It is common knowledge that Windows PC’s boot times are substantially higher than their OS X-based counterparts. There have even been entire programs created to speed up the boot process. But programs are not what I am writing about today. Today, I only wish to share a wonderful tweak that can shave a handful of [...]
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While buying a new computer is a nice experience, transferring data from your old PC to the new one may not be an easy thing to do. Thankfully, Windows provides an in-built tool called Windows Easy Transfer which streamlines the data transfer process and makes it simple enough. With Windows Easy Transfer, you can transfer [...]
To save important files from any accidental deletion, data corruption, PC malfunction, virus or worm threat, you should backup all your important data on an external disk or a network drive so that you can recover it anytime. Windows has an in-built backup & restore tool that helps you create partial or complete PC backups. [...]
To send data from one computer to another, you either need wires to connect them, or you need to purchase a router so that you can transfer data wirelessly. However, if your laptop or desktop computer has a wireless network card then it could be connected to another PC in your house, provided the other [...]
There are various tools available that help you capture screenshots. If you are using one of them, great. However, if your screen capture needs are quite simple and you don’t have a third-party tool installed for the purpose, then you could get started with Windows’ inbuilt Snipping tool (in Windows 7 and Vista). Though Windows [...]
Sometimes uninstalling a program becomes a difficult process. Windows’ inbuilt Add/remove program tool isn’t always the perfect solution. It is slow and usually doesn’t remove all the traces of the application in your PC (like registry entries of the program). Revo Uninstaller is a great replacement for Add/Remove programs in Windows and offers lots of [...]
If you are going to upgrade from Windows XP or Vista to Windows 7 then you should first check if your current PC hardware and software are compatible with Windows 7. If there are compatibility issues then it has to be taken care of before installing the new OS. To check the compatibility of hardware [...]
If you want to hide files and folders from the eyes of other users of your computer then the process is quite simple in Windows. The technique mentioned below is not a foolproof way to hide things as anyone who is computer savvy can easily crack it. But if you don’t have such people in [...]
Sometimes installing new applications, games, software updates could cause your computer to crash. And if it doesn’t come back up and gives errors, there aren’t a lot of things you could do except for restoring the system, using the recovery console to troubleshoot or finally reinstall Windows. System Restore is a useful tool that comes [...]
Windows sidebar is a useful tool that can display a variety of gadgets permanently on the sidebar of your desktop. These gadgets are mini programs or apps which are set to perform a specific task. You can use the clock gadget to see the current time or you can use feed reader to read current [...]
When we start our Windows computer then many other programs also start along with the system. Some of them are important system programs that are required for a successful Windows startup while some are unnecessary and can be avoided. As we install more and more applications on the computer, the startup time increases and the [...]
