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 [...]
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 [...]
Blog Contests are great source for loads of back links and lots of readers and much more traffic. These are conducted every now and then by one or the other in the blogosphere. Mainly Make Money Online Bloggers and many readers here are contest junkies. For all you people who love contests, here’s a new [...]
Booting Time always annoys many people, especially when it takes ages to get into your operating system. This can be tweaked to speed up booting time in XP and Vista. It involves a simple procedure involving small tricks. To do this, Follow the following steps..
1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & [...]
Here is a way by which you can check your mails without using your mouse. The whole process can be done with the help of the keyboard. This can be good for people who are lazy to use the mouse for every operation. I am using Gmail for this process. For this should have Gmail [...]
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