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Check for empty subject line in Outlook email

Well it is not exactly a hack, its a kind of tweak which will check for empty subject line in microsoft outlook emails in case if you have forgotten to write.
here are the steps…

1. Open your Outlook
2. Press Alt+F11. This opens the Visual Basic Editor
3. Then Press Ctrl+R which in turn open Project-Project 1 (left side)
4. On the Left Pane, one can see “Microsoft Outlook Objects” or “Project1″, expand this. Now one can see the “ThisOutLookSession”.
5. Double click on “ThisOutLookSession”. It will open up a Code Pane on the right hand side.
6. Copy and Paste the following code in the right pane (Code Pane) and save it, Close it.

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim strSubject As String
strSubject = Item.Subject
If Len(Trim(strSubject)) = 0 Then
Prompt$ = “Subject is Empty. Are you sure you want to send the Mail?”
If MsgBox(Prompt$, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, “Check for Subject”) = vbNo Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If
End Sub

Now try sending a email without subject line…
hmmm it works.

Multiple Yahoo Messengers on single PC

You can run multiple yahoo messengers on your XP machine.

Just write following stuff in notepad & save it as yahoo.reg,also make sure that encoding is UTF-8.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test]
“Plural”=dword:00000001

Now double click on this file or right click to say Merge.

Now run yahoo messengers from desktop shortcut with diffrent ids & enjoy.

Thats it

Speed up opening of Acrobat Reader

Go to the installation folder of acrobat reader,which could be…

(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\plugins)

Cut all the files and folders from the “plugins” directory to the “Optional” directory.

Also make sure that no pdf file is opened

Now your acrobat reader will load very fast .dont catch me if some commands dont run ….hahahah

Thats it

Automatically defragment drives with just a right click (New context menu item)

Create a new Registry import file named context_defrag.inf in notepad (be sure to save with it with the Save as type set to All Files and not Text Documents) and place the following text inside:

; context_defrag.INF
; Adds Defrag to the right click context menu in Windows XP
[version]
signature=”$CHICAGO$”
[DefaultInstall]
AddReg=AddMe
[AddMe]
HKCR,”Drive\Shell\Defrag\command”,,,”DEFRAG.EXE %1″

Then, right-click and choose Install. This will add a context menu to XP that allows you to automatically defrag drives, using the command line version of the built-in defragmentation utility.

To use it, navigate to a drive in My Computer, right-click, and choose Defrag.

A command line window will appear, and that drive will be defragged. When it’s complete, the window just disappears.

To remove this utility, Open regedit.exe and navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\

Then delete the Defrag folder and close Regedit.

That’s it.

How to Uninstall Oracle Completely

Many of us experience a hell lot of trouble when we uninstall oracle, especially when we need to again install it on the same machine.
The error messages would drive you crazy.
So as soon as you uninstall oracle from your machine follow the following steps for complete removal. (These are some registry settings, so take a backup of registry before you proceed)

Go to Start-Run-Regedit.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Go to Software.

Now delete the Oracle folder from there.

Also expand the ODBC folder & delete all oracle folders from there too. (Be careful do not delete the ODBC folder itself).

Now you need to go to System folder, under that go to Currentcontrolset under that go to services & delete all oracle related services (you may find a good no. Of oracle related services)

Then go to Eventlog under same hierarchy & delete all oracle related folders.

The final step is to go to Control panel-Administrative tools-Services & stop all oracle related services. (To stop a service right click on it & click on stop).

Restart the machine & That’s it.

Open with fuss…….

You can change the way menu looks like when u right click on a particular file eg.a zip file.
Suppose i have got winzip & winrar both on my pc & when i right click on a compessed file it will show me a long context menu (menu that appears when u right click on a file/folder).u can just work arround with it.its within registry settings.
(Take complete backup of Registry before u proceed)

Go to run.

Type Regedit.Enter

Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Go to *

Here u have 2 options,either u can change the by default OpenWithList or

Go to Shellex-ContextMenuHandlers

Here u can change application wise .Suppose i dont want to see Winzip when i right click on a compressed folder so i will click on winzip,then on the right hand pane i will double click on default registry.

Now just delete the value data & That’s it.

All about CAD

CAD Computer Aided Design or Drafting. Inputting lines, arcs, coordinates dimensions and text for engineering purposes not onto paper but into a data base. The beauty of this is the ability to manipulate the data in many ways during and after completion of any job. There are many types of CAD systems and brand names, but you can break it down into two types, 2D and 3D.

2Dimensional is almost like drawing on a drafting board; essentially a flat view usually dimensioned and detailed to some type of standard but is somewhat limited.

3Dimensional is very popular, and with the ability to manipulate 3D Models as if they were actual solid objects, very desirable. Each 3D model is an exact replica of an existing object or idea of an object but in digital format which can be up scaled or down scaled or modified to any specific tolerance. These digital objects are then ready for multiple views, or cross sections, dimensions and details, just like 2D drawings. But 3D models have much more to offer.

Benefits of 3Dimensional Modeling.

Most reliable interference (inter disciplinary) & clash checking.

Automated production of Engineering drawings & Reports.
For e.g. The effort required to verify consistency between general arrangement drawing & isometrics is nullified bcoz both are generated from same database.

Studies show that 3D models are more suitable for HAZOP studies.
HAZOP studies are recommended after every 5 years or when there is a major plant restructuring.3D Models help in streamlining in the review process.

Various Software Tools Used In CAD.

2D
1. AutoCAD by Autodesk.
2. Microstation by Bentley.

3D (Onshore)
1. Plant Design Systems (PDS) by Intergraph.
2. Plant design Management System (PDMS) by Aveva.

3D (Offshore)
1. Intelliship by Intergraph.
2. Tribon by Aveva.

CAD is also extensively used in the design of tools and machinery used in the manufacture of components.Here it can be called as Mechanical CAD (MCAD).
Most common software tools used in MCAD are
1. Pro Engineer (Pro-E)
2. Catia
3. Ideas

Also CAD is Used in Electronic Circuit Design
It is extensively used in Digital circuit design viz.chips etc.

Managing applications

Every time you click on a file, Windows looks up what the default program to open for the file is from the registry. Then, Windows loads that application and tells the app what file to open up. This is something that we encounter almost all the time when we are using our computer. Often, when we install many programs on our computer, programs start to compete over which is going to be the default program to open up a file. This commonly occurs when we install various music applications on your computer. So how can we decide which file (particular extension) should open in a particular application. This is how u can do it

Go to My Computer.

Click on the Tools and select Folder Options.

Once the Folder Options window appears click on the File Types tab.

Navigate through the list of file extensions until you find the extension of the file that you want to change the default app for. Since I want to change my MP3 player default launch app, I am going to select the MP3 file extension. When you find the file extension that you want to change, select it by clicking on it.

Click the Change button once you have your extension selected, as shown in screenshot below. The Open With properties window will load, asking you what program to load it with. It will show a list of common programs that you can choose from but you are not limited to just those program. Click the Browse button to navigate to any executable file on your computer to specify exactly what program you want to use if it is not on the list.

Once you have the application selected that you want to use, just click the OK button to save your changes & That’s it

Finding IP address of sender in Yahoo! Mail

Log in your Yahoo! Mail with your username and password.

Go to Inbox.

Open the mail you suspect is malicious or the mail, of which you wanna find out IP. (Be sure you have strong Antivirus software protecting your computer, if not don’t try this)

You might see the headers above the mail message; if not then, go to Options on the top-right corner In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences.

Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
& Click on Show all headers on incoming messages.

Click on the Save button.

Go back & open that mail.

Look for Received: from or X-Originating-IP: followed by the IP address between square brackets [].

That is be the IP address of computer from where the mail was sent.

Now you can track this IP either manually (using tracert command) or through Software (Ethereal).

That’s it.

Winzip Trick

Well if u are using winzip (version 11) then u might know that after some days the evaluation copy starts counting days & does not activate the “use evaluation version” till it has counted all the days for which it has installed on ur pc.and also it may say u period of evaluation version is over.so now
go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER — SOFTWARE — NICO MAK COMPUTING — WINZIP — RRS

Under the days coloumn on right hand side make the entry as zero.
Thats it, now ur evaluation copy wont frustrate u more by counting days or expiring