Install Windows from USB drive



Installing windows from a USB drive has a few advantages—a small USB drive is much more convenient for carrying around than a DVD,One can use a USB key to install Windows on systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook.

So,If you have a damaged CDROM drive or systems without DVD drive and want to install Windows on your computer or laptop, then I recommend that you use Novicorp WinToFlash, which allows you to boot Windows operating systems from a USB flash drive.

Follow the steps one by one:

Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts




Facebook becomes such an important part of our life that if we get 2 minutes on net we check our Facebook.We do spend hours surfing on Facebook and interacting with our friends.We can spend our time more efficiently on Facebook. Facebook keyboard shortcuts always help to make a task easy and consume less time as well as energy. I am going to give you some Facebook keyboard shortcuts which will help you to use Facebook more efficiently Because, i personally think that hitting a couple of keyboard keys is easier than moving your mouse and then clicking. So here are the shortcuts, arranged according to the browser support.

Google Chrome Users:

Increase or decrease mouse pointer speed on Windows XP

Sometimes we need to set mouse pointer speed as our expectation. By following some easy steps you can increase or decrease mouse pointer speed as you want it..

To do this follow some easy steps:
  • Open Control Panel,( start>settings>control panel)  then double click on Mouse

Speed up windows Shutdown..

There are a couple of values in registry in Windows XP  which determine how long to wait before shutting down open applications and services once the shutdown command has been given.
If they are changed to lower values, you can reduce the amount of time needed for Windows XP to successfully shut down.

Find out and repair Bad sector on your Hard-disk






There are two ways to check your Hard-disk. They are discussed below:

Method 1:
Steps to run Chkdsk from My Computer:

1. Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the hard disk that you want to check.
2. Click Properties, and then click Tools.
3. Under Error-checking, click Check Now. A dialog box that shows the Check disk options is displayed,
4. Use one of the following procedures:
• To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start.
• To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, select the Automatically fix file system errors check box, and then click Start.
• To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.

Some keyboard shortcuts for Mozilla Firefox

Shortcuts always help us to do our work quickly than allowed by a mouse.Sometimes it becomes easy using keyboard shortcuts than using mouse.Today I am gonna  list some useful Mozilla shortcuts:

Some helpful keyboard shortcuts for windows XP

Keyboard shortcuts can be useful to all computer users because they often allow for faster interaction than allowed by mouse clicks. Power users of all abilities frequently use keyboard shortcuts. Among people with disabilities, people who are blind or who have motor disabilities also make frequent use of keyboard shortcuts.

As it makes our work easy and save our time that's why it is very helpful. Some of common shortcuts are listed below:

How to fix "Task manager disabled" problem?


Sometimes we face a problem with task manager. It shows a message like "task manager has been disabled by the administrator"
that time we are unable to launch task manager. Generally it occurs if virus attack your computer.Viruses try to make it harder for you to deal with their infections by disabling task manager. Before proceeding any further, you should run a complete and up-to-date anti-virus scan of your machine.Otherwise you can enable "task manager" but it would be disable again.
Once you come back virus-free,You can fix this problem permanently.

Now I gonna show you how to get rid of this problem by some simple steps.


For Windows XP Pro users: There's a nifty user interface to directly edit the setting you want to repair.

1.Click Start, then click Run and type in "gpedit.msc"



2.press OK. It appears Group Policy Editor dial up box.
Once  Group Policy Editor is opened, expand it consecutively like followings:

User Configuration>Administrative Templates>System>Ctrl+Alt+Del Options
You will see something like the following,

Speed up your Internet connection


I'm going to share tips for those who are using a little Speed ​​Internet Connection. Actually, It is not perfect saying speed up your internet connection,because increasing internet speed is fully dependent on the connection, signal or network, and Internet connection package that we use.
The thing we are going to do is improving page loading when we brows.or using total bandwidth more effectively.

I will do that by changing registry and configuring mozilla firefox.....

N.B:  Please leave step 1 if you are not expert enough on registry edit, or backup your current registry before changing any value

Use middle button of your mouse to paste copied text in mozilla


Mozilla Firefox has an exclusive feature which many of us are unknown about.By this you can paste copied text in firefox using the middle button of your mouse. So, you don't need to use main menu or Ctrl+V to paste.

Download IDM portable version.


IDM allows users to automatically download any file types, divides downloads into multiple streams for faster downloading, batch downloading, Import and Export of download jobs, auto/manual update of download address, supports multiple queues and lists recent downloads for easy access to files. It can search for mirrors in order to increase download speeds and also supports downloading videos from many streaming video sites.

Increase your computer Startup speed using MSCONFIG...

Each item in startup list loads automatically after windows starts. By using the "Windows System Configuration (msconfig)" utility, you can create the list of windows necessary programs which allows for performance improvement while starting up your computer.
Perform the following steps to edit the msconfig utility:

To edit this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

First click on Start button to open "Run" and type "msconfig" then press Ok button to run configuration utility.

 A pop up window will open. There are some tabs named
General

System.ini, Win.ini, Boot.ini, Services, Startup..