Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

Ctrl + E - It centralizes the selected text, or the current line.

Ctrl + R - It justifies to the right the selected text, or the current line.

Ctrl + L - It justifies to the left the selected text, or the current line.

Ctrl + I - The same thing as that Tab does.

Tab - It is giving the area to each of the windows opened by Google Talk.

Ctrl + Tab - The same thing as that Shift + Tab does.

Shift + Tab - The same thing as that Tab does, but in reverse.

Ctrl + Shift + L - Switch between points, numbers, letters, capital letters, roman numbers and capital roman numbers

Ctrl + 1 (KeyPad) - It does a simple space between the lines.

Ctrl + 2 (KeyPad) - It does a double space between the lines.

Ctrl + 5 (KeyPad) - It does a 1.5 space between the lines.

Ctrl + 1 (NumPad) - It moves the cursor to the end of the last line.

Ctrl + 7 (NumPad) - It moves the cursor to the beginning of the last line.

Ctrl + F4 - It closes the current window.

Alt + F4 - It closes the current window.

Alt + Esc - It Minimize all the windows.

Windows + ESC - Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray)

F9 - Open Gmail to send an email to the current contact in G-Talk.

Tip - Nickname & Status Message

You can't change your nickname in a way that other people will see it change. Every nickname in the Google Talk contact list is the part that is before @gmail.com (only the alphabetical characters are used) or the name you chosen for your GMail account. To change the nickname need to go to your Gmail account and change the name there. Choose Settings->Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name. As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to separate the two. You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you.

Conference Calls in G-Talk

What you need to do to have conference calls: Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference. After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk, but at the end of it add /nomutex. If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex. Open 2nd instances of the software on every user's computer. After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.

Integrate G-TALK with Firefox and Opera

Now you can use Google Talk in the panel / sidebar
while browsing with your favourite browser.

You don't need to have the G-Talk client installed at all.

1. Goto Bookmark Manager.

2. Click to create new bookmark.

3. Paste the following URL in the address (URL location) field.
http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/client

4. Enter any name for the bookmark like G-Talk.

5. Select the option for adding in sidebar or panel.

6. Click OK and you are done.

Google Talk "talkgadget" requires Adobe Flash Player 8 or above.

Works in both Opera & Firefox.

G-Talk Cheats

You can edit most settings by opening regedit (Go to Start Menu -> Run, and then type regedit and press enter),

and navigating to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk.

The "Google/Google Talk" key has several sub-keys that hold different option values:

Accounts: This one has subkeys for each different account that has logged in on the client. These keys have different values that store the username, password and connection options.

Autoupdate: Stores the current version information. When the client checks for updates it compares Google's response with these values. If an update is needed, it will download and update the new version.

Options: This is the most interesting part, where most of the current hacks should be used.

Process: Stores the process ID. Probably used by Google Talk to detect if it's already running or not.

1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\show_pin
If 1, shows a "pin" next to the minimize button that keeps the windows on top of all the other open windows when clicked.

2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\view_show_taskbutton
If 0, hides the taskbar button, and leaves the tray icon only, when the window is shown

3. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_inactive
If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.

4. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\away_screensaver
If 1, status will be set as Away after the specified number of minutes.

5. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Options\inactive_minutes
Number of inactive minutes to become away if auto-away is on.

Fake Virus Warning

Make Friends Scare for VIRUS

1. Open Notepad. Copy and Paste the code below:

lol=msgbox ("Warning a virus has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

2. Save it as Virus.VBS

3. Go to the folder that contains it and open it. If a window pops out saying a “Virus has been detected”, then it's working. Press yes or no to close the window and put it in the Startup folder of the Victim's Account.

4. On Startup the window should appear

Note: This does not harm your computer as it does not contain Virus.

The Yes and No button does not do anything except closing the window. And you can edit the virus in the sentence: Warning a virus has detected on your PC to any kind of virus, eg.Trojan Horse. Like this, lol=msgbox ("Warning a Trojan horse has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Now have Fun !!☺ ♥ ♥ ☺

Change the Registered User and Company Name in Windows XP / Vista

1. Go to Start Menu -> Run, and then type regedit and press enter

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ Current Version

3. On the right window, find the keys called RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner.

4. Double Click on it and change its Value. Click OK.

When you are satisfied with your entries, exit the Registry Editor and your new values will be present when you open My Computer Properties (Computer Properties in Vista).

Shortcut to Lock your Computer

Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer

If you use your computer in an area where others may have access to it, and there are things on your system you would rather have kept confidential, locking your desktop when you leave the computer is an essential task. Here's a recipe for a desktop shortcut that will lock your computer in two easy clicks:

1. Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose New -> Shortcut. Then the Create Shortcut Wizard will open; in the first text box, type %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the Next page, and hit 'Finish'

2. You will notice that the shortcut you created has a Blank icon. To select a more appropriate one, Right click on the shortcut and hit Properties. In the Shortcut tab, Click on the Change Icon button.

3. In the 'Look for icons in this file:' box, type %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll, then Press “Enter” to see a range of icons for your new shortcut. Choose an appropriate icon. Your desktop locking shortcut is now ready for use. Test it out.

It is useful if u have an account as it will prompt for a Password.

Increasing Shutdown Speed by Reducing Wait Times

1. Go to Start Menu -> Run, and then type regedit and press enter

2. Go to HKEY_USERS \ .DEFAULT \ Control Panel \ Desktop

3. On the right window find the key called WaitToKillAppTimeout

4. Double Click on it and Set its Value to 1000 (the default should be 20000).

5. Again, now find the key called HungAppTimeout

6. Double Click on it and Set its Value to 1000

You Done It.