Although this can be done easily from command line but I always prefer to work with GUI programs. To change file Creation date, Modify date or Last accessed date you can use a small freeware utility (just 20 KB) FileDate Changer from Nirsoft.
FileDate Changer even allows you to change dates in a batch i.e you can select multiple files at a time and can change their dates.
Download FileDate Changer - Change file creation date on windows XP
Efficient Sticky Notes is free software which you can use to “Stick” ToDo notes on your desktop and can easily find important information at any time on the screen.
Features of Efficient Sticky Notes :
Duplicate cleaner is a very useful program to help you organize the contents at your home or office system. You'd be surprised just how many redundant or duplicate files you could find forgotten in an obscure documents folder. Duplicate Cleaner will deep scan for all types of files - photos, music, films/video, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, text files - you name it, if it appears twice on your computer then Duplicate Cleaner will find it.
Once these files are found you are provided with helper tools to enable you to select which copies to delete or move.These files can be deleted to the recycle bin, moved into an archive elsewhere, or replaced.
Features of Duplicate Cleaner :
Windows Live SkyDrive is a reliable online file storage service from Microsoft. You can store and share any kind of files or documents here. Since it is a web based service no installation is required and you get 25 GB of enormous free space for storage. The maximum size of single file allowed is 50 MB.
Apart from web based uploading interface Skydrive also comes with uploader tool which allows you to easy drag and drop interface for upload. Download for Uploader tool is available in File Add Screen(see image below) .
How to check my Internet Speed ? Below are some freely available Online Speed Test Utility. You can choose any depending upon your need or choice :
Flash 8 plugin based speed test
Accurate for tests of residential DSL and cable connections
Sun Java plugin based speed test
Capable of higher speed testing, for example, fiber
Simple Mobile Speed Test (http://text.dslreports.com/mspeed)
For even very dumb phone browsers
NATIVE iPhone Speed and Latency app
Iphone appstore free speed test. Load via itunes from this link, or load from your iphone, search for 'network speed test' by dslreports.com!
iPhone browser Speed and Latency Test Beta speedtest, for full browsers on smart phones (such as iPhone)
As such currently there is no automated way to archive this but below trick will help you to achieve this to some extent.
Follow below steps :
1. Sign into your Twitter account and get copy the profile URL.
2. This must be something like http://twitter.com/YourUserName.
3. Now log into Facebook and click on the Profile link in the top left of the page.
4. Select the Info tab in the top center of the page.
5. Select the Edit Information link on the right.
6. Select the Contact Information area.
7. In the Websites box paste your link and update the profile.
Now, from your profile page your friends can find a direct link to twitter and join you there.
Many people want to disable camera in their laptop (may be because of security/privacy concerns). Here is the quick way to achieve this.
Go to Control Panel –> System –> Hardware Tab –> Device Manager.
Under Imaging devices you will find your camera listed (see the image below). Right click on the camera device and click disable option from the context menu.
shutdown –s to shutdown the computer
shutdown –r to shutdown and restart the computer
shutdown –l to log off from the computer
shutdown –f forcibly closes all the applications and shutdown the computer
shutdown –a You can use this command to abort the system shutdown If it is already in progress.
To run above command just go go start ---> run --->type cmd and press enter key. You can find the command prompt window similar to above in picture. Here you can execute above mentioned commands.
