Computer Tips, Tricks, Facts and Info

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You can loop YouTube videos here.

http://www.infinitelooper.com

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50 Amazing Google Facts and Figures

1. The original nickname was BackRub due to the backlink technology used to determine site importance but eventually changed the name to Google originating from the misspelling of the word “Googol (the mathematician’s term for the number one followed by one hundred zeros) to signify the large quantities of information for people that it would provide.

2. Google began as a research project in 1996

3. Google.com domain went online in 1997

4. The first funding of $100,000 for Google was provided by Andy Bechtolsheim the co- founder of Sun Microsystems

5. The CEO for ‘Excite’George Bell rejected to buy Google when it was offered to him for $1 million when Brin and Page were finding the

search engine taking up to much time from their research in 1999

6. The first round of venture capital of $25 million was provided in 1999 by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital 5 years before it floated

7. Google incorporated in 1998

8. 30 million pages indexed in 1998

9. 1 billion pages indexed in 2000

10. Eric Schmidt named CEO in in 2001

11. Acquired Blogger in 2003

12. Adsense launched in 2003

13. Gmail launched in 2004

14. Google IPO in 2004

15. 8 billion pages indexed in in 2004

16. Acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion

17. 1 Trillion pages indexed in in 2008

18. Android announced in 2007

19. Chrome launched in 2008

20. 1.8 million shares given to Stanford University for its PageRank Patent sold by Stanford in 2005 for $336 million

21. It currently runs over 1 million computer servers in data centers around the world

22. Google search handles over 1 billion searches per day

23. 7.2 billion daily page views

24. 87.8 billion monthly worldwide searches conducted on Google sites

25. Google’s global search market share is 85%

26. Daily visitors to Google is 620 million

27. Google.com’s worldwide ranking is number 1

28. Revenue in 2000 was $19 million

29. Profit in 2000 was a loss of $14 million

30. In 2009 Google’s revenue was nearly $23 billion

31. In 2009 Google’s profit was $6.5 billion

32. 97% is the percentage of revenue from advertising

33. Stock price at its IPO in 2004 was $85

34. Stock price in 2010 was $535

35. Over 19,000 employees

36. 37% are research staff

37. 37% are sales staff

38. A ‘Noogler’ is a new person at Google

39. 45% of Google’s products are currently in Beta

40. YouTube market share is 39.4%

41. 270,000 words a minute are written on Blogger

42. 146 million Gmail users

43. Google analytics is used on 57% of the top 10,000 websites

44. 400,000 new Android devices are activated every day

45. 100 million activated Android devices

46. 200,000 Apps available for the Android

47. 4.5 billion Apps have been installed from the Android Market

48. Google’s Android mobile operating system is the world’s leading smart phone platform surpassing Nokia and Apple with a 33% share

49. 33 million Android operating systems were shipped in the the fourth quarter of 2010

50. The Google Driverless car named the ‘Stanley’ won the DARPA Grand challenge and the $2 million in prize money from the US Department of
Defense in 2005

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Protip: Create keyboard shorcuts for programs you frequently use. Right click, properties, shortcut key. For example, set Microsoft Word to Ctrl-Alt-W. You'll never have to use your mouse to open Word ever again.

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Protip: Create keyboard shorcuts for programs you frequently use. Right click, properties, shortcut key. For example, set Microsoft Word to Ctrl-Alt-W. You'll never have to use your mouse to open Word ever again.

Creating a keyboard shortcut

   

•    Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties.
•    On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.
•    Press the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the program.
•   Click OK.

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Trick On How To Hide Drive Using Command Prompt

If you want to hide your Disk Drive then you can easily do it with command prompt.
This trick works on all versions of windows i.e windows xp,vista and windows 7. This Trick Only hides your Drives that you can Easily Unhide there is no loss of data Involved



Follow these simple steps To Hide Disk Drive

Step:1 Click on Start Button in taskbar and then goto Run

Step:2 In Run type:  cmd. (This will open Command Prompt)

Step:3 Now type:  Diskpart in command prompt and press Enter key.
 (This will start your Diskpart session)

Step:4 Now type:  List volume (This will list all your volumes)

Step:5 Now you have to select a volume that you want to hide.Example Type:  select volume 3
  and your volume 3 will be selected.

Step:6 Type: Remove letter F (you should type your volume name instead of F).

The drive will now get hidden(If not just restart your computer).

Trick on How To Unhide The Hidden drive Using Command prompt

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How to Unhide
Step:1 To Unhide the Drive follows the steps 1-5 as mentioned above.

Step:2 Now Type assign letter F (You should type your volume name instead of F)

Now your hidden drive will be visible.(If not just Restart your computer)

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10 Amazing Things You should Know You Could Do With Google :

1st:- You can use Google as a timer by entering the time in the search bar. Tik-tok-tik-tok-tik-tok....


2nd:- Type in “Google in 1998″ for a retro version of the search engine.


3rd:- You can ask Google to calculate the tip on dinner.


4th:- Health Conscious, let Google take care of your Diet.


5th:- It can check on your flight for you.


6th:- Tell you the exact times of sunrise and sunset.


7th:- You can tell it to roll over—and it'll do it for you. Just type in "do a barrel roll."


8th:- Search for “recursion,” and you’ll get stuck in a loop.


9th:- Searching for “Festivus,” brings up the sacred aluminum pole.


10th:- Play a hidden game built into the search engine. Enter “Zerg Rush."

[azguard]

Nice google tricks. Some of them i know but for some realy i didnt hope to see more trick i tips soon.

[rohnearner]

Nice google tricks. Some of them i know but for some realy i didnt hope to see more trick i tips soon.

There are few others like
*Google Gravity [i'm feeling lucky]
*Pacman on google
*Tilt
*Making heart using google graphs.
ETC ETC

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INFO:-


► HP purchased Compac @$25 Billion.

► Facebook purchased WhatsApp @$19 Billion.

►Google purchased Motorola @$12.5 Billion.

►Microsoft purchased Skype @$8.5 Billion!

► Microsoft purchased Nokia @$7.7 Billion.

► Oracle purchased@Sun&Java @$7.4 Billion.

► Lenovo purchased Motrola @$2.8 Billion.

► Google purchased YouTube @$1.65 Billion.

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INFO:-


► HP purchased Compac @$25 Billion.

► Facebook purchased WhatsApp @$19 Billion.

►Google purchased Motorola @$12.5 Billion.

►Microsoft purchased Skype @$8.5 Billion!

► Microsoft purchased Nokia @$7.7 Billion.

► Oracle purchased@Sun&Java @$7.4 Billion.

► Lenovo purchased Motrola @$2.8 Billion.

► Google purchased YouTube @$1.65 Billion.

1.65B for youtube seemed huge at the time but it was a great buy for Google, they are innovating so much and they offer most their services for free yet most people are more afraid of them than of their government!?

Nice tricks, keep them coming

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INFO:-


► HP purchased Compac @$25 Billion.

► Facebook purchased WhatsApp @$19 Billion.

►Google purchased Motorola @$12.5 Billion.

►Microsoft purchased Skype @$8.5 Billion!

► Microsoft purchased Nokia @$7.7 Billion.

► Oracle purchased@Sun&Java @$7.4 Billion.

► Lenovo purchased Motrola @$2.8 Billion.

► Google purchased YouTube @$1.65 Billion.

1.65B for youtube seemed huge at the time but it was a great buy for Google, they are innovating so much and they offer most their services for free yet most people are more afraid of them than of their government!?

Nice tricks, keep them coming

YouTube was just one year old when google bought it in 2006 and it was peeking up , one of the best tech buy of this decade. You are right that Google is innovating and providing so many services for free but nothings comes for free as we all know so we are compromising our privacy. if you are ok with it than Google is best out there otherwise there are enough reason to criticize Google.

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Useful Gmail Shortcuts

NOTE:- Must have "keyboard shortcuts" ON in settings.

* C:
 Compose new message.

* Shift + C:
 Open new window to compose new message.

* Slash (/):
Switch focus to search box.

* K:
Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

* J:
Switch focus to the next oldest email.

* N:
Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

* P:
Switch focus to the previous message.

* U:
Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

* Y: Various actions depending on current view:
     * Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.
     * Inbox: Archive email or message.
     * Starred: Unstar email or message.
     * Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."
     * Trash: Move back to "Inbox."
     * Any label: Remove the label.

* X:
"Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

* S:
"Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

* R: Reply to the email.

* A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

* F: Forward an email.

* Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

* Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

* Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

* Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

* G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

* G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

* G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

* G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

* G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.

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Tip of the Day
Easiest Way to Download videos from YOUTUBE without any software or addon.  Just Follow the following steps

Step 1: Open any video on YouTube that you want to download.  Every youtube video has an unique link [that you must know already] This is YouTube video link:


Step 2:Delete www. and paste ss like this:

           delete http: and everything ahead of youtube.com and paste ss and Press Enter

Step 3: Now it will take you to a  new website named "Save From"
Just click the Format of video you want and thats it.


NOTE:If you have queries or any related post to this topic I request you to pls Post them on link below: All other Posts will be deleted
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How do I know this is safe? 

thanks for the info, saves me so much time now

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Some Common Hardware And Software Problem , Causes and Solution.

1. MONITOR LED IS BLINKING
Check all the connections like Monitor Cable, Data cables,RAM, Display Card , CPU connections.

2. CONTINUOS THREE BEEPS
Problem in RAM Connection.

3. THREE BEEPS ( 1 Long 2 Short)
Problem in Display Card Connection

4. THREE LONG BEEPS PERIOD WISE
Problem in BIOS or RAM (Basic Input Output System)

5. CONTINUOS NON-STOP BEEPING
Key Board Problem (I.e.; Some Key is pressed for Longer time)

6. FDD LED IS GLOWING CONTINUOSLY
Data cable to be connected properly (twisted cable).

7. NO DISPLAY ON THE SCREEN AT ALL
Hard Disk cable connected wrongly. Connect rightly seeing the Red mark (Faces power supply) and then Restart.

8. POWER LED IS OFF
a. Check main power cord
b. Check S.M.P.S.
c. Check Mother Board connection

9. SHOWING CMOS ERROR
Replace 3 Volt battery of Mother Board . Set Original Settings Manually.(Refer CMOS Setup chart)
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10. SHOWING FDD ERROR OR FLOPPY DRIVE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY
Check Power cord of FDD , Data Cables , set CMOS & Finally the Check drive.

11. SHOWING HDD ERROR OR HARD DISK FAILURE
a. Check Power Cord
b. Check connection of HDD
c. Check Data cable
d. Check Hard Disk parameters in CMOS or Auto detecting Setting Partitions by Fdisk Command, then format it to set track 0.

12. MOTHER BOARD HANGS DUE TO UNSTABILIZED POWER SUPPLY
a. Check S.M.P.S
b. RAM not functioning properly.
c. Software problem (due to using pirated software)
d. CPU fan not functioning properly.

13. DANCING SCREEN
a. Check Display card connection
b. Virus Problem
c. Video Memory Problem

14. SHAKING SCREEN
a. Earthing problem
b. Magnetic waves comes around.

15. CPU CABINET SHOCK
a. Check Earthing
b. Check main power cord.

16. NON-SYSTEM DISK ERROR
a. Floppy Drive having different disk (Non-Bootable Disk) OR CMOS Parameters for Hard Disk may not be set properly.
b. Hard Disk Partitions may not be created.
c. Hard Disk may not be formatted.

17. MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM
The System files missing namely Ie; command.com} - User File IO.SYS & MS_DOS.SYS } - Hidden Files. These above three files required for Start up of the system that can be transferred by using SYS C: Command OR While the time of formatting by using Format c:/u/s

18. MISSING COMMAND INTERPRETOR
May the file Command.com is corrupted OR Infected by Virus OR Some one has Erased it.

19. SHOWING I/O ERROR
a. The type of Hard Disk in CMOS may not be set properly.
b. Operating system used for formatting is not valid

20. SHOWING DIVIDE OVER- FLOW MESSAGE
a. May some Directories or Files crash with other files.
b. Use CHKDSK/F or SCANDISK Command to correct it.

21. HARD DISK MAKING NOISE WHILE PROCESSING
a. Unstabilized power supply.
b. Check for Loose Contact.
c. Do not use Y Connectors for Hard Disk.
d. It may create Bad Sector OR Weak Hard Disk.

22. HARD DISK HANGS WHILE PROCESSING
Check for Bad Sector by using CHKDSK or SCANDISK Command. If found format the Hard Disk and set Partition before that area.(This is the only procedure to use Hard Disk with Bad Sector) OR (To avoid Bad Sectors use Standard Power Supply)

23. HARD DISK NOT DETECTED
a. Check Power Connector
b. Check Data Cables
c. Check Jumpers

24. PARTITION NOT SHOWN
Operating System where the Hard Disk formatted is not supported with present Mother Board. For Eg: Hard Disk formatted with Pentium System will hide their partitions for 486 System.

25. MMX/DLL FILE MISSING
May the above files may be corrupted due to power failure or Virus. Make available above files from other Computer. OR Reinstall Windows 98 Operating System. (This procedure will not make any effect on existing Data).

26. WINDOWS REGISTRY ERROR
This will happen due to sudden ON/OFF of the system. Final solution is to Reinstall Operating System.

27. DISPLAY COLOUR DOES NOT MATCH
a. Configure Display Card properly with their CD.
b. The Standard setting for Windows is set it to 800x600 for better performance.

28. UNKNOWN DEVICE FOUND
May the Driver utility is not provided with operating system . Insert Driver CD and install software for the above Device. (Every Device requires driver utility to set active

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Trick:- Making Nameless Folder In Windows

In this small tutorial i will show you a smilpe windows trick. Basically you can not make folder with no name on windows. This trick will allow you to make folder without any name. This trick works on any windows operating system .

Before attempting this trick, try to make a folder with no name and you will fail to do so. This is what this trickwill let you do.

1:-Make a Newfolder on desktop or where ever you want.

2:-Right click on this newly created folder and select Rename.

3:-Erase the text showing "New Folder".

4:-Now Press Alt while typing 255[num keypad] .
 If you are on laptop then you need to enable your Num Lock and type from the highlighted number keys not from those below function keys.

5:-Note: Don't release Alt key while typing 255 release Alt key after typing 255.

6:-Done you just created nameless folder.

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Trick:- Making Nameless Folder In Windows

In this small tutorial i will show you a smilpe windows trick. Basically you can not make folder with no name on windows. This trick will allow you to make folder without any name. This trick works on any windows operating system .

Before attempting this trick, try to make a folder with no name and you will fail to do so. This is what this trickwill let you do.

1:-Make a Newfolder on desktop or where ever you want.

2:-Right click on this newly created folder and select Rename.

3:-Erase the text showing "New Folder".

4:-Now Press Alt while typing 255[num keypad] .
 If you are on laptop then you need to enable your Num Lock and type from the highlighted number keys not from those below function keys.

5:-Note: Don't release Alt key while typing 255 release Alt key after typing 255.

6:-Done you just created nameless folder.

Does it work for all windows systems? It is quite complicated just to have a nameless folder

[rohnearner]

Trick:- Making Nameless Folder In Windows

In this small tutorial i will show you a smilpe windows trick. Basically you can not make folder with no name on windows. This trick will allow you to make folder without any name. This trick works on any windows operating system .

Before attempting this trick, try to make a folder with no name and you will fail to do so. This is what this trickwill let you do.

1:-Make a Newfolder on desktop or where ever you want.

2:-Right click on this newly created folder and select Rename.

3:-Erase the text showing "New Folder".

4:-Now Press Alt while typing 255[num keypad] .
 If you are on laptop then you need to enable your Num Lock and type from the highlighted number keys not from those below function keys.

5:-Note: Don't release Alt key while typing 255 release Alt key after typing 255.

6:-Done you just created nameless folder.

Does it work for all windows systems? It is quite complicated just to have a nameless folder

Yeah.. for all windows system.
You can not simply  create folder with blank name +you can't create or rename folders with following names.
CON
PRN
AUX
NUL
LPT1
COM1

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Tip/Trick: How to use Browser tab/window as Notepad
Do you ever feel requirement of a Notepad in your browser to save temporary texts , So here is one simple Code that you can use to turn any tab into Notepad.

Just Copy and Paste Following code in your Address/Url bar.
 

Code:

data:text/html, <html contenteditable>

[Anduck]

ALT is the key. Press ALT in Windows panels like Control Panel. Magical...

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ALT is the key. Press ALT in Windows panels like Control Panel. Magical...

As far as I know It just takes you to the menu and underlines the combination of shortcut keys that you can use with Alt key. like pressing alt in control panel will take you to menu bar and will underline keys that you can use as combination with Alt.