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Smart Keyboard Pro - Malay Dictionary

Selamat datang ke blog saya! If you own an Android phone and use Smart Keyboard (Trial or Pro)... and you want to send messages in Malay (yup, that's Bahasa Melayu), here's how to get a dictionary for it (Yea, there's no official dictionary, even for Bahasa Indonesia).

Save and automatically connect to an ad-hoc network in Windows 7

This could probably be the ULTIMATE solution! Post a comment if it has helped you! With each new Windows version, Microsoft has unfortunately chosen to make life harder for people who use ad-hoc networks to connect computers together without the use of a middleman (the router). In Windows Vista, one could choose to save the ad-hoc network one is connecting to. But with Windows 7, not only is there no way of connecting automatically (well actually there is a shortcut for that, as below), but now one cannot save an ad-hoc network that one is connecting to. (One can only save an ad-hoc network one is creating in the host computer.) The biggest annoyance is that every time one connects to an ad-hoc network as a guest, one has to enter the password (network key) again. All of these problems can be solved with the steps below.

Pre-Windows 7 "Window Control Menu" in Windows 7 taskbar

As Windows 7 introduced a new feature called "Jump Lists," right-clicking on the icon of an open window will show this list. If you want to see the "control menu"* instead, hold the Shift key and right-click the icon. If you want to permanently change this new behavior, try 7 Taskbar Tweaker . It can make regular right-clicks bring up the control menu, as well as change many other features of the Windows 7 taskbar. * A control menu is a menu that enables you to manipulate a window frame, providing options such as Maximize, Restore, Minimize, Move and Size.

Alert: "You need to upgrade your Flash Player" scam

Recently I found a few instances where when I click Play on videos shown on the Facebook homepage (which displays the news feed), I get a message in place of the video that says "You need to upgrade your Flash Player" followed by a button called "Upgrade Now" Be warned! This is a scam to get spyware and viruses installed into your computer. I have once clicked the button and immediately realized my mistake when I noticed that the browser is attempting to download an executable file that looked extremely suspicious. On researching further about the origins of the file, I have found that it comes from a spyware making company (of sorts). If you want to check whether you have the latest version of Flash Player, just go to this page in the official Adobe Flash website. It will show you the latest version of flash player, and the version you have installed. Also note that Adobe Flash does not alert you of an update the way the scam does. Besides, videos will still p...

Probably the fastest way to make screen clipping

If you have Microsoft Office OneNote installed, you have at your disposal the fastest way to create a screenshot of a specific region of the screen. The standard way of creating screenshots had two options: PrintScreen (on your keyboard): Takes a screenshot of the entire screen. Alt-PrintScreen: Takes a screenshot of the active window. But when you want to take a screenshot of a custom defined region of the screen, you will have to either screenshot the entire screen and crop it in an image processing program, or use a special software such as "Snipping Tool" from Microsoft. When using a software, you'll usually have to find it and run it (unless you have a quick-access shortcut or keyboard shortcut assigned to it), then command it to let you create a new screenshot. Such softwares usually also provide a preview of the screen clipping in addition to copying it to the clipboard. You will have to dispose of this preview once you have used the screen clippin...

Input Chinese using Dvorak (Windows)

If you're a regular Dvorak user, you may be frustrated that inputting Chinese pinyin can only be done using QWERTY layout. But it's actually very easy to use Dvorak layout to input Chinese pinyin. You only have to change a key in the registry, and restart (or log off), and you can instantly start inputting Chinese pinyin using the Dvorak layout! I found the simple instructions mirrored below at the following web pages (both belong to the same author).