Check out your PC..

DNS changer :

                    You’ve probably heard – or more than likely will hear over the next few days – warnings of a potential Internet shut down on Monday, July 9, 2012.  Thousands of computer users could lose access to the Internet due to a virus, DNSChanger, which once infected approximately 4 million computers globally.

Details about DNSChanger were first made public late last year when the FBI announced the arrest of the authors of the virus.  The virus, as its name indicates, affects computers’ abilities to access the Internet’s DNS system – basically, the phone book for the Internet.  The virus redirected unsuspecting users to fake DNS servers, which then sent the users to fake websites where the thieves profited from ads posted on those pages.  Once the FBI arrested the cybercriminals, the Bureau built a safety net of new servers to redirect users away from those sites that were infected.

But, on Monday, July 9, that safety net of servers is going offline when the FBI shuts the sites down.  That means that any computer that is still infected with the virus will lose access to the Internet unless the virus is removed from the machine.

If you do not have up-to-date anti-virus protection on your computers, the potential exists for you to be impacted.  Here is a link where you can check whether your machine is safe and, if not, have it cleaned:

1. Navigate to  www.mcafee.com/dnscheck.
2. Click on “Check Now” button to see if your computer has been infected.
3. If your computer is infected, the website will take you through a process that will offer a free solution to get rid of the virus and update the Internet settings.
4. If your computer is not infected, you will receive a “Congratulations, you are OK” screen and no further actions are needed. The computer’s Internet settings are up to date.

Make your Windows XP talk as you type..

Step 1 :Open a text file in notepad and paste the following:

Dim msg, sapi

msg=InputBox("Enter your text","Talk it")

Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")

sapi.Speak msg

Step 2 :Save the file with a (*.vbs) extension, it will create a VBScript File.

Step 3 :Then after clicking the .vbs file, it will prompt you for a text, input the text

 and press OK.

Now your windows will talk as u type.

Create shortcut for removing pendrive

 Rather than clicking on the task bar and then safely removing the pendrive you can eaily do so creating a shortcut:

1) Create shortcut on your desktop by right click and selecting new shortcut from the menu.

2) Type "RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll" click next and then finish.
shortcut is created and now you can assign a shortcut key to it.

3) Just right click on it and select properties-> click on shortcut tab -> assign a shortcut key to it(it will take clrt + alt by default)
eg: if you press 1 shortcut will be ctrl+alt+1

7 Things You Didn’t Know VLC Could Do

1. Rip DVDs:
VLC includes a basic DVD ripper. You probably would never use it when there are better DVD rippers available, but it helps to know that you can in fact, get a decent quality DVD rip with VLC. To rip a movie follow these steps: Go to the Media menu and choose Convert–>Save. Click on the Disc tab.

• Here you can adjust the Starting Position and rip only specific titles or chapters.

• Enter file name making sure to end with .MPG, and start ripping.

• Click Save.

2. Record videos:

With the new VLC, you can record videos during playback. The record button is hidden by default. To see it, click on View–>Advanced Control. The record button will now appear. Clicking on the button while playing a movie or video will start recording. Clicking again will stop recording.

3. Play RAR files:

Do you know VLC can play videos zipped inside RAR files? They play like normal video files and you can even use the seek bar. If the RAR file is split into several files, no problem. Just load the first part (.part001.rar ) and it will automatically take the rest of the parts and play the whole file.

4. Play in ASCII mode:

VLC media player has an amusing ability, to playback movies in ASCII art. To enable ASCII mode, openVLC media player and click on Tools –>Preferences. Open the section “Video” section and under “Output” select “Color ASCII art video output” from the drop down menu. Save it. Now play any video file to enjoy the ASCII art.

5. Listen to online radio:

VLC includes hundreds of Shoutcast radio stations. You just need to enable it through Media –>Services Discovery –> Shoutcast radio listings. Now, open the Playlist and browse through the stations.

6. Convert Audio and Video formats:

In VLC you can convert video and audio files from one format to another. Several different formats are supported like MP4, WMV, AVI, OGG, MP3 etc. To access the converter:
* Go to Media –>Convert/Save.
* Load the file you want to convert using the Add button and click Convert.
* Now choose the output format and output file location.

7. Download YouTube and other online videos:

First grab the URL of the YouTube video page. Now click on Media –>Open Network stream. Paste the URL and click Play.
Once VLC starts streaming the video, click Tools –>Codec Information and at the bottom of the window you will see a Location box. Copy the URL and paste it on your browser’s address bar. The browser will now download the file which you can save it to your hard disk. Alternatively, you can record the video. 

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How to create a SYSTEM SHUTDOWN TIMER or FAKE VIRUS?

TRICK:
If you want to shutdown your computer after certain time(After downloading a film) you can make use of this.It seems to be a FAKE VIRUS.

Step 1. Goto desktop (ctrl+D).
Step 2. Right click new->Shortcut.You will receive a shortcut wizard.
Step 3. In that type as <Shutdown -s -t 30 -c "Hi I am virus"> without < and >.
Step 4. You will see a new icon the desktop.Make the icon real.
Right click->properties->shortcut->change icon->Finish.
Step 5. You will get a warning window that your computer going to shut down in a few seconds.
in the code <Shutdown -s -t 30 -c "Hi Am virus"> 30 refers the no of seconds.i.e after 30 seconds of clicking the icon the computer will shut down.

RETRIEVE:
*Only way to stop this process is Start->run->cmd->type as "shutdown -a".
Note:This will not affect any of your files,software or hardware components.This acts as a SHUTDOWN TIMER.
Its is important to mention the time in SECONDS.

Gmail's vacation responder

                   Going on vacation? No access to the Internet? No problem! Use G mail's vacation responder to let people know you won't be able to get back to them right away.

You can set up a vacation response in your Gmail settings that will automatically reply to anyone who emails you. While the vacation responder is enabled, Gmail will send a response to anyone who contacts you.* If that person contacts you again after four days and your vacation responder is still enabled, Gmail will send another vacation response to remind the person that you're away from your email.
Here's how to let people know you can't respond right away:

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Click the gear icon  in the upper-right and select Gmail settings along the top of any Gmail page.
3. From the General tab, select Vacation responder on in the Vacation responder: section.
4. Enter the subject and body of your message in the Subject: and Message: fields.
   • If you've enabled a personalized signature in your settings, Gmail will automatically append it to the bottom of your vacation response.
5. Check the box next to Only send a response to people in my Contacts if you don't want everyone who emails you to know that you're away from your mail.
6. Click Save Changes.

While the vacation responder is enabled, you'll see a banner across the top of any Gmail page, displaying the subject of your vacation response. To stop Gmail from automatically sending the response, click end now within the banner. Or, if you'd like to edit the response, click vacation settings.

• Keep in mind that your vacation response will start over each time you edit it -- if someone receives your initial vacation response, and then emails you again after you've edited the subject or body of the message, he or she will receive the edited response, too.

* Messages classified as spam and messages addressed to a mailing list you subscribe to will not receive a vacation response.