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Here comes an handy Excel plug-in called Excel Password Remover 2008 which strip the password protection from Excel workbooks and spreadsheets. You can install the plug in by downloading it from here. Once installed, it adds options Unprotect workbook and Unprotect sheet to Excel’s Tools menu, and choosing these options does what they are meant to.

To install the plugin you should set security level of Macros to medium by following the menu Tools->Macros->Security in Microsoft Excel.

Windows 95:

Open My Computer.
Select the View menu and click Options.
Select the View Tab.
Select the Show all files Radio Button.
Click OK.

Windows 98:

Open My Computer.
Select the View menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
In the Hidden files section select Show all files.
Click OK.

Windows ME:

Open My Computer.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK.
Click Start, Programs and Accessories and open Windows Explorer.
Select a hard drive from the left hand side of the Windows Explorer window.
Select View the Entire contents of this drive.

Windows 2000:

Open My Computer.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK.

Windows XP:
Click Start.
Open My Computer.
Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
Select the View Tab.
Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
Click Yes to confirm.
Click OK.

Most of the time when you want to send some video or file to your friend, but the file size is to big that you can add it as a attachment or upload to some free upload sites. So to send those files you have to split those files into small parts, after that you can upload them as a attachment.

Here is the Best ways to Split Large Files:

1. GSplit - This application is a free original file splitter that lets you split your large files (like Self-Extracting archives, Zip archives, multimedia, song, music, movie, backup, picture, archive, log, large text, document files…) into a set of smaller files called pieces.

2. JoneSoft File Splitter - Another File Splitter program. However, this one is different in the fact that it’s free (for most users) and that it includes all the features that most others leave out. You can split files to any size you wish. Restoring is simply a matter of running the restore (BAT) file created when the file is split, or, for total control, you can restore using the File Splitter program. Integrated with Windows Explorer to allow even more flexibility.

3. File Splitter- File Splitter is a freeware program which does not require installation and can be used to split files to multiple chunks as well as to merge multiple chunks into a single file.

4. Splitfile- SplitFile’s goal is to split big file in smaller segments to be able to store them in floppy disks or CD (these are just examples). The main feature if compared to other programs like this, is the ability to support huge files and to being configured to increase performances if used with fast disks.

5. HJSplit- Very nice looking freeware file splitter. It splits files of any type and size. Does not need to be installed. Just click on hjsplit.exe and the program starts. This program can even handle files which are larger than 10Gb!

6. Rapid Split- Rapid Split is an easy-to-use, wizard-based file splitting software with step-by-step assistance in splitting process. It enables you to split files of all types into pieces that can be stored on removable storage media such as floppy disk and zip disk.

These pieces can then be merged by using a batch file that will be generated by the utility. Therefore, the Rapid Split itself is not needed in order to rebuild a copy of original file. Rapid Split allows you to specify the file either split by size or number of pieces and you can also use the predefined sizes for common removable storage media. This software has drag-and-drop functionality and command line operation.

7. MaxSplitter- MaxSplitter Free is a fully functional software with no time-limit and capable of the major tasks: splitting and merging.

8. File Splitter Deluxe Software- Split large files (of any size or type), then easily rejoin without the use of this software. This file splitter software will easily break up large files (no limits, splits any sized file) for copying to floppy or USB flash, or sending via email, as anyone can recreate the original file without having this software. When you split your files, a small program is created in the same folder and can be distributed with your split files, which will allow anyone to recreate the original file, with the original name. You can also print file lists from any folder, keep track of total files split, and view your available RAM memory. This software has been tested on very large files. It is designed to split at a fast speed and is very easy to use.

Source: Technobuzz

SharePod is free program which helps you to manage and share music without iTunes. To install SharePod, visit the SharePod download site and download the .zip file. Once you unzip it, you can either drag and drop SharePod onto your iPod or run SharePod directly from your hard drive. Because it does not require any installation to your hard drive or “Programs” folder, you can also install it onto your USB or flash drive.

1. Select the tracks you want to copy, and click the ‘Copy to PC’ button at the top of the window.
2. Select the files you want to copy, and drag them into a folder on your PC.
3. Right click on a playlist and select ‘Copy to PC’. This will copy all the files in the playlist.
4. Click “Backup iPod” or copy the main playlist. This will copy all the files in all playlists to your computer.

Source: technobuzz

Do Ads annoy you ? Does the sight of Google Ads make you red?
If you’d like to remove them, you can use Opera to go about it.

What you need to do:

• Open up the folder where you have installed Opera (usually C:\Program Files\Opera\ ).
• Navigate to the Profile folder ( C:\Program Files\Opera\profile )
• Make sure you have closed Opera before continuing
• Open the urlfilter.ini file and paste the entire contents beginning from [exclude] to the end.
• Save and Close the file.

NOTE:

• Always keep a backup of the file before editing it.
• The list given above only helps to blockout public ads (that is those provided by a network such as Google). To block ads hosted on a site, use the Block Content option (right click any empty area in the site and block out images/flash etc.)

Please note that this is a tutorial for Opera. There are other tutorials for Firefox and/or plugins which we are not concerned about here in this post. Please don’t start a Firefox vs. Opera war here.

Source : Technobeta