Tips on computer and mobiles

There is some interesting computer tricks that you can use for fun.

The Dancing LEDs

In this part I will show you to make interesting file using notepad which will make keyboard LED to dance. Basically we will be creating a visual basic script.

Steps:

1. Open Notepad and copy below codes into it.

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

do

wscript.sleep 100

wshshell.sendkeys "{CAPSLOCK}"

wshshell.sendkeys "{NUMLOCK}"

wshshell.sendkeys "{SCROLLLOCK}"

loop1.

2. Then save this file as dance.vbs (name can be anything but .vbs is must)

 3. Open your save file and see your keyboard led blinking like disco lights.

How to Disable Blinking LEDs?

1. First open Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del)   

 2. Then Go to process tab.

 3. Select wscript.exe

  4. Click on End process.

Is Your Computer Is Male or Female?

This is funny trick that let you know the gender of your computer whether it is male or female. This trick work on mostly all windows operating system. So let get started.

What to Do?

1. Open Notepad and paste the following codes.

 CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak, “I am computer."

   2. Save the file as gender.vbs

   3. Now, open the save file

   4. If you hear male voice then your computer is male and if you hear female voice then it’s female.

Make a Talking computer

This is very good and interesting Visual Basic Script Trick which let your computer speaks whatever you type. There is no requirement of any software. Just follow below simple steps.

First open Notepad and copy below codes

     Dim message, sapi

      message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Nothing Is Impossible")

     Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")

     sapi.Speak message

Now save the notepad file as talk.vbs

Now close the notepad file and open it again where it is saved.

Type anything on it and click on ‘ok’. The computer starts speak that.

Increase Your Internet Speed

Due to number of ads on the webpage your internet speed some times very slow. 

By installing an extention on your web browser you can speed up the internet speed.

Adblock Plus Extension

you can find it from google app store and also from www.adblockplus.com. 

Increase Battery Life of Your Laptop

Every laptop or Netbook user these days have the same headache of limited backup time of batteries. As far as your system is new, you will have a good backup time but when it becomes a few months old you will definitely face problem of limited battery life.

So here is a solution to Increase battery life of laptop up to a sufficient extent.

There is an inbuilt command in your computer to Increase battery life as well as the performance of the system but not all users are aware of it. Some laptops directly provide an interface with option termed as “POWER SAVING MODE” but if your laptop is old or don’t have this feature by default, you need not to worry because you can do the same task manually.

If you have a laptop with Windows 7 installed, you can use the “powercfg”command. It will display useful information about your laptop’s energy consumption and usage. If you can understand and maintain it correctly then you can extend your Battery life and performance by great amount.

Steps to Increase battery life of laptop

Step 1: Click on the Start Menu and type “CMD” in the Start Search bar.

Step 2: The search will start and it will then display an icon of “CMD”. Simply right click on it and select Run as administrator.

Step 3: It will open command line, now simply run the command “powercfg -energy” without quotes. (For windows 7 users.)

Windows 8 users can simply run the command “powercfg /energy” without quotes.

Step 4: Now Press “Enter”.

Once you successfully execute this command, Windows will run a complete scan of your system and it will find some ways to improve performance and power efficiency.

The results of this process will be saved to an HTML file, which is commonly present in the “System32” folder of most of the systems.

To access this file, simply follow the path which will be displayed in command prompt window after completion of the command. Read this file to understand that what program in your system is consuming more power and degrading the performance. Fix the Problem to Increase battery life of laptop.

Some More Useful Tips to Increase battery life

Eject or Remove External Devices like Pen drive/DVDs/External HDD if not in Use

Run Apps that don’t eat up much RAM

Disable Bluetooth of your Laptop if not in use.

Reduce Screen Brightness, This takes away lot of your battery, Reducing Brightness will help

Turn of Internet if you are not using it.

Make sure your Laptop’s Temperature remains Low.

Some Mobiles Secret Codes

Samsung Secret Codes

Software version: *#9999#

IMEI number: *#06#

Serial number: *#0001#

Battery status- Memory capacity: *#9998*246#

Debug screen: *#9998*324# - *#8999*324#

LCD contrast: *#9998*523#

LG Secret Codes

LG all models test mode: Type 2945#*# on the main screen.

2945*#01*# Secret menu for LG

IMEI (ALL): *#06#

IMEI and SW (LG 510): *#07#

Software version (LG B1200): *8375#

Recount checksum (LG B1200): *6861#

Factory test (B1200): #PWR 668

SIM lock menu (LG B1200): 1945#*5101#

SIM lock menu (LG 510W, 5200): 2945#*5101#

SIM lock menu (LG 7020, 7010): 2945#*70001#

Nokia Secret Codes

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity).

*#7780# reset to factory settings.

*#67705646# this will clear the LCD display (operator logo).

*#0000# to view software version.

*#2820# Bluetooth device address.

*#746025625# SIM clock allowed status.

*#62209526# - Display the MAC address of the WLAN adapter. This is available only in the newer devices that supports WLAN.