Techno Tips n' Trixx

We happen to have more than one Email Ids and sometimes more than one Gmail Id. So logging out from one account and login to the other is very troublesome. If you want to run Gtalk for two or more same Gmail Ids simultaneously, you can easily do that.
There are many ways of doing that (you maybe knowing some) but here is a list of four easier ways. It was notified by one of our readers who was facing problem while using Gtalk for 2 Gmail accounts, so here goes the solution.
Solution:

First method:
• Using Pidgin
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Pidgin has hell lots of options and supports many IM clients. You should try that.

Second method:• (Using Digsby)
Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.
You can even switch to offline or invisible modes, an advantage currently not available in the standard Google Talk client.

Third method:
• Replace the target of Gtalk shortcut icon by this line
“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex



Click OK.

Fourth method:
• Use Google Labs edition along with standard Gtalk client.
Labs edition adds more functionalities to the Gtalk.

Now if you want to fool the people and know about their online status even when they have logged in with invisible feature activated, then this is possible. There are two ways to do this.
You need to have a GPRS enabled mobile handset.
Download a free software called gotalkmobile(http://www.gotalkmobile.com/gotalkmobile_download.html) on your handset and install it.
After the installation, log on to your GTalk account with your login details.
Now, this will show you the entire online friends list. It does not matter if they are online or invisible.
In this way you can catch your offline friends as well. The persons who are being shown as offline, are not present on GTalk.
And you are done above. You will notice those online (visible + invisible) as well as the offline friends.
Now u can even disturb that clever fools ;-)

So another way is that u just go Off the record with target user that is chats will now be not saved.
This can be only done when the target user is online.
Now when the target user is offline/hidden/invisible just try to send him/her the messages in chat. if the target is invisible but not offline then he/she can receive ur chats. but if the target user is offline then u'll receive an error did not receive your chat.

So friends here is the solution to know who has blocked u on Gtalk.

For this you need to have PIDGIN and configure it properly. Pidgin is a third party tool, available for free. You can use all your messenger accounts at once using this software. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, Zephyr etc. Folow the steps below:

Download Pidgin.(http://rapidshare.com/files/218360724/pidgin-2.5.5.zip)

Go To Accounts –> Manage –> Add.
It will open a new window Add Accounts.
From the drop down box choose XMPP as the Protocol.
In case of Screen name enter your Gmail Id (e.g. - crypto36).
Type gmail.com as the Domain/Server.
In Resource Field enter Home.
Type your Gmail Password in the Password Field.
Choose any Nickname (e.g. - crypto) as Local alias.
And you are now done with Pidgin settings.

Now how to see who has blocked u on Gtalk. Follow the below steps :

Sign in to GTalk on PIDGIN with your details
Go to Buddies –> Show Offline Buddies
Right click on that selected contact, and click on Get Info.
Now here is the trick. Clicking on Get Info will show the brief profile of the person. But if the person has blocked you on GTalk, you won’t be able to see his/her full profile. You can’t even see his/her profile name.

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* Froogle (http://froogle.google.com) product search engine (active beta)
* Google News (http://news.google.com/)
* Google Local (http://local.google.com/)
* Google Wireless (http://www.google.com/options/wireless.html)
* Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/)
* Google Suggest (http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en)
* Google Keyhole (http://www.keyhole.com/)
* Google Print (http://print.google.com/print/faq.html) (beta) (Example (http://print.google.com/print/doc?isbn=0195128427))
* Google Books (https://www.googlestore.com/)
* AdWords (https://adwords.google.com)
* AdSense (https://www.google.com/adsense/)
* Gmail (http://www.gmail.com/) (private beta)
* Google Labs (http://labs.google.com/) (a testing ground for Google services that are in beta)
* Google Groups 2 (http://groups-beta.google.com/)
* Official Google weblog (http://www.google.com/googleblog)
* googlesyndication.com (http://www.googlesyndication.com/) - Official Google mirror
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It’s quite easy to make your own icons in the Windows XP.



Click Start > Programs > Accessories and click Paint. On the image menu in the Paint,

click Attributes and set 30x30 for both height and width of the document. Make sure

to select the pixels radio button under “Units”.

Click Ok. Now change color and formatting of the newly created icon. Next, click the

File menu and then click “Save As”. Give any name to the file followed by the “.ico”.

The .ico is the default extensions of the icons. Save your icon to any where on your

hard disk. You can replace Windows desktop icons with your own icons.

1. Login as Administrator

2. Go to Start/Run and type in cmd and click OK.

At the prompt type cipher /r:Eagent and press enter

This prompt will then display:

Please type in the password to protect your .PFX file:

Type in your Administrator password
Re-confirm your Administrator password

The prompt will then display

Your .CER file was created successfully.
Your .PFX file was created successfully.

The Eagent.cer and Eagent.pfx files will be saved in the current directory that is shown at the command prompt. Example: The command prompt displays C:\Documents and Settings\admin> the two files are saved in the admin folder. (For security concerns, you should house the two files in your Administrator folder or on a floppy disk).

3. Go to Start/Run and type in certmgr.msc and click OK. This will launch the Certificates Manager. Navigate to Personal and right click on the folder and select All Tasks/Import. The Certificate Import Wizard will appear. Click Next. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\admin folder. In the Open dialog box, change the Files of Type (at the bottom) to personal Information Exchange (*.pfx,*.P12). Select the file Eagent.pfx and click Open. Click Next. Type in your Administrator password (leave the two checkboxes blank) and click Next. Make sure the Radio button is active for the first option (Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certifcate). Click Next. Click Finish. (You'll receive a message that the import was successful). To confirm the import, close Certificates Manager and re-open it. Expand the Personal folder and you will see a new subfolder labeled Certificates. Expand that folder and you will see the new entry in the right side column. Close Certificate Manager.

4. Go to Start/Run and type in secpol.msc and click OK. This will launch the Local Security Policy. Expand the Public Key Policies folder and then right click on the Encrypted File System subfolder and select Add Data Recovery Agent... The Wizard will then display. Click Next. Click the Browse Folders... button. Browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\admin folder. Select the Eagent.cer file and click Open. (The wizard will display the status User_Unknown. That's ok). Click Next. Click Finish. You will see a new entry in the right side column. Close the Local Security Policy.

You, the Administrator are now configured as the default Recovery Agent for All Encrypted files on the Local Machine.

To Recover Encrypted files:

#1:
If you have completed the above steps BEFORE an existing user encrypted his/her files, you can log in to your Administrator account and navigate to the encrypted file(s). Double click on the file(s) to view the contents.

#2:
If you have completed the above steps AFTER an existing user has already encrypted his/her files, you must login to the applicable User's User Account and then immediately logout. Next, login to your Administrator account and navigate to the encrypted file(s). Double click on the file(s) to view the contents.

Almost all of the new PCs that have been bought in the past couple of years should ideally have SATA HDDs (Serial-ATA Hard Disk Drives) in them. If you have a Windows Vista system with a SATA HDD, then you should know that you can optimize it to run faster. The following steps will let you hack into the Vista system and tweak the configurations so that your SATA HDD works with a faster speed and gives a better performance.

1. Login to your Vista PC using an Adminitrator account.
2. Open the Device Manager. [For this you have to simply go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance, and then click on the Device Manager tab.]
3. Find the SATA HDD installed on your system under the Disk drives tree-branch.
4. Select Properties for the HDD by either double-clicking on it or right-clicking and then selecting Properties in the context menu.
5. Go to the Policies tab.
6. Select (tick) the check-box for Enable advanced performance option nested below the Enable write caching on the disk option. [Note: In case the Optimize for quick removal is selected instead of the Optimize for performance option, then you will have to deselct it, and tick the check-box next to the Optimize for performance option first.]
7. Press OK.
8. Exit the Device Manager.