Computer Tweaks

CCleaner is the most useful and reliable tool available. Most of us use it, but many people are still unaware about it. So I thought I should write about CCleaner in a seperate post. It definitely is the most popular Windows system optimization tool. It is the most updated program out of all the Piriform offerings (CCleaner, Defraggler, and Recuva), and will ask you to update practically once every week or two. If you have not installed CCleaner here is the link  http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Download the setup file and install CCleaner in your system. Clean Out Temporary Files CCleaner lives up to its name in a number of different ways. First, you can go through the usual temporary files of any supported applications. This includes the usual list of browsers, system, and some other lesser known options such as Java. With more and more updates, the amount of supported applications increases by a lot. Clean Out Your Bloate...

About me & this blog: I am Mohammed Faizan Ansari, a digital entrepreneur, engineer and a lazy blogger. Let me be very frank with you; I am editing this about section for 5th time since I wrote it for first. I run a digital agency called e-Lightening Technologies based out of Mumbai. We provide services in web designing, development, software development, graphic designing and advertising. I had started this blog when e-Lightening never existed. I stopped giving time to this blog as I got involved in serving clients. My priorities changed but my interests remained the same. I have now thought of taking it again as a professional thing. Providing something good and valuable to my readers. This blog is all about computers, technology, computer tips and tricks, social media and other tech stuff. I have chosen a very common topic for this blog which gives me a wider range of audience but a challenge to compete with so many other bloggers out there in this world writing on t...

Steve Jobs (1955-2011)  - the founder of Apple Inc has died today. The front page of Apple is displaying a picture of Steve and a next page gives a tribute to him http://www.apple.com/stevejobs . Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who’ve been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve lost a dear friend and inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com . Google also pays a tribute to him on it's front page. check that out http://www.google.com  

Since from last many days I have been receiving emails from my readers, who are telling me that we have deviated from what actually we had started with. We are focusing more on internet and social media not on simple computer tweaks. So I decided to start again that series of tweaks, tips and tricks.... In this post I am going to show you how to create a shortcut to lock the screen. Once you have locked it you need to login again. If you have password set, then you will need to give password otherwise simply login by clicking the log on button. -->>The quickest way to lock your computer screen is to just use the Win+L keyboard shortcut. Some people prefer to use the mouse to lock the workstation, however, or would just like to have both options. Here’s how to easily create a shortcut to lock Windows 7, Vista, or even Windows XP as well. Right-click wherever you want to create the shortcut, choose New, and then Shortcut. Enter the following text into the shortcut te...

You might have noticed that many people are updating about Facebook timeline. So what actually a Facebook timeline is ? Mark Zuckerberg noted that the original Profile in Facebook was sort of like the last five minutes of your life. The updated Proile from 2008 extended that to show what was sort of like the last 15 minutes or your life. The new Profile unveiled now is “the rest,” This new feature is called as Timeline. The look of profile is actually "Your Life on Facebook", TechCrunch says it looks bit like a very nice blog on Tumblr, even I agree with it. For me the facebook timeline is astonishing. All that I have done on Facebook came in front of me. It has three main parts: all your stories all your apps a new way to express who you are I would suggest everyone to give it a try. Important things to note: - You probably don’t want to do this unless you’re actually a developer. Expect bugs. - Only you will see your timeline at first (unless you d...

Google+ invites were in high demand when the service first launched in July, and the service attracted 20 million visitors in its first month. Since then, however, the service seems to have lost some of its luster. Facebook has also launched a number of features that challenge what were initially selling points of Google’s offering. The leading social network revamped Friend Lists and made changes to the News Feed, both of which bring Google+ Circles-like functionality to the site. The new subcription option of Facebook is also in the talks, and for me it's just awesome. Facebook has done all these changes just before Google+ went public. Now that Google+ is open to everyone, we’ll see if  it can beat Facebook in the race of social media.

We very well know what MySpace was and where it stands today. Tom Anderson the co-founder of MySpace says something about todays social giant Facebook and newly born Search giant's social baby Google+. He never spoke before about the failure of his company but he explined about Google+ in his post on G+ and gave some idea why they failed. Check it out. " Google+ seems like a "reaction" to Twitter/Facebook. But are you starting to see the ways that Google+ just makes Google a better, more integrated set of services? Google already has top-notch products in key categories--photos, videos, office productivity, blogs, Chrome, Android, maps and (duh) search. Can you start to see/imagine what Google+ does for Gmail? Picassa? Youtube? Not to mention search? The +1 system that Google now has control of (unlike Facebook Likes) can really influence and change the nature of their search. My original vision for MS was that everything got bette...