Tips to Book Tatkal from IRCTC

More often we come across obstacles while booking tatkal ticket in IRCTC website. Here I share few simple steps that ensures you get the ticket online.

When you get the error message which says ticket booking is not permitted from your IP, you can try out the below solution which is a sure shot way to get through the booking.
1) Find some proxy IP and PORT from websites like http://www.freeproxylists.net.
Choose a proxy IP and corresponding PORT from the list with good 'transfer' and 'response'.
2) Follow the instructions from my post (click here)
3) Try logging in irctc to book the ticket.

You have a better chance at booking now.  Thank You!!!

Expense Tracker

This is a simple light weight expense tracker created in Microsoft Excel.
Click here to download.
NB:Contact me if you want this to be customized for your use.

How to Connect using proxy IP

Connecting using proxy ip

Open Internet Explorer.
Select: Tools>Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings

Now tick "Use a proxy server.." and provide a proxy address and port.
You will get it from many sites. eg www.hidemyass.com. (http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/)

I used the IP address from UK. So when i took Google, its displaying as Google UK.

Controlling PC remotely

Easy way to control your PC remotely from another PC or even smart phones over Internet.

This is possible using a software called TeamViewer. Click Here to download.(downloaded from TeamViewer site. www.teamviewer.com)

On your Desktop

After installation and signing up, you will get an ID and Password.

On your smartphone or laptop
Now download TeamViewer on your smart phone or on laptop from where you need to access your desktop. Enter your partner ID(ID on TeamViewer installed on desktop), select Remote control and press "Connect to Partner". Enter partner password(Password on TeamViewer installed on desktop) when it asks. You will soon get remote access to your desktop. Enjoy!!!

Changing Logon screen in Windows 7

Changing logon screen in Windows 7

Step 1: Modify the registry value.
Open the registry by typing "regedit" on windows run (windows key + r).

Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Authentication
>LogonUI>Background

Select OEMBackground and change value to "1"

Step 2: Copying background pic
Copy the pic which you want to make as logon background to C:\Windows\System32\oobe\info\backgrounds
(Make sure the pic is less than 250kb in size.)

If the folder info/backgrounds is not there, please make it.
In case you are not able to copy the pic to the mentioned destination, try using Administrator account.
(Click here to know how to enable Administrator account).

Now when u log off of or lock you user account, you can see the logon background has changed to new one.

Activating Administrator account in windows

Activating real Administrator account in windows

Run command prompt as administrator.
Type the command: net user administrator /active:yes

Now you can see the administrator account on the login screen

This account will have all the access on your machine.

Now to disable this account, use the command: net user administrator /active:no 

Changing "Send to" menu in windows

How to change "Send to" menu in windows?

Open this location.

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo

'

Copy shortcut to this folder and exit.

Now if you right click any file, you can see the new shortcut appearing in the "Send to" menu.