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UnFREEz - Tool for creating animated gifs

April 5th, 2008 8 Comments

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You must have seen those images that keeps on changing and looks like an animation but in reality they are animated gifs which holds the information of showing multiple images [...]

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Image Batch Processing - Convert / Rename multiple images at once

April 4th, 2008 2 Comments

You can convert images from one type to another by using either of the many options available but when you need to convert multiple files it can be a pain. So today I am going to write a tutorial explaining how you can use Irfanview for batch processing of images i.e. converting / renaming multiple [...]

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Write protect your USB/Thumb/Pen Drive

April 3rd, 2008 6 Comments

It happens with me many time that I had to copy some files from my pen drive to our college lab and the moment I plugged in my pen drive, it gets infected with dozens of viruses. Yes, its true that our college labs are too infected. Now before I can use the pen drive [...]

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MD5SUM Explanation [Meaning and Use]

March 28th, 2008 1 Comment

What is md5sum?
According to Wikipedia, md5sum is a program which calculates and verifies 128-bit MD5 hashes. The MD5 hash (or checksum) functions as a compact digital fingerprint of a file.
It is extremely unlikely for two non-identical files to have same md5sum as calculated by hashing algorithms (however the theory says something else).
What is the use [...]

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Portable Feed Reader - Carry your feeds with you

March 27th, 2008 4 Comments

Everybody is connected to the internet almost all the day by means of either regular internet connection or through smartphone. Atleast I do and I am sure many others also do the same. But still there are some users who don’t have the facility of being connected all the time. Either they have some financial [...]

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How to create custom commands for Run dialog box in windows

March 25th, 2008 11 Comments

In Windows, you have the option of running certain applications and certain commands by typing them in the Run dialog box but there is no option for users to add their own command. This tutorial teaches how you can make the Run dialog box to accept your commands and do what you want. This tutorial [...]

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VirusTotal - Scan files from different anti viruses online

March 24th, 2008 2 Comments

Almost every computer user uses some or the other anti virus on their computer for protecting their computer from malicious codes (virus, trojans, spywares etc) and many of them also use online on demand scanner of different anti viruses when they are suspicious about a particular file.The reason of using anti virus other than [...]

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