Test whether a PC game will work on your PC without buying it!

This is a great website i stumbled upon which is really helpful.All you have to do is

1.Goto Google and type "Can you run it"

2.Click on I am feeling Lucky button below the google search bar

3.Then select your game and click on "Can You Run It"

Flight Simulator game in Google Earth!

There is a hidden flight simulator game in google earth which can be activated in the following ways:

1.Open Google Earth

2.Press ctrl+alt+A  on Windows  or  + Option + A on the Mac.You are done!

3. A new window opens!

Choose your plane and your starting city and you are ready to fly!

To know the controls go here:http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html

Enjoy the Game.

Hidden Cheat in Micrsoft Minesweeper Game

There is a cool cheat for the windows minesweeper game.To activate it follow the following steps:

1.Open Minesweeper

2.Minimize all other windows on the screen.

3.Keep your mouse on the minesweeper screen

4.Type in "xyzzy" without the quotes and left shift plus enter

5.Voila!!Cheat is activated.

Now you can see a white dot on the top left of your screen(not the game but the desktop)  whenever you move your mouse over a square with a mine it turns black otherwise it remains white!!

Go ahead enjoy!

Create shortcut for Standby And Shutdown on the desktop!

Ok This is a cool thing for all those people who are bored to goto start and click on shutdown button.

Shutdown Shortcut:

1.Right Click on Desktop->New->Shortcut:

In the text box paste the following

%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 15 -c "Comment Here"

(Here 15 is the seconds the computer should countdown for.)

You can write your comment also.Its Awesome!

Standby Shortcut:

2.Right Click on Desktop->New->Shortcut:

In the text box paste the following

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

This is used to put computer on standby.

Remove unwanted software during startup

Have you ever experienced that when you switch on your computer there are loads of software which come up on the screen before you can start using the computer.

For eg Yahoo Messenger,G Talk,Skype etc..just come on to the screen.Here is a simple way to remove all the unwanted software coming on the screen.

1.Click on start->run

2.Type msconfig

3.Click on startup button on top

4.Uncheck all the software you do not want to show during startup

5.Click ok and restart the computer.

Poof!These softwares dont come up anymore and now you can start working as soon as you switch on the computer.