Windows

Screen Capture (Print Screen) in Mac Computer – Mac OS and Windows OS

For those who have switched from PC to Mac, one of the most obvious difference is the keyboard and its keys. There are some extra ones and some important ones missing.
I was used to taking screenshots by ‘Print Screen’ key in PC but the key is missing in the Macbook I recently acquired. It can [...]

Windows 7 – Is it the Lucky 7 for Microsoft?

In the history of Microsoft Windows releases XP is the only successful OS without numbers attached to it. All other named versions failed to gain the consumer confidence in them. Did that made Microsoft superstitions enough to choose the next version with number attached to it — number 7, lucky 7?
Most of the successful [...]

Windows 7 shortcuts

Here are some of the useful keyboard shortcuts for the next big thing from Microsoft:

Win+Home: Clear all but the active window
Win+Space: All windows become transparent so you can see through to the desktop
Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window
Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it’s maximized
Win+Left/Right arrows: Dock the window [...]

How do you access administrator account in WinXP?

There was a case in which the owner of a computer didn’t know his administrator account in Windows XP. It was tricky to find out the account password. If you have such problem this procedure might be useful. You however need to have WinXP install CD to perform the task.
First – Place your Windows XP [...]

Useful Windows XP Shortcut keys – 2

Here are some of day-to-day use shortcuts for MS Windows XP:
If you don’t have Windows key in your keyboard visiting this previous post for other windows shortcut keys might be more useful.

Windows Key – START Menu
Windows Key+ Pause Break – System Properties
Windows Key+R – RUN Window
Windows Key+L – Locks Computer

Windows Key+Ctrl+F – SEARCH FOR COMPUTERS
Windows [...]

Accessing NTFS “protected” private folders

My computer just went dead and instead of repairing it I moved the hard disk to another system. Till then I never realized that the document folders was encrypted in the NTFS system.
It was the most annoying thing and I cursed NTFS over FAT system and all the stuffs. Well, it was not that hard [...]

MICROSOFT WINDOWS SHORTCUT KEYS

Alt + Tab Switch between open applications
Alt + Shift + Tab Switch backwards between open applications
Alt + Print Screen Create screen shot for current program
Ctrl + Alt + Del Reboot/Windows® task manager
Ctrl + Esc Bring up start menu
Alt + Esc Switch between applications on taskbar
F2 Rename selected icon
F3 Start find from desktop
F4 Open the drive [...]

How to make Windows XP fast?

Failure of Vista to fulfill user’s expectation has made XP still a best bet in operating system. Watch this video for some tips in making it run faster.

How To Uninstall Office 2007 Beta Manually

If you are one of those who installed MS Office 2007 Beta and couldn’t uninstall it at all. Here is a solution for you. (You can curse MS again before you apply it, they deserve it!!)

Right-click on My Computer and choose Manage
Expand “Services and Applications and then select Services
In the right pane, stop the [...]

Hide/Unhide Logon Names

If you have made an user for yourself that you don’t want to show to everybody when they switch on your computer. Here is how you do the hiding / unhiding of Login names

Start Regedit
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon \ SpecialAccounts \ UserList
Add a DWORD with [...]