Capture text from images easily with MS office 2007 and 2010

If you have googled right then you must reach here, In simple words i created this post because, sometimes it becomes very necessary to obtain a soft and editable copy of an ms word document, but what, when its a protected, non-editable or a scanned image of a document ??? can you simply edit it ? YES! with MS office you can do it in no time.

This process is called as "OCR" (Optical Character Recognition). MS office has a built in tool called as MS Document Imaging tool. This tool by default doesn't get installed in your system, you have to manually select this tool from the setup file.


1.>> The First step goes about the installation of MS Document Imaging tool from the add/remove option on the first screen (when MS office is already installed).



2.>> Under office tools expand >> expand "Ms document imaging" and select "run from my computer" and hit "continue" button below to install the component tool.



3.>> Upon completion of installation of MS document Imaging tool, select it from the start menu under "Ms Office" folder.



4.>> Now, the important step is to convert the image captured by you into a .Tiff format by opening the image in paint you can do this and saving the image. Here i have saved this Google images website image into .tiff format.



5.>> In MS document imaging, select the yellow folder to open the saved .tiff file image.



6.>> The next step is to press the button called "Recognize text using OCR". this may take a little time if the image is large.



7.>> The last and final step is to import the captured text to a word file, Select the "Text to Word" buton as shown below.
This will transport the file to a word file containing the precious text!



8.>> Here's the magic!! Congratulations!! Not only the text but also its size has been maintained as shown below:

:)

How to forward ports in wifi router for DC++ , LimeWire , UTorrent

Just bought a new wireless router? and facing problems of not downloading/uploading, port not forwarded, in utorrent or dc++ client? So here's the tutorial to solve this problem easily.

Most of the routers have same settings but have different English word for the same function. Here, I will be configuring ports in DIR-300 router.


1.>> Open Control Panel >> Network Connections (Windows XP) / Networking and Sharing Center (Windows 7/8). 

Windows 7 / 8 users will select "Network adapters" (Left side pane) and Double-Click over the Ethernet/Local Area Connection/ Wireless Connection., depending upon what network card (wired / Wireless) you are using to connect your router. to see its "Properties" >> "Details" to view the current status of your Network Card.

Windows XP users will simply, double click on the Network card (Wired/Wireless) such as Local area Connection to view the status of their network card.

1.>> Connect to your router via Wireless or Wired (one of the 4 ports).

2.> Open "Network and Sharing Center" and select "Local Area Connection" or "Wireless Network connection" and press "Details" depending how is your PC connected to router ( Wired or Wireless). 

Note down the [1.] Router IP Address from above. (mine is 192.168.0.1)

Note down the [2.] Your PC's IP Address from above. (mine is 192.168.0.100)

3.>> Now open a browser and type 192.168.0.1 in the address bar of the browser.( This ip address may be different for your Router brand.

BELKIN = 192.168.2.1
NETGEAR = 192.168.1.1
LINKSYS = 192.168.1.1
DLINK = 192.168.0.1
Iball = 192.168.1.1
TPLINK = 192.168.0.1
ASUS = 192.168.1.1

A Login Page / Dialog Box of the Router may Welcome you to before making any changes to the Router's settings. You may refer to your Router Manual for Default values of Username and Password.

Some Common Router brand's Default USERNAME and PASSWORD are listed below :-


Dlink:                             Username: admin                  Password: <Blank>
LINKSYS:                     Username: admin                  Password: admin
Iball:                              Username: admin                  Password: 1234
Digisol:                          Username: admin                  Password: password
TP-Link:                       Username: admin                  Password: 1234 
Netgear:                         Username: admin                  Password: password 

   

4.>> A router page then opens like this, and select "Advance" tab above and then select "Port forwarding" option to see screen like this:

5.>> Make entries for each type of application such as DC++ and U-torrent.

6.>> Check the box and name the entry like "dc++" and then from the drop down menu of "Computer NAME" select your pc and press "<<" button.  

(Some routers do not have this function, so you can enter it manually)
Please put your "PC IP Address" which you noted down in Step 2.

7.>> Enter the Starting and Ending port range such as 1000 ~ 1003 for dc++ and 2000 ~ 2003 for utorrent.

8.>> Select Traffic type as "Any" or "UDP/TCP".

9.>> Save settings and allow the router to restart once with finalized settings.

10.>> Now in DC++ settings as shown below select the connection settings and select "Firewall with manual Port forwarding" Enter Ports between 1000 and 1003. for Example, I use 1000,1001,1002,1003, and so on.

11.>> Under External/WAN Ip option press "Get IP" button and copy the same ip(external) to above for the "Bind Address" and click OK to save the settings and restart DC++ client to finalize the settings.

12.>> Similarly for utorrent client, make the following changes in the connection settings. Remember to untick the "Randomize port at each start".

13.>> Enter any port between 2000 to 2003 in the port field., Press apply and then ok to finalize the settings and restart Utorrent client.

>>Port Fowarding done still no Luck <<

This may be caused due to change in local ip-address(192.168.xxx.xxx) Provided by your router.

PLEASE NOTE :- Belkin has this major problem of forgetting the ip address which was given first. Due to which the port forwarding settings do not apply for that previous ip address...So I request you to again see the new Ip-address given by your router to your PC, such as 192.168.2.3 or 192.168.2.xxx....then use that same ip in the "virtual servers" Or "port forwarding Table" settings to make things work again.:")

Or

Choose Static Ip-Adress Scheme to manually assign ipaddress to each PC/Wireless Device.


To Solve this Issue for other Brands : You may use DHCP Reservation Option (not available on Belkin Exclusively) by binding your Mac-ID's from different wireless devices to the fixed Ip-addresses, so that whenever you connect to your router, you will always get the same fixed Ip address.
Here's an example from my Dlink router :

Customize your folder icons in windows 7

With Folderico customizing Windows 7 folder icon and color is a fun. The beauty of this program is it integrates into the explorer shell so that you can personalize folders right from the context menu.

The Folderico also lets you change library icons in a jiffy. Once installed, you will see Folderico entry in the explorer context menu (right-click menu). Though this tool comes with a set of beautiful icons, you can always browse to your desired icon using Select custom icon options.



With reset feature you can quickly revert to the default icon. Overall, this is a handy application for Windows 7. Please note that the context menu option works only in 32-bit version of Windows 7. If you are using the 64-bit version, please run the Folderico program and select the folder to customize it.



>> Download link : Download FOLDERICO

Terminate a process in windows by force.

The ability to perform tasks from a system’s command line allows those tasks to be used in batch files. This trick will help you to kill the process which is disturbing you.


If you know the name of a process to kill, for example notepad.exe, use the following command from a command prompt to end it:


taskkill /IM notepad.exe


This will cause the program to terminate gracefully, asking for confirmation if there are unsaved changes. To forcefully kill the same process, add the /F option to the command line. Be careful with the /F option as it will terminate all matching processes without confirmation.

To kill a single instance of a process, specify its process id (PID). For example, if the desired process has a PID of 827, use the following command to kill it:

taskkill /PID 827

Using filters, a variety of different patterns can be used to specify the processes to kill. For example, the following filter syntax will forcefully kill all processes owned by the user "varun":

taskkill /F /FI "USERNAME eq varun"

The following table shows the available filters and their use:

Filter Name Valid Operators Valid Value(s)
----------- --------------- --------------
STATUS eq ne RUNNING | NOT RESPONDING
IMAGENAME eq ne Image name
PID eq ne gt lt ge le PID value
SESSION eq ne gt lt ge le Session number.
CPUTIME eq ne gt lt ge le CPU time in the format
of hh:mm:ss.
MEMUSAGE eq ne gt lt ge le Memory usage in KB
USERNAME eq ne User name in [domain\]user
format
MODULES eq ne DLL name
SERVICES eq ne Service name
WINDOWTITLE eq ne Window title


For your knowledge:

eq: equals ne: not equal
gt: greater than lt: less than
gt: greater than or equal le: less than or equal

Unattended Windows 7 x86 or x64 setup

Having an unattended Windows 7 installation DVD saves your precious time and energy. You will not be asked to enter product key, keyboard type, time and currency format, and also you will not be asked to click the next button.


So with unattended Windows 7 DVD or USB you can easily install Windows in a few minutes without touching your mouse and keyboard!


Requirements:
1. Windows 7 ISO file.
2. Blank DVD /4gb Pendrive or external hdd.
3. vLite software.
4. Image extractor such as 7-Zip (free), WinRar, or WinZIP.



1.>> Go to the folder where your Windows 7 ISO file is located and extract the ISO to a new folder. If you already have a Windows 7 DVD, just copy the contents to a new folder.

2.>> Download, install and run vLite to see the mail window. Note that vLite will ask you to install WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit), you need to install it. And if you are not in a situation to download the 1300 MB WAIK file, you can follow my how to use vLite directly without installing WAIK.



3.>> In the first vLite window, click on the browse button to select your Windows 7 extracted folder. Click Next button to continue and select version of your choice.

4.>> In the following screen, Task Selection, you need to select unattended setup and Bootable ISO options. Click Next, again.



5. Here you may enter your Windows 7 product key or skip auto activation. Note that you have many options here. I suggest you to enable following options:

Under GENERAL tab.

>> Skip product key.
>> Skip automatic activation.
>> Select this version.
>> Accept EULA certificate.

Under Regional tab.

>> You can specify the language to install well in advance, such as US English.

6. Once you enable all required options and enter the product key, click Apply button.




7. Rebuilding image process will start, and the process may take 10 to 15 minutes.

8. You are almost close to the conclusion. Clicking the Next button will allow you to create or burn image, label your copy and split image. Select burn image to burn your unattended Windows 7 to DVD.



9. Congratulations !!! you have done it, sit back and enjoy unattended Windows 7 setup.

Make your Symbian phone a full fledged Webserver

Fine Mobile Web makes your smartphone into a web server.

The web server is not a service software for specialists any more, instead it becomes an smartphone application for everyone to use.

Just by the operations on smartphone, you can install the web server (FineWS), sign-up for the Fine Mobile Web, select and install PHP applications which run on the web server of the smartphone, so that the web sites can be built to provide internet service in minutes.

Fine Mobile Web provides your smartphone with gateway service, thus it is possible to provide web service from smartphone without additional settings for data service of the smartphone.

The web site can be built on the Nokia and Samsung Symbian OS 60 (Third Edition fp1, fp2, Fifth Edition) smartphone, Apple iPhone, and iPod Touch via Fine Mobile Web.

Fine Mobile Web also provides download service for PHP application program packages which run on FineWS. On FineWS, you can view the PHP package list provided from Fine Mobile Web, select and install the necessary package on your smartphone.


1.>> Download and Install the package
You can download the FineWS setup package from http://finemobileweb.net/download/FineWS2_3_5.sis on your smartphone or web server.
Please use Nokia PC suite if you are to download the package on PC and install into your smartphone.

2.>> Signup and setting account, If you have successfully installed the FineWS package, you can see it under “Menu->Installation”. Click the icon to run it.



3.>> When you run FineWS first time after installation, “Have you an account of finemobileweb.net?” screen is as shown



4.>> If you have no account registered in Fine mobile web service, please select “No” button to sign up. You will see following signup screen.



5.>> User ID:
This is the user information to use the service provided by Fine mobile web. You should use lowercase alphabets and digits only, starting alphabet. The length is restricted to 4 ~32 characters.

>> Password, Confirm Password:
You should enter password by lowercase alphabets and digits from 8~32 characters.

>> E-mail:
Fine mobile web service sends sign up confirmation message and update information to this mail address.

6.>> When you press “Yes” button in the checking account screen, you will enter into setting screen.
Or, you can enter into the screen by selecting “Options->Setting” menu after running FineWS.

>> DocRoot path:
This is the path under which your website content files reside.

7.>> CMS (Contents Management System) is a web site through which you can release your content pages. You can use CMS management functionalities to install the CMS that you made personally or provided by Fine Mobile Web.

8.>> Please select “Options->CMS->Install” menu to browse the CMS list you can install.

9.>> And select any CMS in the list and press “Options->Install” menu item to start installation of the selected one.

10.>> You can also send an SMS to your selected friends defined, when your server starts. Go to options and select SMS >> Settings.

11.>> Please select “Options->SMS->Recipients” item to see the recipients and also add them from phone book.

12.>> Please select “Options->Start” menu item to start the FineWS service. Once web server started, you will see the status of FineWS appeared as “Running”.




13.>> Now, you and your friends can connect to your web server through URL: https://yourUserID.finemobileweb.net from any browser.

For example, presuming your ID is “dear”, you can connect to https://dear.finemobileweb.net.

In your local network, or on your phone, it will be much easer to connect your own web server. Presuming, your WiFi IP is 192.168.0.131, you can connect to http://192.168.0.3

14.>> Here's the sample:)


15. >> Enjoy your mobile web server!!!

Connecting to internet on computer using gprs enabled mobile phone over bluetooth

Want to access internet on computer which is restricted to your mobile phone??
So here is the trick to use a simple WAP service generally provided free to users or at very less usage rates.

Most mobile service providers use proxy server to provide gprs facility to their subscribers or they are given predefined settings.
So the first thing you need to know about your wap/gprs service is to find its proxy server address and port no. and APN (ACCESS POINT).

For example BPL service provider in india uses 10.0.0.10 as proxy address and port no is 9401 and the APN name is "mizone".

Requirements:

1.> Blutooth enabled mobile phone.
2.> Gprs/wap service activated.
3.> Bluetooth enabled computer.
4.> Windows Vista / Windows 7.



The first step goes upon like this,

1.>> Add your mobile phone to the bluetooth devices in your computer. and remember to complete the adding procedure properly, because it may seem that its complete but its not always, let all the important services be installed.





2.>> Dont worry if some drivers/ services were not installed. We need the standard modem over bluetooth service be installed. REMEMBER to allow your phone to accept connections while adding the bluetooth phone.

3.> After the phone is added completly, left click over the bluetooth icon to show up bluetooth devices, which lists your phone there.



4.> Right click over your Phone in the list and select "Connect using" ==> "Access point".

5.> By this click, it will start connecting to your phone like a dialup connection, Remember to check screen for activities such as authentication to allow the device to connect as modem.

6.> Done!!! the phone connects to internet sucessfully.

7.> The final settings you will need to make browsing are simple.

8.> Open mozilla firefox or any other browser to look for entering the proxy settings. Open "options" in firefox and select "Advanced" and select "Network".



9.>Enter the proxy settings as specified by your service provided by your service provider.



10.> Close firefox browser and refresh a few times and try browsing google first.
now you have your own wireless internet connected, you can use it anywhre while in bus or train, keep your phone in your pocket and surf the net. Enjoy!!

Load balance two internet connections to increase download speeds

If you have two internet connections, you can load balance them to make use of both connections at the same time. You will only see a speed increase with multiple uploads or downloads.
Requires: Two or more network cards.
It is very simple to setup as the function is already built into Windows, but hidden away in the registry. The load balancing method is based on a random algorithm. The functions used are called RandomAdapter and SingleResponse.

1.>>

Open regedit.

Go to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters]

Add the valuename RandomAdapter if it does not exsist, make sure you add it as a REG_DWORD (DWORD Value).

Enter 1 as a value data to enable RandomAdapter or 0 to disable it.

2.>>

Add the valuename SingleResponse if it does not exsist, make sure you add it as a REG_DWORD (DWORD Value).

Enter 1 as a value data to enable SingleResponse or 0 to disable it.

3.>>

Reboot your computer.

Done!

Note! Make sure both RandomAdapter and SingleResponse have the data value 1 or the load balancing will not work.

Simple Wireless Router configuration for Home users

Hello evryone, many of you get stuck up configuring your router to work with your wired internet. A Wireless router is an amazing thing you hold an Ipad, Ipod, A cellphone with wifi capabilities and of course the good old laptop, as it let us surf web, downloads music and vids or even stream them wireless on upto 27 devices simultaneously , depending upon your internet speed and router type.

So lets begin to configure a wifi router with a most common type of internet connection that is a dialup or pppOe type. First of all i recommend you to note down a few things in a notepad or a piece paper. The router which i will be configuring is a DLINK DIR-300. Don't worry most of these settings are common except for some similar English terms.


Things which need to be listed:

1.> MAC id of the current networking device such as wired ethernet card by typing in command "get mac" or "ipconfig /all".

2.> Your username and password which you use to connect to the internet.
also some need a "service name" too to be mentioned.

3.> Your ip address if given statically, leave this if you dont have an ip address provided by your service provider. To find ip address use "ipconfig /all" command.

4.> Some patience :)




a.> First of all connect your internet cable on to the internet port at the back of the router, some router name it as DSL or WEB port.

b.> Now switch ON your router and wait till the the wireless transmission begins and also it it is discoverable on your pc/laptop.



c.> It should display your brand name in the network, such as belkin, dlink , netgear etc. which is a unsecured network ofcourse.

d.> Connect to this network (DO NOT SAVE THIS NETWORK IN YOUR COMPUTER) and open a browser to type : "192.168.0.1" (w/o quotes)
and hit "Enter". Some routers use 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1 (check manual).

e.> This ip address is of your router and is not accessible through internet.This should open up a page like this.



f.> A router may show a login screen to enter username and password. Check them in your manual for default values.

g.> The above steps are very much same for all brands of routers.

h.> Now choose "Manual internet connection" button to see configuration window.



i.> Enter the username and password and ip adresses and dns adress if provided and save this.

j.> Now under "wireless setup" You should configure your SSId and security as follows:


and save the settings.

k.> Right after saving the settings, you will notice that you are not able to view the same page again, or you will not be able to access the router. thats because your network name(ssid) has changed and also has security added to it.

l.> All you have to do this is now wait for your new network name to come and connect to it by giving the key which you have set to secure this w/l network.

m.> Congratulations!! you are now online with wireless network. No need to have any kind of dialer or application in windows to connect to internet. The router itself connects to the internet when it see's demand for it.

n.> If you are still facing problems with connection let me know them please :).