Get most from GOOGLE search

Google Search Options

Specific file types: *.xls, *.doc, *.pdf *.ps *.ppt *.rtf
Google allows you to search for specific file types, so instead of getting html-files as a result (websites) you get Microsoft excel files for example. The search string you would use would be this:

Filetype:xls (for excel files) or filetype:doc for word files.
But maybe more interesting would be searching for *.db files and *.mdb files. Google by the way doesn’t tell you, you can search for *.db and *mdb files. I wonder what other file types one can search for. Things that come to mind are *.cfg files or *.pwd files, *.dat files, stuff like that. Try and think of something that might get you some interesting results.

Inurl

Another useful search option is the inurl: option which allows one to search for a certain word one would want to be in the url. This gives you the opportunity to search for specific directories/folders, especially in combination with the “index of” option. An example would be inurl:master-tricks which would give you results of website urls that have the word “master-tricks” in the url.

Index of

The index of option is another option that isn’t especially thought of by the creators of google, but comes in very handy. If you use the “index of” string you will find directory listings of specific folders on servers. An example could be: "index of” master-tricks or index.of.master-tricks which would get you many directory listings of master-tricks folders. (don’t forget to use the quotes in this case since you are looking for the entire “index of” string, not just for “index” and “of”)

Site

The site option allows you to come up with results that only belong to a certain domain name extension or to a specific site. For example one could search for .com sites or .box.sk sites or .nl sites, but also for results from just one site. An example of a search string would be: Site:org

Intitle

Intitle is another nice option. It allows you to search for html files that have a certain word or words in the title. The format would be intitle:wordhere.

Link

The Link option allows you to check which sites link to a specific site. For example link:http://master-tricks.blogspot.com

Combining search options

The above mentioned search options might or might not be known to you, but even though they can amount to some interesting results, it’s a fact that when you start combining them, that’s when google’s magic starts to show. For example, one could try this search string: inurl:master-tricks intitle:master-tricks or this one: site:org filetype:xls "password" .



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Reduce Memory usage of FIREFOX

The memory requirement increases rapidly to more than 100 mb when you surf for a long time in a firefox browser or open many tabs at a time.

Reason .........

Two effects cater Firefox's ever increasing appetite for memory.All web sites open in tabs and windows occupy memory space; this space remains occupied even after minimizing windows.Besides,Firefox also saves 50 recently visited websites in the main memory of the PC in order to facilitate quick browsing through the session history.To reduce this unnecessarily large number of saved sites.

Solution .........

Enter 'about:config' in the address bar. Search for 'browser.sessionhistory.max_entries' in the 'Preference Name' list and double-click on it to edit it.Change the default setting '50' to a considerably smaller number or even to '0' and confirm with 'OK'. When you enter '1' or '5' you can still access the last visited websites since they are still available in the RAM. Incidentally, saving the history is not affected by this setting. Thus, you can browse through as many sites as you want; you only need to wait for the renewed loading of these websites.


You can also instruct Firefox to release the memory space that is no longer in use. Simply right-click on any space in the list of configuration settings and select the context command 'New | Boolean'. Enter 'config.trim_on_minimize' and click 'OK'. Click on 'True' in the following dialog and again confirm with 'OK'. Now restart the browser.



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Reduce Memory usage of FIREFOX

The memory requirement increases rapidly to more than 100 mb when you surf for a long time in a firefox browser or open many tabs at a time.

Reason .........

Two effects cater Firefox's ever increasing appetite for memory.All web sites open in tabs and windows occupy memory space; this space remains occupied even after minimizing windows.Besides,Firefox also saves 50 recently visited websites in the main memory of the PC in order to facilitate quick browsing through the session history.To reduce this unnecessarily large number of saved sites.

Solution .........

Enter 'about:config' in the address bar. Search for 'browser.sessionhistory.max_entries' in the 'Preference Name' list and double-click on it to edit it.Change the default setting '50' to a considerably smaller number or even to '0' and confirm with 'OK'. When you enter '1' or '5' you can still access the last visited websites since they are still available in the RAM. Incidentally, saving the history is not affected by this setting. Thus, you can browse through as many sites as you want; you only need to wait for the renewed loading of these websites.


You can also instruct Firefox to release the memory space that is no longer in use. Simply right-click on any space in the list of configuration settings and select the context command 'New | Boolean'. Enter 'config.trim_on_minimize' and click 'OK'. Click on 'True' in the following dialog and again confirm with 'OK'. Now restart the browser.



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Boot Winxp Fast

Follow the following steps

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.



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Boot Winxp Fast

Follow the following steps

1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in c:\
2. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "gpedit.msc".
3. Double click "Windows Settings" under "Computer Configuration" and double click again on "Shutdown" in the right window.
4. In the new window, click "add", "Browse", locate your "ntosboot.bat" file & click "Open".
5. Click "OK", "Apply" & "OK" once again to exit.
6. From the Start menu, select "Run..." & type "devmgmt.msc".
7. Double click on "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers"
8. Right click on "Primary IDE Channel" and select "Properties".
9. Select the "Advanced Settings" tab then on the device or 1 that doesn't have 'device type' greyed out select 'none' instead of 'autodetect' & click "OK".
10. Right click on "Secondary IDE channel", select "Properties" and repeat step 9.
11. Reboot your computer.



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