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manage your facebook, yahoo,..etc by one software

Its a long time I haven't posted, but now I have brought a 'Back with a Bang' thing for you guys. Yes, its DIGSBY, many may be knowing about this. Even I knew about this from long back, but just now started using it.

No one likes to keep many softwares on as it takes up your precious memory. Digsby, is a chat client which can manage all your Yahoo, Google talk, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc. etc. everything in one software. If you are listening this for the first time 'I am not joking'. Well it can work on Windows, Linux, Mac.

It has a feature of Buddy List, same as any other messenger, but the difference is all your contacts from all your accounts will be shown as one list.

show your own tips on start up

Now show your own tips on start up.

Open your registry and find the key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Tips

Create a new string value named by incrementing the existing value names and set it to the required tip text.

Edit .exe files

Here you will learn how to edit *.exe files, in 5 easy steps:

1) If you are not a programmer or developer, then disassembler is not for you, you can't understand anything.

First off all, you need a software which can do the work simple for you, Resource Hacker. It's a resource editor-

very easy to use.

2) Unzip the archive, and run ResHacker.exe. You can check out the help file too

3) You will see that the interface is simple and clean. Go to the menu FileOpen or press Ctrl+O to open a file. Browse your way to the file you would like to edit. You can edit *.exe, *.dll, *.ocx, *.scr and *.cpl files, but this tutorial is to teach you how to edit *.exe files, so open one.

4) In the left side of the screen a list of sections will appear.

The most common sections are

-String table;

-RCData;

-Dialog;

-Cursor group;

-Bitmap;

-WAV.

*Icon: You can wiew and change the icon(s) of the program by double-clicking the icon section,chossing the icon, right-clicking on it an pressing "replace resource". After that you can choose the icon you want to replace the original with.

*String table: a bunch of crap, useful sometimes, basic programming knowladge needed.

*RCData: Here the real hacking begins. Modify window titles, buttons, text, and lots more!

*Dialog:Here you can modify the messages or dialogs that appear in a program. Don't forget to press "Compile" when you're done!

*Cursor group: Change the mouse cursors used in the program just like you would change the icon.

*Bitmap: View or change images in the programs easy!

*WAV:Change the sounds in the prog. with your own.

5) In the RCData,Dialog,Menu and String table sections you can do a lot of changes. You can modify or translate the text change links, change buttons, etc.

TIP: To change a window title, search for something like: CAPTION "edit this".

TIP: After all operations press the "Compile Script" button, and when you're done editing save, your work @ FileSave(Save as).

TIP: When you save a file,the original file will be backed up by default and renamed to Name_original and the saved file will have the normal name of the changed prog.

TIP: Sometimes you may get a message like: "This program has a non-standard resource layout... it has probably been compressed with an .EXE compressor." That means that Resource Hacker can't modify it because of it's structure.

Vista matching stylish folder

Have you ever noticed that the new folder you make comes with a old ugly yellowish look, but the inbuilt icons in home directory hae a very stylish green look. And you must have tried to change the icon to suit match with other folder but ultimately no success. Because, when changing icons the vista by default takes you to the old icons directory to choose.

But you know you can change the icons of your new folder and can have that new and greenish folder.

To do this go to folder's properties by right clicking on the folder. Then go to customize tab click 'change icon'.This will open up the icon changing tool.

Now the actual trick begins, you can see the address written there like this:

%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll

change the 'shell32.dll' to 'imageres.dll' and press enter to update the icons. Now in the list go to the extreme right and there you will find those vista icons. Choose whatever you want.

If you want to switch back t0 yellow folders just do the same thing with shell32.dll or click 'restore defaults'