Category: Tips & Tricks
USB Safely Remove: Unplug hardwares & drives
USB Safely Remove is a handy replacement for the standard ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ tool. It does everything the default one does and yet it offers more. The default tool that comes with Windows XP requires several clicks before a safe …
Fixing incorrect mouse double clicks
Have you ever experienced the icon or folder you double click does not open; it just moves slightly. You tried again and again in exasperation. You just manage to open after several trials. It bothers me but since I rarely …
Windows tips: Speed up file transfers between hard drive
Transferring big files from folder to folder or from one hard drive to another is quite common to all computer users. As the files grow in size, there’s a problem associated to this process. It usually slows down other process …
Shutdown your PC with a timer on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
Update: This article was originally written on Windows XP. It’s has also been successfully tested on Windows Vista and Windows 7. This built-in function in Windows OS allows you to set shutdown timer on your PC. If you download something …
Kill currently used, locked, busy files
I believe once in a while you might came across this annoying message from Windows as you are trying to delete, move or rename a file. To make thing worse, even if you have shut down the process, the problem …
Open PDF files outside your browsers
Sometimes it’s annoying to find that a link we are opening are PDF files and they freeze our browsers as they try to open the adobe acrobat reader. Surely this is not the case for computer equipped with latest processor, …
How to retrieve missing CDROM icon on Windows XP
Recently, I just realised that my CDROM and DVDROM did not appear on “my computer” window and this circumstance really annoyed me as I was not able to even use Daemon tools to create virtual drive. Since my computer is …
How to retrieve lost password on Windows XP
It’s not quite common for us to forget the password you usually use in order to logon onto your Windows XP. However, when it happens it spells disaster, that’s for sure. This is particularly true when you need to get …
