Windows

How to Open RAR Files

Today in this post I am going to guide you on “how to open RAR files on different operating systems”. Before starting I would like to brief you on RAR and its features. RAR is the most common compression archive format. Many times when you download files from internet then you may find, them compressed into rar packages. ...

Remove write protection from a USB flash Drive or Pen Drive

USB or Pen drives are magnificent and compact storage devices. These days USB pen drives are the most convenient source for data transfer between computers. The best part about them is that they have flash memory which can be easily written (data can be transferred faster) as compared to a CD or a DVD. But ...

What is a Dump File ?

by Ankit on January 25, 2012

what is a Dump File

Recently I was just exploring Windows Vista and I came across an option which asked to create a dump file, being curious I started to explore it in more detail. Today I am going to share with you that what is a dump file. Dump files are normally created when an application crashes and eventually create ...

How to Install Fonts on Windows 7

by Ankit on January 23, 2012

How to install fonts on windows 7

Installing fonts on Windows 7 looks like a pure geeky stuffy and I bet most people out there won’t feel any need of installing any new fonts on to their machine as windows-7 comes with tons of preinstalled fonts. But there are times when you scroll down the whole font list on MS Word and ...

What is “.CHM” File ?

by Ankit on December 31, 2011

What is a chm file

Most of the windows users are already familiar with .chm files. Okay, If you are not familiar with them then don’t wory In this article I am going to tell you what they are. Chm files are the files having an extension “.chm” and CHM stands for Microsoft Compiled HTML Help. This is a Microsoft ...

How to uninstall IE9

by Ankit on December 30, 2011

How to uninstall IE9 completely

Microsoft designed IE9 in order to compete with other leading browsers like chrome and firefox, but in a try to win the race it has made many of it loyal admirers unhappy. Actually the experimentation with IE9 is not liked by the users. The idiotic idea of hiding the favourites button and keeping the URL ...

Facebook messenger desktop client

Gone are the days when we used some third party tools to have Facebook chat on our machine. Now Facebook is leaving no stone unturned to give their users the best. And in a try to keep up in the social networking race Facebook has moved one step ahead by launching its own official desktop messenger application. Facebook Messenger is ...

How to change the number of Recent Items

by Ankit on December 27, 2011

Windows 7 Taskbar Properties selection

Most of the windows users are aware that Windows has a feature to show the list of 10 most recent documents opened on the system and this feature is called Recent Items or Jump Lists. Although, Recent Items is a very nice feature in windows but sometimes I feel to increase the number of document ...

MS Word: Increase Number of Recent Documents

by Ankit on December 2, 2011

Increase number of recent documents

Microsoft Word is probably the best and most widely used text editor program, and this is due to the features that are incorporated in MS Word. One of such features is Recent Documents in Microsoft Word. This feature gives a list of recently opened Word documents. It is a very useful feature in MS Word because ...

Create Table Without Using Mouse and Menus

by Ankit on November 30, 2011

Create Table Without Using Mouse and Menus

I think I am not the only person, who wants to use his keyboard for all kind of odd jobs. Today I am going to share a nice trick that can help you to create tables in Microsoft Office or Outlook without using your mouse. Ya, I know it sounds a bit crazy to create ...