Archive for June 2009
How to upgrade laptop memory
Before you even think about changing the laptop memory modules yourself I must warn you that you may be losing your warranty by doing this. If this is not your case or you are willing to take the risk here is what you need to do.
How to Make Recovery CD
Sometime back I had talked about Recovery Partition and why it is a must and you should never delete it. Just like recovery partition, you should also create a recovery CD for your system in case something crashes and you are required to do the install again in recovery mode. Having a recovery CD can save loads of time and tons of important data and moreover, making a recovery CD is not a big deal and you can do it yourself by following steps below for Windows Vista.
How to Make Recovery CD
How to use a USB Drive in DOS
In general USB drives are plug n play, but to access them in DOS we require few drives like DUSE driver system, standard CD ROM driver along with USB driver etc. The basic logic is loading the USBASPI.SYS file in the CONFIG.SYS.
Here is how you can use a USB drive in DOS
Increase Internet Speed in Vista
Here are few tips and tricks to increase the internet speed in windows Vista. I am already on very high speed broadband so I haven’t noticed much difference but if you are on low speed internet connection, this should help you alot.
How to Increase Battery Backup Time of Laptop
Earlier I had discussed about the ways to extend life of laptop battery. Now here are few tips on how to increase the battery backup time of Laptop in hours. Say if you have a 6 cell battery, which normally gives backup of 2.5 hours, you can stretch it by 30 minutes following these tips which can be really handy.
01. Screen Brightness – Always dim the screen while working in battery mode as the brighter screen consumes more battery. Generally the Fn key is used to dim the screen. You will get the proper way on your Laptop’s manual.
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How to Use Keyboard Function Keys
When I had started using computers eons ago, I always used to winder what are these function keys for in the keyboard ? what are these F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12 keys supposed to do ? and I know many still don’t know the point of having functional keys.
Functions keys at the top section of our keyboard enable us to access particular function on Windows. Among F1 – F12 the F1 is most popular and widely used as we all know to access Help. But, most of us not quite aware of rest of these function keys. Lets discuss about the use of these keys. Continue Reading “How to Use Keyboard Function Keys” »
Backup of Yahoo Mail
Share google Analytics Report with others
If you want to share Gooogle Analytics report with others i.e if you want to share your site stats with someone then follow these steps -
1. Login into to Google Analytics
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How does Google Adwords works
If you are not new to adwords but wants to know the internal details of it and specially the control flow of it like how things are working and what happens when, here is an excellent link to look at which shows pictorially how adwords work and different roles played by advertisers, publishers, the person clicking the ads, the role of google and how money gets exchanged. If you are looking to launch your own similar PPC network (something similar but trimmed down version of course) then this diagram will surely help you.
Why Computer Shutting Down by Itself
This is one problem which I have faced for 3 years during my college days and I can safely call myself an expert in knowing why computers (specially the old once with old hardware) shuts down by itself. If your Computer is running XP, Vista, Ubuntu or any other Operating system and is shutting down on its, it can be for these 4 reasons -
1. Virus or Spyware - Is your computer new and has suddenly started behaving strangely from past few days ? if you get some message (not always though) saying your system is about to restart or any popup then your Computer is infected with virus. Many viruses edit registry of your system and make the computer reboot repeatedly. Get a good antivirus software and antispyware installed on your system and check your system fully. The best thing is take the hard drive out of infected computer and connect with other PC,make the hard drive secondary (do not double click on the hard drive icon or the virus/spyware will spread into host system too) and clean the hard drive fully.