Removing previous installation of Oracle from Windows box

Suppose you have deleted folders of previous Oracle installation from your Windows box. Now you run Oracle installer to install Oracle again, but the installer is saying that Oracle is installed and asks you whether you want to uninstall (deinstall) that. You choose to unistall previous Oracle installation, but fail to find one and ultimately fail to install Oracle anew.

If you are facing this problem, then you should think of stopping Oracle-related services and remove Oracle-related registry entries. To know how to do this, follow this:

• Stop Oracle-related processes and services. Steps are:

1. Run Task Manager and go to Processes tab of that.
2. Now look for services with names containg ora or oracle.
3. End those processes.

• Delete Oracle installation folder.

1. If you could not have deleted C:\oracle or D:\oracle or wherever you had installed Oracle previously and C:\Program files\Oracle, then try deleting that folder now.

• Remove Oracle-related registry entries.

1. Start --> Run --> type in regedit and hit OK.
2. Delete the following keys (some may have slightly different names in your registry):
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\ORACLE
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Oracle.oracle
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OracleDBConsole
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Oracle10g_home
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OraclService

Now restart your computer and try installing Oracle afresh.

Enjoy!!!

Shut down computer in less than five minutes

Have you ever come across a situation when your Windows box has refused to shut down quickly enough or shut down at all? 


If your answer is "Yes", then follow these simple steps to make your computer shut down really quickly:
1. Run task manager (by pressing key combination Ctrl+Alt+Delete or any other way you may like :-) ) .
2. In menu bar, choose Shut Down.
3. Press and hold Ctrl key.
4. While holding Ctrl key pressed, click on Turn Off menu item.
5. Release Ctrl key. 


Computer now shuts down within 2-3 seconds.

Running multiple instances of GTalk (Google Chat Messenger)

Steps to enabling multiple instances of GTalk:
1. Create or locate a shortcut to your installed GTalk executable
file. 
By default, the executable file is
              "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe"

2. To Target value of this shortcut, add
               /nomutex
[Method to implement step 2.:-
shortcut file --> right-click --> Properties --> Target] 


See the screenshot below:

Now every time you launch GTalk with this shortcut, you get a new
instance of GTalk launched. Sign in with a different email id on
the same computer and enjoy GTalking! :-)

Set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox

If you like to auto-reply using your Gmail account by clicking on a mailto: link, follow this:

You can configure your Mozilla Firefox to automatically take control of a clicked mailto: link  and let you use your Gmail ID to send a mail. The steps for doing this are given here below:
1. Open Firefox.
2. Log in to your Gmail account.
3. Copy-Paste this script in the address bar of Firefox with your Gmail account open.
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https://
mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")

4. Click "Add Application", if you are prompted to. Otherwise, follow these menus:-
Tools --> Options --> Applications
5. In the list of content type and applications, locate mailto under Content Type, and choose "use Gmail" from the list of applications suggested for that content type.

6. Save the settings.

Enjoy Gmailing with Firefox.

Delete Locked Files Which Cannot be Deleted Otherwise

Here you will learn about a utility that enables you to delete those stubborn files that test your frustration level and tempo by not getting deleted. The name of that useful utility is FileASSISSIN.


A file or folder can deny its deletion pertaining to any of the following possible reasons:

• The file is in use by another program or user,
• Access to that file for you is denied.
• Some malware/virus infection or activity.

You may find these messages while you try to delete a file:

• Access denied.
• Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and the file is not currently in use.
• This file is in use by another program or user.

FileASSASSIN is an application that can delete any type of locked files. Whether the files are from a malware infection or just a particular file – FileASSASSIN can delete it for you!

Download FileASSASSIN here.

A WORD OF CAUTION: File ASSASSIN can unlock your system files too and let you delete those, so be extra cautious using the utility when working with system files as deleting those files may cause your system to crash.

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I am Rishi Raj, sharing technical stuff with you and trying to solver your day-t-day problems that you might come across while using your computer system (more ofter Windows box). I can help you better if you help me help you. And, you can do so by mailing to me your problems, queries, comments on post and suggestions.

You may also mail to me tips, tricks and solutions that think should be share across. Those will be published with your name. So, please do mail me, if you find something like that. My email id is i50729@gmail.com.
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Happy i-tech-freak'ing!

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Rishi Raj

GeeMail - Desktop client for Gmail Access Gmail without internet browser

Have you ever wished to check your Google mails without using any internet browser? If yes, then your wish has come true! Yes, you've got an application solely designed for Gmail. This is GeeMail. Using this, you can work with your mail (Gmail only) more efficiently and effectively as compared to as you do with then while with a web browser.

Attractive features of GeeMail:

• No configuration required-

GeeMail has everything in place which is required to access Gmail. You don’t need to configure it like traditional email clients.

• Offline support-

Even if you are offline, compose your email, click “Send”. GeeMail will send the mail for you the next time it detects Internet connection.

• Gmail user interface-

No training or learning required for using GeeMail user interface because GeeMail supports the good old UI of gmail itself. Things just work the way they do in gmail, right down to the keyboard shortcuts!

• Cross platform-

GeeMail is truly cross platform. GeeMail works on Windows, Mac and Linux.


Download GeeMail here. Install it and enjoy GeeMail'ing.
You need to have Adobe AIR installed to use GeeMail.

Hacking Windows login password

Things may go wrong, and they do. You may forget your Windows login password and strive for logging in to your Windows computer.

For this, here is a solution:
EBCD (Emergency Boot CD)
1. Google for it.
2. Download it
3. Install/run it.
4. Create a bootable CD of it.
5. Next you just need to boot your computer with this bootable CD, and follow instructions and take steps.

To boot computer with a CD/DVD:
1. Start/restart your computer.
2. The moment your ketboard lights flash, start pressing Delete key repeatedly to get to BIOS setup.
3. Under boot menu (different systems have different menus), set CD-ROM as primary boot device.
4. press F10 to save and exit.
5. Let the computer boot trom CD. (You will need to press a key for this.)
When the system has booted with CD, you will see EBCD instructions for resetting Windows password.
[you can set your computer to boot primarily with local hard disks similarly.]

To recover deleted file

There are good times also, and there are bad times also. How bad do you feel when any of your personal and precious pictures is deleted accidentally. It is even more worse when it seems to be impossible to get another copy of it.

Here is a solution for this query. You can recover deleted file. You can also recover files from a formatted disk. One free-of-cost tool available for this is:

PC Inspector File Recovery

This utility lets you select your disk or partition to search for deleted files, select files among them to recover and finally RECOVER THOSE FILES.

Fore more information and download, visit http://www.pcinspector.de.