Computer Tweaks

Resource Monitor is a utility of Windows operating system introduced from Windows 7. This utility helps you monitor CPU, Memory, Disk and Network. Previously we were able to monitor CPU utilization from Task Manager. Resource Monitor is something better than that.  To go to Resource Monitor: Type resmon in search start search and click on resmon.exe as shown below:   You will see a Window of Resource Monitor as shown below: There are total 5 tabs Overview, CPU, Memory, Disk and Network. You can see CPU, Disk, Memory and Network utilization using these tabs. Under overview, you will see CPU utilization and all running programs.

Windows store has passed the count of 20,000 apps adding more than 7000 apps in past two weeks. According to statistics more than 18,000 apps are free. If this goes with the same rate: Windows store may reach 30000 or 40000 apps by the end of this year.  20000 apps is really a great milestone for any new app store. Developers are now concentrating on making apps for Winodws 8 (a new candidate has arrived in this race; after iPhone and Android now its Windows 8 ).  Windows 8 sales might not be to the mark as expected by Microsoft , but its increasing steadily. With this rate of new apps coming for Windows 8, for me Windows 8 is a winner and will do good in long run.

Many Windows users have faced this problem, one of my readers named "Amir" had the same problem that his task manager has been disabled by the administrator. They get an error like this: "Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator" Here is a simple solution for this problem: Step 1] Go to RUN Step 2] Type following code in Run REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Step 3] Press OK and you are done! :-) Now you will see your task manager by following path or by pressing Ctr+Alt+Del

Here I am listing some tips to manage your tiles which will help you to get the most of Windows Start Screen. 1] You can use mouse wheel to scroll left to right or right to left through your tiles. 2] To move a tile, simply click and hold then drag into the group you would like to see it, once you have placed it where you want, just release.   3] Any Desktop shortcut or program can be pinned to the Start screen by right-clicking the icon and choosing Pin to Start 4] In the bottom right-hand corner of the start screen is a magnifying glass with tiles, click this icon to get a zoomed out view of your Start screen. In this view, if you right-click on a group of tiles you'll be given the option to name group , which can be useful if you have a group of related tiles, you can also click and drag a group to organize your tile groups. 5] Resize any User tile or Live tile by right-clicking the tile and choosing res...

uTorrent is a widely used torrent client for downloading files. In this post I am going to mention a tip that will help to increase the download speed.We know that uTorrent does not take full advantage of your High Speed connection. We can see a clear difference while using IDM. IDM downloads much faster than uTorrent. To utilize more of your high speed connection simply follow given steps. Step 1] Go to Preferences window (press Ctrl+P  or click Options -> Preferences. ) Step 2] Click on Bandwidth You can see that Maximum upload and download rate are set to 0. According to uTorrent download speed will be max at 0 but practically it does not happen every time because of different circumstances. Step 3] So now change these values. Set Max upload to 8 kB/s (not less than this value) and Max download speed to some higher value say 2000 kB/s. Click Apply and Press OK, You will see a dramatic change in the download speed. Before After   ...

There are different media files associated with a webpage. Like a video file or flash (.swf) file or an image file, simply it can be any media associated with the webpage you are currently browsing. We need some files to be simply downloaded, some files to be opened in corresponding programs (a video player for a video file). With the use of Firefox we can assign actions to different content types. The action would be whether to download that file or to open it into a software application. To assign actions to different content type, follow these simple steps: Step 1] Open Mozilla Firefox and go to Tools: Step 2] In Tools, select Options: Step 3] In Options Window go to Applications Tab: Step 4] Now you will see two columns, One for Content and another for Actions. It is clear that there are four Actions available for any content type. a) Always ask? b) Save File. c) Use <<default program>> (e.g Microsoft Word for word documents) ...

A pictograph is a pictorial graph of some values. In other words: A Pictograph is a way of showing data using images. Usually when we create a graph in MS Excel we get a simple bar graph or other charts available in Excel but not a pictograph. In this post I will show you the way to create a pictograph in MS Excel. Step 1] Open Microsoft Excel Step 2] Select the names and values for which you want to create a pictograph as shown in following picture. Step 3]   Click on bar graph in insert section: Step 4] Select 2-D bar graph as shown in the picture. A bar graph will be created. Step 5] Now right click on the bar graph and select Format Data Series. Step 6] Select Fill->Picture or texture fill->File and select a picture to create a pictograph: In my case I have downloaded a picture of green, red and blue balls that I will use one by one. Step 7] Select Stack option: Repeat the procedure for all the value...

Many of the computer users are addicted to see every Window in Maximized mode. They get frustrated when some of the applications does not open in Maximized mode. In this post I will show you how to Forcefully make a shortcut always open as maximized. Right-click on any Windows shortcut and click Properties . In Properties window under shortcut section choose the options given i n Run: click the down arrow and choose Maximized . Now press Ok and open the application, you will see it in maximized mode.

 After the launch of Windows 8 , now more than 4 million copies have been sold. The major issue s that Windows 8 users have faced are: its usability and compatibility with previous softwares and hardware devices. Most of the users miss the classic Start Menu of Windows operating systems (including me). When they install a Windows 8 operating system on their laptops and desktops they find it very difficult to use as they are not able to see the start menu. Windows users have got so used to with start menu that they can't use W indows without start menu. If you have installed Windows 8, you might be looking for solutions to get your start menu back. Thanks to these three utilities that enable the old start menu in Windows 8. You will get the start menu using any of these utilities. The utilities: ViStart, Classic Shell, and StartMenu7 all do a good job of duplicating the classic Start menu with its folders, shortcuts, and easy access to common Windows locations. V...

Gmail's new compose and reply features are just awesome!  (at least to me). If you haven't seen it, go to your Gmail account right now. Click on Compose and you will see a message like this: Click on Got It and you will see a light box at right corner of your browser similar to your Gmail chat box. This light box is the new interface to compose emails in Gmail. Have a look: With this new interface, You can compose more than one emails simultaneously. You can check emails while you are typing. You can minimize drafts for later. It has all the features of previous compose with above new additions. You can attach files insert images; in simple words: you can compose emails as you used to do with older version with an ease. How to switch back to old version? ( Who would do this? ) You can easily switch back to older version by simply following below steps: Step 1: Go to Compose Step 2: At the bottom corner of the message pane, click the More menu icon ...