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...]
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...]
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...]
Laptop Security: Do not leave home without it!
Hundreds of thousands of laptops are lost or stolen each year. What if it unfortunately happens to you? Think of all the relevant information stored in your laptop and the chaos that would come into your life if it becomes lost or stolen. All the pictures you downloaded from your camera and never had time to mount and print. More importantly, your personal information, your credit card and bank … [Read more...]
How to use Windows 7 on screen keyboard effectively
The virtual or on screen keyboard is a graphic image that allows us to write without a physical keyboard in Microsoft Windows 7, with wide range of choice on different input methods: click mode, scroll mode and scan mode. Sometimes we need to use the virtual on screen keyboard in Windows 7: While most of the antivirus, antispyware can detect software keyloggers and malicious code: there are … [Read more...]
Windows 7 and Mac OS X: which one is better?
Microsoft and Apple compete with the new versions of their operating systems those launched two months apart. Thecustomizewindows presents an honest comparison after using both the operating system for more than one year. With Windows 7, Microsoft tries to forget the badpatch of three years after the introduction of Windows Vista. For this, the world's leading software company has not taken any … [Read more...]
How to have our own online TV channel
Live Streaming is the mechanism that allows us to transmit live video. Any of us can have his or her own TV channel with only a computer running Microsoft Windows 7 or Mac OS (Both these operating systems offer various media encoding softwares) with internet access and a camera. WEBCAM - We can use a webcam to transmit or a simple digital video camera. INTERNET CONNECTION - The suggestion would … [Read more...]
How to install Windows 7 from a USB pen drive
Windows 7 may be purchased from physical stores and also as an ISO image from the Microsoft online Store. Netbooks, those have no optical drive it is a bit complicated to install Windows 7 in such cases. Burning an ISO image on a DVD is simple, but creating a bootable USB from a DVD installation can be complicated, Microsoft has launched its own utility software to create an USB bootable pen … [Read more...]
Create Portable applications with Windows 7 built in feature
Previously, we wrote about Cameyo in the tutorial "How to create a portable version of a program in Windows 7" ; which allows you to create any portable application or programs in Windows 7. In that case, you needed to download the third party program Cameyo to create any such portable apps. Today, we will show you another way to create portable applications in Windows 7. But, we will not use any … [Read more...]
Schedule Windows 7 shutdown in very easy way
Planned or scheduled shutdown in Windows can have many advantages, for example, if you are in a hurry and have to leave home but there is something on the computer that is running and can not be shut down at that moment; it will be nice if we can schedule when the computer will turn off. It can be done in your Windows 7 PC, and thats too; without using any software. Steps to schedule the … [Read more...]