Your hard drive must be formatted with a file system such as FAT, FAT32 or NTFS so that Windows can be installed on to it. This system determines how files are named, organised and stored on the drive. You can choose between three file systems for disk partitions on a computer running Windows XP: NTFS, [...]
In Explorer, when using the File > New option, or when right-clicking and selecting New, you get a list of files that you can create, including text documents, folders, images, sounds, Excel spreadsheets, etc. If you want to be able to make new items, such as HTML files or RTF documents, you will have to [...]
Sometimes, we accidently delete the Show Desktop icon in the Quick Launch menu. Although many of us use keyboard shortcut [windows] + d, there are people who still use this in quick launch. You can manually recreate it by creating a file called “Show Desktop.scf”. Open Notepad, and type in the following:
[Shell] [...]
These days, we are used to register an account in almost every site we visit. Some of you will be so obsessed about your usernames. It’s easier to remember if you use the same username in every site, and friends can find you more easily too. If you’re someone who’s in this habit, you might [...]
If you want to make a list of all the contents of a directory, you’re going to have to find a much easier way than typing it all out. If it’s a multi-GB music directory, you’ll end up with aching fingers before you’re even halfway through. Thankfully, I’ve got an easier way. You can create [...]
There is a list of hidden devices that do not normally show up in the Device Manager. You can get XP to reveal these devices by either changing a Registry entry, or by creating a batch file to launch the Device Manager with the correct options.
If you’re comfortable with the Registry, open the Registry Editor [...]
If you are clued into the Web 2.0 phenomenon, you’ve noticed the sudden explosion of online applications that can be accessed anywhere and everywhere. Into this chaoys enters SinpleSpark.com , a site that catalogues all the fast-emerging Web 2.0 applications. The categories on the site range from “calendar” apps to the quirky “loans” applications [...]
Now even videos can be set as a wallpaper of your desktops. This will be cool as the video will be played on the screen while you work on your desktop. This can be done by following a simple procedure using VLC media player. The steps to be followed are as follows..
1. Install VLC media [...]
Mouse is some thing which makes our life so easy. Everything can be done at the click of a button. The Windows context menu is a trusted tool, and I rely on it heavily. We can use this context menus in a way we like i.e., personalizing them or creating our own context menus.
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Taking ownership of system files and folders in Vista is a pain. You can use the command line or the GUI, but you will tire after a while because there are simply too many steps. Here’s a way that will add this option to the context menu, so all you need to do to take [...]
Computers will get slower and slower with the time. There are many reasons for this like fragmentation of hard disks,lot of useless installed programs etc. Whatever the cause may be, there are a lot of ways to help speed up Windows and make your PC work better - even without upgrading your hardware. Here are [...]
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