Tuesday, January 3, 2012

How to capture a web page screenshot with Google Chrome



Many times we need to capture the screenshot of the webpage. Suppose you want to show some errors to your friend or any thing else. In these cases, we need to take screenshot of the web page. You can also take screenshot of the page by using "Prnt scrn" button on the keyboard. But it can only capture the current screen. It will not capture page after scroll. So is there any permanent solution?
Yes, you can do this if you are accessing the website on the Google chrome. There are some Google Chrome extensions which can help you in taking screenshot of the web page. You can capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, blur sensitive info, one-click.
First of all go to the link:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce?hl=en


Install the chrome extension on your web browser. 
Then you will see a capture button on the top right corner of the page.


Open the webpage and click on the icon. You will see a popup menu with capture options.
You can capture the visible part or the entire web page. After clicking on the desired menu item. You will see the image editor with the captured image. You can edit the image and then done.
After clicking on the done, you can either save the image to the local hard drive or copy to clip board. Now you have the image, use it as you want.



Saturday, December 31, 2011

Integrate your location into your Windows 7 computer without GPS



In Windows 7, Microsoft introduced some cool features. Integrate your location into your Windows 7 is one of those features.  Windows 7 has a built-in framework for sensors that is only just now getting some developer love.
Follow the steps to enable this 


Download GeoSense from the link http://geosenseforwindows.com/
and install it.
Now go to the control panel, select "Hardware and Sound," then "Enable location and Other Sensors." 


Tick the box next to GeoSense, then click "Apply." 
To view more information about the Geosense Location Sensor, change its description, change who can access the sensor, and to uninstall Geosense, click on > Geosense Location Sensor.
Now that the sensor is enabled, you can use it with location-aware applications.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

How to remove a program from Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs Section



This is a cool trick which remove a program from the Add/Remove program list in the control panel. But why would i remove a program from that list. yeah i know this is the question in your mind. But think if you have deleted the program by removing all files, it is still showing the icon in this list. In this case this trick will help you. You can also do this to prevent unauthorized uninstalltion of your software.




Follow these steps
1.Open RegEdit 
2.Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall 
3.Delete any programs here. 
If you have a problem locating the desired program open each key and view the DisplayName value


Note: Make sure to backup your registry.

How to disable splash screen in Outlook Express



Outlook express is the default email client in windows operating system. Most of the business person who use windows operating system, configure their email id with this popular email client to access emails. But Outlook express has a splash screen which takes time in loading. You can remove this splash screen with a simple registry tricks.






Follow these steps:
1. Click on start --> run and type regedit and press enter. This will open registry editor windows.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OutLook Express 
3. Add a string value "NoSplash" 
4. Set the value data to 1 as a Dword value


Note: Make sure to take backup of your registry

How to get back old blogger interface




Google had rolled out new blogger interface, few months back. I also switched to the new one which looks good and more user friendly. But not all like these changes. I know some of bloggers who says that the old blogger was better than the new. So i have decided to write the steps to get old blogger interface.





  1. Login to your blogger account.
  2. Find the gear icon and click on that.
  3. Then click on  "Old Blogger Interface"
Then you will be redirected to old blogger interface.

To come back on the new blogger interface. find the link at the right top of the blogger dashboard.




Tuesday, December 27, 2011

How to download your Picasa photos to computer



Picasa is one of the best place to upload images. Many people use picasa albums to store images on the Google cloud. This online photo storage website has a inbuilt tool for photo editing which makes it cool. But what if you want to download your photo album to your computer. 
You can download your picasa photo album to your computer system with a nice tool picasaGrabber.


Download picasagrabber from the link
http://picasagrabber.googlecode.com/files/PicasaGrabber.exe
This is a portable tool so you can carry it in your portable hardrives or usb drives. Whenever you want to download the pics from your picasa albums, run the application, enter the Album RSS URL.


Then select destination and click on GO
Sunday, December 25, 2011

How to put friend's profile pic in chat



All we use smiley in chat to show our expressions. These looks good and help use to show our feelings. Now facebook has rolled out a cool new feature which helps users to put profile pic of any facebook user on the chat as we put smiley.
To show the profile pic follow these steps

  1. get the username or userid of the person whose profile pic you want to show on the chat. for ex. my username is deepanker.verma
  2. Now type the userid or username in chat. Then put [[ at left and ]] at right side of the chat and press enter. Ex. [[deepanker.verma]] and press enter. 




See the magical effect of the facebook chat.


Try these cool symbols too

  • Poker face [[129627277060203]]
  • Forever Alone [[227644903931785]]
  • OK guy [[100002752520227]]
  • Me Gusta [[164413893600463]]
  • Lol guy [[189637151067601]]
  • Fuck Yeah [[105387672833401]]
  • Problem? [[171108522930776]]
  • [[218595638164996]]
  • [[100002727365206]]

Saturday, December 24, 2011

How to get back old Gmail


Few days back, Google had rolled out new Gmail look. This new is really great and i think its better than the previous. But many users are not satisfy with the changes made by Google. For all those who want to go back to the older gmail can follow the given steps"


1. Go to your Gmail account.
2. Now see the gear icon just right to the paging buttons.


3. Then clock on “Revert to the old look temporarily”.
4. Click on “Revert to the old look temporarily” to confirm the changes.
Now you are back to older Gmail. To go on new look, see the button at lower right corner of the page saying "Switch to new look." 
Friday, December 23, 2011

How to Log In to Multiple Gmail Accounts at Once



This post is for those who has multiple Gmail accounts and use all those accounts for different purpose. I also have an email address for personal use and other for business. In this case i need to check my both email id daily. But login to all email account to check and reply mail in different browsers is risky and complex. And switching accounts in same browser also takes time. So how you can manage all your email accounts easily.
Google has introduce a nice feature by which you can manage all your email accounts at one place. It is Multiple Sign-in. By this feature, users can select their different accounts from a single menu, eliminating the need to sign in and out of each one individially or to log in with different browsers. Here’s how to enable the feature.


Follow these steps:

  1. Go to the link and login with Google account.
  2. Select On - Use multiple Google Accounts in the same web browser and select options given below
  3. Click Save to retain the changes for your account.



Now go to Gmail and click on the name in the top-right corner of the page to bring up account options. Select Switch account from the menu that appears.
Select sign in another account and then enter other account's details.
Now you can easily switch between these 2 accounts. 
Thursday, December 22, 2011

How to add admin to Google+ page





Google had launched Google+ brand pages few months back but it had lack of so multiple admin support. Now, Google has announced that Google+ pages now have multiple admin support. You can add as many users to your Google+ page as you want.


Follow these steps.



  1. Click on down arrow, just right to your profile pic. And then click on manage pages.
  2. Now click on settings.
  3. Then click on Managers option.
  4. Here you can add more admins by email address. Enter the email id and click invite.



you can add many admins to a single page.