Command prompt to reveal Hidden Files

Command prompt to reveal Hidden Files Some viruses leave behind nasty side effects, even when your antivirus program has cleaned the actual virus from your computer. If your desktop icons are missing and your C: drive appears blank, don’t panic — your files haven’t gone permanently AWOL. Common viruses, such as the Windows 7 Recovery virus, will hide your files in an...

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How to Zip

How to Zip Say you have many files that all need to be e-mailed, but you don’t want to add them one by one and you don’t think all of them will be within the recipient’s e-mail size limits. What do you do then ? Why zip ‘em up, of course! So....here is how to do it in a flick of a second ......... Browse to the folder where the files you want to zip are at. Now...

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Start Internet Explorer 9 in Private Mode

Start Internet Explorer 9 in Private ModeFor all you Internet Explorer 9 users out there, how would you like to learn a quick trick so that every time you start IE, it runs in Private mode right from the start ? What we’re going to do is create a desktop shortcut for IE and set a switch to make it start in InPrivate mode. So, right-click on your desktop, select New and choose...

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Auto-Complete commands in Win 7 Command Prompt

Auto-Complete commands in Win 7 Command PromptDid you know that there’s a way to auto complete a path or file name in the Windows 7 Command Prompt?   Here’s how! Open a Command Prompt by clicking Start, then typing cmd in the Search Box. Right Click the Command Prompt icon in the results that appear and select Run as Administrator. In the Command Prompt window, type...

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What are Pen Flicks in a Touch screen Laptop

What are Pen Flicks in a Touch screen LaptopI think the reason people love touch screens is because of how natural the hand gestures feel. For example, to scroll down a document, it feels better to just swipe down instead of pressing a little arrow key. If you’re looking to bring some of these intuitive gestures to your Windows computer, then might I humbly recommend that...

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Network problems and Command Prompt

Network problems and Command PromptYou don’t have to be an IT expert to troubleshoot pesky network and Internet connection problems. All you need is the Command Prompt utility. Any computer users familiar with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 recognize it. Well, that utility hasn’t gone away; it’s still around, just hidden in the background.Here’s how to access it, and how to troubleshoot...

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What is 32 Bit and 64 Bit - Explained

What is 32 Bit and 64 Bit - Explained In one context, 32-bit and 64-bit refers to how a CPU (computer processor) handles information. These terms also indicate the number of bits that comprise a single data element (for example, a pixel in an image). In that case, when dealing with resource hogging data like images, audio, or video, there is a distinct advantage to a 64-bit system. However, when writing emails or text documents, the benefits of 64-bit may be less apparent. What is a bit? A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of digital...

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Speed Up Google Chrome

Speed Up Google ChromeWell Google lunched new version of Google chrome which is much faster and stable, You also loving it and it’s becoming your favorite browser as you simply loves it’s clean interface and speed of browsing. Here are some good tips which can improve your experience further and you will love this fantastic browser more than ever.Just follow these tips and see how Chrome improves in performance -Disables usage statistics of Google ChromeThis option is used to help in Development of Google chrome, It send your usage data to Google...

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How to hide usernames in Windows 7

How to hide usernames in Windows 7The login screen of Windows Vista and Windows 7 makes it very easy to see the user name of the last person that logged in. This may be fine on personal computers, but on shared computers, this could be a security threat. A potential intruder would only have to find out the password, which is very possible with the right software. To solve...

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Facebook Login Notifications

Facebook Login Notifications Hey, Facebook users – after a very long time I have again come to my place. My Blog. Was a bit busy settling my second career and with Facebook. But I am back now. Did you know that you can set up India's favourite social networking site to send you an e-mail or even a text message if anyone tries to access your account from a new device? ...

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Word 2007 - Draft View

Word 2007 - Draft View If you’re using either Word 2007 or 2010 and preferred working in the Normal view, then you’re probably wondering what happened to it. I’m sure you’ve investigated the View tab of the Ribbon and this is what you found: While on the surface it seems that they’ve done away with the Normal view, the truth is that they just renamed it. Try the Draft view. Feeling...

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Web Browser Navigation

Shift+Space Web Browser Navigation Sounds like a cool new form of space travel, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) it’s just a trick to make navigating pages in your web browser a little easier. So, instead of using the Page Up and Page Down keys all the way on the other side of your keyboard, do this: Press your Space Bar to go a...

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Get Connected with me

Get Connected with me Here are few links to get connected with me My FaceBook Page : http://adf.ly/1TX5p My Blog : http://adf.ly/1TX1w My WOrdpress Blog (Softknowledge) : http://adf.ly/1TX45 Mallabhum ( My Business): http://adf.ly/1TX3E Adf.ly : http://adf.ly/?id=457...

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Firefox 4.0 Safe Mode

Firefox 4.0 Safe Mode One of my favorite things about Mozilla Firefox is the plethora of add-ins you can download to expand its functionality. Ad blockers, screen capturing widgets and weather monitors are all at your fingertips, but all of that added function can sometimes cause some problems. If you think an add-on is causing Firefox 4 to act all wacky, try this: Click the...

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Successor of Windows 7 - Windows 8

Successor of Windows 7 - Windows 8 Windows 8 Milestone 1 is now available to download on torrents. Please note that this is not the Official version, its just a leak. Developing of Windows 8 has jumped into a phase of Milestone 3. And Automatically led to even wave of new leaked screenshots of the system, which appear in the network and reveal newer features of the Windows...

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Some Win Key Shortcuts for Windows 7 Users

Some Win Key Shortcuts for Windows 7 Users  Here are 11 beautiful shortcuts for Windows 7 users. Lets take a look: -  Win + Up Arrow – MaximizeWin + Down Arrow – MinimizeWin + Left Arrow – Snap to LeftWin + Right Arrow – Snap to Right (see a pattern here?)Win + Home – Restore or minimize all other windowsWin + T – Press once to focus the first taskbar entry; press again to cycle through taskbar entriesWin + Space Bar (hold) – Peek at the desktopWin + G – Bring gadgets forward to the topWin + any number key (1-9) – Open a program on the...

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Microsoft Word 2007 - Review Tab

Microsoft Word 2007 - Review Tab In Microsoft Word 2007, the Review Tab is useful in a lot of ways. You can have the Spelling and Grammar feature, the Research option, Thesaurus and Translation functionality to help you improve your documents. Here is what the Review Tab looks like. Under the Proofing group, you can use find the Spelling and Grammar feature. You can easily...

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