Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows. Show all posts

Saturday, August 13, 2016




If you don't know how to delete a file from your PC then you need to follow the following steps:

Method 1:

1. Select the file you want to delete by clicking on it or by using the keyboard arrow keys.

2. Press the "Delete" "Del" button from your keyboard.

3. Click "Ok" to move your file to the "Recycle Bin" or "Trash".

4. Delete the file from "Recycle Bin" or "Trash" to remove it permanently.

Method 2:

1. Right click the file you want to delete.

2. Click on "Delete".

3. Click "Ok" to move your file to the "Recycle Bin" or "Trash".

4. Delete the file from "Recycle Bin" or "Trash" to remove it permanently.

Deleting multiple files from your computer at once is a little different than deleting a single file at a time. Here is how to do it:



1. Select the files you want to delete.

2. Press the "Delete" button of your keyboard or right click on one of the files and click "Delete" from the menu.

3. Click "Ok" and your files will move to the "Recycle Bin" or "Trash".

4. Delete the file from "Recycle Bin" or "Trash" to remove it permanently.

5. Or you can put all unnecessary files in a folder and delete the folder when you want.

For some people it can be very annoying to delete the files then going to the "Recycle Bin" or "Trash" and delete them again. Although this gives us some security for accidentally deleting files, there is a way to bypass this system. If you are 100% certain that you would not need the files you will delete later then you can use the following method:

1. Select the files you want to delete.

2. Press "Shift+Delete" from your keyboard.



3. Click "Ok" to complete the procedure.

Deleting a file is one of the most simplest of jobs there is. Not knowing it is almost impossible. If you really did not know how to delete the files of a computer before then I think you should really work much harder to acquire more knowledge about technology.

Sunday, June 21, 2015





Taking a screenshot of your personal computer is quite easy. The method of taking a screenshot changes depending on which operating system you are using. This article shall demonstrate the various methods of taking screenshots on different OS platforms:

How to take a screenshot on all the Windows or Linux versions:

1. Press "Print Screen" to capture the screen.

2. Open an Photo or Graphics editor (i.e. Photoshop, MS Paint etc.).

3. Paste the captured screen image on the editor.

4. You can edit the image you want.

5. Click "Save" from the "File" menu or press "Ctrl+s".

6. Give the file a suitable name and format.

7. Click "Ok" to save the file.

How to take a screenshot on Windows 7 or higher Windows versions:

1. Open the "Windows Snipping Tool".

2. Click on "New".

3. Click and hold your mouse button and drag it over the area you want to capture.

4. You can edit the image you want.

5. Click "Save As" from the "File" menu or press "Ctrl+s".

6. Give the file a suitable name and format.

7. Click "Ok" to save the file.

How to take a screenshot on your Apple Mac:

A. To get the whole screenshot on your desktop as a PNG file:

1. Press "Command+Shift+3".

2. Done, you have a PNG file on your desktop.

B. Taking a screenshot of part of your screen:

1. Press "Command+Shift+4".

2. Click and hold your mouse button and drag it over the area you want to capture.

3. The captured screenshot will be on your desktop.

C. Taking a Window screenshot:

1. Press "Command+Shift+4".

2. Press "Space" and your cursor will become a camera.

3. Move the camera over the window and it will glow.

4. Click and You'll get a PNG screenshot on your desktop.

D. Taking the screenshot in your clipboard instead of your desktop:

1. Press "Command+Shift+Control+4".

2. Done, you can now paste the screenshot wherever you want.



Friday, January 16, 2015





The shortcut virus hides the infected files and creates shortcuts for each files. This virus is very disturbing. It travels through USB Pendrives. You can get rid of them very easily. To remove the virus you need to:


1. Start CMD (Command Prompt) from Start Menu - All Programs - Accessories - CMD.


2. Type attrib-h-r-s / s / df: \ *. * where:



  • The f: with d is the infected drive.
  • -h unhides all files of the drive.
  • -r frees the files from Read Only attribute.
  • -s makes the files as non system file.
  • *.* means files with any name or extension.
3. Press Enter.

4. Open the drive.


5. Permanently Delete all the unnecessary Shortcut, Autorun.inf, Desktop.ini files.


6. Scan your Computer with a good antivirus.






Friday, October 12, 2012





Task Manager is a very important tool for Windows users. It can get disabled because of virus. Here's how to bring it back -


By using the Registry Editor

- Click Start.

- Open Run and type "Regedit.exe".


- Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System".


- Delete "DisableTaskMgr".


- Close "Regedit.exe".


- Done.



By using the Group Policy Editor


- Click Start.

- Go to Run then type "Gpedit.msc" and hit Enter.


- Go to User Configuration - Administrative Templates - System - Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options - Remove Task Manager.


- Open the "Remove Task Manager" option.


- Select "Not Configured".


- Click Ok.


- Done.



From Run


- Click Start.

- Find Run and type "REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"


- Click Ok.


- Done.





Friday, October 5, 2012




There are lots of shortcuts in Windows. These can save lots of time. Here are the shortcuts of Windows -


"Run" shortcuts:


- Type "Calc" and press enter to open Calculator.

- To go to a drive type "C:", "D", "E" etc and press enter.
- To find different character type "Charmap" and press enter.
- To go to Power options type "Powercfg.cpl" and press enter.
- To open Registry editor type "Regedit" and press enter.
- To go to Remote desktop type "Mstsc" and press enter.
- To enter Control panel type "Control" and press enter.
- To start Disk cleanup type "Cleanmgr" and press enter.
- Type "Main.cpl" and press enter to enter Mouse properties.
- Type "Mmsys.cpl" and press enter to enter Sound and audio.
- Type "Devmgmt.msc" and press enter to enter Device manager.
- Type "Fonts" and press enter to enter Fonts.
- Type "Wscui.cpl" and press enter to go to Windows security center.
- Type "Taskmgr" and press enter to start Task manager.
- Type "Sysedit" and press enter to open System configuration editor.
- To open Region and language editor type "Intl.cpl" and press enter.
- To go to System configuration type "Msconfig.cpl" and press enter.
- To open Group policy editor type "Gpedit.msc" and press enter.
- To open Internet properties type "Inetcpl.cpl" and press enter.
- To start On screen keyboard type "Osk" and press enter.

Windows system key combinations:


- F1: Help.

- CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu.
- ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs.
- ALT+F4: Quit program.
- SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently.
- Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE).

Windows program key combinations:


- CTRL+C: Copy.

- CTRL+X: Cut.
- CTRL+V: Paste
- CTRL+Z: Undo.
- CTRL+B: Bold.
- CTRL+U: Underline.
- CTRL+I: Italic.
- Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects.
- SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands.
- SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu).
- ALT+double click: Displays properties.
- SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin.

General keyboard-only commands:


- F1: Starts Windows Help.

- F10: Activates menu bar options.
- SHIFT+F10: Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object.
- CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item).
- CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu).
- CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager.
- ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box.
- ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window).
- SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature.
- ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window).
- ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window’s System menu (from the MDI child window’s System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window).
- CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program.
- ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu.
- ALT+F4: Closes the current window.
- CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window.
- ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window).

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts:


For a selected object:


- F2: Rename object.

- F3: Find all files.
- CTRL+X: Cut.
- CTRL+C: Copy.
- CTRL+V: Paste.
- SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin.
- ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object.

To copy a file:


- Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.


To create a shortcut:


- Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.


General folder/shortcut control:


- F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer).

- F5: Refreshes the current window.
- F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer.
- CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only).
- CTRL+Z: Undo the last command.
- CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window.
- BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder.
- SHIFT+Click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders.

Windows Explorer tree control:


- Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection.

- Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection.
- Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
- RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child.
- LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent.

Properties control:


- CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts.
- Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off.
- Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight.
- Seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off.
- Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five.
- Seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off.
- Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off.
- Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off.

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys:


- Windows Logo: Start menu.

- Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box.
- Windows Logo+M: Minimize all.
- SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all.
- Windows Logo+F1: Help.
- Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer.
- Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders.
- Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop.
- CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer.
- CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray).
- Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons.
- Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box.
- Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item.
- Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows.
- Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager.
- Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel.
- Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard.
- Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box.
- Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box.
- Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed).
- Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.
- Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off.

Dialog box keyboard commands:


- TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box.

- SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box.
- SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
- ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline).
- ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.
- ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item.


In this post I'll explain how to password protect your Windows user account 100% safely. This lock will directly effect your computer system database. So let's start -

- First go to "C:\Windows\System32" and find the "Syskey" file.







- Open it and then click "Update".






- Select "Password Startup" and type your password. Click "Ok" twice And your PC is protected.











Many people do not have high memory RAM in their computers. As a result their PC runs slow. This problem can be solved by using the pendrive as RAM. To do this you need minimum 2GB of pendrive.

For Windows XP:

- Connect your pendrive with your PC.

- Right click My Computer then click Properties.

- Go to Advanced - Performance - Settings - Advanced - Change option.

- Now from "Drive (volume label)" menu select your pendrive.

- Select the "Custom size" option then in the "Initial size" and "Maximum size" box enter how much space of the pendrive you want to use as RAM. (Always remember leave 5 to 10MB space of your pendrive.)

- Restart your PC after clicking apply/ok and You're done.


For Windows 7:

- Just go to Properties - Ready boost and then click "Use this device".





Thursday, October 4, 2012

Cache files can make your browser work slow. To delete cache files -

- Click "Tools" then click "Options".




- From "Advanced" click the "Network" tab and then click the "Clear Now" button under the "Cached Web Content" section. Your cache files will be deleted.







Handbrake is a free video encoding software which helps you to convert high quality videos with very small file size. You can download it here.

Here's how to make small video files with Handbrake -


- After download and installation, open Handbrake. Click Source then click Video File.







- Select the video you want to convert. Click open.






-  Select MKV from the combo box under the "Output Settings" section. Now click the Video tab. In the quality section the default value will be 20 but if you want the quality to be as same as the source video then make it 25.5.







- Select the destination where you want to save the file.






- Click "Start" to start video converting.





- Done



TAG: How To Make High Quality Video with Small File Size

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

You can split large files with Winrar. Here is how -

- Right click the file you want to split. Click "Add to archive".







- Select your desired file size from the combo box under the "Split to volumes size" section.






- If you want to protect the files with password then click the "Advanced" tab and click "Set Password". Otherwise click ok and start splitting.




 - Type your password. If you want see the password then click "Show password".








- Click ok.






- Done.






Saturday, February 12, 2011





Win32 Sality viruses affect your PC when you insert a USB memory drive that has a Win32.Sality virus in it or when you download some infected files from the internet. These viruses can cause the following problems:


  • Task Manager disabled – Your Task Manager will not work
  • Registry Editor (REGEDIT) stops working
  • Folder Options tools won't work – Folder Options inaccessible
  • Infected .EXE files – Some of the .EXE files will stop working and display error messages. Programs and applications will not work
  • PC slows down

How to Remove Win32 Sality Virus

  1. Download an antivirus or internet security software and install.
  2. Run a Full Scan.
  3. Don't run any programs or applications during the scan.
  4. Delete or heal the infected files from the scan result.
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Done.
You can download Kaspersky or AVG both are good at removing Win32 Sality. I used both softwares. AVG has a feature that heals infected files where Kaspersky is much more strict and fast.

Sometimes you might have to reinstall Windows then install antivirus software to scan infected files on other drives. Win32 Sality kills EXE files. Don't give this virus time to infect more files.
  








Best Tech Products of 2010


1. Google Android 2.2


2. Amazon Kindle (third-generation)


3. Netflix


4. Samsung Galaxy Tab


5. Microsoft Security Essentials


6. HTC HD7


7. Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft II


8. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5


9. Microsoft Office 2010


10. Canon Pixma MG8120


11. Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Cataclysm


12. Motorola Droid X


13. Adobe Creative Suite 5


14. Sony Handycam NEX-VG10


15. nVidia GeForce GTX 460


16. Google Voice

17. AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

18. Google Gmail

19. Western Digital 3TB My Book Essential


20. PC Tools Internet Security 2011

21. Corsair 800D

22. Cisco Flip UltraHD 8GB with FlipPort

23. Asus Eee PC 1201n


24. Dell UltraSharp U2711

25. TheFind.com