Friday, April 24, 2009

Show Hibernate button in Windows Shutdown Menu along with other buttons

The Hibernate function in Windows will enable to save the current desktop as it is when we shutdown the system. When you Turn On windows again windows will restore the previous desktop you were working with earlier. So this way if you open a lot of programs in Windows you need not start or open the programs again when windows starts up. The hibernate option is a very useful and time saver function for Daily Windows Users. You can access the ‘Standby’ or ‘Hibernate’ function by pressing [Shift] key in the Windows shutdown menu. You will be really embarrassed since you need to press the Shift key each and every time you need to hibernate windows. Microsoft gives this function enhancement only through a telephone call and that too for valid support customers. So how about showing a separate button for the hibernate function in the shutdown menu of Windows by using a simple method? Try this trick to enable the Hibernate option directly instead of pressing the Shift key each and every time…...



  1. A small registry change will embed the ‘Hibernate’ button in the windows shutdown menu easily. Follow the steps below.


  2. Close all the open programs on your system (to avoid errors while installing the registry key), before installing the hotfix.


  3. Open the ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System’ key in the registry editor using ‘Regedit’.

  4. Create a sub-key with the name ‘Shutdown’ (without the quotes) using 'Edit > New > Key’.


  5. Now create an entry called ‘ShowHibernateButton’ here using ‘Edit > New > DWORD value’ and open it.

  6. Lastly, change the value from the default ‘0’ to ‘1’ and confirm it by pressing ‘OK’.

  7. Close the registry editor after this and restart your system.



Show Hibernate Option in Shutdown Menu

If you have any difficulty in doing the steps above you can download the registry file for these steps from here and merge the registry file in your computer.


Download the registry file to show the ‘Hibernate’ button (option) in Windows Shutdown Menu.



Download Enable/ Show Hibernate (button) option in Shutdown Menu of Windows.


Windows will now display the button for ‘Hibernate’ by default in the shutdown dialog along with the existing buttons and you can resume from your job more faster.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Use your Apple iPhone as a Wireless Laptop Modem / Get the iPhone's 3G feature in your Laptop

Use your iPhone as a Wireless Laptop Modem / Get the iPhones' 3G feature in your LaptopThe 3G feature in iPhone is a great blessing for internet users. You can browse the web, download files while traveling without a Modem!.Like the Modem's do the full potential of high speed internet is utilized by the 3G feature in iPhone. With some very nice features in iPhone, it would be nice if you can integrate some of these great features with your PC especially the 3G feature. Even with great features such as touch screen, web browsing etc.these cant match the experience you get while using a laptop. So if you can embed this 3G feature in your Laptop, you will be able to use the high speed internet with the help of 3G(using the iPhone as Wireless Modem). So here is how you can get the 3G feature of iPhone in your laptop by using the iPhone as Wireless Modem and experience the high speed internet on your laptop while traveling.........


So while traveling if you don't have access to your WiFi network and you have access to 3G feature, you will be beaming if you have installed the iPhone Modem Application 2. iPhone Modem will help you to get the high speed internet on your laptop by making your iphone to work as a modem for it. Iphone Modem is free to try and is available for a small 10$ price. There is no wrong in buying this software for those users (who own an iPhone 3G) that really needs some high speed internet connectivity while traveling. Atlest that 10$ is cheap compared with an external wireless modem.

Since iPhone Modem software's terms and conditions not fully complies with that of Apple's, you need to jail break the iphone in order to use this utility (iPhone Modem) . Most of the iphones people use today are jailbroken ones. Jail breaking iPhones opens up a wide range of possibilities in front of you. But you need to understand the fact that jailbreaking the iphones will make them lose its warranty and support.So do it at your own risk!

How to Jail Break the iPhone



A software called QuickPwn will do this tedious job very easily. Only thing you need to do is that follow the instructions given by QuickPwn very carefully. QuickPwn is available for both Windows and Mac Operating Systems.

Download QuickPwn

Install iPhoneModem



The Apple IPhone Jailbreaking tool, QuickPwn will be installed as an application namely Cydia. Cydia is really an online store (not the official Apple iPhone Store) from where you can get all the Applications that are not available through official Apple iPhone Store.

Search for " iPhoneModem by Addition " in there and install it. Now download the iPhone Modem helper application on your laptop.

Now you need to setup the network



Run the iPhone Modem helper application (iPhone Modem) you have just installed on your laptop and press " connect ". Now this helper application (iPhone Modem) will setup an hoc network which can be accessed through the iPhone. The default network created by the program (iPhone Modem) will not have a password. So you need to change it via the " Preferences " in the iPhone Modem helper application for setting a password. You need to turn on the Wi-Fi network in your iPhone. Now open the iPhone settings and take Wi-Fi. Select the network you have created before (using iPhone Modem) (here the default one is " iPhoneModem " if you have named it some thing else select it accordingly). Enter the password (if you have created it). Finally, open the iPhone application in your iPhone. All the settings will be configured automatically by itself. After a few seconds both the application's (iPhoneModem in iPhone and the iPhone helper application in your laptop) will confirm that the connection has been established properly. Done! You can now get the high speed internet facility with the help of iPhone 3G in your laptop by using iPhone as Wireless Modem and enjoy the comfortable browsing experience.

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