Deactivate / Turn Off Unnecessary Windows Functions & Features to Speed Up your System
Vista loads a whole lot of functions and system programs on the hard disk during the installation. Many of them are never used but still take up space and possibly even system capacity. This reduces the performance of the system. We already discussed about different Ways to increase performance of Windows Vista. You can deactivate […]
How to Avoid a Password Prompt after Resuming from Power Saving / Sleep mode
It can be irritating to be prompted for a password each time your system resumes from the power-saving mode or when it goes to sleep mode. How do you disable this function? To access this control, you’ll have to dig into the Power Options of the system. The procedure to avoid password prompt after resuming […]
How to Use the Presentation Mode – Mobility Center on a Desktop PC in Windows 7
We can enable the presentation mode on Windows 7 laptop, but what If you want to use this feature on desktop PC? Where do you find it and how do you enable it? The Mobility Center is available on all Windows 7 versions, irrespective of whether the operating system is running on a laptop or […]
Find in Tabs – Search Multiple Open Tabs in Firefox Simultaneously
You have compiled several interesting sites in different tabs when researching. Searching through all of them individually for a particular thing takes really long. In an active tab, it is sufficient to enter a search term. A comprehensive search for several tabs is however, not something Firefox offers. The free ‘Find in Tabs’ extension acts […]
Determine the Last Day of the Month Easily using Integrated Function in Excel
You often need to check the last day of a particular month for due dates and deadlines. You want to automate this determination of the right date in order to avoid any errors caused due to leap years, for example. The table function ‘EOMONTH’ helps in calculating the correct date. In the older versions of […]
Display System Information as your Desktop Wallpaper – BgInfo
When looking for solutions for computer-related problems on a forum, you are asked to provide system information such as details of the processor, RAM, operating system and so on. Searching the Control Panel for this information can be irritating at times. So how do you keep this handy when in need? A good option is […]
How to Save and Apply Filter settings Quickly in Excel
Microsoft Excel has effective filter functions for evaluation of table data. Separate filters can also be set for individual columns. This may be good, but you have to set the criteria newly each time after editing the data. Now that’s tedious. Though there is no evident function to save the filter settings, a user-defined view […]
Encrypt / Hide any File Inside Another Files with Plain Sight
Plain sight is an extremely easy to use free encryption tool that allows you to encrypt and hide the contents of a file within another file. The file is encrypted using a 256-bit algorithm which is then hidden within the target file. The target file could be anything from a JPG to MP3 to even […]
View , Edit Session / Saved Cookies in Firefox – Add N Edit Cookies
On one hand, cookies enable useful features on websites, and on the other, they can pose threat to security. It is difficult to turn cookies off because some sites do not work properly if you disallow cookies. With the firefox add-on called Add N Edit cookies, you can find out and edit information which is […]
Hide / Unhide, Toggle and Print Tasks of To Do Lists in Word
Let’s say you have a lengthy to-do list where some tasks are complete and some pending. Now, you might not want to see the tasks that have been completed, but you don’t want to delete them either. Here are some tips to simplify using tasks in MS Word. You can hide and unhide tasks of […]
How to Reactivate the Inoperative Help and Support Center in Windows
The Windows help and support center which could be called up via the ‘Help and support’ option in the Start menu had always proved to be very convenient. And then it suddenly stopped functioning without any apparent reason. You can solve this problem and the function can mostly be resurrected via the command line. The procedure […]
How to Stream Music from Windows 7 – Share Media on Wireless Network
You can listen to your favorite music without having to carry your laptop everywhere by sharing your music library on a wireless network. Here is a tutorial to show how to stream music from one laptop to another. Using this method digital media such as videos and pictures can also be accessed from anywhere easily. […]
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