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Want to convert/compress multiple images at once? You can easily do this using a very useful and small image viewer called IrfanView. IrfanView is free image viewer that can be used to view, convert, optimize, process image files of numerous formats. It can also handle few video/audio formats, and has limited image creation and painting capabilities. It’s like an Swiss Army Knife for images. Some Features:— You can read more about IrfanView Here. Let’s get started. Open IrfanView and select Batch Conversion/Rename option from File Menu(Shortcut Key: B ) Navigate to folder where your images are located and Add the ones you want to compress. Choose the options you want to do from left window pane. Select the format and other options like Compression Ratio etc. from the Batch Conversion Settings Menu. Choose the options according to your need. After you are all set Click Start Batch. You images will be converted and you can find them in the specified output directory. Note—...

If you share files on local network you sometimes might have wanted to know who is downloading files from network shares. You can do this easily with built-in tools in Windows. Do the following steps:— Open Microsoft Management Console by typing ‘mmc’ Run or Search box in Start Menu. Then select File—>Add/Remove Snap-in in the open Console Window.(You can also use CTRL + M shortcut key.) Choose Shared Folders from available snap-ins and click Add button. Choose All view and click Finish . This creates the MMC Console which displays shared folders, current sessions and open files. Expand the Shared Folders menu and select Sessions . You will be able to see users currently connected to your pc and the exact file they have opened.   This method works in Windows 7 as well as Windows 8 also.

Previously I wrote about finding shared resources and files on your local network using SoftPerfect Network Scanner . In this post I am going to write about how to properly share files on local network. Unlike Windows XP where you could easily share a file just by going to its properties and checking the Share Folder option, in Windows 7 you’ll have to make sure that Everyone has Read access on the folder. Otherwise you’ll encounter permission problems like below. First of all you’ll have to make sure that you have turned on network discovery and file sharing from advanced sharing option for whatever profile you may uning for your network. Go to the properties of the folder you want to share by right clicking on the folder and selecting properties. Then go to Sharing Tab and then click on Advanced Sharing. Check on the option of Share this folder. Now go back and select Security tab on the folder properties. Click on Edit and the select Add. In the opened window type “Everyone...

In colleges and other big organisations people share files through Windows File Sharing option within their homegroup/workgroup. One irritating problem one a has to go through is that while not all people may have a folder to share but the windows Network locations will show all the devices connected. On opening these computers one encounters Network Password error. One may have turned on sharing but the shared folder might have restricted access. So it is a a very painful experience to browse through the network pc’s. SoftPerfect Network Scanner  is a Network Scanner that does the job of finding connected devices on your LAN and displaying all the shared resources. Key Features:— Pings computers and displays those alive. Detects hardware MAC-addresses, even across routers. Detects hidden shared folders and writable ones. Detects your internal and external IP addresses. Scans for listening TCP ports, some UDP and SNMP services. Retrieves currently logged-on users, configured ...

In many modems there is no support of sending USSD commands to check balance, usage etc.. Most of the times the modem’s dashboard does not have a support for sending USSD command. Most of the 3gpp compliant modem can send USSD commands. You can send USSD commands either directly through AT commands or via third party software. You can also try to upgrade your Dashboard if the manufacturer may have added support later on. I’ll be showing you to send USSD command via a software called MWCONN . It support many modems of leading manufacturer’s by default. If it doesn’t support then you will have to  manually send them. <1> Find the com port of your modem. Go to Device Manager Settings from Control Panel, Click on  Modem to check the properties of your current modem, and then Select the modem tab. Here you’ll find the COM port your modem is using as shown in the image. <2> Now download and open the MWCONN folder. Find and run config.exe from the folder. Go to the device tab...

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to web page content after or before the page is loaded in the browser (also known as augmented browsing ). The changes made to the web pages are executed every time the page is viewed, making them effectively permanent for the user running the script. Greasemonkey can be used for customizing page appearance, adding new functions to web pages (for example, embedding price comparisons within shopping sites), fixing rendering bugs, combining data from multiple web pages, and numerous other purposes.   Keep Tube :—  It allows you to download YouTube videos in High Definition (HD), High Quality (HQ) WebM files, Mp4 files, 3GP files, FLV files as well as converting them to Mp3 file format. You will get a transparent download button on the bottom right corner of all supported websites as well as a download link near the title of all YouTube videos! Get the script from ...

GitHub is a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system. GitHub offers both paid plans for private repositories, and free accounts for open source projects. GitHub is the most popular Git hosting site, and the most popular open source hosting site. Git became very popular due to its awesome documentation and numerous extra free resources — like Scott Chacon’s Pro Git book — which explain Git in great detail. But these are not interactive and you have to install software, learn all the commands. You are pretty much on your own to figure out what’s happening. Try Git is initiative of CodeSchool and GitHub. Try Git will help you learn the basic of using GitHub. There is no need to install GitHub software because it works right away from the browser. It has a command line prompt, paired with step-by-step instructions and a visual representation of a Git repository, along with some tips and tricks for figuring out Git. The Try ...