It would be great if a shortcut can be created to Windows 7 registry editor (regedit) for tutorial writers like us! In this tutorial we will show how much it is easy to create a desktop and keyboard shortcut to Windows 7 registry editor. Click Start and then click Computer. Go to the partition where your Windows 7 is installed (in our example it is C drive). Now navigate to C:\Windows. You … [Read more...]
3D scanning provides access to the material and the internal structures of objects
With the three-dimensional imaging, a technology increasingly growing, it is possible to see old insects of several tens of million years or a 2700 year old lemon, destroyed during a funeral rite. Thanks to recent technological advances in three-dimensional imaging, it is now possible to speak of the samples retained by the paleontologists. If, hitherto, it was impossible to see inside of … [Read more...]
Change the folder icons in left side of explorer pane in Windows 7
After following this tutorial, you will be able to change the default yellow colored folders that appears in left side of explorer pane in Windows 7. This what the default appearance is: To change the odd looking yellow monotonous folder icon, you have to follow these steps. Click Start button, type œregedit (without the quotation marks) and press Enter from keyboard. Accept the security … [Read more...]
Risks related to prolonged usage of computers and how to avoid them
Meta analysis with 234 retrospective studies from 1986 to 2007 revealed that 6.3 out of 10 employees working in front of computer screen feel ocular-visual (cons 4 of 10 among other employees) problems, the median age being at 57 years. In DuPont Inc, United States, 535 accidents counted during two years (1999 and 2000), eighty-one percent were related directly or indirectly to CTS (carpal … [Read more...]
Today is 25th anniversary of the PC virus
TWENTY-FIVE years ago today, two brothers in Pakistan came up with a new and novel way to catch out software pirates. As it turned out, they also gave birth to one of the greatest annoyances in the modern world. "Brain", considered to be the first major personal computer virus, was created on January 19, 1986, by Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi at their computer shop in Lahore, Pakistan. From there … [Read more...]
Major trends of evolution of the Computer : 1950-2010
The history of mankind is accelerating. Of the four billion years of existence of our planet, all known species are less than one hundred million years, humans have past less than a million years, the oldest picture on the wall of a cave is of 30,000 years. There are just 500 years, the invention of the printing press accelerated the dissemination of knowledge. 200 years separate us from the steam … [Read more...]
Disable right click on the desktop and explorer in Windows 7
As a security measure, you may want to restrict users not to get the right click context menu in Windows 7 desktop and explorer. Here is a tutorial, on how to disable right click on the desktop and explorer in Windows 7. As we have said in our previous tutorials; Disable access to Windows Task Manager in Windows 7 and Disable right click on the taskbar in Windows 7; this trick can be used to for … [Read more...]
Disable right click on the taskbar in Windows 7
As a security measure, you may want to restrict users not to get the right click context menu in Windows 7. Here is a tutorial, on how to disable right click on the taskbar in Windows 7. As we have said in our previous tutorial; Disable access to Windows Task Manager in Windows 7 ; this trick can be used to for creating a Windows 7 based KIOSK or embedded system, for banks or other institutions, … [Read more...]
Change the time before your pc goes to standby in Windows 7
We will explain how to modify the time before the hard drive of your Windows 7 computer goes into standby. Take an example: I am currently downloading latest version of Ubuntu and if I leave my computer and I do nothing, my hard drive will pause before the end of the download and then stop my download. I must therefore choose a longer time. How? Go to the Start menu and click Control Panel. … [Read more...]
Tips for buying a laptop
The laptop has largely taken the place of the good old desktop pc . Today the laptop has several significant advantages and allows a degree of freedom (such as being able to write a post on his couch with the computer on the lap while watching television). Choosing a laptop is not made lightly, unfortunately a lot of my customers look at first the performance of their next purchase, very rarely … [Read more...]
Microsoft plans to impliment Windows 7 for wide range of devices
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. "Only the imagination limits what can be done with Windows PCs today," Ballmer said in his speech at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "You can write on … [Read more...]