Windows
The other day I was trying to burn an Image on a USB drive and ran into a strange problem. After using a freeware image burner to burn a portable Operating system on my 4GB removable drive, I found that my USB drive has lost all it’s space. I opened Windows Explorer, right clicked the
Read MoreRemote Android notifier can send notifications, alerts, sms messages, email and voicemail notifications to your Windows or MAC desktop computers.
Read MoreThere are so many situations when your operating system can completely crash and you might lose all the files, folders, photos, videos, documents and other data stored on your computer’s hard drive. If you are using Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 as the only operating system of your computer, these tips will help
Read MoreWindows default notepad is great for normal use but if you write a lot of codes and need a better notepad replacement for Windows, TED notepad might be worth checking out. TED Notepad is an awesome lightweight notepad application for Windows which is surely the best friend of any programmer, coder or even a web designer.
Read MoreThe Autoruns utility from Sysinternals lets you remove unnecessary programs, applications, services and processes from Windows startup and fixes slow booting and logon time of Windows
Read MoreAnyone who works on a computer most of the time can tell you that there are small annoyances that occur. The biggest one for me personally is the brightness of my monitor at night. I have tried just turning my brightness down, and found that it hasn’t been the best option. I recently discovered a free app called f.lux. F.lux works by changing the overall color of your screen based on what time of day it is. You can input a latitude and longitude, and the program will determine when your sunrise and sunset are. The overall effect is hard to describe, so I made a short video to try and show what exactly happens.
Read MoreMemorizing and managing different passwords for various accounts is a definite strain on the brain especially if you tend to be active on the internet. So if you happen to be a Windows user searching for an ideal password manager then Sticky Password is the perfect utility for you.
Read MoreWhich files and folders are consuming a fair amount of disk space in your system ? How do you find out which type of files e.g .DAT, .PDF or .MPEG are consuming maximum hard drive space on any of your computer’s hard drive ? Regardless of the size, your computer’s hard drive fills up with
Read MoreA few weeks ago, Microsoft released the Release Candidate version of their new web browser, Internet Explorer 9. I have been using IE9 for a few weeks, and my experience with it has been positive overall. There are significant changes that Microsoft has made to the browser, and many of them are very good. I have compiled a short list of a few of the changes to Internet Explorer that I find to be the most interesting, dynamic, and useful changes that have been made to the IE platform.
Read MoreCloud storage utilities are increasingly getting popular mainly due to the reason that they provide users the ability to upload their contents may it be multimedia or anything else in a simple yet secure way. Imagine you have hundreds of thousands of photos, videos and other content stored in your computer’s hard drive which you
Read MoreThis tutorial shows how you can connect two windows 7 computers and set up a remote desktop connection between a host and remove system. After the connection is established, you can control the remote system with your keyboard and mouse, as if you were working on your own computer.
Read MoreHow to make use of the Compatibility Mode in Windows 7 to run your legacy applications.
Read MoreThere are some common Windows tasks which needs to be executed at scheduled intervals. If you want Windows to work properly and always strive for a faster system performance, you will have to run backups, use disk cleanup and disk defragmentation.
This article discusses how you can use Windows task scheduler to automate common system jobs and run them at specific time or day of the week.
Read MoreXPUD is a 64 MB tiny operating system which can run directly from a USB drive or any other removable storage. You can carry this OS on a USB stick and use it on any computer you want
Read MoreDid it happen to you that your computer failed to boot properly or after boot it flashed some warning message saying that your computer is missing some system file ?
One of the reasons for Windows boot failure could be that some of the system files of Windows got corrupted due to hardware failure or other unknown reasons. The situation becomes worse if your computer automatically restarts and you lose all your unsaved data on the primary Windows partition.
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