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Keyboards usually have small LEDs which indicate whether different types of locks are activated or not. Here is a trick to use the lights of your keyboard in a more creative manner in Windows.

A while ago on Tweak And Trick, I published an article on changing your processor name. But recently, Anil Kumar pointed out that the trick only changed the name temporarily.

When you open Facebook, the first thing that you notice is the blue colour it uses. Ever wondered why is Facebook so blue in colour and not changing its colour scheme?

Facebook is a social networking site which enables people to connect with friends and people around. That's how Facebook is usually introduced. However, Facebook is beyond the need of being introduced as almost everyone is on it. Despite its popularity, Facebook has one flaw; the default blue theme is really boring for some.

OK. So you are an active Facebook user. Imagine, just imagine, some grieved enemy of yours reports your posts, and Facebook ends up deleting your account. How would you feel?

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I recently started blogging at this blog. When I informed some of my friends that I have started a blog, the first thing they did was ask a question. Neither about the topic of my blog nor about its address. The first question they asked was 'What is a Blog?'

Windows automatically creates an Administrator account during the installation process which is by default, hidden from view on the welcome screen. This article will show you a trick using which you can easily show and enable the administrator account on the welcome screen in Windows.

One way of accessing blocked websites is through the use of proxy websites. However, it is not possible to use them to unblock each web site. If the website you wish to visit falls in this category, then you must use the methods given in this article. Beforehand, I would like to make it clear that different websites are blocked differently.

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Most of us have private data. Not all of us have a private computer to keep that data. Most of the time, we end up with other people viewing that data. Although password protecting software do work, it is almost pointless to hide private data with these software (because we are always questioned as to what it is that we are hiding with them).

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Most of us find ourselves in situations where a website we wish to visit is blocked by a software or by our ISP (Internet Service Provider). So, the question arises, how can we access blocked websites? The answer to this is simple: Proxy websites. Before going into the details, let us know a bit about these proxy websites. 

Note: This article was written when Epic Browser first came to the market. Since then, the browser has gone through many changes rendering this article outdated.

"Meet Epic. Your New Best Friend." says the opening lines of the webpage at EpicBrowser.com and I do not totally disagree. Epic Browser is the first browser with the made in India tag and which proudly says that it is made for Indians. Epic has left the top browsers like Google Chrome and the original Mozilla Firefox tasting the dust in terms of security.

We all wish to be popular. Unfortunately, getting popular is not so easy in the real world. However, in the cyber world which we all are part of, it is not so tough if you follow some tips given below. Now what are you waiting for? Bring your pen and paper to start taking notes on how to become famous.

Have you ever wondered how you can make a folder which neither can be deleted nor be renamed. Well, if you have, then you have come to the right place. With this trick, you will be able to create folders in Windows which cannot be renamed or deleted.

With this trick, you can disable access to USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports on your Windows based PC to prevent people from taking out data without permission or spreading viruses through the use of USB (pen and flash) drives.

Do you watch movies? Have you always loved the way how computers in movies welcome their users by calling out their names? I bet that you too would want to know how you can achieve similar results on your PC and have a computer said welcome. Then, you are at the right place.

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange.

With these tricks, you will be able to find out the tricking ability of Microsoft Notepad. But before that, do you know:-

1. The identification code of the flight that attacked the World Trade Centre? 
2. How much control the President of the United States has over Microsoft?
3. How worried Microsoft is about their reputation?

Web Browsers allow us to browse the web in an easy manner. Personally, I am bored trying to browse the web with the same type of address bar in all browsers. If you too are bored with browsing the web in the orthodox manner and wish for a new and unique way, then this is a must read article for you.

Have you always wanted to have your image displayed as the log on wallpaper whenever you start your PC? With this trick, you can have a personalized wallpaper which would appear before your log in screen each time you start your computer.

Imagine, you have a new high end PC with Windows installed. You switch on the PC in excitement only to ask yourself the question, what should I do now? Even the most high end hardware is useless without the right software. This article deals with such five essential software for your PC that do not put any dent on your pocket. For convenience purposes, each software is provided according to the category of its usage. So lets begin.

These are some general tips that will allow you to use your security software in the best possible manner.

Anti-virus

1. Never turn off the resident protection of your antivirus even if it decreases performance. Upgrade if necessary.

2. Keep your virus definitions up-to-date. Use the automatic update feature of your anti-virus and try not to ignore the "Do you want to update now" message however often it might pop up.

Have you ever left your PC in a hurry? Have you ever felt that it is a pain to lock your system in the simple way by doing CTRL+ALT+DEL or using the Windows key+L keyboard shortcut? I would imagine that you have and then, this trick is for you. This trick enables you to create a shortcut to lock your computer instead of doing so with the regular keyboard keys thereby providing you a way to quickly and easily get away from your PC whenever you are in a hurry.

Have you ever wondered how can you make your computer speak whatever you input to it like in the movies? Would it not be fun? If only it was possible! Rejoice, because it is possible. If you wish to know how to do this, then you have come to the right place. With this trick, you can create a script in Windows which will make your computer speak whatever you input to it.

Are you bored with your old processor? Do you want a new processor with a breath-stopping name but are not going to upgrade any time soon? No need to worry. You can still have that new processor name displayed in your computer. Well not only that, you can also have a better one than the one you are planning to buy. Just follow this trick.

If your mouse is not working and you don't wish to wait till you get a new one, you would definitely like to know how you can use your keyboard to control the mouse pointer. Even if your mouse is working correctly, there might be cases where you might need to use an alternative way to control the mouse pointer. It is easy to use your mouse instead of keyboard to input text using the On Screen Keyboard utility, but it is also possible to do the reverse and control your mouse pointer with your keyboard. This article explains how.

Every one of us has watched at least one episode of Star Wars movie series either on television, on a computer or in a theater. Star Wars is a movie series with aliens fighting each other for galaxies and such stuff. There is nothing new in it. But wait, have you watched an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) version of Star Wars and that too in the Command Prompt using Telnet? A network protocol known only to computer wizards. Well if you have not, then you must do it now!

Wallpapers are probably the first thing which we get bored of in our computers. Most of us have an image or Windows Dreamscene as wallpaper, but instead of having them, why not stand ahead of the crowd and have a functional website as your cool wallpaper in Windows?

Akhilesh Sharma is the tech blogger who maintains Tweak and Trick. He lives in Agra, India and is currently studying science. The budding technologist inside him took the form of this tech blog.

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