Category: Tips & Tricks

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How to check if BIOS update is needed

Updated on January 2012 to update broken links. We are always reminded to keep our softwares ranging from antivirus system to even games to be updated. The reasons can be either to make sure any security bug that might pose …

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Vista Shutdown Timer: Schedule your Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7 shutdown

I’ve been using Windows Vista for almost a month but I haven’t written anything related to Windows Vista yet. There a lot of cool things in Windows Vista and there are lot of new things that I learn along the …

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Free Up Your Drive Space by Removing Duplicate Files

My 200 GB external hard drive had reached its bottleneck with the additions of TV series Chuck and it’s time to do housekeeping; removed unnecessary files & old videos etc. There were not so many files I was willing to …

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How to Disable Restart After Installing Windows Update [Windows XP]

Automatic Updates is an integral part of Microsoft Windows that allows important security updates from Microsoft server to be downloaded and installed automatically. When the download and installation process is done, it will ask whether we want to restart now …

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Computer Tips: Backup drivers from already existing drivers

Double Drivers is particularly useful when you lost a driver (backup) on your computer and it is not anywhere to be found even on the net. With this software, you can see the full list of drivers installed on your …

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4 ways to block spams from your Gmail inbox

While Gmail doesn’t filter all spam messages that could reach your inbox, it still does a better job as compared to other webmails such as Yahoo Mail or Hotmail. Apart from consistent improvements being done on Gmail’s filters, the utmost …

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How to keep updated with sites that don’t have RSS feeds

Most of internet users use RSS aggregators to keep themselves updated with their favorite websites or blogs. By using the syndication, time taken to learn the goings-on in hundreds or even thousands of websites can squeezed be down into a …

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How to format USB drive with NTFS

If you are observant enough you should notice when you try to defrag your hard drive, the file system of any USB drive usually in FAT32. Even if you try to format your USB drive you are only left with …