Thoughts of a semi-nerd

With the advent of technology, we have cameras that can give you pictures with great quality; but this will compromise the size that each file occupies. Let me tell you a simple trick to reduce size of the picture.  1 . Check the file size for your reference. We will validate the size at the end. 2 . Load the file in your computer running Windows XP and above. 3 . Open the picture you want to compress with mspaint - right click the file and open it with mspaint.  4 . The picture will load in mspaint window. Just save the file with 'Ctrl+S' or 'File --> Save'.  5 . Exit mspaint and check the size of the picture now. Voila! Dramatic reduction in file size.  Trust me, there will be no change in the picture quality. I have been using this trick for years. This trick can be very useful especially when you are uploading the pictures over internet - consider the amount of bandwidth that you can save. Also saves lot of space thereby inc...

Cleaning the Prefetch Directory Windows XP has a new feature called Prefetch. This keeps a shortcut to recently used programs.However it can fill up with old and obsolete programs. To clean this periodically go to: 1. Start --> Run --> Prefetch  2. Press Ctrl-A to highlight all the files  3. Delete them Rename Photos in Windows XP You have a lots of photos in some folder on your computer, all have numbers-names, and you want to name them like Holliday1.jpg, Holliday2.jpg, ... Don't need to do that one by one. You can do that automatically with this little trick.  1. Open that folder and chose View - Thumbnails  2. Left click on any picture and CTRL + A. That way you will select all files in that folder.  3. Right click on first pic and chose "Rename" from drop-down menu. Windows XP will highlight name of that file and you will be able to name it.  4. After filling the name, click somewhere outsi...

Customize Internet Explorer's Title Bar 1. Open Registry Editor by going to Start --> Run --> regedit. 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main 3. In right hand panel look for string "Window Title" and change its value to whatever custom text you want to see. Disabling MSN Messenger at Startup 1. Open Registry Editor by going to Start --> Run --> regedit. 2. Navigate to the following Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft  3. Create a new key by selecting Edit from the main menu bar. Select New then Key. Name this new Key: Messenger. 4. Select the newly created Messenger Key and create another new Key. Only this time we are going to name it: Client.  5. Next we have to create a DWORD value. So Right Click the new Client Key and select New then DWORD. Name the DWORD PreventRun. Now we need to give it a Data Value of 1. 6. Restart Windows XP and you have successful...