4 Ways to Run Two or More Gtalk Simultaneously
Posted by SantY in Internet Tips on Monday, March 8, 2010

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.
How to know if someone is Invisible/hidden or Offline on Gtalk...?
Posted by SantY in Internet Tips

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.
How to know if someone has blocked you on Gtalk ....?
Posted by SantY in Internet Tips

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.
Google Sites and Services
Posted by SantY in Internet Tips

* Google (http://www.google.com/)
* 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
* Early Google.com (http://web.archive.org/web/19981202230410/www.google.com/) - Google as on November 11, 1998
How to make your own Icons using MSPAINT?
Posted by SantY in Windows XP

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.



