Windows Vista comes with a pretty good firewall that can be configured easily. It may happen at times that a program that is installed can no longer download updates or connect to the internet because the Windows firewall no longer recognizes it(say after an update) or blocks it. To overcome this,we can manually add programs …
Mozilla Firefox has plenty of really useful add-ons and 1-click YouTube video downloader is one of them. Download the latest version from here which works with the new YouTube code (some previous YouTube downloader add-ons in Firefox have stopped working or have glitches after the site was changed). Select Add to Firefox to get it …
There is a central dashboard that monitors the status of different services provided by Google (gmail,calendar,google talk etc). To access this apps status dashboard go to : http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en Cheers.
Google Labs has some pretty neat stuff and the ability to bring up Google docs in gmail pane is one of them. To enable this,sign into gmail and go to Settings on top right corner. Select Labs and pick the gadget named Google Docs gadget. Select Enable option. Save the changes and return to inbox,there …
Every Windows component has an associated software that makes it work and helps leverage its full functionality.Typical installation of components once the hardware is put in the machine is done by installing drivers to make the component work.Hence driver access is an integral part of any installation. Same goes for troubleshooting individual components – say …
Here I describe an ultra quick way to check which computers are present on the network as well as other shared network resources. Go to command prompt and type net view. For specific info related to which computer is sharing what,simply type : net view \computer-name. Eg : net view THE_LAP The net command actually …
Keeping antivirus utilities updated with newly released definition files as well as version upgrades is an important task for overall well being of the system. It is useful to know a workaround if for some reason,one is not able to do this.In this case,manually updating definition files is needed. The antivirus app used here is …
Shortcuts in Windows can make work quicker to perform and save time. Locking Windows when one is away from the screen is always a good security practice regardless of it being a home or corporate setting. There is an easy way to create a shortcut to lock Windows. Windows + L key also performs the …
How do you get the entire system information in Vista with just a single command? It is easy and looks cool too. 1.Open command prompt with administrator privileges. 2.Type: sysinfo>>c:sysinfo.txt 3.Done,quick isn’t it? What the above command sysinfo does is it displays all the info about system in command prompt by default,by using the >> …
Long error messages in Vista require some sort of easier way to log all details as accurate information and then search it on internet/tech support to get it fixed. This may seem a no brainer but any Vista error message that pops up can be copied and pasted just like editing normal text in notepad/wordpad …