Shutdown, Reboot from Taskbar

Ok people, time to try something different. How about rebooting or shutting down your computer from system tray? Sounds cool isn’t it? Well, it’s certainly a good idea for people like me who are lazy to go to start menu and then choose shutdown. Sometimes when I don’t like waiting for the computer to shutdown I use the instant shutdown method which shuts down pc in less than 5 seconds.

How to Create a Run Command

Today I’m going to show you’ll how to create your own run command. Using this tutorial you can create any run command, for instance opening a program, a game, etc. I’m going to create a Run command to run Opera. It’s pretty easy, just follow the below instructions carefully:

Firstly go to Start> Run, type regedit and hit enter.

TrayEverything- Minimize Applications to System Tray

Previously I had written an article on a program known as Tray it, it’s a small program which helps you to minimize open windows to your system tray, i.e, beside your system clock on the right hand side bottom. Today, I’m going to show you another application- TrayEverything which does something similar to Trayit. Well, this application not only minimizes windows but also helps you to minimize applications to your system tray. Sounds cool isn’t it?

How to Get Vista Welcome Center in XP

Some of you don’t like Vista as its resource hogging and some even feel that its performance is really poor. So, such people usually stick to XP. But there are lots of people who like Vista user interface and eye candy features. They modify their XP desktop and other GUI to match with Vista. For this purpose they usually use transformation packs. You can find some transformation packs over here.

Moo0 RightClicker- Enhance the Context Menu/ Right Click Menu of Windows Explorer

Here’s an awesome addon for windows Explorer which enhances the context menu (right click menu). It adds several useful functionalities like duplicating current explorer window, open/move to/copy to bookmarked folders, hiding default context menus, and so forth. Copy paste operations can be done even faster with this addon.

How to change Facebook Layouts using Page Rage, Yontoo

I had previously written an article on getting the old Facebook layout back for those of you who didn’t like the new Facebook layout. But I know most of us like the new Facebook. Ain’t I right? Well, but looking at the same default layout you might get bored one day or the other. So, how about adding some new colors to it? We can do so by installing a backend app- Yontoo Layers. If you haven’t heard of Yontoo then it’s a browser add-on that creates virtual layers on your browser window. It enables users to add content over their Facebook page that appears to have been added directly to the page. This is something similar to Greasemonkey which is used in Firefox. At present Yontoo Layers are supported by only two browsers- Internet Explorer and Firefox. 

How to Find Files and Folders Quickly

Ever tried using the default windows search function? I’m sure you’ve tried it and ended up finding the file after a long search which took a lot of time. Well, I don’t really like the default search function so I decided to check out for some lighter alternative and which can yield results faster. I came across a program known as Everything. Everything lets you search anything within few seconds unlike the default windows search feature.

How to Quickly Resize a Picture

I’m sure you might be having snaps taken from digi cams or pictures which are pretty huge in resolution which you would like to compress and upload over net or send them to your friend or maybe use as a profile picture in Facebook. Most of us usually use Microsoft Picture manager to resize images and pictures. I found a great app- adionSoft Fast Image Resizer which allows you to quickly resize images and pictures in high quality. The software has an extremely user friendly interface. The software is freely available and works perfectly on Windows 2000, XP and Vista.