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How to compare registries and find out what has changed

November 28, 2009 0 comments

When you are making some changes to your system settings, wouldn’t it be great to see what is actually changing in the registry? This would be really helpful when the changes you have made doesn’t work as expected and you want to reverse the changes but can’t without actually editing the registry. Here is how [...]

Do your Emails disappear once you have read them?

November 18, 2009 0 comments

If you’re finding emails from your Windows Mail or Outlook Express inbox go missing right after you’ve read them, closed the program, then reopened it, don’t panic. Most likely, the messages are perfectly safe, and you just managed to accidentally change a setting in Windows Mail that hides messages once you’ve read them. It’s easy [...]

Speed up file deletion in Windows Vista

November 18, 2009 1 comment

If you are using Windows Vista, you might have noticed that when you drag a file to the Recycle Bin, it sometimes takes 30 to 45 seconds to complete the process (sometimes even longer). A feature in Vista has been causing this problem for some, even though it shouldn’t. Remote Differential Compression attempts to moderate [...]

How to make Vista and XP taskbar to show only icons

August 15, 2009 1 comment

The Windows 7 taskbar consists exclusively of icons, even for programs that are currently running. While at first it may appear to be inconvenient to identify the tabs with just the icons, you quickly get used to it and importantly it frees up lots of extra space on the taskbar. However, in Windows Xp or [...]

Restrict access to applications using AppLocker

August 4, 2009 0 comments

Have you ever wanted to give someone access to your Windows computer but wanted to make sure that they couldn’t access certain applications? While you could create a guest account, many of the applications would still be accessible across all the users.

Avoid long delays while opening files in Excel or Word

July 31, 2009 0 comments

If, while opening files in Excel or Word, you get long delay with a message stating that it is ‘Initializing the root folders to display’, then here is a fix that can resolve your problem.

Thumbs.db – What’s it and how to get rid of it.

July 27, 2009 0 comments

You have been using windows for a while and suddenly you find that there is an extra file called thumbs.db which appears beside all of your downloaded pictures and in several of your folders. And no matter how many times you delete it, it keeps returning. Enough signs for you to suspect that this is [...]

Get rid of the false ‘Disk Full’ message on your thumb drive

July 20, 2009 0 comments

When you copy lots of small files to a USB flash drive, you may have encountered a ‘Disk full’ message even if plenty of space is left. This is especially likely if the small files have long names.

Use your USB flash drive to protect your computer

July 11, 2009 2 comments

Predator is a free tool that turns any USB flash drive into a key that you can use to lock or unlock your PC, preventing other people from gaining access to your computer in your absence.

European version of Windows 7 not to include Internet Explorer

July 10, 2009 0 comments

Microsoft will not be including a full version of Internet Explorer in European versions of Windows 7 when the OS is released later this year. Windows 7, expected to be released on 22 October, is Microsoft’s replace for windows Vista which, like all previous versions of Windows, had the Internet Explorer browser built in.

Rearrange your taskbar with Taskbar Shuffle

June 27, 2009 0 comments

Ever wished you could customize the programs on your Windows taskbar, like you can do with the tabs in Firefox? Taskbar Shuffle makes it possible. Taskbar Shuffle is a tiny little free utility which once installed lets you drag and drop programs on your taskbar for quick reorganization. You can also have it automatically group [...]

Preview open windows on taskbar with thumbnails

June 23, 2009 0 comments

One of the cool feature in Windows Vista is the ability to get a thumbnail preview of open windows by just mousing over the tabs on the taskbar. It sure does helps you to quickly find the window/application you want when you have several such tabs on the taskbar.

Mouse pointer disappears in secondary monitor in Vista – A workaround

June 17, 2009 5 comments

If you are using Vista and have a secondary display monitor attached to your laptop, you might have encountered this issue. What happens is, once your computer goes to sleep and then you wake it up, you are not able to see the mouse pointer in the secondary monitor though if you move it to [...]

Scroll even inactive windows with WizMouse

June 17, 2009 0 comments

If you frequently work with multiple open windows, you would have noticed that you can’t scroll a window unless the window is active and for that you need to first click on that window. This can get really annoying if you have to do this quite frequently.

Pin frequently used folders to Vista’s Start menu

June 16, 2009 0 comments

If you’ve ever right-clicked an application icon in Vista, you’ve probably seen the context-menu option ‘Pin to Start Menu’. It’s designed to make frequently used programs more easily accessible. But such an option is not available for folders. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the same kind of quick access to all the folders you [...]

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