• Open any folder. Press ‘Alt’ button to get the menu bar on top.
• In that go to “Folder Options”, under “Tools” .
• Under the “View” tab, check the option “Reopen previously opened folders”.
• Click “Apply” and “OK”.

That’s it. The next time you switch on your computer, these folders will automatically open for you. In my opinion, this feature can be a little annoying. AFAIK, I don’t see much of a need to keep folders always open. However I do think that it can be handy when there are frequent power cuts.

PROBLEM -  Making a neat horizontal bar with all the social-sharing buttons inline.

Well, I am not a coding expert. But, somehow I wrote a code which is simple and easy. So, I thought I would share the code here on my blog.

I scratched my head for a lot of time over this problem. But, later I came to know that I was not really looking at the problem. Okay, now first let me give you the code.

<div> 

<!-- tweet button -->  
<div style="float:left;">
<a href="http://twitter.com/share" data-count="horizontal">Tweet</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"> </script>
</div>
 <!-- tweet button --> 

<!-- facebook like button-->
<div style="float:left;">
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href&amp;send=false&amp; layout=button_count&amp;width=450&amp;show_faces=true&amp;action=like&amp; colorscheme=light&amp;font&amp;height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:60px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe>
</div>
<!-- facebook like button--> 

<!-- Google +1 button -->  
<div style="float:left;">
<!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render -->  
<g:plusone size="medium" annotation="inline" width="60"></g:plusone> 

<!-- Place this render call where appropriate -->  
<script type="text/javascript">   (function() {     var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;     po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js';     var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);   })();  </script>
</div>
<!-- Google +1 button -->
</div>

One another thing-  This is the code I wrote. It is very simple and easy. But, still this code didn’t work in the beginning. Notice the highlighted part of the code above. By default, the Plus one button width will be450px or something, which makes it not possible to keep them inline. That’s why it didn’t work. But, after sometime I found the problem and fixed it. I am just giving a heads up so that you don’t do the same problem.

Also, the code I wrote is only for three buttons, but you can extend it. Just add the code of the button in between the following tags.

<div style="float:left;">
Paste the code for the button here
</div>

That’s all. You can see my code in action at the beginning of this post. Please don’t hesitate to comment if you have any problems or suggestions.

uTorrent is one of the most popular and most used torrent client. In this post, I am going to show you how to limit the rate of  download or upload for a particular download.

• Select the torrent download for which you want to limit the download/upload rate.
• Right-Click on it and select “Properties” option.
• In the dialog box opened, under the “Bandwidth Settings” change the maximum download rate and upload rate as you desire.
• If you want to change it back to default, replace the rate by 0.

That’s it. You can now browse the web while the torrent is downloading.

There are two userscripts, that you can use to implement this feature in your browser. Both are good, each having their own advantages and disadvantages. It’s up to you to decide which you want. The links I am giving you below has detailed tutorials which you can follow while using the scripts. The first script here, does not work in Google Chrome, but the second one does. So, if you are using Google Chrome, install the second script.

1. Facebook Multi-user Login
2. Facebook Switch Accounts

If you are concerned about security, then I assure you that these scripts cannot harm you in anyway. Bascially, what they do is, log out of one account and automatically login to another with the credentials you have given. So, your password and other credentials will remain safe.

You can also check out some of the previous posts, that I have written on different userscritps here.

1. Change the New Google Black Bar into Old White One
2. How to Get the Old Facebook Chat
3. How To: Get Turn-Off Lights On Every Youtube Video

When I searched for the solution online, I found many answers like, saving a excel spreadsheet as a webpage and then, converting that webpage into an image. Or, I found some cumbersome visual basic code (I think so, am not sure)on Microsoft Forums. But, here is a simple solution that I found out to this problem.

You can convert, not only excel tables, but also Smart Arts, Charts and Word Arts into images, using this trick. Let me get to the process now.

If you have a table, already created in Excel,

• Copy that table.
• Open a new PowerPoint presentation.
• Paste the table into an empty slide.
• Right-click on the table, and select the option “Save as Picture”.

That’s it, you are done! Your table is now saved as a PNG image file!

We are actually using a simple feature, that’s already present in MS Office. However, the feature is limited only to MS PowerPoint, not MS Excel or MS Word. I wonder why.

P.S. The same procedure can be followed for converting Smart Arts, Charts and Word Arts into images.

Simple, isn’t it? Please leave your comments and share if you have any other way of doing this.

As I am using Excel 2007, I will be writing instructions based on that, but it will be mostly similar for other versions too.

• Go to the “Page Layout” tab on the ribbon.
• In that, go to the “Sheet options” tab and there check the “Print” option under the “Gridlines” category.
• Here is a simple video tutorial on how to do the same.

Some other tips while printing an excel sheet

You can display comments in your hard copy, and also edit how errors, if any, gets displayed. To do this,

• Go to Page Layout>Sheet Options. Click on the “Sheet Options” block.
• A new window will open named Page Setup. In that, under the “Print” section, there is an option called “Comments”.You can select your preference in the dropdown box.
• Also, below the “Comments” option, there is another option called “Errors”. In the dropdown box, you have options like “Blank”, “As Displayed” and so on. You can change it according to your wish.

Tip: It’s always better to show Errors in an excel worksheet as “Blank”, so that you can manually calculate it later and write.

Check out this video tutorial on the same things that I have discussed before.

The problem is with neither Adsense nor Firefox. It is with the Adblock Plus- an addon for Firefox. It is blocking the new Adsense interface from loading. To solve this problem, disable the Adblock Plus for the Google Adsense page and try again. It will work. If you are not sure how to disable Adblock Plus for a particular page, here is the tutorial:

• Go to the adsense page which is not loading, i.e., the blank blue page.
• Click on the ABP icon in the bottom-right corner of your screen.
• Select “Disable on this page only”.
• Reload the page. That’s it!

Now, you can use the new interface without any problems. However, I would request you to do another simple job. Please report this issue to the Adblock Plus, so that they can look into it. Here is how to do that:

• Click on the ABP icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
• Click on “Report issue on this page” option and follow the steps.

If the above solution doesn’t work for you, then I would suggest you to run Firefox in “Safe Mode“, if it works, then try disabling extensions, that you feel doubtful and try again. If the problem still persists you can always comment here, I will respond with whatever help I can do to solve it.

UPDATE: I submitted this issue, and I think they alread have a report on this problem.You can see the cause and solution for this problem here.

However, the sending feature is currently restricted only to Indian users, while the receiving feature is availbale for Indians and US users. Alright, now let’s look at how to enable it.

First, login to your gmail account. Go to Google Plus page, by clicking on the +YourName button on the top navbar. Then, click on the small button (looks like some kind of spiked wheel) in the top-right corner of the screen. In the dropdown, click on Google+ settings.

In the Google+ settings page, under the “Set delivery preferences”, you will have an option to add your phone number. Select the country as India, and add your phone number to the account. It will send you a confirmation number through a message which you have to enter it into the confirmation box for verification.

If the above procedure is completed without any problems, then you are up and ready to receive and send updates through SMS. Now, all you need to do is select when to receive notifications.

In order to send updates through SMS, like any other service, you need to follow certain syntax. These SMSes have to be sent to the number +91 9222222222. The standard message and data rates apply to these messages.You can send your updates using the following commands.

• Circles – @[circle name]
• Extended Circles – @extended
• Public – @public
• Any email address – @[email address]

If you want more information/examples on how to use the above commands, visit this page.

Another feature that is notable here is the SMS security PIN. There are chances that sometimes, your SMS might be intercepted (hacked) while sending or someone might pretend to send from your mobile phone. In such cases, Google will be unable to recognize the foul-play. So, if you add a security pin in your notifications, such cases can be avoided.

Okay, last but not the least if you ever want to stop the notifications you need to send STOP to the same number above. Happy Google Plus-ing!

However, you can change it to the old XP style (i.e., text beside the taskbar button) easily. Here is a small tutorial on how to do it.

• Go to “Taskbar properties” by right-clicking on the taskbar.
• Under the tab, “Taskbar”, in the option “Taskbar Buttons” select the option “Never combine” or “Combine when the taskbar is full” depending on your requirement.
• Click “Apply”. Now, you can see the text beside your taskbar buttons, as earlier in XP. Here is a snap.

Or, you can also use this freeware application to do the same, if you are too lazy! Link: Taskbar Labels 1.0

While writing FIFA posts, most blogs (especially Indian) I have read, have used the keyword Football (including me).  However, I recently did a adwords keyword search using the keyword tool regarding this. I found that the keyword “soccer” had more Estimated Avg.CPC, than the keyword “football”.

Well, the reason why we (Indians) use “football” more often than “soccer” is that “football” is used all over the world, while “Soccer” is American. As, in most parts of world, “football” is in practice, we tend to use “football”.

If you take a look at the image below, the keyword “football” has an average CPC of around 0.99 USD, while “soccer” has an average CPC of 1.13 USD. The difference is pretty much noticeable.

Another thing is, while doing the keyword research, the location was set to United States. Since most bloggers, as far as I know, target American traffic, it’s better to use “soccer” keyword in your posts than “football” keyword.

But, till now we just looked at the average CPC. But, if you see the the search volume for the keyword “football” is more than the search volume for “soccer”. It’s almost less than half the “football” volume. So, it’s better to use both the keywords simultaneously. Like, “football” in the title and excerpt, while “soccer” in the middle of the posts. What do you think?

This post is not written by an expert. These are just my views and there may be many mistakes in my analysis. I expect you to hit me with questions or tell me what’s right and what’s wrong. We can strike a discussion together. Thanks for reading!