Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 6, 2011, 11:34 pm
SpeedUpMyPC 2011, from Uniblue, is a comprehensive and easy-to-use computer optimization software. As its name implied, this program is designed to speed up your PC by helping you to easily find out the system settings, unnecessary background processes and junk files that are causing PC slowdowns. I...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 19, 2010, 12:43 pm
How to run applications for older version of Windows in Win XP? Though its not a dedicated solution, the "Compatibility mode " offered by Windows XP just might be useful when attempting to run an application intended for an older version of Windows. Success is not assured, but there is no harm in t...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 19, 2010, 12:42 pm
How to add more programs to the Start menu?  By default, the " Start menu " in Windows XP displays six programs, allowing you to launch them directly from the menu. You can change the number of programs displayed here. Go to "Start " and right click on the blank space above the Programs menu. ...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 18, 2010, 12:42 pm
How do I stop the monitoring connection feature?  You might be aware of the fact that most of the software audio players connect to the Internet, providing you with additional information about the CD or MP3 tracks that you load in the playlist. Some of this information, such as song title and alb...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 18, 2010, 12:41 pm
Is there a way to quickly access Administrative Tools? Those who constantly monitor network activity and administer their computers are frequent users of Administrative tools. Finding your way to these tools through the Control Panel is a long and cumbersome process. Here is a simple tip that allow...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 17, 2010, 12:40 pm
Upon installing certain applications, their shortcuts get created in Start menu | Programs only for the current user. How to make it accessible to all user accounts?  Most applications give an option of creating Start menu shortcuts for all user accounts during installation. However, if it does not...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 17, 2010, 12:40 pm
How to deselect the Windows Messenger that comes preloaded with Windows XP? Every time you load Windows XP, the Windows Messenger is loaded by default and there is no straightforward way to permanently disable it through the Control Panel or Messenger. The startup might offer you an option of desele...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 16, 2010, 12:19 pm
When one right clicks on a file ones sees an option called " open with " l which links to different programs which can be used to run the same file . In case I want to delete them, how do I go about it? Click Start, Run, Type REGEDITNavigate to the following key:HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Micros...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 16, 2010, 12:18 pm
I would like to know with several applications running, how much free RAM does my computer have. How I can monitor the temperature and fan speeds of my system and processor fans? Also, I want to know how I can obtain a detailed report on the hardware configuration of my computer. There are various a...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 15, 2010, 12:16 pm
How to view a web page as a desktop background? So you are looking to add some variety and fun to your desktop. Try this then. Right click on the desktop and select Properties. Select the Desktop tab click on the Customize desktop option at the bottom. Click on the Web tab, this tab lis...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 15, 2010, 12:14 pm
When a CD is inserted in the optical drive, Windows XP looks for the autorun.inf file, which has instructions to launch a program or do any other task. For CD, the autorun.inf file has the instruction to launch the graphical interface where you see all the contents in a graphical format rather than ...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 14, 2010, 11:52 am
How do I shift the focus back to the previous option if I have shifted it to the next option by pressing the tab key on the keyboard? The Tab key on the keyboard can be used to cycle the focus between the options or buttons in a dialog box or web pages. If you would like to shift the focus backward...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 14, 2010, 11:51 am
I don't like the new eye-candy Start menu and would like the classic default start menu that came with the older version of Windows. How do I get it? To go back to the classic default Start menu, follow the steps and you shall have it in no time. Right click on the taskbar and select "Properties...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 13, 2010, 12:13 pm
Placing shortcuts on my desktop of the applications I install has resulted in a cluttered desktop. I would like to hide the icons on the desktop. Please tell me how I can do it. To enjoy your favorite desktop image without the clutter, follow the steps and learn how to hide the desktop icons. Mi...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 13, 2010, 11:51 am
How can I perform other tasks on my computer while shooting prints? By default, Windows uses the spooling technique for print jobs. The Print Spooler is a background program that writes data to temporary files in your C:\Windows\Temp directory. The final print command is sent to the printethrough th...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 12, 2010, 11:54 am
Although I am aware that Windows XP allows you to change the location of the taskbar, I don't know how to shift its position. Please tell me how to do it. To change the location of the task bar, simply click on the taskbar and drag it to the left, right or top of the screen. When dragged to the top ...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 12, 2010, 11:50 am
While surfing, the problem of forgetting the entire URL happens very often. What do I do in such a circumstance? Whenever you begin typing a URL in the address box of the Internet Explorer, it attempts to find a recently visited page that matches the URL of the web site that you are typing. If it f...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 11, 2010, 11:50 am
How can I clear the browser cache of files? Internet Explorer uses the "Caching"technique to store the common elements of the web pages that you visit. Though the caching technique saves on some amount of time by loading some elements of the web page from the cache without having to wait for the we...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 11, 2010, 11:48 am
How to stop pop-ups of script error messages? When you're surfing the web, there are times when some of the scripts don't run correctly and you encounter lots of script errors.You can turn off these useless script error messages from popping up by doing the following: Click on " Tools | Internet Opt...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 10, 2010, 11:47 am
How can I edit the default associations in IE? By default, Internet Explorer has various associations where applications are set to work with it. You can change the default associations by: Go to " Tools " menu in the Internet Explorer Click on " Internet Options " and open the tab " Programs ". Y...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 10, 2010, 11:46 am
I have heard that static electricity from the human body can damage electrical components. Can you please tell me why this happens and what precaution I need to take so that I don't end up damaging computer components? Internal computer parts and especially hard drives are extremely susceptible to s...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:35 am
I use McAfee as the anti-virus solution and its firewall for protection and monitoring. I have not been using the firewall for a while as it used to make my computer a little slow. Now, when I want to start the firewall because of sudden increased threat of infection, it refuses to do so. It gives m...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:34 am
I cant run System Restore anymore on my computer. The window does appear but nothing is visible within it. I cant even go back to a previous restore point because the utility does not work anymore. What can I do? I use Windows XP Professional. This sort of problem might bebecause of a damaged Java s...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:33 am
I am experiencing a strange problem in Outlook Express. Every time I open a New Message window, I see extra toolbars that have smileys. They are also separated by too much space also. I do not need these additional toolbars. How do I get the New Message window to look normal again? IP You might have...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:25 am
You will need to edit the Registry Error to workaround this problem. Click on Start | Run, type " regedit " and click on Ok. When the Registry Editor window opens, navigate to the following key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDO...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:25 am
Check to see if your anti-virus is active during the registration. If it isMcAfees VirusScan 8.0i, then you will need to disable the " Buffer Overflow " function in the application. In addition to this, right click on My Computer and select Properties. Then click on the Advanced tab and under Perfo...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - May 9, 2010, 5:24 am
I am a Windows 2000 Professional user. I am unable to login to my system ever since I installed a security update for my operating system. The security update was related to some buffer overrun vulnerability. When Windows tries to bring up the login screen I get an error saying it unable to load the...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 22, 2010, 4:31 am
For some time now, something has been bogging down your CPU. The whole computer has become slow and the system reports permanently high CPU usage. What is happening? A possible cause for the high CPU usage is dificulty in accessing the hard disk. After six transfer errors, the IDE/ ATAPI drivers gr...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 22, 2010, 4:30 am
New PC, new OS—the OEM version of Windows Vista requests you every now and then to activate Windows. But it has already been done. This behavior is the result of the following: when a program with administrator rights removes a certain system setting, the BIOS validity test fails and Windows need...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 21, 2010, 4:29 am
What is the Registry Editor (‘ regedit ’ in the ‘run’ command) and how can I use it? The Registry Editor is the tool provided by Microsoft in all versions of Windows. It is used to edit the registry and make changes to the core of the operating system. This contains information about each p...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 21, 2010, 4:28 am
Documents can be printed directly from their context menu only on the default printer. However, many offices use several printers; for example, a laser printer for text output and an ink-jet printer for images and graphics. Here’s how you can print directly to a specific printer from the ‘Send T...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 20, 2010, 4:27 am
Windows displays a list of the most frequently used applications on the Start menu. However, you always start some applications using a link on the desktop or from the quick start list. Therefore, your symbols replace other useful programs in the start menu. Using a Registry entry, decide which app...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 20, 2010, 4:25 am
A notebook should sustain battery life for as long as possible when on the move. Internal devices such as WLAN- adapter or modem often remain unused and use up a lot of power unnecessarily. The components that are not needed can be deactivated and reactivated using the Device Manager, but the proce...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 19, 2010, 4:24 am
To maintain remote computers, many users still rely on the Telnet protocol. But Microsoft does not seem to have integrated any compatible client in Vista. Even Vista has an integrated Telnet- Client, but it is deactivated by default because of stringent security guidelines set to ensure that no com...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 19, 2010, 4:22 am
To accelerate your computer, regularly defragment the contents of the system hard disk. However, during the defragment process, important elements such as the swap file are skipped, resulting in the slowing down of the computer. Windows and the current defragmenters cannot access the files which ha...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 18, 2010, 4:21 am
Sometimes, you may want to print out a Web page you’ve found, so that you can recommend the site to a friend later. But if the URL of the page is a long one, it’s likely to be truncated in the footer of the printed page. This is because Internet Explorer, by default, uses a large font and cuts o...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 18, 2010, 4:20 am
The moment you insert the USB memory stick in the USB port of the computer, Windows reports it with a typical message tone. However, at times, the Explorer does not display the removable drive or the normal dialogue box does not open. On the other hand, all the other hard disks and network permissio...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 17, 2010, 4:18 am
When I dial my ISP to connect to the Internet, the volume of the dial tone is very low. I have an internal modem and hence it is all the more difficult to hear. How can I boost the volume of the modem? Follow these steps to boost the volume of the modem: Right click on "My computer" and select "Pr...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 17, 2010, 4:15 am
How can I change the size and quality of a thumbnail in Windows XP? You can change the size and quality of the shells thumbnails by: Start regedit, expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER (only for you) or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (for all users of this computer) and in Software\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explo...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 16, 2010, 4:17 am
Can I view only the thumbnails and not the file names of a particular folder? To turn off file names, hold down the "Shift" key when you click to open a folder in Windows Explorer or when you switch to thumbnail view. This will turn off the file names, leaving more space for the thumbnails. Repeat...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 16, 2010, 4:14 am
How do I get all the components installed by Windows to be shown in the Add/ Remove program list? There are a few unique methods through which we can control what appears on the program list: If you have installed Windows in C: drive, Go to C:\WINDOWS\inf (substituting the correct drive letter for...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 15, 2010, 4:13 am
How do I configure Internet Explorer to clear the browser cache after exit? Unless you have a slow Internet connection, it makes sense to clear the browser cache as it occupies a considerable amount of drive space unless you specify the amount of disk space to be used for browser cache or "Temporar...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 15, 2010, 4:12 am
While trying to hibernate, I get a warning saying ‘The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process’. My friends told me that the process ‘rundll32.exe’, which runs in the background, is the cause of the error. solve this problem without reformatting my PC? Th...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 14, 2010, 4:10 am
The ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ taskbar icon is necessary when removing storage drives with important data in them. This procedure ensures that the data is safe during the drive removal and that all read/write tasks are finished at the operating system level. If the icon doesn’t appear for some r...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 14, 2010, 4:09 am
The Task Manager has many options —some are blocked. Follow this tip to reset it to the default status as quickly as possible. Open ‘Run’ dialog in the start menu by pressing ‘[Win] +’ and enter ‘taskmgr’. Do not press the Enter key just yet. Instead, hold the ‘[Ctrl] + +’ key com...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 13, 2010, 4:08 am
The phishing waves are soaring higher, and now online-banking users are already being plagued by the next generation hacking technique: Pharming. This technique also attempts to not just steal data but also to lure surfers toward fraud bank sites. Pharming is described as the redirection of the URL...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 13, 2010, 4:07 am
Internet Explorer, even in its latest avatar, has the ability to run just two simultaneous downloads. Waiting for one file to download before starting the other can be quite annoying, especially when you want to download several files from a particular website. Also, downloading several files one-b...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 11, 2010, 1:41 am
The spell check in the Google Toolbar in Internet Explorer is very useful. However, you have inserted wrongly written terms in the dictionary by mistake. You also can’t even find a correction function anywhere. It is a fact that the toolbar does not offer any interactive access to the personal d...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 11, 2010, 1:40 am
Google’s online Office program allows you to work jointly on several text documents. If you have been working with Microsoft Office for quite some time, you are used to accomplishing several tasks with different key combinations. If you want to continue doing this, follow on. The online Office p...
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Jithu posted an article on TECHNO hide - Apr 11, 2010, 1:39 am
Does your motherboard have a chipset or is there any other device on your computer that doesn’t have a driver? Use this tip to find out more about the device or even find drivers that will enable it to function correctly. Open Control Panel and double click on the ‘System’ applet. Go t...
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