Computer Tweaks

This is for Windows XP, Windows 7 or later. To change the virtual memory settings, go to Start, then Control Panel and click on   System . Click on the  Advanced   tab and under the   Performance   box, click   Settings . On the   Performance   dialog, click the   Advanced   tab and then click   Change   under the   Virtual Memory heading. Now you’ll see the Virtual Memory settings as shown below: You can increase your virtual memory to get better performance. You can go with the windows recommendation. I will show you the operation of virtual memory.  Here are the rules for setting your paging file correctly. To get the best performance it is best to create a paging file on a different partition than the boot partition (the drive that contains that operating system, which is usually the   C   drive ) and to also create it on a separate hard drive. In this way, Windows can ...

W indows mobility center is as shown below:       This one is just for the notebook or laptop users. You can access Windows Mobility Center by pressing Windows key+X (you will see a window as shown above), This will give you the opportunity to tweak all sorts of settings on your laptop, all in one convenient place. You can do the do the below listed works using Windows Mobility Center: 1) Change your display brightness 2) Adjust the volume 3) Check your battery status 4) Turn off wireless connectivity 5) Switch your screen orientation 6) Connect an external display  7) Synchronize files with external devices (Like a smartphone or a tablet)

How to access Windows Desktop icons without minimizing anything ? If you want to access windows desktop icons without minimizing anything, then here is a solution for you! You can keep your most frequently used files and shortcuts on the Desktop and you can quickly access those icons by adding a Desktop Toolbar to your Windows Taskbar. Follow these simple steps to get this done. Right-click on the Windows Taskbar. Click Properties. In the Taskbar and Start menu Properties Window, as shown below, click the Toolbars tab. In the Toolbars tab check the Desktop checkbox and click Apply. Once the above steps have been completed you should have a Desktop option by the Windows Notification area of your Taskbar, which is also shown at the bottom of the below picture.   After the above steps have been completed, click the chevron arrows next to Desktop, this will display all shortcuts and files stored on the Desktop.

Sometimes there might be a need of using both the orientations in one document i.e. portrait and landscape. This could possibly be the requiement of the document. Anywayz, you won't be disappointed as Microsoft Word  provides this facility to use both the orientation in one document. The next obvious question is "How ?" This is a very simple task and can be done easily. 1. Open Microsoft Word and create a new document. 2. Go to the last page that you want to keep in portrait mode. 3. Go to Page Layout tab. 4. Click on the Breaks function and choose Next Page (under Section Breaks ). 5. Go to the page that you want to change the orientation mode to landscape, and then go to Orientation (still in the Page layout tab) -> Landscape . 6. To make the following pages in portrait mode, insert another Section Breaks/Next Page at the end of the landscape mode page (repeat step 4) 7. Change the Orientation of that page to Portrait . 8. The final...

If you are working for a client abroad or your girl friend/wife lives in some other country or you simply live away from your family where even time is not the same. The most difficult part of life becomes managing the time difference. You can synchronize your timings with their timing using multiple clocks on your computer. Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 support the ability to have multiple clocks with different time zones for example see the picture below: Now simply follow simple steps to get this thing done on your system: 1) Click Time in the Notification Area  2) You will see a calender with a clock 3) Click "Change date and time settings" You will see a picture like this: 4) Click "Additional Clocks" tab 5) By default only single clock is shown, check "Show this clock", set time zone, enter display name, click Apply and you are done!!! Now, you will see two different clocks whenever you will ...

Finally my exams are over and here is the end of College Days. I don't know whether I will go for further studies or not, but surely I will try to do things out of the box.       We have started our work at e-Lightening Technologies and clients are just flowing to get their web presence. Definitely condition has been completely changed, two years back we used to convince each and every person coming to us why they should have a website for their business. But today people have agreed with this fact that if they want to be ahead of their competitors, they must have their online presence.  As far as this website is concerned, I have many plans. Soon we are going to hire 3 more Tech Bloggers to write for us. We are also going to have a seperate office for this website. We are now open for Guest Blogging. If you want to write for this website, please contact us using the contact form available on contact us page . From 14th June 2012, we will be p...

YouTube maintains a record of your previous searches to help you search faster. However, if your search history contains sensitive keywords or private information, you may not want people to know what you have searched before. Similarly it keeps track of your viewing history (what videos you have watched).So if you don't want people to know about these stuff, you need to delete your previous history (viewing and/or searching) and simillarly Pause it. You can also clear specific searches. So here are the steps to follow: 1) Login into your YouTube Account 2) Click your account name at the top right of the window to expand its menu and choose Video Manager. The Video Manager section will appear on screen. 3. From the left side of the window, choose the Search History option for Search History or History option for Viewing History. 4. The right side of the window contains all of your previously searched keywords on YouTube. You can re...