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Microsoft Substitutes. Don't expect new programs with improved usability from the upcoming version of the World's favorite OS Windows XP. Why? Because its the same old Microsoft operating system with added eye candy. Stick to XP, along with all your devices that are not compatible with Windows Vista, and run your favorite non-Microsoft software! We all heard about the new Vista and I think its not an upgrade most of us will make anytime soon.

Microsoft loaded it with immature features that people will switch off after they use it for a while. For example, why in the world would anyone want the borders to look semi-transparent for? Give me one way it could be useful.. apart from sitting around (in the RAM eating precious resources) and looking pretty! Likewise, Windows XP also came loaded with many useless built-in programs that you ended up dumping for a better alternative. Internet Explorer = Mozilla FirefoxFirst thing I install on a fresh Windows XP. Windows Explorer = Windows Messenger = Windows Media Player = Portable.Edu: 51 Productive & Petite Apps Every Student Should Put on Their USB Drive | The .Edu Toolbox. Home >> Civil Netizen Official Site. 25+ Best PC repair Utility Tools. Most of the time our PC will get repaired for no reason.

It may be due to some corrupt files or may be due to virus. It’s really very difficult to predict what could have caused the problem. Sometimes even simple issue in registry can also make your PC to reboot automatically. We may think that this errors can’t be solved and almost everyone use to Format the windows drive. But if we format we will loose all the important applications and reinstalling them will waste your time.

So here is a list of cool PC repairing tools which can solve most of the errors which arise in the PC. Here is the list of some of the best PC tools which are very useful for repairing and fixing the PC errors. Dial-a-fix is a collection of known fixes gleaned from Microsoft Knowledgebase articles, Microsoft MVPs, and other important support forums, that will assist you in repairing problems with your system. LSP-Fix is a free tool designed to fix internet connections damaged by malware or buggy software. Change The Windows 7 Logon Background [How-To] Windows 7 comes packed with a lot of new and interesting backgrounds.

However Windows 7 fails to include an easy way to change the background you see every single time you login to your computer. Perhaps you want a little flavor, or maybe you just don’t like the built-in background. Whatever the case may be, with this groovy trick you can change the background for both your Windows 7 logon screen and the menu you see whenever you hit CTRL+ALT+DEL . [learn_more caption="Editor Update 7/27/11"]After much feedback in the comments, if you’re not comfortable updating the system registry – I recommend you read this groovyPost which reviews the process of updating the Winodws 7 logon background using a freeware tool instead. [/learn_more] A few things to note about your background image Okay… that handles the fine print, lets get started. How To Change The WIndows 7 Logon Background And CTRL+ALT+DEL Menu Background 2. Double-Click the key OEMBackground and change the value from 0 to 1. 3. 4.

How to Install Windows from a USB Flash Drive. If you have a damaged CDROM drive and want to install Windows on your computer or laptop, then I recommend that you use Novicorp WinToFlash, which allows you to boot Windows operating systems from a USB flash drive. Getting Started 1- Download first Novicorp WinToFlash from the publisher's website. 2- Connect now your USB flash drive to your computer and format it: 3- Double click on WinToFlash.exe to launch the software, then select Advanced mode tab: 4- Now select the operating system that you are going to use, for my part I will select, for example, Windows XP. 5- Select now Windows source path (where i386 folder is located), then select your USB drive. 6- A small window pops up, select I Accepted the terms of the license agreement, then click Continue: 7- A warning message will pop up informing you that all your USB flash drive data will be erased, click OK: 8- The software will now format and transfer Windows files to your USB flash drive: 10- That's it.

Special ALT Characters. Power Your PC With 45 Free Applications | Tech Milieu. Make vb script to run batch file as invisible. How to Speed Up Mozilla Firefox. If you’ve been using Firefox for a long time, you may have noticed it getting slower as time passed. Maybe it takes a few seconds to start up or takes a bit longer loading webpages. You might start noticing that it takes a second or so to switch between tabs or that the menu option doesn’t pop up instantly. If your installation of Firefox runs slow or freezes more than you’d care for, there are a lot of different ways to speed things up a bit. In this article, I’m going to go through all the tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years to keep Firefox fast and efficient. Note that some tweaks require changing the browser settings in about:config.

Enable HTTP Cache There is a new HTTP cache option that can be enabled in Firefox, which will help reduce UI glitches and various other browser crashes. Browser.cache.use_new_backend Double-click on it and change the value from 0 to 1. Refresh Firefox Click on the Refresh Firefox button at the top right to get started. Enable Safe Mode Clear Cache. 10 software that can raise dead hard disk | Globalthoughtz. By Leplan on February 14th, 2010 Have you ever spent hours working on a document when suddenly the power goes out and you discover that, you have failed to save your work and have lost everything you’d worked on? Have you ever turned on your computer to find that a virus has wiped much of your hard drive content? Perhaps you’ve even deleted an email out of your trash bin only to find that you desperately needed the information inside it for work? All of these are very real problems and data recovery software is an equally real solution for all of them.

Img Source: data-recovery.mirandasbeach.com Through data recovery software you can recover files that were compressed and encrypted. With the latest generation of the data recovery software you can also recover files that have been deleted from your recycle bin, have become damaged or are stored on a hard drive, CD or DVD that has developed bad sectors. 1. 2. Img Soruce: ww.recovermyfiles.com 3. 4. Img Source: screenshots.en.softonic.com 5. Document Corrupter - Give Yourself More Time To Finish Your Projects. Ninite Easy PC Setup - Silent Unattended Install Multiple Programs At Once. 99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast. Over the last several years working in IT for various companies as a Systems Administrator, a Network Administrator, and a Help Desk professional, I’ve written and learned about many ways to increase the performance of not only my PC, but also of the many PCs on my networks ranging from Windows 98 to Windows 10.

In this article, I hope to compile a huge list of all the different methods and tricks that I’ve used to get the last bit of juice out of a slow PC. Whether you are using an old PC or the latest and greatest in hardware, you can still use some of these tips to make your PC run faster. Note that since I write two blogs, Help Desk Geek and Online Tech Tips, I have previously written about many performance tips already which I will link back to throughout. If I have not written about it, I’ve throw in a link to a relevant article from some of my other favorite sites. This list is in no particular order, just written in the order that I could think of them. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. How to hide files in JPEG pictures. If you’re looking to hide files on your PC hard drive, you may have read about ways to encrypt folders or change the attributes on a file so that they cannot be accessed by prying eyes. However, a lot of times hiding files or folders in that way requires that you install some sort of software on your computer, which could then be spotted by someone else.

I’ve actually written quite a few articles on how you can hide files and folders in Windows XP and Vista before, but here I’m going to show you a new way to hide files that is very counter-intuitive and therefore pretty safe! Using a simple trick in Windows, you can actually hide a file inside of the JPG picture file! You can actually hide any type of file inside of an image file, including txt, exe, mp3, avi, or whatever else. Not only that, you can actually store many files inside of single JPG file, not just one! Hide File in Picture Create a folder on your hard drive, i.e. Now here’s the fun part! And that’s it! That’s it! 19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs to Know.

Your OS drives your whole PC experience, so it's your job as an enthusiast to keep it in a high state of tune Twist cap carefully. Only pour into Maximum PC-approved computer tanks. After installing a new OS, most people just jump right in and start driving it through all their favorite applications and games. Makes sense, right? The operating system, after all, should be a background player in the computing experience—a means to an end, with the end being web surfing, content editing, and wanton destruction in the first-person shooter of one’s choice. The problem, however, is that most people, even a lot of self-described power users, never take the time to really tune the new OS, exploring its menus and setting up the interface for the fastest, most convenient operation based on personal preferences.

It’s been about six months since Windows 7 hit the market, so we figure most of our readers have made their upgrades. It’s time to get started. Alt + P Windows + Up and Windows + Down. PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives. How to open God Mode on Windows 7 & Vista. 15 Killer Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts That Might Surprise You.