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PDF Files Can Talk?

Katana — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:04:32 +0000

Did you realise that if you use Adobe Reader 6.0 or 7.0, you can have a bot talk on the contents of the pdf file?

Open a pdf file then,

Ctrl+shift+b – to hear the entire Document
Ctrl+shift+v – to hear the page
Ctrl+shift+c – to resume
Ctrl+shift+e – to stop

Try out the hear the page if the hear the entire document doesn’t seem to work because of long pdf file content.

Enable Remote Desktop Remotely

Katana — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:11:45 +0000

The remote desktop login(RDP) is a nice feature of Windows 2003, XP and 2000 server that lets you remotely login to another system, putting this in remote login mode. However you need to enable the remote login settings in order to allow the remote desktop login to work. IntelliAdmin has created a remote desktop enabler which is a free utility that does not need an install, extra dlls or runtimes. This will enble you to enable Remote Login Desktop across your LAN.

Site: IntelliAdmin
Download: IntelliAdmin

Process ID Lookup

Katana — Mon, 29 May 2006 15:41:10 +0000

Ever wondered what are those process list when you open the task manager? Instead of going to search engines to search one by one, look it up at process id to see the description about the process. Its always good to educate yourself about it so that you are less vulnerable to spymare, malware and trojans.

Source: Process ID

Disable USB Storage Devices

Katana — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:57:42 +0000

This is a great tip to disable usb storage drivers while allowing your keyboards, mouse and scanner to keep working. Very useful for public computers where you need to keep people away from copying its content. This only works on windows machine though.

1. Always backup your registry in case you mess up something
2. Open regedit and change the key value ‘Start’
of ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USbStor” to 4.

Value 4 – Storage USB devices are disabled
Value 3 – Storage USB devices are enabled

Source: IntelliAdmin

Spyware Removal Guide Video

Katana — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:07:31 +0000

Here’s a great video by Andy Walker to optimise removal of spyware on your pc. Spyware secretly watches what you do on the internet, shows advertisement, taking control of your web browser, keylogging your information and so on. If you find your operating system slowing down, that’s a sign of a lot of spyware on your pc.

Clean up your pc today by watching what you can do to make your pc run better, safer and faster.

Source: CyberWalker

Shutdown Windows XP faster

Katana — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:46:21 +0000

Here’s a guide by altHack to shutdown your pc faster. I have tried it and now I don’t have to wait for ages just for my pc to shutdown hehe.

The steps are as follows:
1. Click on Start and select Run. Type ‘regedit’ as shown in the picture below. This will bring up the registry editor.

2. Export your registry backup in case you mess up anything. Its not really anything serious but at least you can bring back the settings in case you wander off from the guide.

3. Find the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

4. Click on the control folder and there is a parameter called ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’. A form will appear where you can enter a value. Change the number to a lower number for e.g. 1000.

5. Restart the pc so that Windows will load the new registry value. Now shutdown will be much faster.