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How To Use Windows 7 Snipping Tool In Windows XP

Amit Sharma — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:43:18 +0000

One of the basic feature which is missing in Windows XP is that there’s no screenshot tool or snipping tool like Windows 7. Due to which users have to use the old school trick to take screenshots in Windows XP by using the PRINT SCREEN and paint method. Now please don’t comment I don’t about [...]

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How To Clean Up Open With List In Windows Explorer

Amit Sharma — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:02:43 +0000

Sometime the Open with list of Windows gets cluttered with some unwanted programs or Windows applications, which you might want to remove from the menu, but was not able to find the solution lately. But, there’s a solution to remove the Open with list via a Registry hack, but novice users may not find that [...]

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Windows 8 Download Links: Install Windows 8 from USB

jaikee — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:45:08 +0000

We are going to provide you the updated direct download links for Windows 8 Developer preview and a complete guide on how to create a bootable Windows 8 USB drive using the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool. Windows 8 has many features and right now, developer edition is freely available. There are options to download [...]

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Run Windows Applications On Linux With PlayOnLinux

Amit Sharma — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:57:50 +0000

No doubt, Linux Operating system is the best of all when it comes to flexibility and customization. But when it comes to application, Windows application scores over the other. But what if we could use the blend of two? Flexibility and customization of Linux and the well-versed Windows-based applications. Though, you can install and run [...]

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Remove Microsoft Office Groove Folder Synchronization[Windows 7 How To]

Amit Sharma — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:09:19 +0000

You might have seen the Groove Folder Synchronization Folder in the right-click menu, a module added by Microsoft Office 2007 which you might have never used. Let me introduce what’s the purpose of Microsoft Office Groove 2007. “Microsoft Office Groove 2007 is an inbuilt Internet software which helps to make direct connections with your friends or [...]

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Guide To Speed Up Dial-Up Internet Connection[Windows]

Amit Sharma — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:17:33 +0000

Dial-Up Internet connection at times is too frustrating. While life is going faster and faster over the world, even on the internet, using a slow internet connection can left you behind others. In every country, the connection speed has been improved after the use of Broad band or DSL internet connections. And if there’s no [...]

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Top 5 tools for Windows Optimization: Keep Windows in Perfect State

jaikee — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:36:29 +0000

Microsoft Windows is a well-known and widely used operating system. I cannot address Windows as a perfect system when comparing with Mac OS X or Linux. When you use windows, it keeps storing different type of history and files and after some days or months these junk files make Windows run slower and slower. Over [...]

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How to Install and Run Android on PC using Virtual Box

jaikee — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:50:10 +0000

Android is a great platform and everybody is looking forward to test it or use it somehow. There is an online project that is porting Android to X86 based system. Right now, the recent news says that Android 3.2 HoneyComb and Android 4.0 IceCream Sandwich can also be downloaded for installing on PC. In this [...]

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Enhance Windows Explorer Functionality With FilerFrog

Amit Sharma — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:09:29 +0000

Though Windows Explorer is quite good to manage the files the way we want them, still not satisfied, there are lots of alternatives too, but most of them are so obtrusive that people use them rarely. But I have a solution that can take the Windows Explorer functionality to the new level, without even changing [...]

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7 Great Photo Organizing Programs for Windows

Tanmay — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:13:42 +0000

Digital photography is great. After all, there’s no more wondering what pictures look like, no more waiting for processing and virtually no limit to how many photos can be taken. With all this convenience comes a lot more photos than anyone in the past could have imagined possible, creating an organizational nightmare for many computer [...]

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Various Ways To Control The Mouse Pointer From Keyboard

Tanmay — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:02:28 +0000

Mouse is a very essential part of computer; this device makes the use of applications very easy. We are much familiar to this input device. But imagine if you are in an urgent work and suddenly you have noticed that your mouse is not working then what will you do? Yes, it is possible to [...]

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Customize Windows Desktop Right-Click Context Menu: Add Applications

Tanmay — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:26:21 +0000

Windows has several options to quickly access any application. You can create desktop shortcut for the application, pin the shortcut to the taskbar etc. Even you can create separate run commands for your frequently used applications. Right-click context menu is another feature in Windows which helps you to move easily in the windows system. This [...]

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Tips on How to Optimize the Windows Computer Speed

Tanmay — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:34:05 +0000

Is your computer behaving and running like a snail in terms of performance and speed, then not to worry as we will tell you on how you can easily optimize your computer for peak performance for free. All you need to do is to just simply follow some simple and easy steps with which you [...]

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Get The Most Out of Dropbox

Tanmay — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:16:14 +0000

For those who simultaneously work with internet and access multiple computers from different locations, Dropbox works like a lifesaver. It is popular for its robust syncing feature and user friendly interface. I am a great fan of Dropbox as it made my cloud computing safe and easier. Initially, Dropbox gives you a free space of [...]

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Google Cloud Print with Linux, Windows, MAC Computers

Tanmay — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:46 +0000

Yes, it is again the Google Cloud Printing and we are here to make use of this awesome wireless printing service in advanced and productive ways. In a previous article on Google cloud print, I was telling about a chrome extension that allows you to print your Documents using Cloud Printing without any mobile. But [...]

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Use Dropbox to Sync Windows Live Writer Local Drafts Across Computers

Tanmay — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:40:18 +0000

I am a huge fan of Dropbox. I do always try to implement the Dropbox wherever I can. If you use Windows Live Writer to edit your blog posts and also use multiple computers; managing or re-editing the huge number of saved local drafts becomes hard. It is quite good idea of synchronizing the local [...]

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Create Your Own Run Command In Windows 7

Tanmay — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:15:49 +0000

I am a great fan of Windows Run command as it allows to open any application or system folder by typing a short command instead of moving my mouse and navigating to the deep of my hard disk location. I do love to open Command Prompt, Registry Editor etc. by pressing Win + R key [...]

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Create Multiboot USB Drive: Install Windows 7, XP From Same USB Drive

Tanmay — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:44:18 +0000

Earlier, we have covered some tutorials: 1.How to install windows XP From USB Drive 2. How to install Windows 7 From USB Drive. Both the processes work fine and the readers feedback was positive. But there were some drawbacks with those procedures: 1. Previous methods of creating of the bootable USB drive for Windows XP [...]

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Add Advanced Windows Handler For Windows Operating System

Tanmay — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:14:51 +0000

Right clicking on the title bar of any window in Windows operating systems gives you some general options like moving, maximizing or minimizing and closing the window. The mutation of the Windows operating system has made it advanced and more user friendly. But one thing I noticed that the context menu of the title bar [...]

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Set Programs to Run Automatically at Windows Startup

Tanmay — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:43:07 +0000

Some programs give the option in installation wizard to run it at Windows startup. If you choose to run it at Windows Startup, the application will be executed every time the computer starts. But what about that if you want to run a program that has no such option to start at Windows startup? [You [...]

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How to Verify Fake or Invalid Email Addresses

Tanmay — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:23:16 +0000

Fake email addresses can be some time used for stilling your confidential data. So it is obvious that you always check the sender’s email address before clicking any link of the email content or replying that email as that may contain malicious application link and other hacking related stuffs. Suppose you want to verify the [...]

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Add Screenshots From Clipboard To Gmail, Chat, Twitter, Facebook

Tanmay — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:09:15 +0000

There is a Google Lab feature to add images to the message body. But what about if you want to instantly share images or screenshots in Instant Messages like Gtalk, Windows Live Messenger chats etc or Twitter and Facebook? iClippy is a complete solution for your online clipboard. Adding screenshots and images From the clipboard [...]

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Translate Everything In Windows by LangOver

Tanmay — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:58:02 +0000

What you generally do when writing some thing in different language is that you write your words or sentences in English or the native language you know, open Google translator in browser, paste your paragraph or sentence, select the target language..Huh! I would just give up. Thanks LangOver! It comes in with the solution of [...]

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Access Facebook Twitter Directly from Windows Start Menu

Tanmay — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:07:20 +0000

If you are a huge fan of Facebook and Twitter, you might be wanting to get rid from the boring task like opening your browser, then typing the Facebook or Twitter address every time etc. But, you can access Facebook or Twitter with a single click, directly from your Windows start menu. Not only Facebook [...]

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2 Ways to Protect Windows Registry From Remote Access

Tanmay — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:54:17 +0000

The Windows Registry is a indispensable part of the Windows operating system, be it any version of Windows that you are using. The registry settings essentially states and governs every aspect of the system’s proceedings. This capital importance clearly classifies the registry as a “must be protected” region for users all around the globe, especially [...]

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Schedule Shutdown of PC Automatically by Shutdown Timer

Tanmay — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:30:29 +0000

It becomes tedious for an individual to keep himself stranded in front of the computer waiting for it to complete its job and then turn it off. Hence it will be highly beneficial if there is some tool that can turn off the computer on its own after realizing that the ongoing job has been [...]

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Bend : An Amazing Replacement for Notepad in Windows

Tanmay — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:16:29 +0000

Anyone who have sat in front of a computer or is just a beginner in using computer must have come across Notepad. Notepad is one of the most basic applications rather a text editor which is present in almost every version of Microsoft Windows. It is very simple to use and comes with a very [...]

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Implement Multiple Desktop in Windows 7 and XP

Tanmay — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:30:25 +0000

Today’s world is all about performing many jobs at a time with a common aim of saving time. To further beneficiate you in this regard the use of Multiple Desktops came into use. Here you can divide your jobs into a number of desktops and perform them simultaneously without any tediousness. The Need of Multiple [...]

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Disable Autoplay and Notification Balloons in Windows XP

Tanmay — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:31:23 +0000

Sometimes the “Autoplay” feature of the audio CDs and USB drives annoys us to a great extent. Suppose after you return back home after a tiresome day at your office and wish to relax for a while by connecting your external hard drive to your computer and it starts on the Autoplay feature each time [...]

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Soluto: Windows Application to Reduce System Boot Time

Tanmay — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:17:50 +0000

Often people buy a new PC, only because of time-consuming fire up of the old one. Delayed booting causes a real-time frustration among the PC users. Power users can manage their booting or start-up process pretty easily through Windows task manager, by stopping the less needed start-up processes. But it doesn’t help the millions of [...]

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