How To Run Linux in Windows [ December 1st, 2008 ] Posted in » Linux

Many of us try to use Linux but all our work and favorites applications are here on Windows. To switch from windows to Linux, Virtualisation can be harnessed to run both Linux and Windows together, but virtual machines are very resource hungry and it’s not practical. So in order to make you run Linux in [...]

How to Sort Menus Alphabetically in Windows XP

In Windows XP the programs in the START menu is arranged without any specific order. You can make them arranged in the alphabetical order by a simple registry tweak. In order to perform this, here is the procedure:
Start the Registry editor: Start > Run > regedit > [Enter].
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder

Right click on the MenuOrder folder, [...]

August 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment

Find Details about Unknown File Extensions

At times, downloading, installing and uninstalling several programs could lead you to a confusing and dangerous situation. When you’re on a hard drive cleaning spree, you might be wary of deleting an important OS file instead of a junk one. Using Task Manager also doesn’t serve the purpose. So what do you do when [...]

August 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment

Windows RUN Commands you may not know

Here are some Windows RUN Commands which can be used to start applications from the RUN. In windows XP or Vista Run can be invoked either by selecting it from the START menu or by Pressing Windows key + R. You can try these commands to simplify your computing experience and also to run different [...]

August 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Simple way to Make your own Google Gadget

Making your own Google gadget is surprisingly easy—you just need to have an idea of what are you going to “gadgetise,” and a few clicks later, you’ve got yourself a brand new gadget. you won’t immediately be allowed to put your gadget on your Blogger page, but it’s a start.
Start with a site whose contents [...]

August 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment

How to Stumble a page without Stumble Upon Toolbar

You can now Stumble any pages or posts without using StumbleUpon toolbar. Stumbleupon can be a great source of traffic.  In order to stumble a post or a page you will need 2 things. Firstly an account in StumbleUpOn.com, You can see my profile at http://pcsbox.stumbleupon.com/ and you can add me up too. Next step [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Make your Excel Spreadsheets interactive with CX Now

Making Excel spreadsheets and documents is a boring task which involves full of graphs and charts. But one thing that lacks in them is interaction. For example if you are using spreadsheets in some presentation of yours how many of your viewers actually look at those graphs in detail? If you use CX Now, they [...]

August 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Make your own Fonts from your Handwriting

Fonts may just seem a fancy at first, but when you think about it, we’ve all seen the impact a good font can make (and the negative impact a bad one can). Do you think you have good handwriting? If you do—or even if you don’t—how cool is the idea of creating a font from [...]

August 28th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Boot Into XP Using A USB Flash Drive!

Booting into Windows XP can be done through USB drive. This can be useful if you are getting any booting errors and also if you don’t have that bootable cd or cd drive available. This involves a simple process which will copy down the files required for booting into the USB drive and then operating [...]

August 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment

How to Hide Hard Drive Partitions

In order to protect your data from others there are many ways like preventing access to your drives by locking them with the help of a software or you can even lock the folders without using a software so that others can’t open them. Another method is hiding your drives partitions which will make your [...]

August 26th, 2008 | 4 Comments

How to Compress Videos And Add Audio Tracks

Large sizes of videos are always a problem if you want to upload them to sites like Youtube or even for storing them. Compressing these large videos using the right formats and codecs can help bring down the size without having to sacrifice on quality, which I’ll show you how to do. I will also [...]

August 26th, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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