Archive for the ‘System‘ Category

15 Things My Friends Felt When Heard of “iPad” + Photos and Videos

I am living at a place near Bengaluru(Bangalore), where Apple inc is not yet dominantly popular.
Not to blame them – Microsoft is more popular here due to its user friendliness or may be because most government offices in India are using Microsoft Operating System and Office suites.
[ I always feel, how good it would [...]

Download Windows 7 For Free And Use It For A Year, Legally

Windows 7 BETA was available for download only for testers, MSDN and TechNet subscribers, but interestingly Microsoft has now released its much talked Operating System for public download.
Here’s what you need to know:
Source: microsoft.com
This is pre-release software, so please read the following to get an idea of the risks and key things you need to [...]

Adding Your Name Beside Taskbar Clock(system tray) – In Windows

We have bought an old trick for this Sunday!
But some new approach is also mentioned at the end! Make sure to check it out.
Limitation of this old trick:
You might have already observed that, you can not insert more than 12 characters(after deleting the AM and PM symbol). To over come this limitation, we shall enter into registry.(Tested in Windows XP)

Making Desktop icons unclickable!

April Fool Prank, with the help of Computer – Just for fun
Step 1: Goto Desktop. Press Ptr Scr [Print Screen] button. This key is usually present after the F12 key or above the Insert or Home or Page Up keys. Now right click on the desktop and goto “Arrange Icons By” and then uncheck “Show [...]

Text Completion Feature in Dos and Unix

There are some features in Unix that are very powerful, especially the commands. I am very much interested in these commands and today want to share one such general command which may be of use many times, and not just for geeks!. We have also included the corresponding DOS command, as our analytics stats show [...]

Microsoft Windows 7 and Multi-Touch Technology

Windows 7 is the next version of Windows for PCs, which mainly promises things like enhanced reliability, responsiveness, and faster boot and shut-down. Make everyday computing tasks easier, like connecting and syncing devices, browsing the web, and managing a home network.
Here is a Video showing the power of multi-touch, which uses Windows 7:

This video shows [...]

Hibernate – small feature, big use

This is a very common feature used by many people(even if you are not a geek). But I would still like to write about it, because this is a very small and potentially great feature available in almost all the Operating Systems now a days.
If you yet don’t know about this option, then we would [...]