Few weeks ago I accidently broke my laptop’s charging pin. When I went to the service center I was told that it would take a couple of days to get it fixed. For nearly 3 days my laptop was in the service center and I had to visit local cyber cafes for my online work. [...]
Windows
Windows 7 has a great search function. That said, for a lot of users of Windows who don’t have Windows 7 (or have search indexing turned off), you might be wishing you had a better search function in your computer. In addition to UltraSearch and Everything, which we have previously covered, check out these three [...]
One of the most obviously irritating things about receiving photo attachments from newbies is their total disregard for sending compressed photos. Surely, it must be a pain for them to upload megabyte sized photos as it is for me to download them. It takes time. That’s when I go out of my way to educate [...]
I am a diehard believer of The Murphy’s Law which says if anything can go wrong, it will. The law held true a number of times in my experience. No matter how careful one is, accidents happen and one of the most common of such scenarios is the deletion of important files from your computer, [...]
Last month we wrote about TeraCopy, an amazing application to replace the sluggish Windows copy/move tool. The application is indeed cool for general everyday file handling, but as we all know, nothing is perfect and there is always a scope of development. I now want to introduce to you a better file copy, move handler. [...]
Once upon a time, audio editors were the domain of serious audiophiles. But now you, me, and Jane can do our own splitting and editing. That’s thanks to the clutch of user-friendly audio tools available for us wannabe ‘sound engineers’- though, I will only take it to the extent of doing some basic editing on [...]
The Send To option on your right-click menu is a productivity booster. If tweaked correctly, it could be the one you use most often. The Send To folder is populated with some default locations. It is a hidden folder, so you have to follow some simple steps to add new entries in it. The good [...]
One of the programs that has been bugging me off late has been OneNote’s Screen Clipper; the simple reason being that it starts up with my computer even though I don’t need it. Applications that launch themselves the moment your computer boots up are a large tribe – from the essential ones like your firewall [...]
Optometrists are constantly begging their clients to take more frequent breaks from the television and computer. It’s not a choice we actively ignore though — sometimes, we just forget we’re using it! Here are three tools that will prompt you to take a break, and could potentially save your eyes from some more serious damage. [...]
Administrative Shares are created by the Windows operating system when more than one computer is connected in a network. Administrators and computer support technicians need to access other networked computers and manage their services. Administrative shares are created to allow this remote access for operations like backups or configuring print settings. These are hidden shares [...]
Hardware failure and system crashes are not uncommon events. One night you are working on your computer without any problem and next morning when you wake up your computer fails to boot. Suddenly you realize you are in a big mess as the last backup you made was about a week old and all your [...]
One of the major shortcomings that the Windows OS had ever since it came into existence was the poor file copy/move operation. It is brilliantly (and hilariously of course) summarized by this XKCD comic strip. Whether you are working on the good ol’ Windows 98/XP or you have the latest beta version of Windows 8 [...]
Though, Windows 7 comes bundled with a built-in CD/DVD burner that can burn IMG and ISO files, it is pretty basic. One of the better alternatives to a tool like Nero is a free and unglamorous piece of software called CDBurnerXP. CDBurnerXP (ver.4.3.8) made its mark in the days of Windows XP when users cried [...]
We are all familiar with shortcuts. But are you familiar with Symlinks or Symbolic links? Symlinks act like shortcuts but you can think of them as shortcuts on steroids. A symlink stands in for the original location of a file or folder anywhere on your computer. Some applications search for files in a default location [...]
I love to try out new things on my computer and thus I end up installing lot of applications. While some come in handy, many turn out to be crappy and hog system resources. These unnecessary applications need to be uninstalled as soon as possible to free up resources. There are a number of tricks [...]
After transitioning from my Macbook to my Windows notebook (not by choice but by necessity), I was missing the power of Spotlight and Quicksilver greatly. I find it fascinating how Windows 7 and Launchy kind of share the relationship that Spotlight and Quicksilver did — similar in use, but very different in feel and different [...]
Part of the problem with the release of Windows Vista was that many apps (particularly corporate applications) simply did not work. In an effort to encourage the adoption of Windows 7, Microsoft developed XP Mode. XP Mode allows applications that run under Windows XP to run alongside Windows 7 applications. Unfortunately, this feature is only [...]
I’m sure a huge number of you reading this post own a Kindle. It has been Amazon’s bestselling product for I don’t how long..probably since it was introduced a few years ago. It’s a revolutionary device without a doubt. Who knows, may be that’s how all books will be read in the future. If you [...]
