Miranda IM - How to and Addons

Download : Miranda IM Downloads or Portable Apps

Addons : Miranda IM Addons

Recommended Addons by Techknew : 1. Sounds for Miranda IM
                                                                       2. Nice Layout

Homepage: Miranda IM

Fancy some portable messsenger that you can carry around in college, university or in the office without the need of retyping your username and password? Throw away ebuddy. Miranda IM is a portable messenger that I use everyday. It is easy to use and is lightweight as it is only around 5.5MB with two addons.

Here's some tips on how to use it:

1.Download Miranda IM either from Miranda IM Downloads or Portable Apps.

2. Extract it. Select "Portable Installation"

3. After extracting, create a new account for the messenger so that you can easily login without the need of retyping your username and password. You can choose the protocol, eg. MSN for Windows Live Messenger.

4. Then go to Options> Message Options > Messaging. At "Automatically popup window when:", tick all so that your message will popup when it is received.

5. For some addons :

Addons : Miranda IM Addons

Recommended Addons by Techknew : 1. Sounds for Miranda IM

                                                               2. Nice Layout

You can download them from the links to get a better layout as the default layout is very plain. By default, there will be no sound alerts, so download the sound plugin for improve experience. After downloading them, extract it into the Plugin folder for it to work. 

For the sound to work, you have to go to Sounds> Tick "Enable sound events" and click at the respective sounds> Change to set the location of the sound.

Wola! Copy the Miranda folder into your thumbdrive. You can use it on the go!

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igNITE to start your engine

1. PICK 


2. START


3. LEAVE IT

Imagine downloading all the programs below with just a few clicks.



Now you can download all the programs (more at the site), by just choosing (PICK) the softwares that you want and Ninite will download (START) and install everything for you (LEAVE IT). Even if you just installed part of the programs that you have chosen and you restart your computer, you can always continue downloading and install by starting Ninite.

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Launch it from your keyboard

How to launch programs just using your fingers?

Use Launchy to launch everything, from applications to documents to searching websites.

Details:

Publisher : Josh Karlin Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000 Release date : August 19, 2008 File size : 3.87MB License model : Free Download from : CNet - Download.com

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Portable Apps #7 - Recuva

Recuva  (pronounced "recover")  is a program which allows you to recover your accidental deleted files. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses.

The program opens with a very sleek, professional user interface. It is extremely easy to navigate right off the bat, but it does employ a wizard to walk you through the file recovery process. All you had to do was select either the C or D drive, or both, from a drop-down menu. If you have a general idea of where the file may be, you can pick from a list of file paths, including Pictures, Music, Documents, Video, and Compressed files. As soon as you clicked the Scan button, the program immediately will start, and within seconds, it will pull up a very long list of deleted files and their respective paths. The program's Advanced view gives a more detailed information of each file, including the file's size and creation time. Recovering selected files was also extremely easy and involved simply checking off the file or files and clicking the Recover button.

I have tried it and it worked really fast.

What are you waiting for? Download Recuva.

To use Recuva ,
1. Download it.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and install it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now. Enjoy!

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Portable Apps #6 - KeePass

 Too many usernames and passwords to remember?

 

With KeePass, you can store all those under a master password. Then, you will just remember your master password! ^^ How convenient.

There, just set a master password to enter your password database.

With just a double click, you can copy the password from your database. Then, you can paste the password in your login form within 10 seconds.

You can also use KeePass to generate passwords for you. You can set a wide range of requirements for your passwords so that they are strong enough to safeguard your online accounts.

What are you waiting for? Download KeePass .

To use KeePass,
1. Download it.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and install it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now. Enjoy!

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Portable Apps #5 - GIMP

GIMP is another portable app which allows you to edit your picture wherever you go. It is easy to use and takes up only a little disk space.



To use GIMP,
1. Download it.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and install it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now. Enjoy!

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Portable Apps #4 - Firefox Portable

With Firefox Portable, you can now surf the internet anywhere as if you are using your computer. You can now bring your bookmarks along with the web browser. Browse seemlessly with Firefox Portable!



Add-ons - Download Portable Java  plugin for your Firefox Portable from TechKNEW here.

 Add-ons - Download Portable Flash plugin for your Firefox Portable here. 

To use Firefox Portable,
1. Download it.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and install it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now. Enjoy!

It looks and functions the same as the original Firefox!

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Portable Apps #3 - Thumbdrive Reminder

Always forget to remove your thumbdrive after use?

Reminder is here to remind you!

 



To use Reminder,
1. Download from here.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and extract it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now. Just activate the application every time you use your external drives! Enjoy!

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Portable Apps #2 - aMSN

No chatting programs in your college's computers?

Now, with aMSNby Portable Apps, you can chat easily without going into eBuddy to chat.






To use aMSN,
1. Download from here.
2. After downloading the file, double click the file and install it to your thumbdrive or external hard drive.
3. TADA! You are ready to use it now.

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Portable Apps #1 - KMPlayer

KMPlayer is one of the most powerful video players in the world. KMPlayer has a portable video player which runs a lot faster than the VLC media Player and it plays DVD formats too. This player is simple and easy to use and it will stay on your screen(will not be minimized) no matter what you do on your computer. It plays most of the video formats, including RMVB.

Just download it and extract it in your USB thumbdrive or external hard drive. It's that easy.

The non-portable version of the KMPlayer is also available here.

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9th to 15th of October- Week of Portables

As people work anywhere and everywhere, portables are good to use as they do not need to be installed and do not leave registry entries in the computer. With portable applications, you can carry your email, MSN contacts, favourites or bookmarks of websites and documents wherever you go.

Therefore, I will introduce a series of portable applications starting tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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