Emoticons are used to show others how you feel while messaging.

Here’s a list of all the emoticons available in MSN Messenger. You can use them in your nicknames or during chatting with your friends.

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Did this ever happen to you?

You turn on your computer and Windows stays with the splash screen and won't boot up. What could be the cause? There are quite a few issues that would not allow Windows to boot. In this post we will examine those issues and give you tips on how to determine what is wrong.
The first thing you need to consider is when was the last time your computer booted into windows normally? What were you doing? Did you download anything? These are all factors to determine when the problem occurred and why. Sometimes things just happen and hardware can malfunction from one minute to the next.

Since we are dealing with electronic components they don't need an excuse to stop working.

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Want to rename your Recycle Bin to anything funny or... stupid? (Like dust bin, hungry bin, litter box etc.)

Just follow the simple steps and you will be able to change the name of your Recycle Bin.

• Go to Start > Run and type regedit to open Registry Editor.

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Most of us are Gmail fans - as it gives us the flexible features which other email clients don’t. Gmail differs from other email clients like Yahoo Mail and Windows Live Mail in the sense that is very much easy to use, it is very much fast and it has a syndication feed (Oh Yes! you heard me right there).

This is a feature of Gmail that other popular email clients don’t have and most of us are aware of it but don’t know how to use it and thats where I come to the rescue.

The syndication feed of Gmail messages can be used to read your newest emails in your Gmail account inbox from outside your Gmail account or should I say using a third party Feed reader application. Follow these simple little steps to configure your Feed reader to fetch your latest email from your Gmail account inbox.

• Open your Feed aggregator/reader software

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Low disk space? Clean up wizards? Notifications after every 5 minutes? Now, this is really getting on my nerves!

Well, it’s like this that I store all my downloaded files (temporarily, not permanently!), all kinds of images, wallpapers, game saves, backup data etc. in My Documents. And now the folder size is around 9-10GB (excluding all the installed stuff, windows files and hundreds of folders).

I’m just too lazy to clean all that  I guess, I’ll only learn when my HDD will crash and I’ll loose everything. Finally I’ve found how to move my entire My Documents to some other drive. It’s very very, very easy to do. If you already know that, just don’t make fun of me .

How to change the location of My Documents folder in XP

As I have also said this before, it’s very simple to do!

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I have been able to get a few images of popular websites, and I would like to share these with my readers. These popular sites were once tiny websites with great ideas and now they rule the e-world!

Google.com (Nov 11, 1998)

MSN.com (Oct 22, 1996)

Yahoo.com in (Oct 17, 1996)

Microsoft.com (Oct 20, 1996)

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Even if I grow up, I would never stop watching cartoons and animated movies . I’m a big fan of animated films and cartoons, and I still watch cartoons like Tom & Jerry, Dexter’s Lab etc.

I have compiled a list of top five animated movies:

5. The Incredibles

Year of Release: 2004

Plot Outline: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Worldwide Box Office:Over $631 Million (USD)

Fact: It’s a 152 minute long movie, and that makes it the longest animated film ever made.

4. Ice Age: The Meltdown

Year of Release: 2006

Plot Outline: Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit Ice Age. This time around the Ice Age is over and is starting to melt, which will destroy their valley. So they must unite and warn everyone about the situation.

Worldwide Box Office: $651 Million (USD)

3. The Lion King

Year of Release: 1994

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Every now and then my friends keep asking me "how do I use my Gmail address on MSN Messenger".

All I have to say is that it’s not a big thing! All you have to do is create credentials for your email address (not only for Gmail, any email provider). This way you can access almost all the Windows Live services.

To create credentials, fill this sign up form and get your email activated.

Finished! Were you expecting more? 

If you are a Gmail user, like me, then you are lucky to have one email address that can be used on Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live/MSN Messenger.

Wherever you are required to use a Windows Live ID, you can use this email (you just registered it). It gets quite easy to manage things with one email.

I always have an interest in searching for nice and glassy feed icons. And this time, I did stumbled across something very cool, Glass-Style RSS/Feed Icons.

I’ve been able to get a nice screenshot and a preview of how they look from their official page.

Cool, aren’t they? Well, they are fee to use and can be download from here. They are of two types, regular and reflected and come in 8 colors. They can be downloaded in JPEG, PNG, EPS, AI and SVG extensions and they come in the following sizes (pixels): 128, 96, 64, 48, 32, 24, 16, 12.

Many browsers allow you to import or export your bookmarks (aka favourites). This is really helpful if you are changing your default browser, and want all your bookmarks in the new browser.

Firefox has one of the most powerful and the easiest bookmarks manager. It’s very easy to organize your bookmarks in folders and sub-folders. It also has a built-in import/export feature for bookmarks. In this post I’ll tell you how you can backup Firefox bookmarks, and restore them whenever and wherever needed.

By default Firefox backs up your bookmarks daily. They can be found at

Then go to: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile name\bookmarkbackups

How to export Firefox bookmarks

Go to Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks… (Firefox’s Bookmarks Manager opens)

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