Archive for December, 2008

The default user interface of Opera is a space-hog but thankfully, can be tweaked into a leaner interface. Right-click on the Main Bar, click on ‘Images only’, and then uncheck ‘Large images’. Right-click on it again and choose Left; then disable the Personal Toolbar by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Off’. Switch off the [...]

08 Dec, 2008

Enable Vista Aero Cursor

Posted by: admin In: windows

      With the latest post-beta 2 builds, Microsoft has included new Aero cursors that are not turned on by default. Follow the steps below to use the new cool looking cursors:
Right click on your desktop and select Personalize. Click on the Mouse Cursors item to select a Vista graphics [...]

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07 Dec, 2008

Expanding a file from MSconfig

Posted by: admin In: Tips Tricks| windows

The windows xp that you have been using daily will not run smoothly forever.  Glitches such as wrong settings and big problems such as with the registry,  may just pop up.  The thing which you probably resent most is when the problem comes just as  you are busy doing your office work.  Besides the loss [...]

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06 Dec, 2008

Block security centre notification in vista

Posted by: admin In: Microsoft

      The new Windows Security Center in Windows Vista can be just as annoying as the security centers in previous versions of Windows. I am an advanced of a computer user to know that I do not have anti-virus software installed. I don’t need the Windows Security Center Vista graphics to remind me that [...]

04 Dec, 2008

Shutdown your PC with Timer

Posted by: admin In: Tips Tricks| windows

Procedure 1:
1. Right click on your desktop and choose "New=>shortcuts". 2. In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut", type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks and click next. Note: 3600 are the amount [...]

04 Dec, 2008

Add additional clock in windows Vista

Posted by: admin In: Microsoft

Windows Vista, you can add additional clocks to the system tray. Click the clock, and then click Date and Time Settings. Click the Additional Clocks tab. You can add one or two additional clocks to the tray and select their time zones.

03 Dec, 2008

Microsoft Narrator Tutorial

Posted by: admin In: Tips Tricks| windows

The ease of use of an operating system can be used as a barometer of its marketability in the market.  There are many facilities that are integrated in windows xp.  The tutorial helps to enable even the public users to quickly adapt with the software.  Here, users, need only to follow and observe the guidance [...]

01 Dec, 2008

Ozama and Bush a Close Friend

Posted by: admin In: Hot Topics

While there are a lot of command line utilities in WindowsXP, here are some that I have been using lately.
bootcfg – Configures, queries, or changes Boot.ini file settings.
driverquery – Displays a list of all installed device drivers and their properties.
getmac – Returns the media access control (MAC) address and list of [...]

If, for some reason, you decided that you didn’t want users of a Windows 2000 computer to be able to change their password unless prompted to, you can make this Registry change to implement that: Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System [...]


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