TAlent HUnt

Have you ever noticed the numerous reality shows that are being telecasted over our idiot boxes? I think very few of us have noticed and given thought to this nuisance which is being continued without any restriction. The series of such programmes was started few years back, such an initiative of searching bringing talents was praised and liked by everyone, but nobody ever noticed that what will be the after comes of such shows.
Earlier they were just based on the genuine performances of the participants , the judgments were made by judges only and the live viewers on the show, but sooner it mingled with lucrative advertisement and sponsorship and the judgements are being done through sms’s and online votings.There are many a times `disputes has been created and voice has been raised against biased judgments by the organizers and the judges.
The poor silly viewer is just clapping sitting infront of his vaccum tube don’t know what ostensible job channels are doing .Each and every episode and act of the play is planned even the decisions and quarrelling of judges too(it’s a matter of TRP friends!!)

The perform talent hunt shows of dance, singing, mimicry and acting .I want to ask that only theses things are called talents can’t they think something different to these few categories of talent Can’t they organize some educational talent programmes in which scholarships aur educational rewards for needy people are given , quizzes ,reality shows related to our environment . They will say they are doing all this in the name of cultural talent and say they are nourishing and flourishing cultural roots, infact they are just polluting young minds .They are making youth to day dream ,they make them to think that money can be made in a day or two, the name and fame they can get through reality shows is not long lasting.
When will we understand that imitating others can create trouble to us .Similar to Americal Idol we started Indian Idol, UK’s famous show Who wants to be millionaire we started KBC (and every one knows the only man who became millionaire was only Mr. Bacchan the host of this show charging huge sum), similarly many dance shows we started ,.Every one knows how many new talents these shows has given we can count them on fingers, and few days later they get fainted away.. They are not fools who will give chances to newcomers , afterall it may create threat to those who are established( and are now woking as judges of the show ).

The overcrowding of such shows over TV channels is not exploring new talents despite they are exploiting talents.It must be given some pause , so that the best comes out .
Now their target are childs , launching new shows liitle champs, n blah blah…
They are diverting these germinating talents from studies towards small screen. Its really terrible to watch so small kids doing such tough dances singing and acting , my views might be contradicting to few people but many of us don’t know that these kids are put on rigorous training of dace practice ,singing and acting . Parents are so much overwhelmed with the charm of small screen that they are promoting their kids to join dance classes, singing classes at very early age , it has became prestige issue for parents that their boy or girl should appear next on tv screen. At which stage child should remember his syllabus he is singing songs like any other mature singer ,think about the database of songs in his /her memory or dialogues of acting. I can bet he might be not knowing the meaning of many words that he is spelling at this early age.

Each child watching these super kids on TV wants to imitate like them , they are doing mimicry cracking dirty jokes of dual meaning . Nobody is giving attention towards all theses mishappenings everyone is enjoying the name fame and money thus parents are happy , sponsors are happy and TV channels nothing more to say they are the happiest person.
I think we must implement some restrictions over such shows and organizers .If we want talent to grow let it grow in all directions why only vertically or only horizontally .Come up with new theme of shows which may stimulate young minds , which may infuse youth with education & dedication to learn and promote scientific knowledge. Don’t make them day dreamers and sell dreams to become celebrity in a night .Other than celebrity there are lot more people who live and contribute in proper functioning of this social engine of our society like engineers ,doctors, teachers, scientists and managers .So now its time to think out of box and promote young minds towards knowledge because its an age of knowledge and Knowledge is Power & that Indian youth needs more.

Add "My Computer" to Your Vista / XP Taskbar

At times we want to have the quickest access to the folders located in different drives or directly to a drive. We can do that by putting it onto the taskbar. We can even put My Computer onto the taskbar

To add a Folder or My Computer to the taskbar, just right-click on the taskbar and choose the Toolbars menu, and then click on New Toolbar.

Now find the folder that you want, in this case we will select the My Computer icon and then click on OK./Select.


Now you can see the My Computer folder right there on the taskbar. If you click the little arrows it will pop up and let you browse through all your drives.


You can add the Desktop to the toolbar as well.

Add Copy To / Move To to the Windows Explorer Right Click Menu

We often need to copy / move files between various locations. It would be helpful for us if we can just right click on the file and select Copy to or Move to. We can do that work with a little Ragistry Hacking. Before making any changes to the Windows Registry you must take a backup.

Make Copy To

Navigate to the following key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:
Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:
{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Click OK and continue.

Make Move To

Navigate to the following key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
Once you are at that key, right click and choose the New Key option:
Now you will double-click on the (Default) value and enter the following:
{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}
Close Registry Editor. Restart the PC and you are done.
Now when you right click on a file or folder, you should see the Copy To / Move To options on the right click shortcut menu.
This works both in Windows Xp and Vista

Delete IE7 Browsing History From the Command Line

At times we need to delete IE history, cookies, saved passwords etc. Its a lengthy process if we do it from desktop internet explorer icon or IE tools menu. What if we can clear everything or a selected one or two from command prompt or using batch file.

Here are the commands that relates to the different buttons. You can use these command directly from command prompt, run box or can use in combination in a batch file.

Temporary Internet Files
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
Cookies
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
History
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1
Form Data
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16
Passwords
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32
Delete All
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255
Delete All - "Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons"
RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351
These commands should work in Internet Explorer 7 on XP or on Windows Vista.

Remove Shared Folders From My Computer - Registry Tweaks

To remove the shared folders in the My Computer view, delete the value {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} in the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\My Computer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders

Hide the Keyboard Navigation Settings

Start/Run/Regedit - This restriction disables the "Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the ALT key" option in the Display Control Panel.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoChangeKeyboardNavigationIndicators Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = enable restriction) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoChangeKeyboardNavigationIndicators' and edit the value according to the settings above.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Remove "All Programs" Button from the Start Menu

Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer

Value Name: NoStartMenuMorePrograms Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = default, 1 = disable button) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'NoStartMenuMorePrograms' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.