How to open folders just by typing their name in the run dialogue ?

I mentioned How to create shortcuts to folders in my earlier post .But many a shortcuts on your desktop might create a mess.So what if you can access the folders just by typing their name in the run dialogue ?create a shortcut to the folder as I told in my earlier post.Now rename that shortcut which will be like this "Shortcut to music" to some name like music etc.Now move the shortcut to windows directory i.e C:\windows by default and you are doneNow go to run and just type the shortcut name and you can open the folder.If you are a new user on Five point someone , Subscribe here for getting updates or click here to get free email newslett...

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How to creat shortcuts for folders and assign a hot key to them ?

Some folders like your music folder and movie folders are accessed a large number of times.It might not be that much easy to navigate through my computer every time when you wanna open that folder.What if you can create a shortcut of the folder or you have a hot key to open your common folder ? Techbuzz has a solution for this question.Follow the steps below for doing it. Select the folder for which you want to create a shortcut. Now Create a shortcut, and place it on the desktop. (You can create a shortcut by opening the folder, pointing to New on the File menu, then clicking Shortcut. Drag the shortcut to your desktop.) Now Right click the new shortcut, and then click Properties. In the Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab, and in the dialogue box, enter a Control key combination...

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Orkut widget for your blog

I don't recommend this thing regarding its design as I didn't find it comfortable to my eyes.If you like it, it's ok.Im actually writing about this thing because it might be helpful to some of you when you edit the code like changing the images that are hyperlinking to make it more beautiful.If you do it tell me , Ill give your link hereTechbangalore has actually made this code.If you don't have a blog and you have some other webpage, you can use the code in this pageTechbangalore orkut widget codeIn the code available in the above link,you have to insert your profile URL , scrapbook URL message URL and all from orkut by searching and replacing in the code as the author did'nt work out on providing something more convenient to the users.After that you can put this on blog.Its not like some...

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How to get your orkut scraps in a RSS feed ??

Orkut , The Indian Myspace is increasing its share of market day by day.The feature which people use the most inside Orkut is scrapping.Scrapping is nothing but sending short messages to the friends in their profiles.But people are using them repeatedly for chatting these days when both of the users stay online.[ May be this might had sounded stupid but people do this to increase their scraps by refreshing the page. ].Refreshing your page again and again to check your scraps might be frustrating to most of you [ still I know you have to do that ].What If you have something which checks your profile page regularly for scraps ???I think most of...

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How to add Yahoo ! online presence to your web page ?

Showing your online presence helps your readers to give you feedbacks or ask some questions.If you want to show your online presence, Yahoo ! has a feature for doing this.All you need to do is simply place a HTML code in your webpage.Yahoo online presence HTML creatorJust change the default "dairyman88" with your's and copy the code.This code will display images which show whether you are online or offline. When the user clicks on this image, it will open a new chat window through which any visitor can send you a message. Even if you are not online,the visitor can still send a message and you will be able to view it when you sign in next time.You...

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Crash :(

Argh !! my HDD crashed yesterday due to some unknown reasons.Looks like the SMPS gave some problem.Some transistors got burnt and fumes came out of it at one moment.Scared me , I attached my roomies HDD to my pc and thank god , other components are just working fine. I was out today to Nehru place to check out some stuff.A one and half hour journey in a delhi private bus in 40 degree day .You can guess whats my condition now !! I found prices dropped down a lot these days.Everything has got cheaper.A 250 Gb Hdd is just 2930/- and a portable 80gb HDD is just 2300. I checked out some laptops also.Hp ones are looking...

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What else can you do with Google ??

I was just going through the front page of digg , and I found this article which is looking informative.So im writing about this.Apart from searching , what else can you do with Google ??Use it as a calculator :Google algorithms understand when your question is a mathematical one.They perform the arithematic operation and will give you the answer.You can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages in it by using the operators+ (addition)- (subtraction)* (multiplication)/ (division)% of (percentage of)^ (raise to a power)E.g : 10 + 20Note it :I already wrote about this Google service earlier.Check it out here.Movie reviews :Go to Google movies and type in the name of your favorite movie.Google has something for techie junkers.It created some specialized tag links...

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Adsense preview tool

I saw a post on Amit's blog , in which he talked about his new adsense preview tool , Adsense Sandbox.He launched a new online tool for Adsense publishers so that they can see the latest ads in the Google inventory for their keywords and URL's.Unlike the official Google Adsense Preview tool which is only available as an IE add-on, the Adsense Sandbox is available to all browsers through internet.It shows all types of ads including rich media ones.You even have the option of seeing what ads will appear on your webpages in other countries.Since the Adsense Sandbox tool uses random Adsense Publisher IDs, advertisers are not charged by Google for...

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How to disable touchpad in laptop ??

If you a laptop user, you might find it frustrating when your finger brushes up against the touchpad causing a erratic movement of the cursor.It is annoying as the cursor jumps to some random location on the screen. So , how to turn off this touchpad in laptop to prevent erratic movement of cursor ??Go to control panel and click on Mouse properties icon.This appears directly only in classic view of control panelIf you are having categorical view,click on printers and other hardware and then click on mouse properties iconNow click the device Select tab and check "Disable Touch Pad when USB Pointing Device is present.".Now the cursor...

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I'm a graduate

I'm sorry I wasn't able to post since the last 2 days as I was in the process of completing my graduation.Finally I became a Electronics and communications engineer after giving my finale examination today.I'm on the high now.Now I have some qualification to tell people.Moreover people like to read the content of educated people [:D] .I have a viva of my thesis on 27th after which Ill be going to my hometown , ongole , Andhra Pradesh.But don't worry guys where ever I go , my network follows me.Ill keep entertaining you always with my content.Just stay with five point some one...

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How to covert word documents to pdf format in office 2007 ??

Earlier when office 2007 was in beta , there was an inbuilt option to save a file in pdf format.But due to some issues with Adobe, Microsoft had to remove it.So how to convert a word document to pdf format in office 2007 ?There are two ways for this.Microsoft plugin :Just download the plugin save as PDF or XPS from Microsoft website.This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.Once you download the plugin and install it , you will see a option save as pdf in the main menu.Acrobat...

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How to open office 2007 files with previous office versions ??

Installed office 2007 ? You might be experiencing problems when you have to open or edit the file saved in office 2007 format e.g docx , in others computers who might be using earlier versions.As the new office increases its share , these problems might increase for you if you are still using previous office versions.So how to open , save and edit these office '07 files ?? The solution for this is quite simple. If you are an office 2003 and below user, go ahead and install the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack. By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able open, edit, and save files using the file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007. The Compatibility Pack...

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How to increase your Alexa rank ? : Alexa train

For increasing your alexa rank , Use Alexa redirection whenever possible to visit the sites. No matter when or where you provide a link to your website, you can always be sure to use the equivalent Alexa redirect URL For example, http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?fivepointsome1.blogspot.com provides a link to my blog. If you copy this URL into your browser, it will take you to my blog. To know your Alexa Redirect link, just replace the name of my blog with your's.Alexa Redirect for FivepointsomeoneAlexa Redirect for WebtoolsAlexa Redirect for KuanhoongAlexa Redirect for Byte of TechnologyAlexa Redirect for News BlogAlexa Redirect for Web 2.0Alexa Redirect for Madhur’s BlogAlexa Redirect for Technical BlogAlexa Redirect for Life Rocks 2.0Alexa Redirect for Shankar’s Tech BlogAlexa Redirect...

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How to open a Firefox inside a Firefox ??

I saw this funny trick on Techieblog , which enables you to open multiple Firefox's inside a Firefox.May be it's not useful for something , but its a simple tweak that looks kool.Just paste the text below in you address bar and press Enter.chrome://browser/content/browser.xulIf you have any trick like this , don't forget to send me along with your link.If you are new here and liked the blog , subscribe to ...

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How to increase your bandwidth utilisation by 20 percent in windows XP?

Windows doesn't use the your bandwidth fully as it limits utilisation to 80 % for windows updates , spyware checks and all that other stuff.If you want to utilise the remaining 20 % follow the steps below.Open group policy editor [Start --> Run --> gpedit.msc ]Now go to administrative templates in the right pane.Now in the right side pane , click on networkGo to QOS packet scheduler nowThere you will find the option " Limit reservable bandwidth "open it and check enablechange the bandwidth limit from 20 % to 0%.Click ok and you are done.Now restart your pc and enjoy surfing with increased spe...

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How to save dailymotion videos ??

Earlier I made a post on How to save youtube videos ?? , but when I check my analytics , most of the times I find people coming here by searching for How to grab dailymotion videos ? .So I thought of giving some tools for saving dailymotion videos.Some of the tools in How to grab Youtube videos ? also works for dailymotion also.Im listing the tools and websites here.Orbit downloader : Orbit Downloader is a great speed, super light,easy-to-use and free rich media downloader. It is based on p2p and multi-source downloading technology and supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocolsVideo downloader : One of the popular Firefox extensions...

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How to see your Gmail as a hard disk drive in you computer ?? : GMail Drive shell extension

GMail Drive is a Shell Name space Extension that creates a virtual file system around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium. This extension is developed by Bjarke Viksoe. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer.GMail Drive adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag & drop files to.GMail Drive shell extension is a tool that creates a virtual file system.Ever since Google started to offer users a GMail e-mail account, which includes storage space of a 2.8 Gigabytes, you have had plenty of storage space to store your data in it.With GMail Drive...

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Microsoft online file storage : Windows live folders

Software giant , Microsoft has released its online file hosting and sharing service , Windows Live Folders beta. Right now the site is not public for some unknown reasons.Windows Live Folder currently provides 500 MB of free storage space while individual files should be less than 50 MB in size.It was earlier announced with codename Live Drive. One can upload a file in live folders and the file will be assigned a unique URL.You can upload your files through your browser.Right now they are not offering any desktop tool to upload the files like AOL Xdrive.You can share your files with others by provinding the URL of the file. ...

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How to make a widget of your blog ??

Got a blog ?? Wanna turn it into some widget to display on other sites ?? Im actually looking for this kind of thing since a longtime and I found it.So i wanna share this with you Widgetbox , a widget providing website has got something in its cart for you.They call it Blidgets , i.e a blog widget.I put a sample of my blog widget on my proxy website , Many article.You can have a preview there. The blidget is available in two different formats .one vertical sidebar and another square model.you have a choice of colours also.You can choose the colour which suits with the site ,where you are going to install...

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What can make your internet connection slower than usual ??

One of my reader Shern asked me this question yesterday" hi expert, i need your advice. why is it that my pc internet connection is now slow like snail? previously it was fast. but now just to load a page is the time i take to make a coffee.i'll spend you coffee,pls help me will you. thanks and good luck on your thesis. "You need not spend me a coffee to answer this question dear..Being a reader of my blog is enough to answer your query.Thanks a lot for wishing me for my thesis , which I did well because of your wishes and for reading my blog.I would had answered your question yesterday only but told na ,I was busy with my report.Here is the reasons I think that would had slowed your net speed.Over loaded PC : You might have too many programs installed in your PC and might be left with...

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where am I ??

You might be wondering " why I'm not posting regularly since the last few days ?? " .Its not due to lack of content as some of my reader has asked. I'm actually a bit busy preparing the thesis of my 8 months B.tech project for partial fulfillment as part of completion of degree.I designed a drowsy driver detection system as the part of project.Tomorrow is the finale date of submission and Im busy making my report and getting a hard copy of it.Ill return with a large number of posts once Im done with my project.Moreover vacations are going to start.It means more content to my readers. Just stay tuned people.I'm never short of content.......

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How to close your laptop lid without keeping your laptop in standby mode ??

Almost all laptops go into standby mode to save the battery charge,when you close the lid.Unlike desktop where you can switch of monitor and continue your downloads , Laptop has only one option i.e closing the lid and it takes the lappie to standby mode interrupting your download.So is there anyway to over ride this rule ?? Yes,by changing power options in your control panel you can do this.Follow the steps below.Navigate as follows : Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > Power OptionsNow click on the advanced tab as shown in the fig below.Now you can choose any option you want here. “Do nothing” is recommended while...

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How to speed up windows XP shutdown process ??

Sometimes windows takes longtime to just initiate the shutdown process.It might be because of applications which are eating a lot of resources or applications which are in non responding state.Windows shows a warning dialogue having a progress bar with title "end task".You have to click "End now" to end it or you have to go to taskmanager and kill the process.Wanna avoid all this stuff ?? A virtual Exit has got a solution for thisNote : Backup your registry before you do this.This is just a precaution if something screws up.Follow the steps below :Open you registry editor from start --> Run and then type Regedit and hit enter.Now navigate in the following path,HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\DesktopIn the right pane,Edit AutoEndTasks Key and change its value to 1 (by default...

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How to restore desktop icon text transparency in Windows ?

Normally text of the icons on your desktop is transparent.Sometimes when you change your desktop’s settings, background or enable active desktop, the label texts of desktop icons lose their transparency, resulting in a nasty look.So what to do when your icon text lose their transparency???Here’s how to restore the transparency of icon text:* Go to Control Panel and click the Sytem Settings icon* Navigate to the Advanced tab in the dialog and click Settings under Performance* Check the option that says Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktopNow enjoy watching your beautiful desktop with no stupid background for text of icons.Thanks to Shank...

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How to do Google search from Command line ??

Are you a command line junkie who wants to do everything by typing a command in your keyboard ? Wanna go googling through your command line ?? Here is a website for you which has done this project and they made a online Google command line editor. GOOGLE ONLINE COMMAND LINE EDITORHere is the list of commands that can be used for Google.You have full list of commands on the above link for other google tools also like Google news,google maps,google local and all.Here is the sample list of google commands listed on the website/google stringSearches string using google's default web search./lucky stringSearches string using google's default web search...

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How to resize icons in Windows Vista ?

Looks like Windows Vista has got great love for mouse wheel.They used it for zooming everything in Windows Vista.For resizing icons follow the steps below :Just Click on the icon you want to resize .Press the ‘Ctrl’ button on the keyboard and scroll the mouse wheel to resize icons while keeping the ‘Ctrl’ button pressed .You can use the same trick for Zooming in and out in internet exploreror in MS word 2007.If you have any tips & tricks, dont forget to send me with your link , so that I can link you back.Source : Mad...

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How to set multiple websites as homepage in Internet Explorer 7 ??

Earlier I talked about "How to set multiple websites as homepage in Firefox ?" , I thought there may be something for this in IE also and Googled about this.Yes there is an option in IE also to set multiple homepages.Follow the steps below for doing that.Go to IE---> Tools -->Internet Options and now go to the General Tab. Now you can create multiple home pages by hitting enter after you type each URL as shown in the fig belowInternet Explorer will open all of your home pages when you start Internet Explorer next time , or when you click on the Home button on the toolbar.I think doing this in IE is a lot easier task than firefox.You can...

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How to restore your browsing session in Internet Explorer ?

Whenever you close Internet Explorer with multiple tabs open.you will be prompted to close all Tabs (unless we have disabled the option) as shown in the figure. Click on the Show Options button to reveal the options.Once you see this option "Open these the next time I use Internet Explorer" , just turn it on by checking the box infront of it.Now click on close tabs and the next time your IE is started , it will open all the normal home pages plus all tabs that were open when IE was last shut down. Internet Explorer's home page settings will not be changed.If you are new here,don;t forget to subscribe here or click here to get email...

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How to set multiple websites as homepage in Firefox ??

There may be some sites which you want to open every time you launch your browser.You might be looking to set them as homepage.But is it possible ???"Yes it does,this trick from Lifehacker makes it possible.Follow the steps below for that."Go to tools ---> Options in your Firefox.Now in the main tab , There will be a text box for setting homepage link as shown in the fig.Now Enter the links of the sites which you want to set as homepage separating them with ' | ' as shown in the figure.I set Google and my blog as home pages there.Now restart your Firefox.From next time ,you open the firefox you can see multiple websites loading as your...

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How to show your archives in a drop down menu in blogger ?

Archives are links showing the dates or periods in which you had earlier posted.As number of days increases,your archives also increases.In the past 3 months, I posted almost everyday and that long line of archives appeared to be messing up my homepage.So I removed it.Two days before I received a mail from one of my loyal reader [ admin of techblo ] asking me "How to navigate to my previous posts in the last month as I don't have any links for my archives ??" So I thought about it and then this idea of drop down menu struck my mind as that wont mess up my homepage.So how to introduce drop down menu of archives in your website ?? Just paste the code below in place of default archive code in template.If you are interested in modifying the look of your drop-down...

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Student gets suspended for creating custom counterstrike map of his school

Counterstrike may be a addiction to most of the teenagers today.Even I was a addict once.I talked about this earlier in my article Video Game addiction.You can create any custom map in this game using map editors available on the internet or you can download from other gaming websites.But things went wrong for a student when he has been suspended from his school for creating a custom map of the school itself. The whole story came just after the Virginia shooting as a cautious parent called the Clements High School to inform that his child was playing a video game which involved killing and took place inside an animated map of Clements High School. School authorities then found a website which had that map for download, but unfortunately the creator of the map was a student at their...

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Free mobile push email to Everyone

Aaah !! Don't envy that you are not able to have a blackberry now.Now you can convert your regular cell phone or smartphone into a Blackberry like push mail devices for free.Yesterday I received a mail about this product.Now when I checked its features and all ,I thought its something useful for my readers.What am I talking about ??Consilient ,(former partner of RIM) today entered the Indian market with their free push e-mail service that will bring your GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail or any other POP3 / IMAP mail right on your cell phone screen.You can also send and receive photos using this service.You can even read attachments in your phone like...

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How to translate messages in other languages in instant messengers ?

You might be a person who can speak English , but you new contact on the IM may not know your language.Then how can you chat with him ?? I have found something which can translate messages to other languages in instant messengers.IM tranlator : IM Translator is a tool that provides instant translation of messages and other texts in major European languages. With IM Translator you can chat with your friends on ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and other messenger services even if you don't speak each other's language. All you have to do is to select a message and with one keystroke you will get its translation.You can also translate your own messages and send them to your friends.The following translations are presently supported in IM Translator right now : English <-> French...

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Huge user revolt on Digg by its users

World's most famous Social Bookmarking site Digg is all over the blogsphere now after it removed a story featuring the HD DVD Processing Key. HD DVD is a Digg sponsor and told Digg to remove the story.Digg did remove that and that caused the fury of its users making them revolt against it.The Digg key :09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0This key caused all the mess.On their request Digg removed the story and in very short time,1000's of stories featuring this key popped up all over the blogsphere making the situation worse.Digg threatened its users to ban them if they continued to write about this key.This made Bloggers start claiming their freedom of speech all over the world and the situtation became serious for digg.Different titles of this key on the Digg pages are"Give’em...

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Adsense Tools : Notifiers

Adsense never shows you your earnings in the form of graphs.Also its a bit frustrating to login into your adsense account every hour to check how much you have earned ?? You might be looking for some desktop notifier which will show you your earnings by automatically refreshing itself ??I'm listing some tools here which can help you in getting notified about your earnings and display them in proper graphs.Sysense : SysSense is your personal desktop Google AdSense monitor. It keeps your current Google AdSense information in the Windows system tray. You can monitor an unlimited number of Google AdSense accounts. A sound and/or system tray...

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How to run VLC player in Windows Vista ??

VLC , one of the best multimedia players these days supporting almost every type of file.I love this player because it even plays files which are not fully downloaded.If the avi file has some problem,it even repairs the avi index also automatically.But when you try to run VLC with Windows Vista , some incompatibility issues may raise with some file extensions.So how to deal with the incompatibility issues ??Note : Im talking about VLC 0.8.6.b ..You can get it from VlC website.Go to Settings --> preferences in VLC as shown in the figure below.Expand the Video option and Click ‘Output Modules‘No select the advanced options by checking it.A new...

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How to increase the number of simultaneous downloads in Internet Explorer 7 ??

Internet Explorer 7 ,the latest IE version from Microsoft, will allow you to download only two files simultaneously. This limitation can prove to be a inconvenience for those who downloads quite a lot on the Internet. But a bit of tweaking of registry can remove this limitation.Here is how to do the tweak.Go to your registry editor by typing "Regedit" in start --> Run and hitting Enter.Once the registry editor opens,Navigate as shown below.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet SettingsRight click in the empty space, and create a new DWord (32-bit) value with name:MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server Double click this entry and modify the value to 3.Now create one more Dword MaxConnectionsPerServer just like above and modify its value also to 3.If you have Internet Explorer...

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