Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts

Automatic Windows 8 Repair

` May 5, 2012


In this post i'll tell you how to run a Automatic Repair at boot to automatically fix some of the windows problems Like Missing or damaged System files  that keep Windows 8 from loading at startup. 
Startup repair cannot fix hardware failures, such as a failing hard disk or incompatible memory, nor does it protect against virus attacks. Automatic Repair is not designed to fix Windows installation problems.






Custom icons in windows 8

` May 4, 2012


Lots of people like to ad new icons created by themselves or from the windows library let see how to Install Custom icons in windows 8.



Note:You can create your own icon or you can use online services(lots of services are available for this) but remember the extension of those files should be ".ico" 





How to Create Backup in Windows 8

` , May 3, 2012


Saving the data that has been stored in your hard drives in an important thing.No one  will like to lost the data that has been stored in their hard drives.however it's uncontrollable and sometimes it doesn't matters how much precaution how you taken,Your data is always at Risk.But that doesn't means we'll not try to save our data,Creating Backup is one of the best method to save your data from any damage.And here in this post we'll talk about How to Create Backup in Windows 8.


Recover the Unreadable and Corrupted File of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows XP Only)

` , Mar 12, 2012

Today tip will help you to recover the unreadable and corrupted file of Microsoft PowerPoint. Normally PowerPoint open files can become corrupted when you are trying to save it or if you were working on it and your PowerPoint application or windows crashed due to power failure. Windows saves a duplicate copy of working file as a temporary version. There is no need to use any third party software to manage these types of corrupted files, because you can recover them from TEMP folder. 

  


Flip Tricks Of Windows

` , Mar 3, 2012



Guys the keyboard combination of Alt + Tab has been an easy switch between open windows without touching your mouse . When you press Tab while holding down the Alt key , a floating palette displays the icons of running programs . Keep holding down the Alt key and each time you press Tab again , you highlight the next icon . When you release the keys , the highlighted program jumps to the front so you can work with it . This keyboard shortcut works with all versions of Windows . 


God Mode in Windows 7

` , Dec 17, 2011


Windows 7 is now becoming popular among windows operating system  users.Windows 7 has cool hidden feature ,people calls it god-mode in windows 7.GodMode is a folder that brings together a long list of customization settings allowing you to change all your settings from one place.This is very good as you can now change all your windows settings from one single place.


Make a shortcut for shutdown

` , Dec 16, 2011


Tips to shutdown your computer automatically after specific time
Here is a trick to shutdown your computer  at a specific time. You might be thinking what great about it, well you can shutdown your computer without the use of any software. Just shutdown your computer at specific time from RUN Command. For example if you wish to shutdown at 09:45 am. Type this in
Start=>Run
Type Code:        at 11:35 shutdown -s
To cancel or Abort the shutdown:
Type Code:                   shutdown -a
Type  Code:  “shutdown –s –m\\computername –t60”. This command will shutdown the computer on network if you have administrative access.  Here computername needs to be replaced by the exact computer name of the computer on the network to work.
Auto shutdown computer using run command

Dual Boot Window and Linux Mint on the Same PC

` , , Dec 8, 2011


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If you’re a serious operating system geek, you might want to test out both Windows 8 and Linux Mint. Here’s how to get the best of both by dual-booting Linux Mint with your Windows 8 installation.

Before we start there is a couple of things that you are going to need:
  • 10GB of free space on your drive
  • The Linux Mint DVD, from here (x86) or here (x64), burnt to a DVD.
  • About 30 Minutes of free time
Note: There are a lot of ways to do this, and since there is no one correct way to dual booting Windows and Linux, we are going to take the easiest method to help those new to Linux, while getting the full experience of installing a Linux OS.

Change fonts of Command Prompt

` , Dec 6, 2011


Have you ever noticed that there are only two fonts to choose from in the Command prompt properties window? What you might not know is that you can use a simple registry hack to enable alternate fonts, including a very readable font that comes with wondow 7 and Office 2007. 
But that’s not all… you can enable a number of fixed width fonts if you really want to. We’ll cover how this works, as well as one of my favorite “interesting” fonts for the command prompt.

Improve Shutdown Speed

` , Oct 15, 2011



This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown. 
Just follow these steps and increase your shutdown speed:-



Use Window 7 without Activation

` , Oct 1, 2011


Windows 7Most of you might be aware of the fact that it is possible to use Windows 7 and Vista for 120 days without activation. This is actually possible using the slmgr -rearm command which will extend the grace period from 30 days to 120 days. However in this post I will show you a small trick using which it is possible to use Windows 7 without activation for approximately an year! Here is a way to do that.


Install Window 7 from USB

` , Sep 26, 2011



Windows-7-USBInstalling Windows from a USB flash drive has several advantages – First of all, the overall speed of the installation process will increase significantly, carrying a USB stick is much more convenient than a DVD, and finally it becomes possible to install the OS even on those systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook.
  
In this post, I will show you how to load the Windows installation on to your USB flash drive and make it bootable just like the DVD.



Converting text files between Windows and UNIX

` , Sep 16, 2011


The way textfiles are formatted differs between Windows and Unix. If you open a textfile made in notepad under unix you will find that it has ^M where there should be a new line.

Convert a text file from Windows/dos to unix:

tr -d '\015' < win-format.txt > unix-format.txt

Convert a text file from unix to Windows/dos:

sed -e 's/$/\r/' unix-format.txt > win-format.txt

Windows XP Secrets

` , Sep 10, 2011


Notepad Secrets:-

Create a log
  1. 1. Open Notepad

  3. 2. On the very first line, type in ".LOG" (without quotes) then press Enter for a new line

  5. 3. Now you can type in some text if you want, then save the file.

  7. 4. Next time when you open the file, notice its contents. Notepad automatically adds a time/date log everytime you open the file.
Text becomes unreadable
  1. 1. Open Notepad

  3. 2. On the very first line, type in "dont eat the donut" (without quotes) then save and close the file. 
  4. Note: the file should have only one line of the text above.

  6. 3. Now, open the same file. You'll notice the text becomes unreadable squares. (try this with different text with the same format and length).

Turn off automatic updates notification

` , Sep 7, 2011

Sometimes we get annoyed by the notifications  for automatic updates.most of the people dont like them a bit.they want it to turn off. This is simple as 1 2 3..Steps:


1.Go to control panel.(start>>settings>>control panel)


2.Open security center.





3.Click "change the way security center alerts me".





4.Here you can turn off the alert for automatic updates, virus protection and firewall.

NTLDR Missing: Solution

` , Aug 24, 2011


Issue:-

NTLDR is Missing.

Related errors:-

Below are the full error messages that may be seen when the computer is booting:-

1. NTLDR is Missing
Press any key to restart

2. Boot: Couldn't find NTLDR
Please insert another disk

3. NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart



Ten Free Alternatives to MS Paint

` Aug 10, 2011



Here is the list of photo editing and drawing software's that can be used as alternative to Microsoft paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool. But paint has its own advantages and disadvantages. The below list of drawing and photo editing software's are not too simple as paint but provides  much option to full fill your needs. The advantage of this kind of softwares over tools like photoshop is that these tools not requires much memory (RAM) to run and disk space and is too simple to work with images.

Set Video as Desktop Background in Windows

` , Aug 2, 2011


There are always amazing wallpapers on your desktop. Do you ever want to put a video clip as a desktop background? There's no complicated registry edits, no additional software required but you can do it in almost all windows operating systems like windows xp, windows 7 or vista. The only tool you should have is a free media player called VLC media player. 


Run Turbo C++ Fullscreen In Windows 7

` , Aug 1, 2011


When you try to run turbo c++ IDE on latest version of windows like Windows7 or Vista, you may get the error message that 
"The system does not support full screen mode. Choose close to terminate the application."





The problem is that turbo C is very old DOS program. It's better to move on to an up to date compiler like visual c++ Express which is free and you certainly would have a better experience.

Play Vista Chess Titans In XP

` , Jul 29, 2011


The Windows version vista includes an amazing chess game called chess Titans and is and included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium, Business/Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions. The Vista chess game is fully 3D animated and theme choices are available for the chess pieces and board.

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