Using web query in Microsoft Excel

I am no Excel buff but this application has some really neat features which we normally aren’t aware of during general use. What if I want some data to be stored in Excel sheet from a web page and then regularly update that data from the internet? It can be done in a jiffy within …

Using Morning Coffee Firefox add-on

Some Firefox add-ons are pretty cool. Morning coffee is an add-on that basically stores sites that are frequently visited as a list and slotted as per weekdays.This eliminates the daily chore of opening the same websites in multiple tabs again and again daily. Download the add-on from here.Using it is very simple and effective too.Once …

How to reset Windows Mail

Recently Windows Mail started freezing whenever I wanted to reply to or compose new emails. This can be fixed by resetting Windows mail registry settings. Let’s take a look on how to reset that setting and bring back Windows Mail back to normalcy. Close Windows Mail if it is running. First we need to back …

Creating new partition in Windows Vista

Windows Vista comes with in-built partition creation which makes it possible to make new partitions on fly from Vista.This takes care of basic partitioning needs without purchasing any extra application. Say if we have Vista installed on a single disk with no partition,we can shrink this single disk so as to have a new partition …

How to run DOS applications on Windows Vista

Some things are addictive no matter how old they get,like playing DOS based games for instance. Have you ever wondered how will good old DOS run in Windows XP/Vista boxes? There is a cool free utility that allows you to do just that.It is an emulator of sorts which provides you all the retro DOS …

Prevent Vista from automatic restarts

To fix an error,you should first know the error and then find out what causes this error. System errors in Windows occur all the time(the pretty blue screens of death).The default settings Vista (or even XP) is configured with is to simply restart on own. While this is a common way of troubleshooting errors,not all …

How to activate screensaver easter eggs in Vista

Vista comes with a lot of easter eggs and some of them use screensavers to get activated. Remember the cool swirling colorful screensaver in Mac OSes? This same type of screensaver (Aero screensavers in Vista) can be set as a desktop background using the easter eggs. I will show the most common ones in Vista.Do …

Transform Vista into Mac OS X

There are some great themes for Windows Vista but one really cool theme is the Vista to Leopard transformation pack. Download it from here. Installing it is quite straight forward.Once the setup is downloaded,run it. Accept the license agreement and select All the options for the best possible effects of the OS X transformation pack. …

Using Performance Information and Tools in Vista

Windows Vista comes with a handy set of tools for diagnosing and troubleshooting system problems.This is under the “Performance Information and Tools” section. Wouldn’t it be handy if we can glance at all the system issues in one go and can immediately correct them? Vista provides this capability of reporting existing system problems and also …