If you are on a limited bandwidth plan, you may want to check which application is eating much bandwidth. In Microsoft Windows 7, you can check the Internet bandwidth usage by any particular program like email clients,Browsers or messengers. Here is how you can do it. Click Start orb. In the search field, type "resource monitor" (or simply resource, without the quotation marks): Resource … [Read more...]
How to use the Tablet PC input in Windows 7
You can enable the tablet PC input in Microsoft Windows 7 from the taskbar. Right click on the taskbar, and hover over Toolbars; then select Tablet PC input: The tablet PC input icon will appear in the notification area; click to launch it. You can toggle between the pen writing pad and touch keyboard anytime: When you click the close button, it will hide on the left side of the desktop with … [Read more...]
Running PC faster: How much RAM you need for optimal performance
The question comes to each new release of Windows : How much RAM I will need to get a blazing fast machine? Windows 7 is now available for more than one year, we suggest you see if adding memory allows it to run faster. Encoding, gaming, 3D rendering : how much memory is essential for Windows 7? To answer this question, we used two different machines. The first machine is an mid level laptop … [Read more...]
Registry Bloat-What they are?
The term registry bloat means the Windows 7 (or any other Microsoft Windows Operating Systems) registry is filled with obsolete or unnecessary data those are useless on that machine and will only slow down the machine, interfering with normal operations or cause malfunctions or crash the programs. Many forms of malware such as spyware and Trojan horses can also cause this registry bloat by adding … [Read more...]
Fabric Swatch looking Start Orbs for Windows 7
Here are some amazingly designed Fabric Swatch looking Start Orbs for your Microsoft Windows 7. The pack contains 50 cloth like designs. Click to get a zoomed view of the Fabric Start buttons. Created by: groove69 … [Read more...]
Ribbon Start Button for Windows 7
Excellent Ribbon looking Start button will now hang on your Microsoft Windows 7 desktop from the top corner. Do not forget to set the taskbar to top. The set include both Microsoft Windows 7 looking flag and Apple's bitten apple logo. Created by: groove69 … [Read more...]
How to enable High performance power option in Windows 7 laptops
Some branded laptops show only two power options in Windows 7 : Balanced and Powersaver. The High performance options can not be found! This tutorial shows, how you can easily enable this high performance power option in all Windows 7 laptops. Here is a HP laptop showing only two power options: Powersaver and Balanced. There is no High performance option: You can not even enable it from … [Read more...]
Set your Windows 7 to Shutdown,Sleep or hibernate on closing the lid of your Laptop
A laptop running Windows 7 can be configured to go to Sleep, Hibernate or even shutdown upon closing the lid of the laptop; here is how you can set it. At the same time, the power button on the body of the laptop (or desktop), the sleep button on the keyboard can be configured too. Not only that, you can set separate action when the laptop is running on battery or on AC power. Suppose, you can … [Read more...]
Ten things you should not do with your computer
Most computers work perfectly normally most of the time. But, like any other machine things can go wrong. Without proper softwares all computer equipment stops working.Here is some points which you should never do with your Windows 7 PC. 1. Never turn off your computer simply by flicking the power switch, even if you have assigned the power button as shut down switch from Windows 7 Power options. … [Read more...]
Problems of using Registry Cleaners for Windows 7
When you make a choice to use a registry cleaner, there are some important questions you should ask yourself: Are you getting this from a reliable source? Is it a reputable program that will help me anyway? Why I need to use a Registry cleaner? You can usually answer these questions by doing a little research on it. Microsoft directly says nothing about registry cleaners and Windows 7. … [Read more...]
How to ensure your computer’s safety against virus
If you use a computer even rarely, chances are that at some point of time, you have been effected by a virus. If you were lucky, the virus may have been embarrassing you by only wasting your time and energy but if you were not so lucky may have you lost your valuable data. The viruses are a threat to Microsoft Windows based computer across the world. Thus, to reduce our risk of virus infection, … [Read more...]