Use Firefox Instead of Windows Explorer

If you hate having multiple windows of Windows Explorer cluttering up your taskbar and enjoy using tabs then this hack may interest you.

You will need the latest version of Firefox and IE Tab for this hack.

Once you’ve got both installed and ready to go, open up Firefox. Go to the IE Tab Options and under the Sites Filter tab there should be a bar at the bottom labeled URL. Type file:/// and click add. Click apply then OK and your done!

Now open up a new tab in Firefox and type any directory on your computer in the address bar such as: C:Documents and Settings and it should show up in the Firefox tab.

**Hint**
You can bookmark and search local directory URLs just like you would with a website. =]

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Speed Up Firefox

By default, Firefox is optimized for dial-up connections. Here are a few tips to optimize it for broadband connections.

  1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit enter.
  2. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click/hit enter on them to change them):
  3. Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
  4. Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
  5. Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
  6. Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

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Configure Pidgin To Work With Google Talk

If you don’t already know, Pidgin aka Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client that works with pretty much all IM services and accounts. For starters it supports all the main flavors like: AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN and Yahoo! Plus you can long in to all of your accounts at once!

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Download Videos From YouTube & Google Video

This is a universal, cross-browser solution that will work with whatever your using to view the interwebs.

Right click on the javascript links below and save them to your bookmarks.

Download Google Video

Download YouTube Video

Don’t click on the links above because it won’t do anything.

After you save the links as bookmarks, whenever your watching a video on YouTube or Google Video, simply click on the correct bookmark and the flash video should begin downloading. The videos you d/l from YouTube will be named “get_video” so just rename it and add the .flv file extension and you should be able to play it back on your PC.

The VLC Media Player should be able to play .flv files back. You can find the link in our Multimedia Tools area.

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PDF Hack – Crack Password Protected PDF’s

There are many perfectly legitimate reasons for cracking a password protected PDF. Maybe your old friend helped you create an official document in PDF form protected with a password a long time ago and you forgot the password. And maybe your old friend isn’t exactly a friend anymore. If your in this kind of scenario here’s what you can do.

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