Many of us here at Imhackeryes.blogspot.in use Droplr on a daily basis to quickly share screenshots. While this simple app is great at what it does, since it moved to a subscription-only model I decided to look for a replacement. It’s just hard to justify paying $4.99 a month when there are quite a few options out there that work just as well.

For those unfamiliar with the service, Droplr offers a quick and easy way to share not just screenshots, but also text snippets and any type of files. Want to share a quick screenshot? Press a hotkey, select an area of the screen to snap, and the resulting image is automatically uploaded along with a short link copied to your clipboard ready to share. For files just drag them to Droplr’s system tray icon and they’ll be uploaded instantly.

No folders, no syncing. Droplr excels at simplicity. But if, like me, you feel it’s not critical enough to your workflow to pay a monthly subscription, here are some free alternatives you should look at.

CloudApp

CloudApp works very similar to the original Droplr. There's a global hotkey for quickly snapping screenshots as well as the option to drag any type of file to its status bar icon, with a shortened link to the image or file copied to the clipboard. Like all the alternatives listed here CloudApp is free, but you can only share up to 10 files (max 25MB each) a day. If that’s not enough there’s a Pro upgrade for $45/year which offers limitless shares, larger files sizes and your own personalized links. Downside? Available only for Mac.

FluffyApp

FluffyApp is a third-party Windows client for CloudApp and probably the closest thing to the Droplr sharing experience on the platform. It offers the same functionality plus options like automatic uploads of PrtScr presses, and ‘add text’, which offers a quick way to share texts or code. Since it's based on CloudApp you'll need to sign up for an account and are bound to the same 10 uploads per day limitation. Available only for Windows (free).

TinyGrab

Unlike the previous two alternatives which support all types of files, this one is strictly for screenshots. The app lets you set hotkeys for full screen, selected area and active window. As soon as an image is captured and uploaded, a short link is copied to the clipboard for you to share. TinyGrab adds a social element by offering the option to share screenshots to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr or by email. If you are into sharing through social networks this app saves you a step. Available for Windows and Mac free of charge with no storage limits in place. There is supposedly an iPhone client but it seems unavailable in the U.S. iTunes store at this time

Gyazo

Gyazo is a pretty straightforward screenshot sharing utility with the added option of capturing animated GIFs and videos (up to 10 seconds long). With the press of a hotkey you'll see a crosshair cursor to snap a specific area on your screen. Gyazo automatically uploads the image to their servers, and then opens a browser pointing to the unique URL for the image, with options to share on social networks. Although Gyazo is free on Windows, Mac, Linux there's also a premium tier for $2.99/month that gets rids of ads and adds annotation support.

Monosnap

Monosnap is highly customizable and among its key features is the option to annotate screenshots. The latter adds an extra step into the workflow but will come in handy when you want to describe stuff within the image you are sharing. Alternatively, you can just adjust the program's settings so it skips the editor and automatically uploads screenshots or saves them to the desktop. Monosnap integrates with external providers like Dropbox, Evernote, Box.com, CloudApp or your own server via FTP if you'd rather store captures there.

For the meticulous freak Monosnap's editor has an 8x magnifier for pixel perfect crops. BesidesWindows, Mac and iOS, Monosnap is available for Chrome and an Android client is reportedly in the works.

Skitch

Skitch is hardly a replacement for the streamlined Droplr screenshot sharing experience but its powerful annotation tools make it a contender in its own right. Upon taking a screenshot the built-in editor will launch and there's no way to skip this step. You can add arrows, text, shapes, stamps and drawings to images or use the pixelate tools to blur out information. Since Evernote acquired Skitch in 2011 the two are now tightly integrated. Upon closing the editor, images are automatically uploaded to your Evernote account and count towards your free 60MB monthly quota, though you can configure it to work with your own server via FTP.

Skitch is available for free on Windows, OS X, Android and iOS.

Dropbox

It’s not a screenshot sharing app but Dropbox can be configured to automatically upload any screenshots taken natively in Windows or OS X and copy a share URL to your clipboard. Alternatively you can save a screenshot to any folder within your Dropbox and press the share link button -- just like you would with any other file. Although there's no annotation feature it's a competent alternative if you are already using the service.

How would you like to change the logon screen background in Windows 7 so as to give your Windows a customized look and feel? With a small tweak it is possible to change the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background.

Customizing the logon screen background in Windows 7 is as simple as changing your desktop wallpaper. Well, here is a step-by-step instruction to change the logon screen background:

1. The image you need to set as the logon screen background should be a.jpg file and its size should not exceed 245KB.
2. The image resolution can be anything of your choice. However I prefer1440 x 900 or 1024 x 768. You can use any of the photo editing software such as Photoshop to compress and set the resolution for your image. Once you’re done, save this image as backgroundDefault.jpg.
3. You will need to copy this image to the following location:
   C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds
   You will need to create that path if it does not already exist on your computer.
4. Now, open the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit) and navigate to the following key:
   HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\
   LogonUI\Background
   If the key Background does not exist, then right-click on LogonUI, selectNew -> Key, and then name it as Background.
   Now locate OEMBackground (listed on the right side). If it does not exist, right-click Background and select New -> DWORD and name itOEMBackground.
5. Double-click on OEMBackground and set the Value Data to 1.
6. Now log-off to see the new logon screen background. If you would like to revert back to the default background, just set the Value Data back to 0.

I hope you love this post! Pass your comments. Cheers 

Hi Friends Today i will explain about the how to chat with friends by simple trick of command prompt. 

If u got bore with the social networking chat try this simple Command prompt trick and chat with your friends.

Main Requirement

All you need is  know your  friend's IP Address.

Process:-

Follow The Instructions Below :-

1) Open Notepad and Copy the Code Below

@echo off

:A

Cls

echo MESSENGER

set /p n=User:

set /p m=Message:

net send %n% %m%

Pause

Goto A

2) Now Save this Notepad File as  "Messenger.Bat".

3) Then Open the Run and Type Cmd  i.e Open Command 

4) Drag this file (.bat file) over to Command Prompt and press Enter.

5) Then Would you see like this below

6) Now Type The IP Address Of your Friend's Computer and Press Enter.You will see like this below

7) Now all you need to do is type your message and press 

Enter and Start Chating.......!

How to Create Your Own Customized Run Commands

The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to directly open an application or document with just a single command instead of navigating to its location and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such asCommand prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc.

So, have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run commandsfor accessing your favorite programs, files and folders? Well, read on to find out the answer.

Creating the Customized Run Command:

Let me take up an example of how to create a customized run command for opening the Internet explorer. Once you create this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typing ie in the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.

1.    Right-click on your Desktop and select New -> Shortcut.

2.    You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box as shown below.

3.    Click on “Browse”, navigate to: Program Files -> Internet Explorer from your Root drive (usually C:\) and select “iexplore” as shown in the above figure and click on “OK”.

4.    Now click on “Next” and type any name for your shortcut. You can choose any name as per your choice; this will be your customized “Run command”. In this case I name my shortcut as “ie“. Click on “Finish”.

5.    You will see a shortcut named ie on your desktop. All you need to do is just copy this shortcut and paste it in your Windows folder (usually “C:/Windows”). Once you have copied the shortcut onto your Windows folder, you can delete the one on your Desktop.

6.    That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, type ie and hit Enterto open the Internet Explorer.

In this way you can create customized Run commands for any program of your choice. Say ff for Firefox, ym for Yahoo messenger, wmp for Windows media player and so on.

To do this, when you click on “Browse” in the Step-3, just select the target program’s main executable (.exe) file which will usually be located in the “C:\Program Files” folder. Give a simple and short name for this shortcut as per your choice and copy the shortcut file onto the Windows folder as usual. Now just type this short name in the Run dialog box to open the program.

I hope this post has helped you create your own Run commands and use them in your daily life. Pass your comments.

 Virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect your computer. These viruses can spread via USB/flash drive or from one computer to other computer by few written codes. There are many antivirus software available to remove viruses from computer. But there are some viruses or suspicious files which can’t be removed by any antivirus software. Some suspicious files such as autorun.inf initiate all the viruses in pc. These files must be removed for safe operation of your pc, because they may lead to data loss, software damages etc. Such viruses and files can be removed by using cmd. In this article we will discuss how to remove a virus using command prompt. Following steps can be used to remove a virus using command prompt from your computer.

Must read : How To Delete Undeletable Virus File without Software

   Go to start menu and type “cmd” in the search box or Start>all programs>accessories>command prompt.      

Open the infected drive such as write , g: to go to G drive.

 Now type dir/w/a . It will show all the files of the drive including hidden files.

       Locate AUTORUN.INF or any Virus and other suspicious files in the directory.

there was no virus in my drive so only autorun.inf is been highlighted.

Type command attrib  -r –a –s –h to remove attributes of corresponding file.

Type del autorun.inf to delete autorun.inf file.

 Now type del virus name.exe t delete it, eg : del newfolder.exe .

(You can also delete viruses by using following steps:

 When you find an Autorun.inf file or any other unusual .exe file just rename it.

Syntax for rename is (rename filename.extension new name ,  for example: (rename autorun.inf virus) to rename autorun.inf file. Here I have renamed it by “virus”.

Now you can access the defected drive without affecting the virus.

To delete the renamed file go to the defected drive and select the file you renamed.

Now delete the harmful renamed files.)

You have deleted that virus successfully but sometimes virus resides in the Recycler folder.To locate this folder:

Type cd recycler command.

Again type dir/w/a  to locate all file of the folder.

Identify malicious files and delete them using above commands.

Follow the above steps carefully and i think this information is enough to remove a virus using command prompt easily.

Important: Make sure that no other processes being running while performing these actions. Best of luck.

Enjoy :)