Tagged: Windows

2 Nov, 2012

Get the Best Windows IT Support Possible

Windows is the most popular computer operating system in this world. There are very few people, at least amongst those who have received some education or have held an office job that would not have either used it or seen somebody using it. Some would say that it is as ubiquitous as Coca Cola. It is used in offices, homes, and schools. It is used in banking, trade, and commerce, as well as in industry and government organizations. Its conquest of the earth is complete, and Bill Gates the progenitor is one of the richest men in the world.

10 Jun, 2012

10 Free Apps for Beginners of Nokia Lumia Windows Phone

If you happen to be someone new to the Windows Phone gadget and are not much aware of Nokia Lumia 800 or Lumia 710, then I’d like to inform you about the integration of ‘Windows capabilities along with the power plus experiences users will get to have with Nokia’ is something totally new and it includes all the vital elements of an incredible Smartphone. Considering the solid and impressive outlook, superior performance along with a powerful and robust OS of Windows makes this Nokia gadget more of a power house. In this post I am listing down the 10 free applications for Nokia Lumia Windows phone which you are going to enjoy on your device a lot.

30 Jan, 2012

MSN Visualizer – A visually appealing music showcase

Ever wanted to enjoy music while watching beautiful handpicked pictures? MSN Visualizer, does just that for you. It is a music showcase app developed by Swiss design house Hinderling Volkart. The app pulls pictures from Flickr and song lyrics to render music videos for a group of tracks. The lyrics for the songs are shown on the screen word by word and they sync perfectly with the song.

1 Oct, 2011

Fix computer hanging issue while applying user settings

Even though Windows Vista has now been more or less replaced by its successor Windows 7, there are some people who use Vista as their operating system. If you are a user of Windows Vista, you must have come across the issue when the computer hangs while applying Computer Settings in the login process. This issue is also seen in Windows Server 2008. But with a quick hotfix, you can easily solve the issue.

20 Sep, 2011

Illusions theme for Windows 7 by Josh Sommers

Windows 8 has already been released as developer preview by Microsoft. But it will take long before Windows 7 starts losing its charm. Windows 7 has lots of options for OS customization and enhancement of its visual appeal. A lot of cool Windows 7 themes are available for free. If you are looking for a creative and totally unique theme, you would be interested in the Illusions theme created by Josh Sommers.

5 Sep, 2011

How to easily add programs to run at startup

There are some programs and software on your computer that you cannot live without. Be it your favorite browser, your music software or any other software related to your profession; there are always a couple of them that you use everyday. Wouldn’t you like to open up such programs at startup without firing them up one by one once you start your computer? Well here is a simple trick to choose programs that you would like to kick start automatically after your computer starts.

3 Aug, 2011

How to speed up booting time in Windows

Who wouldn’t want to use a faster PC. Sometimes, we get so annoyed with our computers when they take minutes after minutes to boot up. Wouldn’t you want your computer to boot faster without doing much? Here is a registry trick that can considerably lower the startup time of your computer.

17 Jun, 2011

Improve Your Mac’s Performance – 7 Quick Fixes

Mac users are not plagued by computer slowdowns to the same degree as Windows users are, who, Over time, may be troubled by computer performance that declines markedly. This is not to say, however, that Mac users are immune to the problems of computer slowdowns and other glitches. They may also put up with machines that run slower than they need to. Here are some tips for improving your Mac’s performance.

9 Jun, 2011

How to enable Add to Quick Launch in Windows XP

Windows Vista has a very useful feature that lets you add items to the Quick Launch Folder. The Add to Quick Launch option that can be seen in the context menus upon right clicking on an icon lets you add a shortcut of the item to the Quick Launch Folder. This feature however lacks in Windows XP and older versions of Windows. Here is a tool that lets you enable add to quick launch in Windows XP.

6 May, 2011

With Windows 7 you don’t need to manually defrag your drives

Windows has an inbuilt defragmentation tool and there are plenty of other commercial defragmentation software as well. Running defragmentation regularly in a couple of weeks or months considerably enhances the speed of your system. But sometimes you may forget or even worse, you gradually give up the habit. But thanks to Windows 7 that automatically defrags your hard disk by default.

24 Apr, 2011

Enable Godmode in Windows 7

From control panel, you cannot customize the settings than you could with Godmode. Godmode is a folder that lets you customize your PC for a wide range of settings from a single place.

11 Feb, 2011

Microsoft to put an end to Autorun in Windows

Microsoft’s Autorun feature has been a boon for many users but hackers have also been using it to input malwares without user authorization. Microsoft will soon release an update that it calls an “important but Non-Security” update that will remove the Autorun feature in Windows.

5 Feb, 2011

How to find out the cache memory of your computer’s processor

The cache in your CPU is used to reduce the time to access the memory. While buying a computer, a general customer would just look at the specs like RAM, Hard Disk, Processor etc....

13 Dec, 2010

How to keep the desktop icons from rearranging themselves on Windows

On Windows, you can easily rearrange icons by moving them around. People prefer to have the icons that are frequently used towards the top. But some may hate the whole idea of rearranging icons with mouse drags. Sometimes, it can be a predicament too. For example you have a Zip file on your desktop and while arranging icons, if you happen to drag another icon onto the zip, the file gets zipped into the same Zip archive. This can be annoying and happens many a times. Here’s a trick that will keep the desktop icons from rearranging themselves on Windows.

21 Oct, 2010

Diminished Reality – Remove objects from video on the fly

Researchers at Technical University of Ilmenau in Germany created “Diminished Reality” which can stunningly remove objects from a video in real time and the results are great. Well it works this way: The software first reduces the resolution of the object and then removes the object from the selected area and then it improves the result and incrementally increases the resolution so as to match the quality of the original.

1 Sep, 2010

Some Command Prompt Shortcuts for handling Control Panel

We need to access Control Panel every now and then for tweaking our PC. Some items are available in the main control panel root folder while for some, you have to dig deep into it. You can run the Control Panel tools by using the appropriate shortcuts from the command line. Here is a list of some commands that can be used from the command prompt or from the Run Command to access some useful Control Panel tools.

30 Aug, 2010

Starwind – A Storage virtualization Software

Do you share your file system and drives frequently over a network while working with your colleagues? Well, Starwind Software offers you even more; with this you can export a whole drive(physical or virtual) over a TCP/IP network. With StarWind software, you can not only export your CD, DVD, Blu-ray, HD-DVD or hard drives, but export a CD/DVD/BD/HD-DVD image file as a virtual DVD-ROM. Starwind also allows RAM sharing.

18 Dec, 2008

Download Dot Net required for your computer without downloading the full pack

It is good to install the latest version of .NET framework because some programs might not be compatible with the older versions. But checking the version of .NET already installed on your computer and then downloading the latest version can be a bit tedious. But don’t worry, SmallestDotNet.com will make your work easy.

28 Nov, 2008

Increase your internet speed

Internet speed varies with places. In some countries the speed is amazingly fast while in some people still are compelled to hook up with very slow connection speeds. Some tips mentioned below can give you a bit faster browsing experience if you are on a slow connection: