Netbooks have become the coolest portable computers used for browsing the Internet, chatting, downloading, media playback, etc. A new purchase of netbook will usually come equipped with one of the Windows operating system – usually Windows XP Home Edition. But, many a times, a cheaper netbook may come equipped with Linux or no operating system at all. There have been few major developments in netbook operating systems recently with keeping the upcoming age of computing in mind – Cloud Continue Reading >>

Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do every day while we work on a computer. We cannot even recall how many times we press CTRL+C. But it is a highly unsafe operation. I will explain you why CTRL+C is so unsafe and insecure. Have you ever wondered what happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are online. We do copy various data by Ctrl+C for pasting some information from one place to other. This copied data is stored in a computer memory called Clipboard and is accessible from the Continue Reading >>

Using Windows 7 is simply great. It’s a great operating system with many advancements and features from Microsoft. But, as always, any newly developed operating system is prone to bugs and instabilities. Microsoft too had anticipated this and therefor developed XP Mode in Windows 7. Windows 7 has many backward compatibility issues and therefor XP Mode helps in eradicating such compatibility glitches and allows to install older Windows-XP-working programs in Windows 7. XP Mode will Continue Reading >>

SlideFinder.net is a very helpful website when it comes to searching PowerPoint presentations online. It is especially helpful when you are making a presentation for office, college or school – you can search for the topic you are working on SlideFinder and acquire a bundle of reference information, ideas and presentation styles. A very good feature of SlideFinder is that it lets you search for PowerPoint presentation in 23 different languages. You can also integrate SlideFinder into Continue Reading >>

It is very tedious at times when you want to work with multiple windows at a time. For example, you wish to copy files from drive C: to drive D: – we open two explorer windows and navigate between the two for copying. Windows Double Explorer is a rescuer to such annoyance. This program helps you integrate two explorer windows into a single window making operations like copying, cutting, pasting or comparing easy and hassle-free. Windows Double Explorer can be downloaded here. Continue Reading >>

Microsoft’s Windows is well known for incorporating bugs and issues. Windows has always been criticized for sheltering numerous bugs and compatibility issues. There are few non-critical but funny bugs that exists in Windows. Following are few funny bugs to look at: 1. Unable to rename a folder Windows does not allow its user to create folders with following names – CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, Continue Reading >>

The Parental Control is one of the best add-on feature to Windows 7. With increasing harmful content online and offline, like violent games, harmful software, vulgar websites and much more, the Parental Control of Windows 7 comes as a rescuer to parents who want to safeguard their children from harmful multimedia content. To enable Parental Control for your children in Windows 7, follow the below steps: 1. Goto Start menu and click on Control Panel 2. Click on the User Accounts  and Family Continue Reading >>

Windows 7 is an intelligent operating system. It detects various system issues that may cause danger to your operating system. The Review recent messages and resolve problems feature is a good add-on to Windows smart working. This feature will list all the potential issues and threats to your system. You can easily glance through the list and resolve the with few clicks. 1. Open Start menu and click on Control Panel 2. When the Control Panel opens, click on System and Security tab 3. Under Continue Reading >>

The programs that automatically run at start of your Windows operating system are the Windows Startup Programs. Multiple programs may pop-up or execute in the background at the startup. These pop-ups and background executions may delay your startup time and make the computer very slow. It is always better to timely manage the startup programs in order to reduce the startup time and increase the loading speed. The conventional way of managing Windows startup programs is to open each individual Continue Reading >>

DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is one of the most accepted and well-liked video storage formats nowadays. The DVD media storage format can store information/videos/movies with superior video and audio quality. Most digital camcorders and cameras record and store the videos in AVI (Audio Video Interleave) format. Hence, how to convert an AVI format movie into DVD format so it can be watched on a regular DVD player? The only way to convert an AVI file into DVD file is via video conversion Continue Reading >>