How To Create A Bootable USB Drive From Your Windows CD. Do you have a Windows CD or DVD, but can’t use your optical drive to install the operating system (OS) on your new computer? Or maybe you’re concerned about CD/DVD rot and just want to create a backup. Instead of a disc, you can use a USB drive to install Windows. Flash drives are smaller, have more storage, and can be used to install multiple OSs — if you use the right technology. Here is how to create a bootable USB drive, instead of using a Windows CD. How to Create Windows 10 Installation Media How to Create Windows 10 Installation Media Regardless of how you arrived at Windows 10, there's a way to create your own installation media. Sooner or later you might need it.
Let us show you how to be prepared. Benefits of a USB Drive There are several situations where USB drive installation media is beneficial: Our relationship with Windows CDs and DVDs has changed, too. Copying Your Disc with WinToFlash Download and install WinToFlash Personal Edition. WinToFlash Multiboot Windows 10. How To Automate Repetitive Tasks on PC with DoItAgain.
Start off by visiting this site and download DoItAgain for Windows XP, Vista or even Windows Seven. Once you download the MSI installer, run it and let it do its thing. When your installation is complete, go ahead and launch the program. You will see a screen that looks like the one I am showing below. Go ahead and hit that Create a New Task button to -”“ Create a new task. This is how you will teach the application to automate repetitive tasks. Once you hit the magic button, everything you will do will be recorded. So for instance, every day I need to open Firefox, browse over to my MakeUseOf wiki page to check what is going on for the day. I named mine “Open MakeUseOf Wiki’. To execute the task, simply double-click on it in your list. So next up, I created a task to backup my computer. Double clicking on my backup task does this: The possibilities are endless and only limited by your own imagination and need. Let’s take a look at the programs options: See the set pause time length?
Analyze Your PC & Detect New Driver Updates Online With Ma-Config. Even if the support helpdesk is just a dial away, knowing the innards of your computer is just as important as knowing the software you are working on. Unlike cars, computers need constant updates of both software and hardware. For the sake of efficiency, updating these should be a matter of routine.
Take for example, moving up from Windows Vista to Seven”¦does your computer hardware support the new OS? Or would it do better with some drive upgrades? These are very basic tasks and thankfully, we don’t have to consult a thick manual to see this through. Ma-Config is an online tool that does two jobs for us ““ it analyzes your pc and identifies the hardware and software components (also up to 10 shared PCs). Ma-Config does all the driver detection using a downloadable ActiveX plug-in. Ma-Config makes it easy for both the starter guy and the experienced hand. Click on Start the Detection to bare the large green button which tells you to run the detection. 5 Cool Tips & Tricks In Windows Live MSN Messenger. This will be a two part post with the first part covering cool Windows Live tips and tricks that you can do without installing any add-ons, and the second part explains how you can make your Windows Live Messenger experience much more fun. 1.
Remove Those Annoying Ads You may noticed at the very bottom of the Windows Live Messenger main window, they show ads to you. However, if they slightly annoy you from time to time, here is a trick on how to block them. On your Windows computer, open up Internet Explorer. Click on Tools, then select Internet Options. Then simply add the URL to this: 2. One of the most searched for keywords on my website is “how do I find out who blocked or deleted me on MSN”. In Windows Live Messenger just go to Tools ““> Options, go to the Privacy section, and under Contact List, click on View. If going through that list will take a while, you can also download aMSN (which is a excellent portable MSN program for your USB drive). 3. 4. 5.
4 Quick Solutions To Windows Network Connection Problems. Unfortunately, network connection problems are sometimes hard to diagnose. A few articles here on MakeUseOf give some help. Guy McDowell’s about weak wireless signals, and Karl Gechlik’s about some simple diagnosis steps are both great resources. Here I will lay out four easy solutions you can try to get your Internet access back.
I will give instructions for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Check Your Hosts File Windows can use the hosts file to set IP addresses to particular domains. This means though that it can be used to redirect or effectively cut off your Internet access. When I need to troubleshoot an Internet connection, this is usually the first place I look. To view the file in Windows XP, just open up Notepad and go to File->Open.
You may have to change where it says “Text Documents” to “All Files” to see the hosts file. After you have the file open, it should look something like this: It should only have the heading stuff and maybe the line designating the localhost. What Is The Difference Between 32-bit & 64-bit Windows? Think of your computer as a series of tubes that can either be 32 or 64 bits wide. When you have the smaller 32-bit size, there is more potential for bottlenecks to occur. Bottlenecks slow down your system because one process has to wait for another to finish before it can begin. But if you want to have 64-bit wide tubes, your computer needs to be thinking in 64-bit so your software and hardware all need to support 64-bit.
If you do not know the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit, I would have told you in the past that you are running a 32-bit version of Windows. On a 32-bit operating system, you are restricted to a maximum of 4 gigabytes of RAM. 264 addresses, equivalent to approximately 17.2 billion gigabytes, 16.3 million terabytes, or 16 exabytes of RAM. That is a huge amount of RAM! And in this shot, we see a 32-bit machine trying to use 7GB of RAM.. If you are still not sure if your processor can support x64 check out GRC’s SecurAble and let them help you figure it out! Top 7 Windows Search Tricks Used by Pro Users. What this means is that more often than not, one will have a hard time finding the file when it’s needed the most. You can make use of some of the tips to keep your files and folders organized, or perhaps you can get really good at doing a Windows search.
If you opt for the latter, here are some Windows search tips and trick that you should know about. Use boolean operators to fine-tune your Windows search You can use the three common boolean operators namely: AND, OR, NOT within your search queries. All you have to keep in mind is to use them in uppercase whenever you are planning to use them as boolean operators or else they will be considered as a search term too. For example, make or use would return items which have all the three terms make or and use where as make OR use would return items with make, use or both make and use. Use Wildcards Wildcards are pretty much a regular feature when it comes to doing a Windows search. Search by file kind Use quotes for exact matches.
How to Upload & Sync Files to SkyDrive from Windows Explorer. SkyDrive could possibly even be a Dropbox alternative so you can sync files to SkyDrive. You can actually save yourself the work with either of the free Gladinet and SDExplorer tools, but this is another way to map SkyDrive using the downloadable Microsoft Office 2010 Beta or one open-source utility.
The 50MB file size limit still applies but most personal files and documents that you own don’t exceed that size, correct? However, if you have huge files, you might want to consider other storage services. So in order for you to see SkyDrive in Windows Explorer, you need to retrieve the unique location of each of your SkyDrive folders or Windows Live Photo albums which is generally something like In that address, abcdef is actually a unique combination of six letters and numbers corresponding to your folder or album, while yourcid is the long ID code that appears in your URL bar after you log into SkyDrive. Click Next. How To Add Live Web Pages To A PowerPoint Slide. Linking to a web page via a URL is a simple but so old world. Instead you want a PowerPoint solution that lets you stay within the presentation and showcase a web page in its full browsing glory. That’s where LiveWeb, a little free PowerPoint add-in comes into the picture.
LiveWeb will add live web pages to a Powerpoint slide and refreshes the web pages in real-time during a slide show. You don’t have to go outside your presentation to show your audience a web page. It is just like using your presentation as a browser. A Small Download & A Simple Installation LiveWeb supports all PowerPoint versions starting from PowerPoint 97 to the latest 2010. In PowerPoint 2003, installation of the LiveWeb add-in is from the Tools – Add-ins menu. In PowerPoint 2007, you have to follow the path: Office Button ““ PowerPoint Options ““ Add-Ins ““ Manage (PowerPoint Add-ins) and click on Go to bring up the box that installs add-ins.
A macro security warning pops up. Inserting A Web Page On A Slide. Check For Memory (RAM) Problem In Windows 7 [How-To] Does your PC throw up lot of memory (RAM) related errors? First thing to do is check for driver issues. If drivers are fine, you need to check if memory modules are working fine. There is no need to physically remove RAM from your PC and check it in other PC or vice-versa. In Windows 7, you can check for Memory problems using built-in Memory Diagnostics Tool.
This tool should automatically initiate as Windows discovers problem in memory. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In our case, our test PC memory scan shows no errors. Migrate Your Wireless Settings. User Folders - Change Default Location. Libraries Folder - Add or Remove from Navigation Pane. Notification Area Icons - Reset. Wait, that arrow is gone?
How do i get it back? Nevermind, i looked into control panel and i got notification icons area again. I removed Action Center from the list and its back again. So basically, in order to have that arrow, you should have atleast 1 icon hidden.