Parental Control Blocking Websites in Home

There are lots of software available in the market this will be easy and simple solution to block sites in the home . I am showing only in windows XP (SP2)

click Start -- > run then copy & paste this

notepad c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

click ok or tap Enter button. This will automatically a notepad like the below screen

you can see a line containing the following text

127.0.0.1 localhost

for eg if you want to block orkut in home enter the new line

127.0.0.1 orkut.com

127.0.0.1 yahoo.com

remember all the sites you want to block should be given in seperate lines.

if you want to give access to the particular site you should remove that line and save the file, this will unblock the sites

Read PDF in Mobile Phone or IPOD or MP3 Player

Hi want to read PDF books on the go u can do it with the new software ebook to Images

what the tool does was it will convert the pdf files to images that fit to ur phone or ipod screen so that u can read on the go one pain point is it creates lots of images and takes more memory than the ebook but its a cool feature and a long waited option to read pdf files in java phones like k750i etc.

just download the software from this site

“eBook to Images” at
merlinsoftware.com

DOwnload and install it in the pc and convert the PDF file to Images and load it in ur Phone or IPOD or MP3 Player and enjoy

Accessing Orkut, Yahoo messenger in office

In work place we have always have orkut, yahoo messenger blocked so how to access orkut in office if its blocked here are some sites

www.powerscrap.com

www.powerscrap.net

to access yahoo messenger you can try the following site if its not blocked

www.meebo.com

Make PDF Online

Wonder how to make PDF file

its so simple to create without any software installed all you have to need is internet connection.

open google document

http://docs.google.com

Login with your gmail id.

Just upload the doc file and go to the edit mode of the your doc file you will have a save as option click that and choose save as pdf.

your word document has become pdf.

One Disadvantage is you have internet connection.

Gtalk via IGoogle

Access Gtalk via IGoogle is also a good one to do so

Pre - requities

Adobe Flash player plugin should be installed in the browser of ur choice


Open IE or FireFox or opera

Type http://www.google.com/igin the address bar



sign in and perzonalise your google home page

search for gtalk in the add stuff option and hence u will add the gtalk in your google home page and u can chat. if you feel the size is too small u can click pop out option to view the gtalk in seperate window

Happy Chatting

Gtalk on the Go

Mostly in office GTALK cannot be downloaded or installed here is some 1 methods i know the best to open the gtalk provided these links are not blocked.

Note :

Please disable pop up blocker for this site. If the window is not poping up

Step 1 :

http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/launch

Open IE or FireFox copy paste the above URL in the address bar and click go, the screen appears this way



Step 2 :
Click the Lanch Google talk button and u will get



Step 3 :

Click Sign in

Step 4 :

A new windwo will pop up, give ur Gmail username and password.

Step 5 :

Click Sign in

Then you are connected to ur gmail friends

Happy Chatting ...

Best Downloads

Looking for some of the best downloads available for Windows operating system

here is the site

http://www.filehippo.com/

where u can download for free or trial
1. Browser
2. Antivirus
3. Music Player
4. CD - DVD Tools
5. etc

Check out the link and explore it