20 Top Tips

20 Top Tips Follow these tips and you will definitely have a much faster and more reliable PC! The  icon means that the tip will work best under Windows 98. 1. Wallpapers: They slow your whole system down, so if you're willing to compromise, have a basic plain one instead! 2. Drivers: Update your hardware drivers as frequently as possible.  New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case of graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very frequently! 3. Minimizing: If you want to use several programs at the same time then minimize those you are not using.  This helps...

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Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt

Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt User Submitted. Thanks S.V.Vignesh Raaj (View Thread) Trick to hide files and folders using Command Prompt The most important thing is that, once hidden with this method, the files/folders cannot be viewed by any search options even if you click "Show All Hidden Files and Folders".  Hiding the most wanted files and folders is very important nowadays and it's really a tedious job too. In order to make this tedious job an easy one, i'm going to deliver you a the trick now. For Example: You have a folder named "collegephotos" and this folder is stored in (Disk Drive E). You think that it should not be seen by strangers who use your PC. For that you need to follow the following instructions Press windowkey+R: Run command dialog box appears. Now...

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Command Prompt on Right-Click

Command Prompt on Right-Click Many computer users, specially the programmers, need to launch a command prompt window every once in a while to execute some dos/shell commands. The problem is, when a command prompt window launched, the default path is normally the system path or the user profile's path. The users will then have to do all the "cd" commands to change the directories to the path he/she wants. This trick shows you how to add an option called "Command Prompt" when you right-click on a folder in Windows. With this option, a Command Prompt Window will launch and its current directory will be the path to the folder you've selected. Use...

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Burn CD without software in Windows XP

Burn a CD on Windows XP without using software Windows XP comes with a builtin CD-copy feature that not many people are aware of. Although almost everyone has his/her favorite CD-copy software to stick with, it is still good to know about this CDR feature from Windows XP. You will find it very useful when you come to another PC that doesn't have a CD-copy software, and you can't just install your favorite software to it. With this feature, you can write some data or MP3 files to a CD/DVD, or erase a re-writable CD/DVD. If you're using a Re-Writable CD (CD-RW), make sure the disc is blank. You might need to erase (or "format") it before use....

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Reset Windows Password

Reset Windows Password Forgot your administrator password? Don't panic, it happens to some other people too, and you have found the solution! The following instructions will show you step-by-step how to reset your local Windows password. This only works for local user accounts, however, not domain accounts.The password recovery tool from this page is written by Petter Nordahl-Hagen, and the original information, as well as the downloadable tool, can be found from his website. According to the author, this tool should work for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista. WARNING! Users who have EFS encrypted files on the Windows XP or Vista computers will loose access to the EFS encrypted files after recovery of your password! Use this trick at your own risks The tool to reset your password can...

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How to Upgrade Laptop Memory

How to Upgrade Laptop Memory - Introduction We show you how to upgrade laptop memory simply, giving your laptop PC a new lease of life. Installing more memory in any PC, laptop or desktop, will give a great boost to its performance. It should be reasonably cheap and easy to upgrade laptop memory on any laptop built after around 2003 giving you a significant performance increase and allowing you to run multiple applications smoothly with less lag. Many laptops will come with only a small amount of RAM installed and this can significantly drag down performance, especially if your laptop does not have a dedicated graphics card with its own...

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Data Backup

You will see mention a number of times within this site about the importance of regular data backup. To be honest, until you have experienced losing your own data you’re not going to fully appreciate just how important this is. Seriously, the first time this happens you’re going to be so, so angry with yourself if you haven’t made provision for a data backup, and a regular one at that! And if you’re working on some document or other that is really important to you, or perhaps for your work, then you do need to ensure that you are properly backed up. Ok, enough of the lecturing lets investigate our data backup options.  Back Me Up So,...

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Two Computers One Monitor

Two Computers One Monitor – With a KVM 2 Port Switch, Yes You Can! Two Computers One Monitor – Introduction Two computers one monitor and a lack of desk space! A not uncommon problem today is that of an office or home setup where you have two computers that you wish to switch between regularly but only have room on your desk for one monitor, keyboard and mouse, especially if you have a widescreen LCD monitor filling your desktop! Maybe you have a PC setup dedicated to gaming and another PC for all of your other applications or setup as a server etc. Some gamers and computer buffs like to have multiple setups with one PC a ‘latest spec’ machine and the other as a backup or new build PC. With this kind of setup it would be very annoying to say the least to have to keep unplugging...

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PC Buying Guide

PC Buying Guide - Introduction Hmm, how to choose a PC? Need a little guidance choosing the right computer? Before purchasing or attempting to build your own PC you will need to decide upon your choice of components and what the main purpose of your PC will be. Is this PC going to be for general family use, perhaps surfing the Internet and sending emails etc or are we talking about a high-end spec computer? Maybe you want to play the latest games or are planning to make home movies and do lots of video editing? Obviously you don’t want spend more than you have to and it would be pointless to pay for features that you do not require. To help you in choosing a new computer presented below are some suggested PC specifications at the time of writing (2010) for various intended uses. Now,...

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