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In Windows XP, the My documents folder of a user normally points to the location [Systemdrive]:Documents and SettingsusernameMy documents. If the system drive (which is usually C:) becomes full and there is no free space available further to store more documents, then we can move the my documents folder to another drive. This post explains [...]

In Windows 7 we can change the screen saver as per the below steps. Windows 7 also allows to select photos to be displayed in a screen saver. Windows XP does not have this feature. Click on Start button and select Control Panel It opens a new window showing all Control panel items. Make sure [...]

Start menu settings can be configured using registry keys. These registry can be found in the path HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced The registry values under this node are listed below in detail. To add My computer icon to Start Menu:  Set the registry value Start_ShowMyComputer to 1. If this is set to 0 My computer won’t be displayed [...]

If you want to query the Windows OS version from a batch file or from a program then you can Windows registry. Windows Registry stores all the details like OS name, Service pack number, Version name etc. It also points to the source location from where the OS is installed. All this data is stored [...]

I have been using Windows 7 OS since the time it was released and I never have had felt so good about Windows 7 till I have got to know about this tip. If you have two laptops or PCs at home and have one LAN internet connection with out wireless router then this one [...]

Remote desktop is one of the popular features of Windows OS. It allows users to connect to a remote machine and perform all tasks that can be done on a local computer. Below are some frequently asked questions about Remote desktop.What is terminal services?Terminal services is just another name for remote desktop but it’s mostly [...]

When we connect to a remote computer using Remote desktop application, it stores the remote PC name and the login user name. And whenever we open remote desktop application again, it suggests the names of the computers that the user has previously connected to. This TS sessions history is stored per user and a user [...]

Firefox lets us control the appearance of the browser. In default setup it shows Menu bar( the one where all File, Edit, View etc. are placed),  Address bar(Where we type the URL of a website) and the Bookmarks Toolbar. We can customize firefox settings and change the look of the firefox window. If we want [...]

Well, this post  is off topic.. also it’s not about something new..But I still find it a big surprise that Microsoft uses the services of it’s biggest rival for its product campaign. And the rival in question is none other than Google, the giant in search and internet based services. Yes, it’ true. If you [...]