Wednesday 9 July 2014

Everything You Need To Know About Windows 8 Swipe Gestures On A Laptop

                                                   windows 8 gestures
With the introduction of Windows 8, a lot of brand-new touch-friendly features have been added to make the operating system enjoyable to use on touch-enabled devices. However, for typical laptops which only have touchpads for their input, it may be a bit confusing as to how to move your mouse in order to achieve the same results. Therefore, with some tips and drivers in hand, here is how you can easily take advantage of Windows 8′s new Modern UI goodies.

Synaptics Drivers
Before we begin, it’s important to note that Windows 8 does support some touchpad gestures as well, in addition to simply pushing your mouse pointer to certain areas of your screen. There’s nothing you need to do if you bought your computer with Windows 8 already installed, but if you upgraded to Windows 8 yourself, you may need to go to Synaptic’s website and download their latest drivers to enable gesture support.
Charms Bar
windows 8 gestures
The Charms bar is what appears on the right side of your screen to access application and system settings, the start button, and a few other items. Touch-screen users can reach it by swiping to the left from the right edge of the screen. However, touchpad users have three options – either push your mouse pointer into the top right or bottom right corner and then move it to the center of the right edge, put your finger on the right edge of your touchpad and swipe inward, or hit Win + C on your keyboard.
App Switcher
Accessing the app switcher is very similar to how the Charms bar is accessed, except on the opposite side. Therefore, touchscreen users can swipe to the right from the left edge of their screen. Touchpad users can push their mouse pointer into the top left or bottom left corners and then move to the center of the left edge, put your finger on the left edge of your touchpad and swipe inward, or hit Win + Tab on your keyboard. One thing to note – all desktop applications are grouped together into the “Desktop” app, so switching between those desktop applications can still be achieved with the trusty Alt + Tab keyboard combination.
App Bar
windows 8 gesture control
If you would like to access the App bar of a native Windows 8 app, you have slightly different options. Touch-screen users can simply swipe down from the top edge of their screen, and touchpad users can do the same thing by swiping down from the top edge of their touchpad. You can also right-click anywhere on an app, or hit the Win + Z key combination.
Horizontal Scrolling
Horizontal scrolling is another feature in Windows 8 which can be easily accessed. Both touch-screen and touchpad users can do horizontal scrolling by swiping two fingers to either the left or right. If you are using a mouse, you can horizontally scroll by scrolling the wheel up or down. The reasoning why scrolling the wheel up or down corresponds into horizontal scrolling is because the start screen as well as all Windows 8 apps expand horizontally rather than vertically.
Zooming And Rotation
You can also zoom in and out as well as rotate. Zooming in and out can be achieved by placing two fingers on the touchpad and then spreading them out or putting them together. You can also use the Ctrl and + keyboard combination to zoom in, or the Ctrl and – keyboard combination to zoom out. Rotation can be accomplished by using two fingers and then turning them to mimic rotating a circle. Rotation doesn’t have a keyboard shortcut, however.
Turning Them Off
windows 8 gestures
While it’s cool to have these gestures to get easier access to Windows 8′s UI, it may get in the way of your productive habits if you tend to swipe around on your touchpad in much the same way as the gestures defined by Windows 8. If you need to turn them off, there’s a way to change entries in the registry which control whether the gestures are enabled or disabled. To do this, open up Notepad and copy and paste the following code into it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Left Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull Extended Zone]
"ActionType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Top Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000000
Then save that file somewhere on your computer as “gestures.reg”. Just make sure to choose “All file types” in the Save As dialog and then typing out the whole filename, including the file extension. Then find the file you just saved and run it, clicking on Yes for all warnings that pop up. After it completes, you’ll need to restart your computer to load the new settings.
You can also enable them again if you previously disabled them using the same trick. However, you’ll need to paste this code into your gestures.reg instead:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Left Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull Extended Zone]
"ActionType"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Top Edge Pull]
"ActionType"=dword:00000002
Conclusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZGGWAjpM_M
Hopefully you can make better use of your new Windows 8 system now that you know about these tips for using the operating system with a touchpad. While I still think that the OS is better suited for actual touch-screens, it’s still easy to remain productive with just a typical laptop touchpad. And if these wordy instructions didn’t click in your mind, maybe this video will help you a bit. Also, if you have any other Windows 8 issues, check out this article, or if you’re just getting started with the new operating system, check out our guide on Windows 8!
What do you use with your Windows 8 system, a touchpad, touchscreen, or both? How do you feel about any of these input options? Let us know in the comments!

How to Make Portable Apps Using Winrar

Portable Apps are a packaged or pre-packaged programs that has been packed by a user so you can use on your USB thumb directly without any installation required. Portable Apps can help you solve the problem of transfering them from a PC to another using your USB flash drive and running them directly from it. If you are wondering how PortableApps website can create Portable Software packages, then you can do it too by following this tutorial which is about How to Create Portable Apps using Winrar and Universal Extractor.
How it Works?

This trick will allow you to create your own Portable apps from a setup file by extracting its content using UniExtractor (or Universal Extractor) then repacking it back to an exe file using Winrar's SFX archives, and by adding some features like Hide install window and overwrite files, your portable program should be ready to be transfered between computers using USB flash drive and run it on the fly without the need to be installed and you can avoid malware and viruses.


How to Create Portable Apps Using Winrar & UniExtract

- In this Example we work with Firefox as the App to be portable.


1) Download Winrar and Install it.

2) Download Universal Extractor and Install it.



3) Download the setup file of the app ( in this example we use Firefox software).

4) Right Click the Setup file, then click UniExtract here from the contextual menu to extract the installer files into that directory.


Note #1: If UniExtract fails to Extract the content, you can use Winrar to Extract the setup files


5) UniExtract will starts analyzing the installer, and it will extract the files in a few time.


6) You'll get a new Folder containing the insider of the setup file. Now Search for the .Exe file of the Program. (in this example we found Firefox.exe in Core folder).

7) Now Select All the files available in the same folder as the Exe file and Right Click > Add to Archive


8) In the first tab General check Create SFX Archive, put Compression method to Best for smaller size and easy transfer.


9) Click Advanced tab > Sfx Options > Setup tab in the field of Run after Extraction put the exe file name (in this example it's Firefox.exe that we found it in step6 ) .



10) Go to Modes tab and select the option Hide All it will hides all Windows and prompts of the install process. Then go to Update tab and select the option Overwrite All Files it will overwrite files without prompting the user.

      



11) Done! You can also change the Icon of the Portable app by going to Text and Icon tab.

Control Your PC Using Hand Gestures

When you're away from your PC you can't control it since your hand will not reach the mouse or keyboard, that moment especially when you're watching a movie it will be hard to do that. In this article, I'm writing about 2 Ways to Control your PC Using your Hand Gestures with Webcam (it's most likely the Air Gesture of Galaxy S4 but for PC) and with this 2 ways you can easily control Google Chrome or Windows through your hands away from your computer.
Control Your PC Using Hand Gestures
How it Works?
An attached webcam to your computer will analyze all gestures that you perform with your hand facing the PC, then translate those movements into binary (or comprehensible programming language) to the software used, the software in its turn executes the command according to the gesture performed.
 
Things you'll Need
A Computer with Windows or Mac installed.
Webcam
One of the software below installed
1. Flutter App

Flutter app will allow you to make actions to your PC from Webcam with your hand when you are away from your computer. Flutter can only Play, Pause or Stop a Music or Video playing in one of the following programs: iTunes, Winamp, Spotify, Windows Media Player.

How to Use Flutter App

1) Go to Flutter App Website
2) Click Download button to start downloading Flutter.
3) Open up one of the supported and listed above programs, Put a Music or Video on to start playing.
 
4) Launch Flutter and raise your hand in front of your Webcamera, it will analyze it and your player will Pause/Play again.
Flutter Also for Chrome

2. NPointer
NPointer is a yet another alternative to Flutter app but more powerful. With NPointer you can control not only music and videos but also you can Control the Mouse pointer with your webcam, you can also perform gestures with your Hand, your head or any other part of your body. NPointer detects any moving thing and record its localisation then send it to the mouse pointer, you are also able to change the motion speed, acceleration, timeout of the mouse.

How to use NPointer
1) Download NPointer from its official website.
2) The file is a .zip file, Extract it then launch NPointer.exe
3) Select the Webcam device from the drop down menu.
4) Done! Now you can control the mouse with your web camera.

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Wednesday 2 July 2014

Run multiple Skype accounts on Windows desktop.


To use more than one Skype account on the same computer at the same time, you need to start a new instance of Skype.
  1. From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Run (or press the Windows The Windows key. and R keys on your keyboard at the same time).
  2. In the Run window, type the following command (including the quotes) and press OK:
  3. For 32-bit operating systems:
    "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary
    For 64-bit operating systems:
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary
If you get an error message, copy and paste the exact command from this page and try again.
Be aware that if you’ve changed the installation path for Skype, then you’ll need to enter the correct path for the Skype.exe file.
If the above solution fails, you can try another option:
  1. Find the Skype.exe file in C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\ if you’re running a 32-bit operating system.
  2. If you’re running 64-bit operating system, you can find the file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\.
  3. Right-click the file and select Send to > Desktop (create shortcut).
  4. Locate the shortcut on your desktop, then right-click it and select Properties.
  5. In the Target field of the Shortcut tab, add /secondary to the end of the path. The Target field should now be "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /secondary.
  6. Click OK. You can now start a new instance of Skype every time you double-click the new shortcut.

Make Your Windows Computer Talk like JARVIS

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strAFile = Wscript.Arguments(0)
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(strAFile)
If objFile.Size > 0 Then
Set objReadFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(Wscript.Arguments(0), 1)
strContents = objReadFile.ReadAll
objReadFile.Close
set ObjVoice=CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")
ObjVoice.Speak strContents
Else
Wscript.Echo "The file is empty."
End If
The script above can be called from a command prompt using a txt files as the first parameter. You may not know how to pass parameters via the command prompt, so we’ll quickly go through this. If you’re familiar with the Windows batch, skip this
1. Create a text file called speak.vbs – for example
2. When saving the file, MAKE SURE that you enter .vbs as the file extension AND select All Files from the dropdown
3. Copy and paste the code snippet from above into the text file and hit CTRL + S to save the script
4. Alright, now create another text file (.txt file extension) and insert some random text like Today the world is going to end
5. Next, we’re going to test that everything works properly. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory where you stored the VBS script for example cd C:\snippets. You may have to change the drive letter to switch the drive. Simply enter C: or D: and hit enter to switch to another driver, then enter your “cd command”
6. If you followed all steps 1-5 correctly, you should now hear a voice speaking the text that is stored in your text file
7. If you don’t hear anything, double-check that your .vbs file has been created correctly and has the little VBS icon and the type should be “VBScript Script File”