How to Manage Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive & More From One Place With MultCloud
Using a large number of cloud storage services can lead to the
nuisance of not being able to manage each of them efficiently. That’s
where services like MultCloud aim to offer a handy
solution by letting your control and manage your cloud accounts from one
unified interface. Based entirely online, it lets you create a
MultCloud profile, to which you can connect your other cloud storag
services for easy access and management. The service currently supports
most major cloud storage providers including Dropbox, SugarSync, Google
Drive, SkyDrive, Box and Amazon S3.
MultCloud is quite easy to configure, and takes only a couple of
minutes for setting things up. It doesn’t require you to enter a lot of
details – just your email address, name and password would do. Once you
visit the website (via the link provided at the end of this post), you
can click the ‘Create An Account’ button to get started. Once an account
has been created, just make sure to verify your email address with the
service from the link provided in the confirmation email that’s sent to
your inbox.
Next, you just need to enter your email address and password at the
login screen after the verification to finally log in to your account –
it’s simple as that.
While design isn’t the main focus of the app, but it’s still pretty
well crafted. The fine-looking interface of the dashboard makes the
service fairly intuitive to use. From the dashboard, you can add the
cloud drives of your choice to the service. To do that, simply choose
one of the services from the available options, specify a display name
for it, and click Add. After that, you will need to sign in to the
service with your account (if you aren’t signed in already) and
authorize MultCloud with the appropriate permissions when prompted.
Once a cloud service account has been added, you can do pretty much
everything from it that could possibly be done from a dedicated client
or web interface of that service. For example, you can easily view
contents of your cloud storage, upload files to it, download existing
cloud files to your local storage, and create new folders. MultCloud
also offers a preview feature for some files such as images. Other than
that, you can rename your files and copy and move them between different
cloud folders.
Overall, MultCloud is a great service that keeps things simple while
taking the hassle of controlling all your cloud accounts from different
browser tabs or desktop clients out of the way. The service is currently
available for free.
How To View The Date & Time When Windows Was Installed
So, you want to find out when was the last time you installed
Windows on your machine? Since you’re reading this post, the answer to
this question is probably yes. I’m not sure about you, but many simply
feel that re-installing Windows at regular intervals – after a year,
let’s say – keeps the system in optimal state. I wouldn’t argue with
that theory, but in such a case, having a reference date of your last
Windows installation does make sense. Or you might want to know about
the date and time of your Windows installation just out of curiosity.
Fortunately, then there are several different ways available to do that,
which I will explain step by step, right after the break.
Windows Explorer Method
The first method comprises of taking help from Windows Explorer, and
it’s surely the easiest (though not necessarily the most accurate) way
of finding out the installation date and time. To do that, simply open
the partition where the operating system is installed (usually drive C:)
and right-click the ‘Windows’ folder followed by clicking ‘Properties’.
Under the Properties sheet of the Windows directory, you will be able
to see it’s Created date and time. This date and time should be the
same as when Windows was installed to your computer.
Earlier, I mentioned that this method may not be very accurate, and
the reason for this is because since Windows Vista, many computers come
with image-based installation media for Windows installation, which
doesn’t exactly ‘install’ a new copy of Windows to the machine, but
instead just replicates the image on the CD or DVD to the computer’s
storage. As the date of actual creation of the Windows folder on the
image-based installation media is not the same as the date and time at
which you last used that media to reinstall Windows on your computer,
the date will not be accurate. To cope with this issue, you can
alternatively check the creation date of your ‘Users’ folder because
this folder is created during Windows installation. Do note that this
will give the accurate result only for the account that was created
during or immediately after the installation.
SystemInfo Command Method
Another way of finding the correct Windows installation date and time is via the systeminfo command. Just open Command Prompt from your Start Screen or Start Menu.
Next, type the following command in the Command Prompt window, and press the Enter key:
systeminfo | find /i "date"
The tool will scan the information for youand show you your Windows installation date, as shown below.
WMIC Command Method
The third method is to use the Windows Management Instrumentation
Command-line (WMIC). This method is also quite easy and displays
accurate result.
First off, open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following command. You can also refer to the screenshot below:
WMIC OS GET installdate
From the above screenshot, you can see that it displays a number.
This number contains year, month,, date, hour, minutes and seconds of
the installation date and time. According to the above screenshot, the
number translates to 2012-11-05, 10:52:26
Registry Editor Method
The Registry Editor is another way of finding installation time and
date on your system. This method is a bit more complex than the ones
explained earlier, and require doing some manual calculation.
Nevertheless, here’s how to do it.
Open Registry Editor via the Run dialog window or Start Screen.
In the right pane that displays DWORD values, there will be an
InstallDate DWORD. It carries the total number of seconds since 1st
January, 1970 till the installation time, enclosed in brackets.
There can be a lot of ways you can use this number to calculate the
accurate time. One way is to divide this number by 60, 60 and 24 to get
the number of days between 1970 and the installation time, and then
convert them to years by dividing with 365.25 (to account for leap
years). There can be other ways too, including online converters that
can calculate this duration for you automatically to show you the
correct date and time.
This concludes our tutorial. If you have any additional thoughts or
some other tips for finding the installation date and time, drop a line
in the comments section below.
Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by
up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads. Comprehensive error
recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted
downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns,
or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM
user friendly and easy to use.
- Internet Download Manager has a smart download logic accelerator that
features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart
downloading technology to accelerate your downloads.
FEATURES :
Internet Download Manager supports proxy servers, ftp and http
protocols, firewalls, redirects, cookies, authorization, MP3 audio and
MPEG video content processing. IDM integrates seamlessly into Microsoft
Internet Explorer, Netscape, MSN Explorer, AOL, Opera, Mozilla, Mozilla
Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, Avant Browser, MyIE2, and all other popular
browsers to automatically handle your downloads. You can also drag and
drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet
Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the
files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it's
done.
Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download
categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support,
queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on
download completion, progressive downloading with quotas (useful for
connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like
Direcway, Direct PC, Hughes, etc.), built-in download accelerator, and
many others.
Version 6.16 adds Windows 8 compatibility, adds IDM download panel for
web-players that can be used to download flash videos from sites like
YouTube, MySpaceTV, and Google Videos. It also features complete Windows
7 and Vista support, YouTube grabber, redeveloped scheduler, and MMS
protocol support. The new version also adds improved integration for IE
10 and IE based browsers, redesigned and enhanced download engine, the
unique advanced integration into all latest browsers, improved toolbar,
and a wealth of other improvements and new features.
Install Notes:
-1. Install software
-2.Stop IDman.exe from taskmanager -3. Go to crack folder and copy
"idman.exe" file to the installation directory...usually to (...Program
Files\Internet Download Manager)
-4. Run reg.reg file
-5 Run from desktop shortcut
How to Create a Printer Icon in Adobe Photoshop CS5
In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple printer icon in Adobe Photoshop.
Final Image
As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:
Tutorial Details
Program: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Estimated Completion Time: 45 to 50 minutes
Difficulty: Beginner-Intermediate
Step 1
Open Photoshop and hit Control + N to create a new document. Enter all the data shown in the following image and click OK. Enable the Grid (View > Show > Grid) and the Snap to Grid (View > Snap To > Grid). For starters you will need a grid every 5px, so simply go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices and focus on the Grid section. Enter 5 in the Gridline Every box and 1 in the Subdivision box. Also, set the color of the grid to #a7a7a7.
Once you have set all these properties click OK. Don’t get discouraged by all that grid. It will ease your work later. You should also open the Info panel (Window > Info) for a live preview with the size and position of your shapes.
Step 2
Go to your Toolbar and set the foreground color to #00aeef. Grab the Rounded Rectangle Tool, focus on the top bar and set the radius to 5px. Create a 120 x 40px vector shape, make sure that it stays selected and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Check the Subtract button from the top bar and then draw a 120 x 10px path along the top of your rounded rectangle as shown in the second image.
Move to the Layers panel and double click on the vector shape made in this step to open the Layer Style panel. Activate the Drop Shadow, the Inner Shadow, the Bevel and Emboss and the Gradient Overlay then enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 3
Set the foreground color to #ffda71, make sure that the Rectangle Tool is still active, create a 120 x 35px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image.
Make sure that this new rectangle stays selected, switch to the Add Anchor Point Tool
and add two anchor points as shown in the first image. Next, you need
to remove the handles from those new anchor points. Simply select the Convert Point Tool and click on both anchor points. Pick the Direct Selection Tool and focus on the top side of your yellow vector shape. Select the left anchor point and drag it 10px to the right then select the right anchor point and drag it 10px to the left. Move to the Layers panel, open the Layer Style window for this yellow vector shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 4
Set the foreground color to #ff0000, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 120 x 25px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image.
Make sure that this red rectangle stays selected, go to the Layers panel, lower the Fill to 0% and then open the Layer Style panel. Activate the Inner Shadow and enter the properties shown in the following image.
Step 5
Set the foreground color to white, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create an 80 x 20px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this rounded rectangle stays selected and grab the Rectangle Tool. Check the Subtract button from the top bar and draw an 80 x 5px vector path as shown in the second image.
Step 6
Make sure that the vector shape made in the previous step is still selected and grab the Rectangle Tool. Check the Add button from the top bar and simply add an 80 x 10px vector shape as shown in the first image.
Focus on the top side of this white shape and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the left anchor point and drag it 5px to the right then select the right anchor point and drag it 5px to the left. Open the Layer Style window for this vector shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 7
Set the foreground color tp #ff0000, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 80 x 15px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this red rectangle stays selected, go to the Layers panel, lower the Fill to 0% and then open the Layer Style panel. Activate the Inner Shadow and enter the properties shown in the following image.
Step 8
Set the foreground color to #141414, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create an 80 x 20px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this rounded rectangle stays selected and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Check the Subtract button from the top bar and draw an 80 x 5px vector shape as shown in the second image. Open the Layer Style window for this dark shape and enter the properties shown in the following image.
Step 9
Set the foreground color to #8dc63f, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create a 90 x 30px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this rounded rectangle stays selected, check the Subtract button from the top bar and then draw an 80 x 20px vector shape as shown in the second image.
Step 10
Make sure that your green vector shape is still selected and grab the Rectangle Tool. Check the Subtract button from the top bar and draw a 90 x 10px vector shape as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 11
Set the foreground color to #fbaf5d, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 90 x 20px vector
shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this
rectangle stays selected, focus on its bottom side and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the left anchor point and drag it 5px to the left then select the right anchor point and drag it 5px to the right. Open the Layer Style window for this orange vector shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 12
Set the foreground color to white, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 70 x 30px vector
shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this
rectangle stays selected, focus on its bottom side and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the left anchor point and drag it 5px to the left then select the right anchor point and drag it 5px to the right. Open the Layer Style window for this orange vector shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 13
Set the foreground color to black, pick the Rectangle Tool, create an 80 x 20px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new rectangle and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 14
Set the foreground color to #ffda71, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 70 x 25px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new rectangle and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 15
Set the foreground color to #3c3c3c, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create a 15 x 5px vector
shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this
tiny rounded rectangle stays selected and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Check the Subtract button from the top bar and draw a 5px square as shown in the second image.
Step 16
Open the Layer Style window for the vector shape made in the previous step and enter the properties shown in the following images.
Step 17
For the following steps you need a grid every 1px,so simply go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices and enter 1 in the Gridline Every box.
Set the foreground color to white, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create a 6 x 3px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this rounded rectangle and enter the properties shown in the following image.
Step 18
Set the foreground color to #fbaf5d, pick the Rectangle Tool, create a 100 x 3px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this orange rectangle and enter the properties shown in the following image.
Step 19
Return to " Gridline Every 5px", so go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices and enter 5 in the Gridline Every box.
Set the foreground color to #ffda71, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, create a 130 x 10px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Make sure that this rounded rectangle stays selected and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Check the Add button from the top bar and add a 100 x 25px rectangle as shown in the second image.
Step 20
Make sure that the yellow vector shape made in the previous step is still selected, focus on its bottom side and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the left anchor point and drag it 5px to the left then select the right anchor point and drag it 5px to the right. Focus on the Layers panel, send this vector shape to back (Shift + CTRL + [ ) and replace the yellow with black.
Step 21
Focus on the Layers panel, right click on the black vector shape made in the previous step and go to Convert to Smart Object. Make sure that this new smart object is selected, lower its Opacity to 15% and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter a 5px radius and click OK.
Step 22
Set the foreground color to black, pick the Ellipse Tool, create a 170 x 20px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Focus on the Layers panel and turn this squeezed circle into a smart object. Make sure that this new smart object is selected, lower its Opacity to 7% and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Enter a 5px radius, click OK and you’re done.
