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Remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7

HacK_MiNDeD — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:53:38 +0000

Let’s begin, though Internet Explorer is a good browser, but it’s not up to the mark of the current web standard requirements. Simply put, it’s outdated. Once while clicking a link somewhere, I realized it was being loaded on IE instead of the default browser Firefox (my favorite!) This pissed me off and I decided to completely get rid off it. :|

That annoying thing wasn’t enough that I realized there’s no Internet Explorer in the “Uninstall a Program” thing in the Control Panel. I was furious and what I wanted was to just get rid off IE and take revenge for taking place of my Firefox without my permission. :P

Ultimately, I found out how you get rid of that nasty browser. Here’s how it goes:

Go to “Uninstall a Program” in the Control Panel.
Uninstall or change a program
On the left-pane, click on “Turn Windows features on or off”.Un-check the box next to “Internet Explorer X” (“X” will be the version of Internet Explorer.)
Windows features on or off
Click “Yes” and you’re done.
Final step

That’s it! Now you won’t see that Internet Explorer anywhere on your PC. :D

Send Messages to Other PCs over LAN on Windows

HacK_MiNDeD — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:44:35 +0000

Long since I’ve posted any PC tips, so here we go. This post will introduce you to the net send and msg.exe and tell you how to use it to send messages to other PCs which are connected to your LAN. :)

The net send command works for most of the versions of Windows upto Windows XP SP 2. Due to the use of the command for spamming over the WWW, this command was replaced by msg.exe in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

First let’s see how it works on the versions of Windows upto XP SP2

It’s really easy, all you need to do is follow these steps:

Run command prompt (Windows Logo Key + R, then type “cmd.exe”).
Running Command Prompt
Type net send x “Your message goes in here between in quotes”, in this command, replace the “x” with the username of the PC on your LAN to which you want the message to be sent. And hit Enter.
How to use Net Send command

If the user is on-line, your message will be sent or else an error message would appear.
You can also send messages to ALL THE PCs connected to your LAN at ONCE! To do that just type this command: net send * “Your message here!”
The star(*) in the above command tells cmd to send the message to all the PCs which are connected to your LAN rather than specifying one (including your PC also) :D

On Windows Vista and Windows 7

It’s the same thing as above, except the “net send”, you’ve to replace it with “msg”.

For example, msg x “Your message here” or (to send to all PCs) msg * “Your message here”

Please Note:

The ports used by these messenger services are 135, 137, 138, and 139. Make sure they aren’t blocked or the message will not be sent.

If you have any difficulty using any of these commands, please mention it in comments below. (or even if you don’t have, commenting is not a crime :P)

Chit Chat – The Facebook Messenger

HacK_MiNDeD — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:06:44 +0000

It’s a fact that many of the Facebook users keep the site open on their browser only for the sake of chatting with their friends. Are you one of them? If yes, then this post will tell you how to free your browser and chat bring FB Chat to your desktop! :)

Chit Chat

Chit Chat is an application that can be used directly from your desktop, and it works like the Facebook Chat, without the need of a browser. The good thing is that, it’s free and easy to use! Just install it and log-in with your Facebook details.

The plus and the most attractive feature of this messenger is that you can save your chats and you can find them all in the chat history. You can even directly save the conversations while you’re chatting. This will help you to make your chats memorable :D

Chit Chat has a fast, tabbed-interface for chatting with notifications for new IMs. So you’ll never miss out any of your friends messages.

Do give it a try, and drop your comments below :)

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Invisibility in Facebook Chat

HacK_MiNDeD — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:52:47 +0000

While looking for invisibility in FB Chat, I came across this application called Online Now which lets you check your online friends without going online. Though you can’t chat with it being invisible, but you can still check out your online friends without showing online to others. This way you can avoid unwanted chats.

Run Trial Softwares, Even When Trial Period is Over

HacK_MiNDeD — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:26:50 +0000

Recycle :P

I had to make use of a software which was running under trial period, and I had almost forgotten it that I had that software on the PC…it was damn urgent and I didn’t have a penny in my PayPal account to buy it.

This is when I remembered of a software called *Time Stopper*, which claims to run trials forever. But I thought to try doing things myself, what the software is supposed to do :)

So here it goes, Time Stopper makes the trial software believe that it’s in another time and the trial period is still left. So basically what I had to do is, change the system’s date to previous so that the software will run thinking that it’s being run in trial period, instead of prompting me to buy it. Then, I changed my system’s date to two months back and I tried to run the software and it notifies me that the system’s date is wrong because before two months, the software wasn’t there at all on the system (lol). :P

After that, I forwarded the date to a month and this time, it went all perfectly! :D

But then, the only thing is that I have to Google to know the correct date and day, as the system has got it all wrong :P