Firefox is an open-source browser, is the best browser, which is favourite of most of the people including me. By applying several awesome extensions (several extensions are available which are free absolutely), it's getting better...
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Speed Up Windows XP - Enable DMA on all Drives
Windows XP has a hard drive feature call Direct Memory Access, or DMA. This allows data from your drives to transfer directly from the device into memory without passing first through the CPU, thereby reducing the workload on your processor. To speed up your computer, you can make sure DMA is enabled for all of your drives (including CD/DVD drives)....
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Windows XP - Keyboard Shortcuts - Part II
Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor with out changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection...
Windows XP - Keyboard Shortcuts - Part I
Keyboard shortcuts plays a vital role in improving the speed, performance. When it comes to Time factor, we can save maximum type by using these shortcuts. ...
Speed Up Windows XP - Disable Automatic Network Search
Disable Automatic Network Search In Windows Explorer
Did you ever notice that when you open My Computer or Windows Explorer, there is a pause before the window loads? That may be caused by a default setting that tells Explorer to search...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Some of the common useful shortcuts for Google Chrome
Here are some of the useful keyboard shorcuts for Google Chrome. These Shortcuts will help in saving lot of time while browsing. ...
Optimizing Google Chrome - Tips and Tweaks
Clearing history
Click on Customize and control Google Chrome (it is at the top right corner of your browser window) and select Clear browsing data to clean the history according to your own wish.
Bringing up history page
To bring the history page quickly, use Ctrl + H. Here, you can easily view the group-wise history. You may also erase the history also.
Jumping the Downloads page
By pressing Ctrl + J, you can jump to the Download page...
Friday, November 19, 2010
Google Chrome few Best Addons
Google Chrome Addons are easy to install, and even easier to use. Here are few best Addons which helps in improving the performance of browsing.
Google Chome Addon - Proxy Switchy
A proxy server may not be for everyone, but for those who use things such as Megavideo or Rapidshare, may find this...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Speed Up Google Chrome - Best Addons for Google Chrome
Google have allowed Google Chrome Extensions, which basically allows you to add a huge variety of addons to your Google Chrome web browser, greatly increasing its functionality, without cluttering it's simple interface.
Why Should I Download Google Chrome Addons?
Google Chrome Addons are not required to run Google Chrome, in some cases you would be...
Optimizing Internet Explorer - Shortcut Keys
Shortcut keys of Internet Explorer:
Internet Explore supports many shortcut keys. Some of the important shortcut keys are given below...
Optimizing Internet Explorer - Tips and Tricks
Internet Explorer (IE) is the one of the free web browser that ships as part of the Windows operating system.
Here are some Tips and Tricks for Internet Explorer:
1. Quick jumping to Web Site through IE
Just type Internet domain name in the URL Address field of Internet Explorer and hold down Ctrl + Enter keys together. This will...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
How to Add Safe Mode to Boot Menu
Add Safe Mode to Windows Boot Menu/Show Safe Mode without pressing F8 or F5 :
Usually we get the option to boot into safe mode by pressing F5 or F8. But this option can be shown in Windows Boot menu so you don’t have to press those buttons again.
1. Select Run command from the start menu.
2. Type in Control Panel and press enter.
3. Open the "System" icon from there and go to the Advanced Ta...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
Registry cleaner applications are something that will be able to benefit the majority of all PC users. This is because these powerful applications have the ability to clean the clutter and invalid system registry...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wise Registry Cleaner
The registry is what keeps your computer running; it tells the computer what to do when certain events happen. However, as you use your computer, a lot of unwanted and...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
CCleaner
CCleaner is probably one of the best tools around to maintain your Windows machine. Probably there are other programs for this objective, some free ones, other a little more expensive ones, but CCleaner is being around for a long time doing a good job.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Registry Cleaner
Choose the Right Registry Cleaner:
The Windows operating system has a tragic flaw: the registry. The registry is an area that keeps records of changes to your system. Over the lifetime of your computer, it fills up with dead or corrupted entries that squander memory, cause slowdown and can sometimes...
Friday, November 5, 2010
Speed Up Windows 7 - Change the Power Plan to Max
The Power settings in Windows 7 is not automatically set for maximum performance. By default the power plan in Windows 7 is set for a balanced performance with energy consumption on hardware. So you may not get the optimal performance from windows 7 if this is the case. So we need to change the power plan to High Performance Mode...
Speed Up Windows 7 - Turn Off Unused Features
Turn off Unused Windows 7 Features:
There are many feature in windows 7 that we often don't use. Disabling these unused features in Windows 7 will really help in speeding things up. For example Home Users does not require XPS Services and XPS Viewer. So these can be turned off...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Speed Up Windows XP - Reduce the size of System Restore
What is System Restore?
System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos.
Sometimes, the installation of a program or a driver can cause an unexpected change to your computer or cause Windows to behave unpredictably. Usually, uninstalling the program or driver corrects the problem. If uninstalling does not fix the problem, you can try restoring your computer's system to an earlier date when everything worked correctly.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Speed Up Windows XP - Increasing Virtual Memory
Virtual memory, also known as a page file or swap file, is a file on your hard drive (C:\pagefile.sys by default) that Windows and applications use in addition to physical memory (RAM) as needed.
Optimizing your page file when you're running low on RAM is always a good idea. When all physical RAM in a computer is in use, Windows starts using the hard disk as if it were additional RAM. This is why we have a Pagefile (also called the swap file). Because RAM memory is a lot more...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Speed Up Windows 7- Disabling Unwanted Visual Effects
Disabling the Unwanted Visual Effects in Windows 7:
1. Right click on ” Computer” and select “Properties” from the right click menu.
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Speed Up Windows 7-Disable the Aero Theme
Disable the Aero Theme on Windows 7:
The aero user interface adds some ” Eyecandy ” to Windows 7 but certainly is a resource hog especially when, what you expect from windows 7 is more performance. Aero user interface squeezes your graphics or video card to its maximum. So we can avoid the Windows 7 aero if we care more about speed and performance in Windows 7....
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