Top 15 Windows server tools Over the years, Microsoft has given us a staggering number of tools to help with server administration. In this article we will discuss the Top 15 of them. Robocopy Robocopy, or “Robust File Copy”, is a command-line directory replication command. It was introduced as a standard feature of Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, and has been available Read more
Taming Windows Vista Vista will go down in history as the ugly sister of Windows 7 & XP. But proper strategies you can get the very best of this fanfare OS. Here in this article The Geeks will discuss some Vista-specific options to get the truculent Operating System working exactly the way you want. Sweet Disguise Aero’s Graphical User Interface comes default with Vista. It gives Vista the Read more
Achieve speed by running Windows XP from your Ram After the launch of windows in 1983 the world has changed a lot from the boring MS-DOS to current GUI based Operating Systems. Despite of all the advancement in Operating Systems Windows XP still is one of the most promising OS available today. It is one of the most used NT-based operating systems. From its first launch pm Oct 25, 2001 till today Read more
Windows 7 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts No matter what OS you use, keyboard shortcuts are a one-way ticket to enhanced productivity. Though Win 7 feature rich environment & loads of improvement to streamline workflow & advert many of the headaches we have faced earlier. And with Windows 7‘s all power packed enhancements it would be much more easier. Windows 7 includes many new keyboard short Read more
Win XP keyboard shortcuts ALT+ENTER View the properties for the selected item. ALT+ENTER Display the properties of the selected object. ALT+ SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window. F4 Key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. CTRL+ C Copy CTRL+ V Paste CTRL+ X Cut ESC Cancel the current task. ALT+ TAB Switch between the op Read more
Hack Windows Vista’s User Account Control What is the most annoying feature of Windows Vista? Probably your answer would be UAC (User account control). Whenever you try making any changes this UAC prompt will appear & you have to click on Continue again n again. In case if you are not logged in into an administrator account or any least privileged user it may ask you for password as well. U Read more
Change Your Windows Vista Boot Screen Bored watching at your same boot screen again and again? It doesn’t need to be that way. You can change it with your own boot skin or replace it with some graphics you found on the Internet. First you’ll need to find or create a image for the boot skin. Collect or create 2 versions of the image. One of 1024 x 768 pixels & another of 800 x 600 Read more
Start Applications Faster in Vista An average driver spent almost 5o hrs an year in traffic jams but did anybody notice how many hrs do we spend waiting for our applications to start??? Waiting for an application to start could be pretty boring sometimes. Large applications often takes eternity to start before they are ready to use, even small applications isn’t as fast as one would like (Even Read more
Shut Down Windows Vista Faster Logically when somebody turns down their Windows it should be done by approximately 15 – 20 seconds. The delay occurs when Windows check on the cleanup process before it considers it complete safe to shut it down. This includes closing all the open applications, processes, ending up any running services & writing any pending cache date to the disk. And sometim Read more
Boot Windows Vista Faster Ever wonder how fast your windows feel after a fresh installation? Then what goes wrong after few days? Why it become so sluggish after a while? Why it get slower over time? The answers to these questions are installing too many fonts, Installing & uninstalling too many software, Shady websites, Installing Shareware or freeware application & Games, Windows accum Read more
