the shutdown command
for example
shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Shutdown Pc"


using this command u can also schedule ur pc to restart
for example
shutdown -r -t 60 -c "Restarting Pc"

To reinstall the Microsoft Task Manager:

NOTE : You must be logged on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group in order to perform this procedure


1.Click Start , click Run , and then type the following command:
%systemroot%\inf


NOTE : There are no spaces at all in the preceding command line.


2.Click OK to open the INF folder.

3.Locate the file mstask.inf

Right-click the file, and then click Install . This will reinstall the files that Search needs to proceed normally.

You will be asked to place your windows XP cd rom in the drive.

Note : I have only tried on XP Pro

Many of us sometimes find the folder options missing in windows explorer.

Here's the solution

Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc".

Now goto User Configuration >
Administrative templates >
Windows Component >
Windows Explorer.

Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen
"Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools menu"

Just check it,
if it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configured.

I hopes that you will find the option after restarting windows.

This error report sending message can become quite annoying at times,it keeps on bugging
the user.

Not to worry about.

There is a simple way to get rid of it:

1.Go to Start->Control panel.

2.Go to system.

Now go to the Advanced tab.

3.Under the advanced tab,at the bottom click on 'Error reporting'.

Now click on 'Disable error reporting'.

You are done.You will not receive the error sending report anymore...........

You can make your search more efficient by learning some search basics !

Try these tips :

1. Use Of '+' sign :

This ensures that the results returned to you will definetly consist of the word following the '+' sign.

For Eg : Search: reviews of +iPhone and iPod

This will show results containing the word reviews or iPod but the results will definatly consist of iPhone !

2. Use Of '-' sign :

Using '-' sign before any word will ensure that the particular word will not be included in the results !

3. Use Of '~' sign :

Using '~' before any word will return the results also containing the synonyms of the word !

4. Search a particular site :

To search a particular website you can use the following syntax in the google search :

Search: site:www.xyz.com abc

For Eg :Search: site:http://pcremix.blogspot.com/ Google Search Tips

5. Define a word :

To get the definition of a word just use :

Search: define:abc

For Eg : Search: define:Computer

This will return you results which define 'Computer'.

6. Find Pages similar to a page :

To find a page similar i.e. consisting of same type of content, use the following syntax :

Search: related:http://www.xyz.com/

7. Search for exact phrase :

To search a set of words exactly together i.e.

For Eg :Search: "contact us"

This will return the results containing both contact and us together !

8. Using the wild card '*' :

The * sign can be used in places where the whole word is not known.
For Eg:Search: friend*

This will return the results containing friend , friends , friendship.

9. Using the '?' sign :

This is used when the full spelling of the word is not known.

For Eg:Search: fri??d

This will result that in the results in which any alphabet can take the place of '?' sign.

10. Use of boolean operators :

The boolean operators like AND,OR,NOT can be used in search box to connect the words !

The search engine understands them as what they mean but the must be in capital letters !

For Eg:Search: swim OR floatThis will return the results containing either swim or float !

Here are some tricks to windows xp.
just check it.

go to start-run and type some word like this......

1- Private Character Editor
This program is for designing icons and Characters(Alphapet)Click :start
Then :run
type :EUDCEDIT---------------------------------------

2- iExpress
This Program is for conerting your files to EXCUTABLE files
Click : start
Then : run
type : iexpress-----------------------------------------

3-Disk Cleanup
This program used for cleaning harddisk to offer space
Click : start
Then : run
type : cleanmgr-----------------------------------------

4-Dr Watson
This program Is for repairing problems in Windows
Click : start
Then : run
type : drwtsn32------------------------------------------

5-Windows Media Player 5.
1Opens the old media player
Click : start
Then : run
type : mplay32

Hacking Airtel Live GPRS access for PC 115.2 Kbps Internet

You need a PC or a Laptop and the required connectivity tools ,ie.,Serial/USB cable OR Infrared Device OR Bluetooth dongle

1) Activate Airtel Live! ( It's FREE so no probs)

2) Create TWO Airtel gprs data accounts (yep TWO) and select theFIRST as the active profile.

3) Connect your mobile to the PC (or Laptop) and install the driver foryour mobile's modem.

4) Create a new dial-up connection using the NEW CONNECTIONWIZARD as follows

Connecting Device : Your mobile's modemISP

Name : Airtel (or anything you like)Phone Number : *99***2#

Username and Password : blank

5) Configure your browser and download manager to use the proxy100.1.200.99 and port 8080.( My advice is to use Opera since youcan browse both wap and regular websites)

6) Connect to the dial-up account. You will be connected at 115.2kbps (but remember, that is a bad joke).

7) Pick up your mobile and try to access any site. You will get "AccessDenied..."(except for Airtel Live!). IT DOES NOT MATTER.Keep the mobile down.

8 ) On the PC ( or Laptop) open your browser, enter any address ,press ENTER and.......WAIT

9) After a few seconds the page will start to load and you have theWHOLE internet at your disposal.

The Settings on Sony Ericcson K700i Mobile

Under DATA COMM~~~~~~~~~~~~APN : airtelfun.com

USERNAME : blank

PASSWORD : blank

PASS REQ : OFFALLOW

CALLS : AUTOMATIC

IPADDRESS :DNS

ADDRESS :DATA

COMP : OFFHEADER

COMP : OFFUnder INTERNET PROFILES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INTERNET

MODE : HTTP or WAP (both worked for me)

USE PROXY : YES

IP ADDRESS : 100.1.200.99

PORT : 8080

USERNAME :

PASSWORD :

Follow the step:-
Go to desktop->
My computer-(right click on)->properties->
then go HARDWARE tab->
Device manager->
Now u see a window of Device managerthen
go to Ports->
Communication Port(double click on it and Open).
After open u can see a Communication Port properties.
Go the Port Setting:----and now increase ur "Bits per second" to 128000 and "Flow control" change to Hardware.
Apply and see the result..

"One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. Youmay cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue.."

Every windows user would have encountered this message. Yes and its "recommended that you continue".

However the time delay of 10 seconds is what irritates me. By making a small tweak in the registry, we can change the time delay.

Start registry from Run----> regedit.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager .
Don't expand the Session Manager tree.

On the right pane look out for 'AutoChkTimeOut' .

If its not there right-click--->New--->Dword value.
Rename it as 'AutoChkTimeOut'.

Now double click it and give the desired time delay in seconds.
[Choose Decimal while giving delay].
Press OK.
If the entry is not found, the default count down of 10 seconds will be used.

If it is set to 0 second, there will not be any count down.

If it is set to more than 3 days (259,200 seconds), the default value will be used.
Thats all.

Now reboot for the changes to take place.

The next time Scan Disk starts, there will be delay of the time you have specified.

If you want to confirm it then right-click on any drive ---->properties---->Tools---->Check Now.

Tick both and then start.

When prompted for check on next system startup click yes.

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open........

Close all open programs...........

Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE

Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.

Leave Task Manager open.

Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in.

At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete.

Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell.

Close Task Manager

This will open ur scrap book and keep refreshing every 2 minutes:

Orkut Auto Refresh

All u need to do is keep it open.
Now that partially serves the purpose of a scrap alert.
There was nothing much to do.
Just 2 lines of code

When you receive an email, you receive more than just the message. The email comes with headers that carry important information that can tell where the email was sent from and possibly who sent it.

For that, you would need to find the IP address of the sender.
The tutorial below can help you find the IP address of the sender.

Note:That this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.

Finding IP address in Gmail :

1. Log into your Gmail account with your username and password.
2. Open the mail.
3. To display the headers,
* Click on More options corresponding to that thread. You should get a bunch of links.
* Click on Show original
4. You should get headers like this:
Gmailheaders :Abhiraj
Look for Received: from followed by a few hostnames and an IP address between square brackets. In this case, it is 65.119.112.245.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
5. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Yahoo! Mail :

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed.To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences
* Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
* Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is selected
* Click on the Save button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. You should see similar headers like this:
Yahoo! headers :Abhiraj
Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ]. Here, it is 202.65.138.109.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
6. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Hotmail :

1. Log into your Hotmail account with your username and password.
2. Click on the Mail tab on the top.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed.To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on Mail Display Settings
* In Message Headers, make sure Advanced option is checked
* Click on Ok button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. If you find a header with X-Originating-IP: followed by an IP address, that is the sender's IP address
Hotmail headers :Abhiraj ,In this case the IP address of the sender is [68.34.60.59]. Jump to step 9.
6. If you find a header with Received: from followed by a Gmail proxy like this
Hotmail headers :Abhiraj
Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
In this case, the IP address of the sender is [69.140.7.58]. Jump to step 9.

7. Or else if you have headers like this
Hotmail headers :Abhiraj
Look for Received: from followed by IP address within square brackets[].
In this case, the IP address of the sender is [61.83.145.129] (Spam mail). Jump to step 9.

8. * If you have multiple Received: from headers, eliminate the ones that have proxy.anyknownserver.com.

9. Track the IP address of the sender...

Well, before doing this....do this test.

1) Goto http://www.testmy.net/ and click on Download Speed Test, and then on Smart Test....(and while conducting this test, don't forget to close all Instant Messagers, and there should be no other web activity, other than the test)
2) Note down the speeds.
Now, lets see, what all changes to be made.....
This tip is designed for increased BROADBAND speed in Windows XP while using standard Network Interface cards (NIC) that are connected to ADSL modems, or when using any directly-connected USB ADSL modem.
To speed up the Internet connection speed we need to configure a special buffer in the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the NIC or the USB modem.
This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Step #1 - Identify the IRQ used by the NIC/USB modem

1. Open the System Information tool by running MSINFO3
2.EXE from the Run command.2. Expand System Summary > Hardware Resources > IRQs.
3. Look for the listing made for your NIC (in my case - a Intel® PRO/100+ Management Adapter). Note the IRQ next to the specified line (in my case - IRQ21).
In case of USB modems you will first need to find the right USB device used by your modem. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Device Manager tool by running DEVMGMT.MSC from the Run command (or by right-clicking My Computer > Hardware tab > Device Manager button).
2. Scroll down to Universal Serial Bus controllers and expand it.
3. Right-click the USB Root Hub and select Properties. Note that you might need to do so for all listed USB Root hubs (if there are more than one) in order to find the right one.
4. In the Power tab, look for your USB ADSL modem.
5. In the Resources tab look for the assigned IRQ (in this case - IRQ21).
6. This is the IRQ we're looking for.Note: IRQs and modem names might vary...

Step #2 - Modify the system.ini file

1. Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.
2. Expand the system.ini file window.
3. Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].
4. Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type IrqX=4096 where X is the designated IRQ number we found in step #1, in my case it's IRQ21.Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!
5. Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
6. Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.Done.
Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.

NOW DO THE SPEED TEST AGAIN (MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING) AND NOTICE THE CHANGE IN SPEEDThe most speed improvement is visible with USB.

For Microsoft Windows XP.
Go to:
Start.
Control Panel.
Regional and Language Options.
Click the Customize button.
Select Time tag.
Highlight AM and type the name you want to display . Repeat with PM.
clicK apply and than ok.......

If you want scare your friend and have access to his computer, you can hide icons from his computer desktop this way.
Open Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Than, do follow:
Edit- New- DWORD value
and name new value - "NoDesktop"

Default value change to 1, close regedit, restart Windows.

Make your folders invisible............

1)Right Click on the desktop.Make a new folder
2)Now rename the folder with a space(U have to hold ALT key and type 0160).
3)Now u have a folder with out a name.
4)Right click on the folder>properties>customize. Click on change icon.
5)Scroll a bit, u should find some empty spaces, Click on any one of them.
click ok Thats it,

now u can store ur personal data without any 3rd party tools.

If you would like to display a legal message or any other message in a pop-up
window when windows starts read below:
Start Regedit; if you are unfamiliar with Regedit please see our FAQ.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows
NT/CurrentVersion/Winlogon.
Modify the key “legalnoticecaption” with what you want to name the window.
Modify the key “legalnoticetext” with what you want the window to say.
Restart.