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Madhur tells us that how we can use ScreenSaver as the wallpaper in Windows. With the help of Vital Desktop software (Open Source Software), we can setup the Screensavers of windows as the desktop wallpaper and that too without slowing down the computer.

Here’s what we can do, to setup the moving wallpaper :

1. Download Vital Desktop.
2. Install it and open VDConfig.exe
3. Select the installed screensaver and that’s it.
4. Enjoy your screensaver as desktop!

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I’m sure we all read books to enhance our knowledge or just for the entertainment. Now, the problem we face is that there are so many books to read and some times it can be an expensive affair to buy the books and then read them.

However, There are services which are kind enough to provide free e-books. World Public Library Association is giving away over 50,000 + e-books for free and on all the topics.

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Greasemonkey is a Firefox plug-in which helps in adding hacks (functionalities will be the right word) in various websites and web services. It lets you do various things pretty quickly and helps in removing ads from the websites too. This is achieved by the help of Javascripts and that’s where the security threat also sneaks in.

Javascripts can be used for various exploits and here are some of the things which malicious javascripts can do & a simple Google Search about Malicious Javascripts will give your detailed information about it :

1. Malicious Javascripts can steal cookies which can contain some important information.
2. They can scan the files in the hard drive and even steal them.
3. They can give commands to router and in turn remove the security settings of the router and open the gates of the network completely.

These are just few dangerous things which Javascripts can do and same goes with Greasemonkey scripts too because they are nothing but Javascripts. In a recent post from Userscripts.org’s official forum (a place where you can find loads of Greasemonkey scripts), it was mentioned that some user was uploading Malicious Greasemonkey scripts which could steal information from cookies. Now, that doesn’t mean its not useful to use Greasemonkey. It is indeed very helpful to use Greasemonkey and I use it personally too. However there are few things which we can do to prevent any loss :

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When I first got into blogging, I didn’t have much idea about how can I get my blog (ReviewSaurus – Free software reviews)indexed by Google fast and it took quite some time for me to get my blog indexed by Google. Now, that I have a fair amount of idea about search engine optimization (I’m not a pro in SEO), I managed to get my this blog (TipsoSaurus – Tips and tricks for computers) crawl by GoogleBot in 1 day only. It may not be a very difficult task for many pro’s but I hope that new people will find this tips helpful. Here’s what I did to get this blog indexed fast :

1. Google Webmaster Tools : Remember, Google is your friend and so, don’t forget to tell it that you’ve started a new blog and that it should visit your blog. For that, make use of Google Webmaster tools and submit your website or blog address.

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Read Receipt is feature, which gives you a notification that the email sent by you has been read by the recipient. Nirmal explains to us the procedure of enabling the Read Receipt for a message in Microsoft Outlook. Now, lets look at the ways of enabling the Read Receipt feature in other email clients :

In Outlook Express 6 :

Go to Tools -> Options -> Receipts tab & then click on Request a read receipt for all sent messages.

In Thunderbird 2.0 :

Go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced tab -> Return Receipts button -> tick When sending messages, always request a return receipt.

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