You can create a desktop shorcut to kill non responding programs in Windows 7, thus bypassing Windows task manager. Right click on an empty area on your desktop; select New and then click Shortcut : In the first Wizard box of the Create Shortcut, type the following: [crayon-656a3ce278264460634254-i/] Click Next. Name the shortcut as you like : taskKill is default name: Click Finish and … [Read more...]
How to get an option to create new php file from right click context menu in Windows 7
Click Start , type in " regedit " (without the quotation marks) in the search field; hit Enter from keyboard and click Yes to the security prompt: Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and expand it. Right click on HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and create a new key, name it phpfile: On the right hand side, Change the default value to PHP File : Create a new Expandable String Value from Right click on … [Read more...]
Control the speed of your Windows 7 computer’s fan speed and overheating
Control the speed manually It is possible that you want to control the speed of your fans for several reasons: Cool your processor. Reduce noise. We must try to find the right balance for minimum noise and maximum cooling. For this you can do it manually by opening your CPU and using the controller that is close to your fan. It will of course turn off your PC before handling. Use Software: … [Read more...]
Can we recover deleted data?
Builders and Microsoft Windows do not agree on what is one a megabyte or a gigabyte. For manufacturers of hard drives, 1 GB = 1000 MB, 1 MB = 1000 KB, etc. For Windows, 1 GB = 1024 MB .. 1MB = 1024 KB, which induces a difference in the size calculations. Windows sees 465 GB, but by counting the bytes one by one, there are many 500 105 216 000 bytes, so its a 500 GB hard drive as per … [Read more...]
The principle and how to choose a browser
The principle of the browsers A browser is a software that allows you to view websites through HTTP by typing the addresses. It display pages by interpreting a markup language: XHTML. The appearance of a site may be different from one browser to another as this interpretation is not always the same due to non-compliance. How to choose a browser? A good browser should first have a clear … [Read more...]
Free ebook from Microsoft for using command line tools : Windows Command Reference
This ebook,Windows Command Reference; describes the use of the command-line tools used to perform various tasks related to Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. The Windows command-line tools are used to perform various tasks related to Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. You can … [Read more...]
Enable true maximized command prompt window in Windows 7
Peculiarly, by default command prompt in Windows 7 does not get really maximized unlike other program window; however, there is a way to enable true maximized window of command prompt in Windows 7. Click Start, type "cmd" (without the quotation marks) in the start menu search menu field. Command prompt link with icon will appear on the top of the list. Hit Enter from keyboard to launch the … [Read more...]
Using command Prompt in Windows 7 to detect current and maximum processor clock speed
With this described command, you can easily examine the current and maximum clock speed of your Windows 7 computer's CPU clock speed. Open an elevated Command Prompt window and run this WMIC command in Windows 7 to check the CPU current clock speed and expected clock speed repeatedly at 5 second interval: [crayon-656a3ce2783cf005939173-i/] You will get like this: If there is disparity, send … [Read more...]
Open an elevated command prompt in any folder from right click context menu in Windows 7
This Registry hack is applicable to Windows Vista and Windows 7, both 32 and 64-bit. By using this registry file, you will able to get an option to open elevated command prompt inside any folder. Download and extract the Elevated Command Prompt at right click context menu.zip, unzip it. You will get two registry file inside it. One is to add the command in right click context menu and another to … [Read more...]
How to check when your Windows 7 was installed?
It is possible to find out the date when your Windows 7 was installed using command prompt. Open Command Prompt by clicking Start button, typing "cmd" (without quotation marks) and then hitting Enter key from the keyboard. Command prompt will open, type: [crayon-656a3ce278402671229129-i/] It will show date in Unix epoch time format (i.e. number of seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC). To … [Read more...]
How to embed or hide text in normal picture files in Windows 7
It is a well known trick among advanced UNIX or UNIX like operating system users to hide or embed some "secret" text inside a normal picture using terminal in Mac OS X, for example. However, it is possible to embed such text in Microsoft Windows 7 too, using the same principle. In this tutorial, we will describe, how to do it. Requirements: 1. Two copies of exactly the same picture in any image … [Read more...]