Gmail is being used by more and more people nowadays , but it has a limitation it does not allow exe files to be sent as an attachment but here is the solution to this problem

The other day, I wanted send across a .exe file to a friend of mine, and figured there was no way to send it directly. As part of security measure, GMail does not allow you to send or receive any executables.

In fact, none of the the files ending with “exe, dll, ocx, bat, zip, tar, tgz, taz, z, gz” can get though the Gmail Virus – scanner. Here are some simple ways you can work around this problem:

1) Rename the extension of the exe files to some .jpeg, .bmp or .txt. For example, if the file you want to send is “example.exe or example.bat“, rename the file as “example.jpeg or example.bmp” and send it over. Do not forget to notify the receivers to change the extension back to the original file extension.

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These keyboard shortcuts will help you perform faster and better and every Windows user should know most of these as these are the essential ones !!

Windows System Key Combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently

Windows Program Key Combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

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Here is a list of 97 commands that you can type in at command prompt or in RUN ( Start->Run) to launch various utilities

Accessibility Controls – access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard – hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs – appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools – control admintools
Automatic Updates – wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt
Calculator – calc
Certificate Manager – certmgr.msc
Character Map – charmap
Check Disk Utility – chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd
Command Prompt – cmd
Component Services – dcomcnfg
Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties – timedate.cpl
DDE Shares – ddeshare
Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* – directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter – dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility – cleanmgr
Disk Defragment – dfrg.msc
Disk Management – diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager – diskpart
Display Properties – control desktop
Display Properties – desk.cpl

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Need your Windows Vista or Xp to shut down faster and quicker , Try this registry trick to shutdown your Vista,Xp as fast as possible .

Caution: If you are a newbie ,You can read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756 for more help on how to take a registry backup.

If you are a Windows XP user, then read this else skip to the Vista part:

- Click “Start” and Type ‘regedit‘ in the Run box and hit “Enter“.
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Control Panel >> Desktop
- On to your right you’ll see a key ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout‘, double click on the key and change the value to be somewhere between 3500 and 5500. (The values here are in milliseconds, which means lesser the value, quicker the system shuts down).
- Once the value is changed, save the value by clicking “OK“.

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Here are a Few Easter Eggs and Windows hidden tricks for you guys, added them to make one big collection .

System Protected Folders

Ever notice that in the Program Files folder there are two folders that you can’t delete? Xerox and Microsoft Frontpage?

Reserved files and folders

You can’t create a folder called CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN or NUL.

Notepad glitch

Notepad has a strange glitch with some combinations of words. It happens when you open notepad, type in certain phrases, save the file, close and open the file, and the document is magically changed. This got popular with a certain conspiracy theory phrase of “bush hid the facts”, making it appear that your operating system is keeping you from your freedom of speech. The funny thing though is that it also changes phrases like “bill fed the goats” and “hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh”. It’s some sort of Unicode error with a combination of 4 letter, then 3 letter, then 3 letter, then 5 letter words separated by spaces. The system apparently detects some combinations as unreadable characters.

Shutdown trick

Click Start – Turn off Computer, and hold the Shift key, this turns the Stand By button into the Hibernate button.
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