Click on the Windows key to open the start menu. Type ‘mmc’ in the search box without quotes and hit enter.

A new window will pop up. Go to File> Add/Remove Snap-in.This will open up Add/Remove Snap-in box. Check out for ‘Group Policy Object’ on the left hand side and add it to the right column by clicking on ‘Add’.

‘Select Group Policy’ box will pop up. Here you can rename the Group Policy Object if you desire. Now click on browse to allocate this policy to a particular type of profile. For instance; Non-Administrators. If you choose ‘Non-Administrators’, you are selecting custom settings for this type of group. In this case we are going to hide shutdown option from non-administrators. You can select the type of group by clicking on the User tab. Click Ok once done.

You’ll be brought back to the console window. On left hand side column navigate to User Configuration> Administrative Templates> Start Menu and Taskbar.

On the right hand side look for “Remove and Prevent Access to Shutdown, Hibernate, Restart and Sleep”.

Double click on it and select ‘Enabled’. Click on ‘Ok’ to apply changes and exit.

Well, wall posts and photos are of major concern to users when it comes to privacy. I don’t like certain posts on my wall to be seen my every friend in my list. So, I was digging in the options to find out how I can block certain friends from viewing posts, especially those posted by friends on my wall.

Hide Friends Posts on My Wall in Facebook

Log into your Facebook account.

On the top right hand corner, click on the drop down menu and go to Privacy Settings.

Now, look for ‘How you Connect’ and choose ‘Edit settings’.

A new box will pop up on your screen. Check the last option ‘Who can see posts by others on your timeline?” and change it to ‘Only Me’.

Click on ‘Done’.

That’s it! Now, your friends won’t be able to see what others post on your wall! If you want to check this, go to your profile and click on the drop down menu under your new Facebook cover and choose ‘view as’. Type a friend’s name and look at your profile.

PS: If you are interested in hiding posts by others on your wall from specific friends only then you can choose the option ‘Custom’ and then select a list instead of choosing ‘Only Me’.

How do I get the Facebook Timeline Profile Page

Go to the Facebook Developers page and click on +Create New App
Give a random name and namespace for the app.
Now, you will see the App ID and other details.
On the left hand side click on ‘Open Graph’.
Now, you need to enter what your app is capable of doing (some random thing will do) and click Get Started.
Click on Save Changes and Next
Lastly, Scroll down and click Save and Finish.
Go to your profile page now and you should see an option that allows you to switch to timeline profile.

That’s simple and easy, isn’t it?

In Opera
Click on the Red button on the left hand top corner then go to Settings> Preferences.
Click on the advanced tab and on the left hand side select browsing.
On the right hand side, change the Page icons setting to ‘Show no icons’ and click ok.

In Firefox
Firefox displays favicons in the address bar, bookmarks list and in the tab. You may make use of the respective codes to hide favicons.

For hiding favicons in the address bar:
#identity-box {display:none!important;}

For hiding favicon in tabs:
.tabbrowser-tab .tab-icon-image {display:none!important;}

For hiding favicons in bookmarks:
#personal-bookmarks .toolbarbutton-icon {display:none!important;}

Navigate to the following directory:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

Change ‘USERNAME’ with your windows username.

Now, in the Profile folder, you’ll find a user profile folder, open it.

You should now see a chrome folder. Open the file ‘userChrome.css’ with notepad. Add your desired codes from the above codes to this file and save it.

In Chrome
I could not figure out a proper way to hide favicons in Chrome on Windows. But, I stumbled upon an extension- No Favicons that hides favicons in Chrome on Mac OSX.

If you don’t want to go through all these steps then you can simply get a Shutdown shortcut that will save time and speed up the shutdown process. Here’s how you do it:

On the desktop, right click and choose ‘New shortcut’.

Now, you’ll be prompted to enter the location of the item. Copy the following code and click on ‘Next’.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Next, you need to enter a name for the shortcut. Type an appropriate name like ‘Shutdown’ and click on ‘Finish’.

A shortcut icon is now created with the entered name. However, if you are not satisfied with the icon, you can change it. You can change it by right clicking the icon and then going to ‘Properties’ > ‘Change icon’. Browse and select an icon of your choice and click on ‘ok’.

How to get the Shutdown shortcut on the Metro Screen?
Open ‘My Computer’ and navigate to the following path:

%appdata%\microsoft\windows\Start Menu\Programs\

Cut and paste the shortcut icon created earlier in this directory.

That’s it! Now press the Windows Key and you should see the shutdown icon in the Metro interface.

Other shortcut codes, if you are interested:

Desktop Restart shortcut code:
Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Desktop Hibernate shortcut code:
rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState

Desktop Sleep shortcut code:
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

So, what’s the solution? Is it possible to downgrade?

Yes, it is! This tutorial works for both iPad as well as iPhone users. Here’s how you can downgrade and install the previous version of Facebook.

STEP 1: Delete the application
1. Delete the Facebook application on your device.
2. Go to iTunes on your computer, click on ‘Applications’ on the left hand pane.
3. Search for ‘Facebook’, right click and delete it.

STEP 2: Install an older version of Facebook (3.4.4)
1. Download Facebook v3.4.4 from here.
2. Double click on the app to add it to your iTunes library.
3. Sync your device to install it.

STEP 3 (For iPad users only): Install Faceforward
iPad users need to follow this step to get the iPad compatible version of Facebook. You need to have your iPad jailbroken in order to try this.

1. Go to Cydia andsearch for ‘Faceforward’ and install it by clicking on the ‘install’ button on the top right hand corner.
2. Click on ‘Reboot Device’ when prompted.
3. After reboot, open Facebook app. Voila! You should now have an iPad compatible version of Facebook app!

Well, if these simple features were integrated, the SMS app would be amazing. I personally don’t like to unlock and then enter into the app to read the message. I was frustrated with this and decided to look out for something that can fix my problem and guess what? I came across ‘Quick Reply for SMS’ on Cydia.

With Quick Reply for SMS, you can view and reply the message from home screen without sliding to unlock. Also, if you are on the home screen and if a message is received, it will show you the person’s image if you have set in the contacts thus making it easily identifiable. Moreover, if you don’t want to view or reply, you can simply click on the ‘close’ button to close the dialogue box.

This tweak is absolutely free. However, to install it, your device needs to be jailbroken as you need to download it from Cydia. Just search for ‘Quick Reply for SMS’ and you should get it.

Using viaiphonelima App
Viaiphonelima is an app on Facebook that allows you to get the ‘via whatever!’ below your status message. It not only includes ‘via iPhone’ but several other options like iPad, iPhone 5, Calculator, Blackberry, etc.

To update a status, just go to viaiphonelima app and update your status by entering it in the box. Once done, click on ‘update status’. Easy, isn’t it?

Once your status is entered, it should look like above on your wall.

Android users can get it too!
If you’re using Android, install Status Via from Android Market. This app allows you to do the same job as the above FB app. The interesting thing about this app is that you can enter via anything! This is fun!

Points before you move further:
1. Your device should be jailbroken.
2. You need to have Winterboard and Lockscreen Clock Hide installed via Cydia. Lockscreen Clock Hide disables the clock on the lockscreen.
3. You need to have iPhone Explorer installed on your computer to browse files and folders on your iPhone.

iPhone 4 Lockscreens

Typophone 4 Lockscreen
The Typophone 4 lockscreen displays time and date in large fonts. Also, the traditional lock slider has been replaced with a simple yet attractive one. You can download the theme from Cydia and activate it via Winterboard.

Frost Lockscreen

Sopa Lockscreen
Sopa Lockscreen features a round clock which is something different from the other ones. Hope you like it.

LS Nimbus Lockscreen
Download the theme from here and unzip it on your desktop.
Open the file “LockBackground.html” with notepad. Search for “var locale” and change the place name according to your choice. For instance, you’re in London, just type “London, United Kingdom”. This will display the weather information from the location you mentioned. Save the file and exit.
Now, open iPhone explorer and drag the entire extracted folder into “Root/Library/Themes”.
Disconnect the phone once done, Launch Winterboard on your phone and activate the theme.

Slanting Lockscreen
This one’s unique and attractive! It also displays the weather condition. Before you download the theme from Cydia, you need to install “file:// for MobileSafari” from Cydia. Next, install the theme via Cydia. Now, go to Safari and enter the following path:
file:///Library/Themes/SlantedLock.theme/config.html
Configure the settings according to your choice, exit Safari and then activate the theme in Winterboard.

Uncluttered HD
For this theme you also need to install Unlock Killer

LS Angelic
For installation, read installation instructions inside the folder after extracting it. It’s similar to the previous ones.

Cowon Lockscreen
There’s a version for the iPad as well. Have a look at the developers page.

Android Lockscreen
You can get it from Cydia and then activate it in Winterboard.

Simplicity
The slider, wallpaper and the fonts are not included in the theme. You can get a similar slider from Cydia. Search for “Clear Lockscreen iOS 4″ (ModMyi repo).

LS Colour Stripes
There are two custom sliders available with this theme- tap to unlock and slide to unlock.

Straega Lockscreen

iHrt Lockscreen
I like this theme but the heart looks more like a ladybug.

PS: I’ll add some more lockscreens as I find them. If you have any problems with installation, feel free to post a comment. I’ll test it on my iPhone 4 and check it out.

Start your iPhone and go to Settings.

Click on General and then choose About.

Now, you should be able to see the entire space usage. You can also see the number of songs, videos, applications and photos on the phone.

If you are interested in knowing how much space each item has consumed then you may connect it to computer and start iTunes. On the left hand side choose your phone and on the bottom of iTunes, you should see the space usage.

Sharing files from a computer with an iPad over WiFi, is not straight forward as sharing files between computers. Well, if you are interested in sending or transferring files from a computer to an iPad over Wifi then there are several options. Let me speak about some of the options available to you.

Dropbox
Heard of Dropbox? I’m pretty sure you did somewhere. Well, if you haven’t then it’s an online service that allows you to upload your files and folders online and access it on any other computer or device with internet anywhere in the world. I started using this service when I was doing my dissertation. It was pretty handy! I could synchronize my files on Dropbox and access it from any computer anytime. Moreover, I needn’t fear of losing the file.

So, how can I send/ transfer files from a computer to iPad on Wifi using Dropbox?
Download and install Dropbox on your computer. Register an account and select the files or folders you want to upload it online into your account. Now, install DropBox on your iPad and login with your id. Voila! You should be able to access your synchronized files. And, open and work on them.

ZumoDrive: ZumoDrive is similar to Dropbox. You get a free storage capacity of 1GB above which you need to pay.

Using WinSCP

You need to first jailbreak your iPad to use WinSCP. Download Redsn0w and the respective firmware to jailbreak your iPad. Go to Cydia and install OpenSSH. Once done, download and install WinSCP on your computer.

Go to Settings> WiFi. Click on the blue arrow and make a note of the IP address. Start WinSCP and enter the IP address and password ‘alpine’ or ‘dottie’ without quotes. Leave the rest of the settings untouched and click on Login. You should now be connected with your iPad from your computer. You can browse folder under private/var and copy the files you want to in the desired folder.

Solution 1: Try signing into Windows Live Messenger
This idea may sound absurd but it did work for me. Install Windows Live messenger if you haven’t already. Try signing in with your ID and then start Games for Windows Live client. This time you may be lucky enough to start the client. If you get any error message, paste it in the comments.

Solution 2: Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4
There may be a problem with the .NET Framework installed due to which the program is refusing to start. Use the .NET framework removal tool to completely remove the .NET framework installed. Once done reboot your computer and download the latest version of net framework from here and install it.

Solution 3: Reinstalling the client
The last thing you can do is reinstall the client. You may also consider clearing all the registry entries relating to the program. You can do this with a registry cleaning program like tune up utilities. Once you have uninstalled the program, restart the computer, download the latest version from here and install it. Try starting the program now and see if it works.
These are just some basic fixes; if you are having problems with GFWL login in game then you may consider looking at the GFWL fix article.

And, then finally I asked my friend and figured out that I should hold the Alt key and then hit Enter so that the cursor jumps to the next line for not the next cell. This way you can enter multiple lines in a one excel cell.

Method 1: Using Command prompt
Click on the Start button and in the search box type ‘cmd.exe’ without quotes, hold the shift key and hit enter.
Type ‘net stop spooler’ without quotes then hit Enter.
Type ‘del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\* /Q’ without quotes and hit Enter.
Lastly, type ‘net start spooler’ then hit Enter.
The print queue should now be cleared. Simply close the command prompt window.

Method 2:
Click on the start button and type ‘msconfig.exe’ without quotes and hit enter
Under the services tab, search for ‘Print Spooler’ and stop it.
Now, go to C:\System32\Spool\Printers\ and delete everything. This will delete the entire queue.
Lastly, Go back to the Services window that you opened earlier and Start the ‘Print Spooler’ service.
Once done, try using the printer again.