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Use Snipping tool in Windows to grab screen

I usually do not advocate the in-built tools of Microsoft Windows until I recently experienced the Snipping Tool. It came in my notice by chance when I was searching for a file whose name starts from “sni”. Snipping Tool lets you capture any part of your screen and save it as an image file. W

Really Hidden Windows 7 Tricks! Part 2

This Post is Part of Series [FIRST ONE] ——————.1.—————— Restore Previous Folder Windows at Login: Usually, after software updates or virus scans, users HAVE TO Log-off or (worst) Restart the computer. If you do not want to lose your Opened Windows after the reboo

Keyboard shortcuts in Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="244" caption="That's my Dell's keyboard. Image clicked with Samsung Galaxy S"][/caption] I have been working with Windows Remote server lately. I found that there were some Keyboard shortcuts which are really helpful while you are working with a re

Really Hidden Windows 7 Tricks!

By now, most of us must have switched over to Windows 7 from XP (I don’t expect Apple Fanboys to switch!). Below are some of the tricks that are not mentioned openly (Usually tricks are not ). This could be part of a series.. I will surely dig further to enable you to get the most out of Windows

Create keyboard shortcuts for applications in windows

I am sure you have some favorite applications which you use more often. For me, I use tweetdeck, live writer, and Firefox more often. However, when you want to start that application you goto start menu and start typing it to open the application (smart search for windows). Another way to start y

Resize images in windows explorer with a right click

Microsoft PowerToys is a great hit, but it certainly works in Windows XP 32 bit. There were various tool, among with Image Resizer was liked by many users. Since this popular tool gained popularity in no time, Microsoft decided it to carry further. So the tool was rewritten and is provided free of c

How change the shortcut or hot key for Launchy in Windows

If you have not used Launchy for windows as if now, then you are missing something very great. Launchy is a neat way to open your programs, files, or even websites right from one place. Yeah, Windows 7 introduced this feature in its start menu after Launchy was released. Gnome-do is alternative o

Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 Beta

Microsoft has always tried to stay high in the market of web browsers with their traditional and oldest browser Internet Explorer, although many competitors lately have dropped in, one of which includes Google Chrome. To throw in their modification in the market competition, they released the beta v

Microsoft XboX with Kinect – A serious rival of WII

For those who believe gaming is their religion, the much awaited Electronic Entertainment Expo (also known as E3) opened a portal to the epitome of gaming revolution. E3 is considered to be Mecca for hard-core gamers and game developers. It is an annual show conducted by the Entertainment Software A

How to install IIS on windows 7 or Vista

If you are a developer and you are using Windows 7, installing IIS (internet information server) would be the first thing you would like to do. Installing IIS is just installing one of the Windows component but the steps involved are sometimes hard to find, since its not installed by default. So let

MS Office 2007. Vital Step towards Office 2010!!

People are STILL using Office 2003 (Some Even Office XP!! released in Year 2001!!). Released on November 17, 2003, Office 2003 instantly shot to fame because of a very important point. Microsoft started listening to people’s views & took them seriously. This was not evident in their earlier re

Chm (Compiled Help) files not opening in Microsoft Vista or XP

You have downloaded a help file or manual and instead of helping you , it made you search on - “how to open a chm file?” . Well certainly this problem is faced by many and usually we assume that the downloaded file is corrupted or is incomplete. Apparently there can be several other reasons too.

Windows 7 launch party in Ludhiana, Punjab

Hey Folks, Its been really a socially active year for me and I added a lot to my surprise when my name got finalized to host the Microsoft Windows 7 launch party. Wonder what am I talking about ? Well some of you might have seen Microsoft advertising about this launch party since long now. Most o

Microsoft office web apps in reply to google docs

Today Microsoft has announced start of its Office Web Apps. This online version of Microsoft office is introduced to add more power to Microsoft office 2010. The access to web version of office is currently invite-only and will be passed on to some participants using their windows live id. This is l

Yahoo agrees with Microsoft to stand against Google

The deal between Microsoft & Yahoo which has been lingering on since almost a year finally gave some clues yesterday(jul 28). Yahoo and Microsoft has agreed to an online search and advertising partnership as reported by Reuters. As seen in the past both Microsoft & Yahoo have been very str

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