How to make external USB drives go faster in Vista

By avp Posted in Tech

Posted on September 27, 2008April 1, 2012

Any external USB drive connected in Windows Vista by default is optimized for quick removal and not quick performance. This is because it is assumed that any plugged in external drive will be removed at some point of time and a quick removal from the computer may result in data loss. What if you use …

Demystifying the device manager in Windows XP

By avp Posted in Tech

Posted on August 23, 2008April 1, 2012

What you can’t see,you can’t troubleshoot that.The device manager suits this logic perfectly. Basically,all the devices present in Windows XP are listed in device manager,right? The answer is no.Along with the devices that are present,we can encounter two more types of devices : hidden and ghosts. Hidden devices are mostly the really old and legacy …