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5 Tips To Use Ninite Like A Power User Posted: 25 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST Tweet Chances are you've read about Ninite on Killer Tech Tips multiple times already. If you didn't know, Ninite is a nifty tool that downloads and bulk installs all applications you choose from the Ninite website – unattended. While at it, Ninite also blocks crapware from installing itself onto your computer and saves you plenty of time. If you thought you can just do bulk installations with Ninite, think again. You can update software as well, and we tell you how. You can also quickly share Ninite bundles with others using custom URLs. Read on for more on the same, and three more tips. 1. Share your software bundles with custom URLs You can create a custom Ninite installer by just altering the URL parameters on Ninite.com. For instance, from ninite.com/chrome-picasa/, you can download a Ninite installer that installs both Chrome and Picasa; the installer you download from ninite.com/evernote-sumatrapdf-teracopy/ installs Evernote, SumatraPDF and Teracopy. This way, you don't have to tell people to go choose software themselves on Ninite.com, or upload the installer yourself for them. All you have to do is share this customized URL, and they're good to go. 2. Use Ninite installer to update installed software The Ninite installer can also be used to update already installed applications on your computer. Just double click on the custom installer you downloaded and run it periodically. It will instantly update all the applications it was initially configured to install. For instance, if you had downloaded Ninite to load Chrome and Picasa on your computer, running the same installer after a while will update the apps silently. This works because Ninite installers are programmed to download and install the latest version of software that they're supposed to. 3. Power up Ninite with command line switches From configuring a HTTP proxy to running the Ninite installer without having the actual window show up, you can do it all by passing command line parameters to the Ninite installer. There are a dozen other commands (some supported in Ninite pro only) you can pass to the installer – the full list is here. NiniteInstaller.exe /proxyauth <user> <password> You just have to type the path to the installer .exe, followed by the command and its arguments in the command line interface, as you can see in the example above. 4. Get Ninite Updater that auto-updates upto 92 software Ninite Updater is a system tray utility that checks for updates to all installed software on your computer and installs them in the background without nagging you with questions and dialog boxes. It isn't free, and comes at a price of $9.99, but like we've told in our review before, it's definitely worth the money. You don't have to manually run the Ninite updater like the Ninite installer in order to update the apps – the Updater checks for new stuff every six hours, and asks for your explicit permission before installing updates. Ninite Updater can check for updates to over 92 applications. 5. Go Pro This is not a promotional post for Ninite, but you should really check out what Ninite Pro offers. This tool is totally indispensable, especially if you're an IT admin. Ninite Pro lets you install and manage software on multiple PCs at once, and audit PCs to see if software across all PCs are up to date. Check it out. If you're a Ninite user, and if you've got a tip to share, tell us in the comments section below this article. Post from: Killer Tech Tips 5 Tips To Use Ninite Like A Power User Tweet No related posts.

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Samsung Galaxy Y Budget Android Phone

Samsung Galaxy Y is the budget Android phone and is one of the cheap Android phone from Samsung  and 
sports a 3″ LCD screen with a resolution of 320×240 though its a budget phone it does not skimp on features and comes with GPS, WiFi, bluetooth, access to the full android market and runs on Android 2.3 gingerbread.
In the video listed below I do a quick hands on on this Samsung Galaxy Y Android phone.

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Backup Backup Backup and Crashplan

Backing up your data is very important but a lot of us ignore doing backups coz setting it up is hard I show you some tips on how to setup backup and automate the task and also introduce to your the crashplan software which makes backing up very easy.

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Secure your Android phone with Avast Mobile Security includes Anti-theft

These days your Smartphone contains quite a good amount of personal data and it might also have your email account so it is a good idea to have some sort of security software on the same just in case it gets lost or stolen and today I show you a software called Avast Mobile security which not only protects your Android phone from virus but also has anti-theft functionality and mobile tracker.

Listed in the video below I show you how you can use the Avast Anti-theft options to track down your Android phone in case it gets stolen or misplaced.

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Get the most battery life out of your Android phone

Android phones are great smartphone but the battery life on most of the android phone are less than desirable and in this video I show you some of the tips & tricks you can do to squeeze out the most battery life out of your android phone.

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How to select a WiFi router

If you have a broadband connection a WiFi router is an essential device if you want multiple computers and devices to connect to your internet connection hence a WiFi router is the central hub from where your internet is distributed to all your computer and WiFi devices like Cell Phones / Laptops / Computers so it makes a lot of sense to know a few details about the types of WiFi routers before you purchase a router.
There are a lot of variants you need to look before purchasing a WiFi routers and the features change from model to model, you can get a WiFi router on the low end for just Rs 1,400 to around Rs 11,000 for the high end WiFi routers, as you might have noticed there is quite a price gap and with the more expensive routers you get a lot of additional options and features but it is simply not wise to go for the most expensive router coz you might not need all those additional features.
The basic features that you get with every WiFi router is a couple of Ethernet ports generally 4 so you can connect upto 4 wired computers with the router and WiFi radio which provides WiFi (Wireless internet access) to your WiFi enabled devices like Laptops / smartphones.
Ethernet Speed: Generally in the budget WiFi routers the Ethernet ports provided are of 100Mbps this speed is more than enough for normal usage scenarios but if you daily transfer a lot of data couple of GB’s from one wired computer to another then a router that supports Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbps) will help makes the transfers a lot faster also if you have other networking devices like NAS (Network Attached Storage) a Gigabit Ethernet connection helps but again routers that support Gigabit Ethernet connection are much more expensive.
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Galaxy Nexus vs Samsung Galaxy Note

Comparing the two biggest Android phones the Galaxy Nexus vs the Samsung Galaxy Note both are made by Samsung but the Nexus runs on ICS and the Note runs on android 2.3
Checkout the Video

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