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How to Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut to Open a Favorite Webpage Link in Internet Explorer?

Mr.Byte — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:22:04 +0000

Well, you may have thousands of links in the favorites in Internet Explorer but among them you might open a few every day. Like for example, Yahoo, Gmail or News sites like CNN or Some video sites like Youtube, Hulu or Netflix. Have you ever wondered to open these sites in another tab without going through the links by just using a Keyboard Shortcut? Here is a solution!

So, how to create a custom keyboard shortcut to open a favorite website link in IE?

Expand the favorites in the side to view the links. Right click on the link that you want to create Keyboard Shortcut for and click Properties.

Click on the Shortcut Key box and click Ctrl + Alt + Key of your choice.

I have used this to create keyboard shortcuts for webpages like,

Hulu – Ctrl + Alt + H

Netflix – Ctrl + Alt + N

Gmail – Ctrl + Alt + G

Yahoo – Ctrl + Alt + Y

CNN – Ctrl + Alt + C

You can try this in all IE versions. This is done in IE8.

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How to make Bing as default search engine in IE, Firefox and use in Windows 7?

Mr.Byte — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:34:09 +0000

Bing is the new rebranded search engine from Microsoft which has lots of new improved features which is not available in Google search. The features such as video preview, small snippet information of the sites in the search page are really impressive.

Update: Many have been asking for how to uninstall Bing and keep Google as default search engine. Please see at the end of this post for how to uninstall Bing from Internet Explorer.

Here are links to make use of Bing search in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Windows 7

Internet Explorer

For Internet Explorer, download Bing search provider. It will add Bing as one of the search provider and if you want it as default search provider, check that option while installing.

Firefox

For Firefox, download Bing search provider. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12205)

Windows 7

In Windows 7, you can add the Bing search which allows to search the web right from the Windows Explorer. It’ll also add the favorites link on the left sidebar.

Download Bing search provider for Windows 7 (Developed by Chakkaradeep)

Update: Many have been searching for how to uninstall Bing as default search engine in Internet Explorer. So here is how to uninstall

Go to Tools in Internet Explorer and Internet Options. Click the Programs tab and click Manage add-ons.

Click Search Providers on the Add-on types list on the left. Choose Google and click set as default and Close.

Now you can use Google as the default search in IE.

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How to setup desktop alert or email notification for Gmail or IMAP accounts in Outlook 2007?

Mr.Byte — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:04:36 +0000

If you are using a POP account or mails delivered to your personal account in Outlook, then probably you would have liked the small alert that you get when you get a new email. But with mails delivered using Gmail or any mail account through IMAP, then you might not have seen the alert. This is annoying sometimes cause you have to check the outlook every now and then for any new mails.

But you can create a new mail alert in Outlook for Gmail or any IMAP account and you can get notified whenever you get a new mail.

So how to setup desktop alert or email notification for Gmail or IMAP accounts in Outlook 2007?

Open Outlook -> Tools –> Rules and Alerts.

Under E-mail Rules, make sure you have choose the gmail.com account and click on New Rule.

Under Rules Wizard –> Step 1: Select a Template –> choose Display mail from someone in the New Item Alert Window – > Next.

Uncheck from people or distribution list and check the box for through the specified account.

Now in the bottom of that page, under Step 2: Edit the rule description –> Click the underlined word specified. In the pop-up box, choose the Gmail or other IMAP account. Click Ok.

Click the underlined word, a specific message. You can enter something like New Mail Alert or whatever you may like!

Click Next and if there are any exceptions that you may want to include, you can add otherwise you can just click Next.

In the last step, if you want you can give a name for this rule as New Mail Alert or something. Make sure to check Turn on this rule. Click Finish and Ok.

Now if there is any new mail coming to your Gmail or IMAP account, you will get a desktop alert.

Tip: If you are using Gmail in Outlook, you can move the Gmail pst file to another folder and save space in your c drive.

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How to change or move the location of Gmail pst file in Outlook 2007?

Mr.Byte — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:00:19 +0000

I use Gmail in my Outlook 2007 as many others who love to work in Outlook. Now if you use POP3 or any standalone PST file then its easy to move the PST files from its default folder. Usually the default folder is at C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook. Under these conditions, all that you have to do is

Close outlook –> Open Outlook default folder location –> Move the pst files to another location where you want –> Open Outlook –> It would say that the pst files are missing –> Browse and point it to the new location.

But this method does not work with IMAP pst files like in Gmail but instead it creates a new one with the same address and downloads all the mails one more time.

So how to move the location of Gmail pst file or any other IMAP pst files?

Close Outlook and wait for a minute so that all the related processes are stopped.

Click Start –> Control Panel –> Mail.

Click Data Files.

Make sure the gmail account is highlighted and Click Open Folder.

Now you would see Gmail.Sharing.xml.obi and Gmayouraddress@gmail.com-someno.pst

Cut only the .pst file and paste it in the folder where you want to move. Leave the .obi file in the same location.

Note: Don’t try to rename the pst file and it will create a new pst file again with the old name. So you will not be able to move.

After moving, double click the highlighted Gmail account. You will get a warning saying that the .pst file cannot be found.

Click Ok. Now you will be able to browse and redirect to the new location.

Close the Account Settings window and Open Outlook 2007.

You have successfully moved the location of gmail pst or any other IMAP pst file in Outlook 2007.

This tip is tested in Vista and Windows 7.

Note: Unless its done in the exact same order, it will not let you move the pst file and instead create a new pst file in the old location with the old name. If so try doing it again. Also when you move the pst file, DO NOT close the Account Settings Window.

Another Tip: If you are using Gmaill in Outlook, you can setup New Email Notification as Desktop Alert

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Make your IE8 Even Faster with Simple Tweak

Mr.Byte — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:37:33 +0000

I have been using IE8 ever since it came in beta and RC and I have loved it ever since. I must admit I also have been using Firefox before that primarily because of all the features were better in Firefox along with its addons.

But Microsoft has taken tremendous amount of effort to bring the standards in IE8 as they have been trying with Windows 7 also. If you read the article from PCWorld, you will realize that IE8 is indeed faster than Firefox but its too hard to notice the difference. So the browsing speed of IE8 has undergone some major changes and yet with a simple tweak you can increase the speed even better.

So how to make IE8 browsing faster?

All that you have to do is re-register a dll file as pointed out by Ed Bott from zdnet.

Run command prompt with administrator rights (Just right click cmd in Start and click Run as administrator) and type

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

Restart your system and you should find a difference in the browsing speed of IE8.

I did experience huge improvement in some pages and relatively better performance in other pages.

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Realtek High Definition Audio Driver for Windows 7

Mr.Byte — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:47:29 +0000

After I installed Windows 7 beta on my HP Pavilion DV6500, I was not able to use some of the audio features like the front headphone audio-out jack, microphone audio-in jack etc. This is because of the old Realtek HD Audio Driver which was not compatible with Windows 7.

Realtek has added support for Windows 7 and you can download the new version R2.16

Download Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver for Windows 7

Update (May 7,2009): It doesn’t say Windows 7 in the link, but the update is primarily due to Windows 7. At this time of update, they even have newer version of the driver R2.22 updated on 4/20/2009. So the link just says, Vista Driver (32/64 bits) Driver only (ZIP file)

This supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and other earlier OS for both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x64 OS

They also have ATI HDMI Audio Device driver and 3D SoundBack which restores audio effects, including surround sound, reverberation, and spatial effects, for legacy game titles when running on Windows Vista.

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LyteByte Icon Featured in Smashing Magazine

Mr.Byte — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:56:58 +0000

It came as quite a suprise when LyteByte’s Icon (Favicon) was featured in the Smashing Magazine today.

These are formed by the characters L and B. Small b is inside the L and they were turned upside down to form the number 97 but later I turned the angle to give an arrow look.

I was always inspired by blogs which have very unique Icons and hence it motivated me to design this favicon earlier this year. You can also see my earlier designs I thought of and have used.

You can also read how to create a simple favicon by yourself.

Thanks to Smashing Magazine for featuring LyteByte’s favicon.

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Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Vista

Mr.Byte — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:04:46 +0000

By default, Firefox does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista like Internet Explorer. We saw how to assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer in the last post. In this post, we will create a keyboard shortcut for Firefox. We have seen so many posts on the usefulness of keyboard shortcut for various applications and this idea is based on creating custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Windows Vista.

So, how to create a keyboard shortcut to open Firefox?

Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Firefox in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Firefox. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + F to open Firefox.

Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Firefox.

Note: For more step by step detail of this procedure, read How to create custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Vista

You may also be interested in having a clean desktop by hiding all desktop icons and using a keyboard shortcut to access hidden desktop.

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Keyboard Shortcut to Open Internet Explorer in Windows Vista

Mr.Byte — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:42:00 +0000

By default, Internet Explorer does not have any keyboard shortcut assigned to it in Windows Vista. Be it IE7 or IE8, we can assign a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer. We have seen so many posts on the usefulness of keyboard shortcut for various applications and this idea is based on creating custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Windows Vista.

So, how to create a keyboard shortcut to open Internet Explorer?

Step 1: Create a desktop shortcut of Internet Explorer in the desktop or under Documents if its already not there.

Step 2: Right click the shortcut and click Properties.

Step 3: Click the shortcut key section and press the key that you would like to assign as the keyboard shortcut for opening Internet Explorer. In this case, I have assigned Ctrl + Alt + I to open IE.

Step 4: Click Ok and now you can use this keyboard shortcut to open any instance of Internet Explorer.

Note: For more step by step detail of this procedure, read How to create custom keyboard shortcut to open any application in Vista

You may also be interested in having a clean desktop by hiding all desktop icons and using a keyboard shortcut to access hidden desktop.

Update: Keyboard Shortcut to Open Firefox in Windows Vista

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How to send Offline Messages from Yahoo Messenger inside Yahoo Mail?

Mr.Byte — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:23:00 +0000

Its been a long time since we have Yahoo Messenger inside Yahoo Mail so that no matter which computer we use, we need not rely on whether Yahoo Messenger is installed or not. The online friends list is listed on the left sidebar under contacts. But friends who are offline or invisible are not listed there.

So how to send offline messages to those friends from Yahoo Messenger inside Yahoo Mail?

The answer is simple, it just needs one more step to go ahead.

Instead of clicking the arrow button under contacts to see the online friends list, click Contacts. Now you will be able to see all your contacts and other messenger friends who are offline or invisible.

Near each contact there will be a white circle if that friend is offline or colored one if your friend is online. Click that circle to open a new chat tab.

Now you will be able to send offline messages to your friends who are offline or invisible.

You can also get this chat tab, if you have any mails from that friend and by clicking the white circle near their email id associated with their messenger account.

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