Remove -- appearing above the Gmail Signature

You would have added your signature in your Gmail account, this signature is automatically appended to composed email at the end of the content. Signature is displayed to the recipient after recipient clicks on "..." (ellipses) button saying "show trimmed content" when hovered over it.

How to run Turbo c in windows 7 using Dosbox

You might have faced difficulty while running Turbo C in windows 7, it is because Turbo C is not compatible with  Windows 7, as it was with earlier versions of Windows like XP and Vista. Many students and programmers would have faced this difficulty to load Turbo c in windows 7, so in this post I am going to show you how to load Turbo c in Windows 7.

• In order to load turbo c you need to have dosbox, which is an emulator that recreates a MS-DOS compatible environment. Dosbox is mainly used to run dos games and old applications. We will use it to run Turbo C in windows 7. Download Dosbox 0.74 and install it as you install any other software.

Stop VlC Always Fit Window Setting

In previous post we saw how to stop VLC from Font caching, Here we will he how to stop Vlc from automatically fitting or scaling video to the window size.

Many times resolution of video is greater than that of the windows or operating system's default or customized resolution, so VLC scales the video resolution to the window resolution and fits display to window and this is the default option  selected when VLC is installed i.e. "always fit window" under Video menu.

Download YouTube Videos in Mp3 Format

YouTube by Google is a good source to view and download videos uploaded by various people. Youtube provides millions of videos containing tutorials of any software and  tricks to tweak computer. It also contains music videos of many movies and albums by various artists. We are able to download videos of Youtube using softwares like Internet Download Manager (IDM) and Youtube Downloader.

Downloading complete videos may not be required by you because of Downloading limit provided by your Internet Service Provider or you may be interested in youtube music file i.e. youtube mp3, the audio file attached with youtube videos. Following are three sites that I found best to download Mp3 from Youtube.

How to get Java Source code from jar files

In the post we learnt how to get Java Source Code from .apk files, Here in this post we will learn how to get Java Source files from .jar files.

what is .jar file ?

jar is acronym of the Java Archive file. basically it contains all java class files and packages that are required or created to build an application. Jar file may also store images and metadata files that are associated with application. Jar file allows Java runtime to efficiently deploy a set of classes and their associated resources. jar files can be created using the command "jar" that is installed when Java Virtual Machine is installed.

How to stop VLC Building font cache again and again

VLC is one of the best media players available to view videos and listen music. Vlc is having good functionality but sometimes you might be annoyed due its repeated process of building font cache at the time  when you start your VLC to play any video files that have subtitles or even while displaying name of the file being played.

What does Building font cache mean ?

Generally whenever VLC is loaded it scans for fonts in the system that are required to display title or subtitles of the movie being played. It finds the fonts and copies it in the cache memory for any further reference. 

As it scans whole system it may take time to do this process, but most of users like me gets annoyed by constant rebuilding font cache process, so here's the solution of this problem.

Steps to stop VLC Building font cache.

• Goto Tools menu and select Preferences or press ctrl+p.
• Select "All" from show setting tab in the bottom left corner.

• select "videos" from available list of options and select subtitles/osd option from videos tab
• Now select "Dummy  font renderer" from Text rendering module 
• Press on save button.

That is all you need to do to stop VLC to search fonts from the system again and again.The next time you open VLC, you will be free from that annoying cache-building dialog.

How to Download Torrent Files using IDM

Downloading torrents proves to be beneficial when its speed is at maximum. But most of the time we get low speed when seeders decreases or they reduce their uploading limit.To increase uploading limit of seeders is not in our hands but we can find alternative to improve our downloading speed.

One of the best practice is to download torrent file using IDM (Internet Download Manager), but question arises how can we download torrent files using IDM. Don't worry there's a simple way to do this using  zbigz which I have described below. Just follow few simple steps and you are done.

How to get source code from apk file

What is .apk file?
 APK file is nothing but Android Package File(APK). APK is the file format used to distribute and install application software and middleware on Google's Android operating system.

Apk Files are Zip file formatted packages based on the JAR file format, with .apk extension. Apk files contains all program resources and code i.e it contains .dex files, resources, assets, certificates, and manifest file.

Surf Anonymously using Proxy settings

Sometimes while surfing on internet, firewall or other settings would have blocked you to visit to certain sites in your company or  in any other institutes. One solution to this problem is to use the proxy servers which lets you to hide your original ip address and hide your identity.Just knowing the proxy address isn't  enough, you need to change your browser settings too.

Here's how you can get proxy adderss and a port number through which you can set your browser to surf anonymously on internet with few steps of settings.

Let Windows system speak whatever you write

It would be great if your computer speaks out what you write.As you know that windows operating systems provide a  built in voice that can be customized from control panel. also it can be used for various softwares and scripts as done in this post.You can use it just for fun or for knowing the pronunciation or to check the system sound.Whatever the purpose may me here is the VB script that can be used to make windows system speak out what you need.

How To Run µTorrent In Hidden and Locked Mode

Few days back I received a mail, asking me to show the way to run a µTorrent in  hidden mode at start-up. Here in this post I will describe how to hide µTorrent from being displayed at start-up and enabling password protection to access it.This can be achieved by the additional features supported by the µTorrent.Perform following simple steps to hide µTorrent.

Avail Facebook Group Video chat(Hangout)

We know that there is feature of group video chat available in Google Plus as Hangout.Many users are waiting for Facebook to allow same group video chat facility.Here is an application which I came to know that is available in Facebook to do group chat. 

Sign-in Google Music outside USA

Google has come up with its music cloud where we can upload our songs and also buy albums at cheaper costs. Its a simplest way to be connected with our personal media. 

 

Well there is nothing more to brag about how good it is, as it is served by Google. Google has officially launched its Music in US only, with probably around 20,000 tracks yet so far. But here I am going to tell you how you can access Google Music outside US.

Remove Applications Manually from the Context Menu in Windows

Last time we saw how to start command prompt from the context menu, here we see how to remove commands from context menu. As windows accumulates context menu items any time you install several applications. Not all applications end up on the context menu but enough do so over time that the menu can become cluttered. You might find yourself wondering, “How did that get there?” You may not want it on the context menu, but it is there and you are stuck with it. Or are you? No, you are not.

How to start Command Prompt By Right Clicking a Folder

Many users works on command prompt to perform some critical system tasks. When command prompt start it loads into users home directory so we need to change our working directory from home directory to the specific directory manually, but every time doing so is tedious work and a long process.

Creating bootable USB using Diskpart

Some of My friends asked me how to create a bootable USB drive to install windows and at that time I was unable to help them but after spending some time on internet I found the solution and got a way to do it, so in this article I will describe how to do it with nothing more than the Windows DVD and a separate Windows workstation.

Before we begin you will need to know a few things. You will need to know the drive letters of your drives such as the DVD drive with the Windows 7 media, the drive letter the USB stick.

What is an XPS File and How to Open .XPS File extension

Microsoft is not only known for Windows operating system but is also known for development of extensions which not many people are familiar with. Microsoft never ends to stop developing, releasing programs and extensions like DOCX file format, forcing people to download Microsoft 2007, or find a alternative way to open those files!

In this article, we will look at Microsoft extension, named XPS, and we’ll learn more about XPS extension, which is an alternative for PDF format.

What is XPS File Extension?

XPS is XML Paper Specification which is used in Windows Printing machine and doesn’t support non Microsoft platforms.

Now the problem is “How to open XPS files on your computer?” If you are on the Windows Vista platform then there is no need to download any plugin or software to open XPS files, double click on the saved XPS file to view the content! This is because both the .NET framework and XPS file viewer are pre-installed on Windows Vista.

Convert XPS File to PDF Format.

If you are downloading any Windows  user Manual or Ebook guide then you will find files in XPS and PDF format. Though you can convert xps to pdf files and open them in your PDF viewer but another alternative to open & view XPS files are suggested here (For other platforms such as Windows XP or Windows server 2003)

Ways to open XPS files

There are a couple of easy-to-do ways to open and edit XML Paper Specification format files on your Windows-only machine. The way I’d recommend is to use addons which are freely available for both Windows and Mac OS X users.

So, if you want to open files ending with the .XPS extension, here are the most preferable way to do so:

• Viewing XPS Files on Windows XP

Microsoft provides free XPS reader which is 2.8mb and can be downloaded from here but make sure you have .NET framework installed on your PC, If not you will be asked to download the missing .Net framework.

• Install Microsoft Office Additional Addin 

Microsoft office comes with an additional option to install the addin to deal with XPS and PDF file extension.Users having Office 2007 can use below link to download the addin

Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for 2007 Microsoft Office programs

After Downloading completes, install it and you will be able to open XPS file in Office itself.

• Open XPS File in Internet Explorer

After opening Internet explorer, click on Files menu and then Open and Choose your .XPS file, you will be asked to open file in a new tab to view file contents, so, simply click on yes and the file would be opened in IE. You can also set Internet Explorer as the default program to read XPS files!

• Open XPS File in Firefox browser

If you are not using Internet explorer for some reason and want to open .XPS on Firefox then download this IE tab extension (might not work on Firefox latest versions).
Restart the Firefox browser, configure the settings and you are ready to open, read XPS format file without sweating bullets.

How to Convert .ppsx File into .ppt or .pptx

PPSX file refers to PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show. It is the proprietary file extension created by Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. The biggest drawback behind these files is that they are non-editable and can only be used as PPT playback.
But, if you liked a .ppsx file and you would like to save some slides or edit some information in the slides, what do you do? Well, there’s an easy solution.