Windows Vista 32-bit version shows less than 4 GB RAM installed when in fact that capacity is actually installed due to 32-bit architecture limitations. It is not necessary to expect that if you install more than 4 GB RAM in Vista,it will provide better performance because it can’t see more than the above limit by …
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 …
Processors generate a lot of heat and this can be a reason for many computer problems like random restarts,abrupt shutdowns and so on. The overheating becomes amplified in case of dual processor systems and hence it is essential to at least have some kind of tool that reports the processor temperature. Core Temp is a …
Windows Vista by default doesn’t come with Telnet service installed. If you use remote login extensively to connect to a Vista system,I would recommend SSH for that as it is far more secure than telnet which doesn’t encrypt communication between client and server. Installing telnet(client as well as server)in Vista is quite a straight forward …
Till Windows XP,there was no extended support by default for IPv6,only for IPv4 addresses (those are 32-bit in length like 10.10.1.1,255.255.255.0 and so on). With Vista comes the in-built support for IPv6 addresses (these are long ones with 128-bit length like 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301)which can’t be removed unlike in XP. So if we want to renew or …
Roboform is an automated application to fill web based forms and it can be easily installed as an add-on to browsers to manage and fill forms efficiently. To install it,go to this add-on link for Internet Explorer. The same link can be reached by selecting Tools > Manage Add-ons > Find more add-ons in Internet …
Windows Vista task manager is greatly improved.It comes with useful additional features of managing services and also of file tracking based on the services running.This proves helpful if we want to manage services directly and see their application/system files from task manager instead of going to (Start > Run > services.msc) routine. Launch task manager …
We all dislike junk emails or unsolicited emails that offer free stuff. Windows Mail has some useful features that allow control over junk emails that we receive. Have you ever found that sometimes emails sent by friends/acquaintances end up in junk email folder in Windows Mail? This can be easily prevented especially if the email …
In my earlier post on fixing the Invalid Update Control CTF error which pops up while upgrading the definition files in AVG antivirus,I had shown how to delete the .ctf files and then upgrade the definition files to make the error go away. Instead of doing the same set of tasks,why not make a simple …
Laptop users have some common tasks because of their mobility. Connecting laptop to a monitor,switching wireless radio on or off,charging the laptop are some of the most common of them. Everytime these tasks need to be done,laptop users need to go to Control Panel and change settings which can be cumbersome after a while. Is …