Tech News/Tips/Tricks

T he biggest advantage of installing Windows using USB flash drive is speed : It installs Windows just about 15 minutes approximately. Moreover, traditional optical disks (DVDs) get damaged upon use and time, so there is no surety whether it will successfully install Windows on your PC or not. USB flash drive gives you great ease and guarantee! To install Windows 7 or 8 from USB flash drive, you will require: 1) A USB flash drive with 4 GB or more storage capacity. 2) Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation files. Follow these simple steps to install Windows from a USB drive: 1. Insert the USB flash drive to your computer. Copy any important data from flash drive to your PC. 2. Open Command Prompt with administrator rights- for which either you may type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter or Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. 3. Type ‘DISKPART ‘ and hit...

H ere is a list of most recommended and all-time essential software downloads for your Windows PC. Especially when you are having a fresh Windows computer, you will find this guide helpful and it will serve as a check-list to install programs. Be assured that all the links and download locations are of official publishers and are safe to download. Antivirus Avast Free Antivirus : The most popular antivirus for any Windows version. AVG Antivirus : A good alternative to Avast. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware : Will save you from malwares which your antivirus could not. System Tools and Utilities CCleaner : Automatically clean up all history and temporary files and get a fresh feel on your Windows PC. Advanced System-Care : Check your Windows computer for problems/errors and fix them automatically. WinRAR : Compress and decompress files, this program supports all types of formats. Orion File Recovery Software : Recover and undelete lost files from ...

M icrosoft has already optimized Windows 7 for speed and great performance. In fact, they’ve made Windows 7 for speed. Still, you can use some tricks to further speed up Windows 7 and get best out of it. 1. Turn off Unwanted Windows 7 Features Open “Programs and Features” from Control Panel. Click “Turn Windows features on or off ” from the left pane. Unselect all the Features that you don’t use in Windows 7 and restart the computer for the changes to take effect. There can be many feature in windows 7 that we often don’t use. Disabling these unused features in Windows 7 certainly helps in speeding up. 2. Disable the Unneeded Visual Effects Right click on “Computer” and select “Properties”. Click “Advanced System Settings” from the left pane to open”System Properties”. Select the “Advanced” tab. Then under “Performance”, click “Settings”. Choose “Custom” Options From it. Now unselect all the options and select only the last three or four options which seem useful...

Speak message trick This is the trick with notepad you can do. But remember you need Speaker or Headphone for this trick. Let’s start open a notepad file. And write this:- Dim message, sapi message=InputBox("What do you want me to say?","Speak to Me") Set sapi=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice") sapi.Speak message Save this file with name “Speak.vbs” And now open it and write something in it and hit Enter. Shut Down your computer with Notepad Yes you can also shutdown your computer with the help of notepad just follow these steps. Step 1: Open notepad and write the following. @echo off msg * I am tired. shutdown -c “So, Bye Bye” –s Step 2: Save the file as shutdown.bat Step 3: Now open the file shutdown and your computer will shut down on its after showing the message in it.

Do you know how to create HD images in photoshop?If not,then you are on the right place.......... You just need HDR Efex pro and photoshop for this.  Let us begin..... Step 1: First of all,you need to download and Install HDR Efex Pro.HDR Efex pro is photoshop plugin.Once you installed the HDR Efex now come to photoshop. Open the image which you want to make in HD in photoshop. Step 2: This is the original pic on which I will be working on. Step 3: After loading an image, go to Filter>Nik software>HDR Efex pro. Step 4: After clicking on HDR Efex pro,you will see this...... Step 5: Now you can find Preset and Custom on left side.Select Preset>Preset categories>Landscape.In Landscape,choose 21 Gradual Contrasts..... Step 6: Now use the following global settings:- And then click on OK. This is the result which u will get to see. all the images in this post belongs to their respect...

M ost of the sites in this compiled list of useful websites are helpful at least one or more way, with simple web addresses you can easily remember and save your time searching on Google. Click Here to Download This List to Your Computer If the PDF file opens in your browser, click Control+S to save the file to your computer. 1. alertful.com – setup email reminders for important events. 2. aviary.com/myna – online audio editor to record and remix audio clips online. 3. bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles. 4. bounceapp.com – capture full length screenshots of web pages. 5. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative. 6. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser. 7. builtwith.com – find the technology stack of any website. 8. wobzip.org  – unzip your compressed files online. 9. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard. 10...

Made For Speed Windows 8 is a major departure from Microsoft’s past interfaces. This is fact that Windows 8 is faster, more responsive and dramatically smoother. Applications snap open, and flipping between them is so fast. Those who have reviewed and used the operating system seem to enjoy the experience. Here are some Windows 8 tips & tricks I found useful to make it enjoyable. And if you are using Windows 8 on a touch screen device, it will be a fun experience! 1. Overview Your Entire Start Screen By Semantic Zoom If you’re using a touch screen, squeeze the Start screen with two fingers to receive a bird’s eye view of your entire screen contents. This is useful when you have a lots of apps/programs installed and want to see all the apps without scrolling the contents up and down. 2. Use Windows Hot Corners The corners on your screen provides you to different Windows features. Below, is a brief explanation of each of these corners. Bottom Left-hand corner ...

Chrome tips and tricks D o you know that Google Chrome is now the world’s most popular browser? According to WikiMedia statistics, 37% of internet users on computers use Chrome, defeating Internet Explorer at 26% and Firefox at 23%. Chrome was first publicly released for Microsoft Windows OS on December 11, 2008 and became world’s most widely used browser in 4 years. Chrome’s logo which was updated on March 2011. Credits: Google Interestingly, Google’s co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had hired several Mozilla Firefox developers and built a demonstration of Chrome! Chrome is also released for other platforms like Apple’s iOS, OS X, Linux and Android. Fast, Modern and Secure Comparing with other browsers, Chrome’s interface is  minimalistic , which makes it a truly modern web browser.  Application performance and speed in JavaScript processing is one of its strengths. Chrome also aims to be secure. It periodically retrieves updates ...

What is Java? Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It is the underlying technology that powers state-of-the-art programs including utilities, games, and business applications. Java runs on more than 850 million personal computers worldwide, and on billions of devices worldwide, including mobile and TV devices. Why do I need Java? There are lots of applications and websites that won't work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. Java is fast, secure, and reliable. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere! Is Java free...

Search engines are the key to finding specific information on the vast expanse of the World Wide Web. Without sophisticated search engines, it would be virtually impossible to locate anything on the Web without knowing a specific URL. But do you know how search engines work? And do you know what makes some search engines more effective than others? When people use the term search engine in relation to the Web, they are usually referring to the actual search forms that searches through databases of HTML documents, initially gathered by a robot. There are basically three types of search engines: Those that are powered by robots (called crawlers; ants or spiders) and those that are powered by human submissions; and those that are a hybrid of the two. Crawler-based search engines are those that use automated software agents (called crawlers) that visit a Web site, read the information on the actual site, read the site's meta tags and also follow the links that the site conne...

Follow the below mentioned tips to fix a slow running computer:  1) The first thing you should do is to save any open files and quit any applications that are running. Try rebooting your computer to see if that is a quick fix — there really are a lot of users out there who leave their systems running as close to 24/7 as they can, and this could lead to your system slowing down.  2) Make sure your Windows operating system and virus scanner are both up-to-date. To check this from Internet Explorer, click Tools along the top menu, then select Windows Update. Most anti-virus programs will also have an auto-updater or an update-on-demand function that will enable you to download and install the most recent updates for the software.  3) You should also consider any recent changes that have been made to your system immediately before you noticed the slow down issues starting. This includes things such as new hardware or software being installed. For software, doubl...

All hard drives share a basic structure and are composed of the same physical features. However, not all hard drives perform the same way — the quality of the parts inside the hard drive will affect its performance. Following is a description of the common features of the hard drive and how each part works in relation to the others. Hard drives are extremely sensitive equipment and the internal workings of a hard drive should not be handled by anyone other than an experienced professional. The Platters The platters are the actual disks inside the drive that store the magnetized data. Traditionally platters are made of a light aluminum alloy and coated with a magnetizable material such as a ferrite compound that is applied in liquid form and spun evenly across the platter or thin metal film plating that is applied to the platter through electroplating, the same way that chrome is produced. Newer technology uses glass and/or ceramic platters because they can be made t...

How a motherboard works inside your computer The main circuit board inside your computer is called a motherboard. The motherboard contains the connectors for attaching additional boards, such as the CPU, BIOS, memory, mass storage interfaces, serial and parallel ports, expansion slots and all the controllers that are required to control standard peripheral devices such as the display screen, keyboard, and hard drive. Collectively, all these chips that reside on the motherboard are known as the motherboard's chipset. You can think of the motherboard as a communications center. The purpose of the motherboard is to provide the means for all the other components and peripherals to talk to each other.  You may be able to upgrade to a faster PC by replacing the CPU chip (processor) or improve performance by adding RAM (memory). There are different types of motherboards depending on the type of CPU is was deigned to use. Motherboards are divided into categories based on what ty...

The best way to have any computer component cleaned is to have it professionally serviced, but if you no longer have a service warranty, or if you picked up a second-hand item and want to clean it to see if it even works, here are some tips on how to clean some common items. Precautions When working around electronics there are some precautions you should always take when cleaning: The best way to clean any computer component or device is to follow the manufacturer's instructions in your user manual. Always power off the system first Always use anti-static wristband or other professional grounding devices Never work on carpeted surfaces Never spray cleaning fluids directly onto computer components. Always spray the cleaner onto a cloth then wipe Do not allow any cleaner to run or drip near circuit boards, or near seams on device casings. Never allow circuits or electronics to become damp or wet. Some cleaning solvents can damage components. In most cases, w...

Graphics Refers to any computer device or program that makes a computer capable of displaying and manipulating pictures. The term also refers to the images themselves. File Format A format for encoding information in a file. Each different type of file has a different file format. The file format specifies first whether the file is a binary or ASCII file, and second, how the information is organized. Common Graphic & Image File Formats Some of the most used and common graphics formats used today ate TIFF, JPEG, and GIF. The Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is widely used in business, offices, and commercial printing environments. Initially TIFF was designed to alleviate the problems associated with fixed file formats and to eliminate the need for proprietary image file formats. In Web-based publishing, three file formats have become the widely accepted standard. Presently Internet browsers can only read JPG or GIF and PNG images, without the user installing a separ...