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Here's how you crack the password protected Microsoft Word file: Open the document and do a "Save As..." specifying Rich Text Format (RTF). It'll end up being called something.rtf. Open the RTF file by double-clicking on it. It should look identical to the original Word file. Save the RTF file with a new name as a Microsoft Word format document. Open the new word document and select “Stop Protection” That's all there is to it. You've sidestepped the read-only lock on the file.

Windows 7 has added a lot of new features, some of them you can see, but some you can’t even see it. Here is one small trick you can do with your Windows 7 laptop. We all know that over time, your lithium ion battery will not charge to its full potential as when it’s new. But how much less is the battery charging ? Well in Windows 7 you can find out how much battery you are actually getting from your 3-cell or 6-cell or even 9-cell battery. Not the number says on the back of the battery, but the real number from the it. Start command prompt in Administrator mode (right click->Run as Administrator) Then type "powercfg -energy" now just wait for some time and Windows will collect all the data and monitor your system after it’s done, you should now see something like this. Notice that it generate an energy report in HTML format (by default) to the following directory. Go to the directory and open up the file. Skip everything and scr

Now that the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 has been available for download, some of you might like to download the offline installer which allows you install Live Essentials without the Internet connection. The Windows Live Essentials offline installer features all applications that come with the normal web setup including Live Messenger, Live Mail, Live Movie Maker, Live Sync, Live Photo Gallery, Live Writer and Live Family Safety. Some screenshot of Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta Live Essentials VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL   Download Windows Live Essentials Beta Offline Inst

Do you have two or more computers ? Do you use them constantly ? Well if you do then I’m going to show you how you can control them with only one keyboard and mouse without any additional cables or hardware. The basic requirements are that both machine need to be access to a local network. What you need to do is download this tool called Synergy it’s a free open source, that works on both PC and Mac. Configure The Server First you need to setup the server that is the computer that you are using with the keyboard and mouse Choose "Share this computer’s keyboard and mouse" and click "Configure … " Under configure this can be little tricky. First click the "+" under Screens, be sure to have both name of the host computer and the computer that you want to gain access. Now go under "Links" click "+" what you want to do is tell the program the physical location of the two computer that you are connecting with. Tell it w

Mozilla has gone ahead and released a newer official beta of Firefox 4.0 that includes a number of new features posted below. Future updates to Firefox 4 are said to include speed improvements and bookmark, passwords, and settings syncing functionality across all Firefox supported devices. Unfortunately the new UI with Chrome style tabs and other visual improvements is currently not available for Linux and Mac versions of the beta. You can download the official Firefox 4.0 beta for Mac, Linux, or Windows from Mozilla here. New Features in 4.0: -Updated User Interface with Tabs on top (Google Chrome style) -New Add-ons manager - HD quality  WebM video support -Improved HTML 5, Privacy, and CSS support.