Windows has always been messy with its online activation and authentication tools, including the much maligned Windows Genuine Advantage(WGA) suite of tools, online product license key activation systems. Yet another error thrown up by Windows is 0xC004C008, which sometimes appears when you activate Windows 7 online. 0xC004C008 error causes complete failure of Windows online activation, […]
Year: 2013
Unblock blocked Facebook apps, users
Facebook users can trim and clean their wall feeds (or activity streams) by removing items or revoking permission of a user or app to post to the wall. This is easy to do – hit the ‘x’ next to a post and you can remove the item, block it for ever etc. This ease of […]
Upload multiple videos on Youtube simultaneously
YouTube is the most popular video sharing website. It has a clean interface and millions of videos uploaded by users. However, if you are a video publisher, you might have felt the need to upload multiple videos. The web interface to upload videos to YouTube is great for publishing the occasional single file, which is […]
Schedule to auto send SMS wishes [Free Android App]
Have you ever wanted to schedule SMS to be sent in future? A text message to your friend or relative on a special occasion, perhaps? SMS Wishes is a free Android app that does this – schedule SMS in advance, to be sent at a specified time and date. If you are one of those […]
Hide / remove tagged photos on top of Facebook profile
Users are being migrated to the new Facebook profile, and I, for one, am not a fan of the new profile. Seeing as how it is here to stay, we will have to adjust with it. The row of tagged photos on top of my profile is not exactly my favorite feature, as I cannot […]
Windows Live Messenger error: All Contacts Appear Offline
WLM 2011 seems to have brought with it a new problem for at least some users: all contacts appear offline all the time. This seems to be independent of Windows Live network, as users of Live Messenger logged in to Yahoo Messenger also experience the same.One has to assume that the fault lies with Windows […]
Set secure version of Google as default search engine in Firefox
Google has a (beta) secure version of its search engine at encrypted.google.com. It uses SSL encryption (HTTPS protocol) for an end-to-end secure search service. This is particularly useful for those who are in fear of surveillance, censorship etc. If you are a Mozilla Firefox user, instead of going to the URL and searching each time, […]
Set secure version of Google as default search engine in Chrome
Google has a (beta) secure version of its search engine at encrypted.google.com. It uses SSL encryption (HTTPS protocol) for an end-to-end secure search service. This is particularly useful for those who are in fear of surveillance, censorship etc. Instead of going to the URL and searching each time, you can set the SSL version as […]
Set default Open folder when Outlook starts up
By default, Outlook opens Inbox folder at startup. However, there are users who want to open some folder other than Inbox at startup. For example, if you are the more organized type and sort emails based on source, urgency etc, you would probably want to go to the high-priority folder first, instead of inbox. Change […]
Fullonsms.com: Send free messages to mobile phones in India
FullonSMS is a website that allows you to send full 160 character, free SMS to mobile phones in India. You have to register with your mobile phone number to start sending messages. You can send messages to any phone in India. You may have already used many other SMS services. Unfortunately, such sites restrict your […]