Tricks and Tutorials

Use File History In Windows 8 To Backup And Restore Files And Folders On A Routine Basis

Not many users know that both Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a very useful “Previous versions” feature, which can be used to automatically backup files or folders on a scheduled interval and it is also possible to restore the backed up files to an earlier version using Windows built in backup/restore wizard. These earlier

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When Some Websites Do Not Open On Your Computer – Troubleshooting Guide

Some websites are not opening on your computer? Are you facing problems accessing specific websites and it takes forever to load them in your browser? Here is a troubleshooting guide which will help you diagnose and fix the problem in 6 easy steps.

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Automatically Share Google Plus Posts On Facebook Account

It has been one week since Google Plus was released on a field trials basis. But the sad thing about Google Plus is that there is no support for third party apps and API’, so users are unable to share Google Plus posts on Facebook and Twitter accounts. If you have a Google Plus profile

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How Multiple People Can Collaborate On A Single YouTube Channel

You can let anyone upload videos to your YouTube account or channel by sharing the mobile upload email address with them. Anyone can upload videos to your YouTube channel by attaching the video clip to an email message and sending it over to that secret email address, associated with your YouTube account.

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How To Use DiskPart Command To Recover Missing Or Unallocated Space On A USB Drive

The other day I was trying to burn an Image on a USB drive and ran into a strange problem. After using a freeware image burner to burn a portable Operating system on my 4GB removable drive, I found that my USB drive has lost all it’s space. I opened Windows Explorer, right clicked the

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How To Backup Your Entire Hard Drive In Case Of A System Crash Or When Windows Fails To Boot

There are so many situations when your operating system can completely crash and you might lose all the files, folders, photos, videos, documents and other data stored on your computer’s hard drive. If you are using Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 as the only operating system of your computer, these tips will help

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How To Change Your Routers Default Password To A Custom One

This guide will help you change the default username and password combination of your home wireless router or ADSL modem to a chosen username and password of your choice.

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Which Programs Are Configured To Run During Windows Startup ? Find out And Fix Slow Booting Of Windows

The Autoruns utility from Sysinternals lets you remove unnecessary programs, applications, services and processes from Windows startup and fixes slow booting and logon time of Windows

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Turn FeedDemon Into A Portable RSS Reader With This Registry Trick–Run FeedDemon From Any Computer

The following registry trick will let you turn FeedDemon into a portable RSS reader, which can be used from any computer without having to install FeedDemon in the first place.

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How To Setup a Home Web Server On Your Windows Computer With Apache [DIY]

This tutorial shows you how to install and run a simple home web server on your windows computer using Apache 2.2.

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How To Auto ShutDown Your Computer After Dropbox Finishes Downloading All Files

The Dropbox Status Checker Add-in can be used to put your computer to sleep or standby mode or even completely turn off the computer, when Dropbox has finished downloading all the files.

This is a real lifesaver when you are downloading 2 gigabytes of data to your computer from the My Dropbox folder.

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Amazing Ways To Get The Best Out Of Your USB Drives [List]

USB Drives are one of the key components of our daily computing habits. Here goes 15 tricks that can help you perform some tasks with your USB stick that you never knew you can.

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Using Windows 7 Task Scheduler – Run Programs At A Specific Time

There are some common Windows tasks which needs to be executed at scheduled intervals. If you want Windows to work properly and always strive for a faster system performance, you will have to run backups, use disk cleanup and disk defragmentation.

This article discusses how you can use Windows task scheduler to automate common system jobs and run them at specific time or day of the week.

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How To Reduce Printing Costs Of Office Documents – Save Ink And Paper

Do you print a lot of documents and spend a good amount of money every month on paper and ink cartridges?

If your organization demands working on “paper documents”, the overall printing and paper costs can sum up to a huge amount. The following tips will help you reduce printing costs of office documents, excel spreadsheets, web pages and save money from buying print cartridges frequently.

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Use System File Checker to Repair Missing or Corrupt Files in Windows 7

Did it happen to you that your computer failed to boot properly or after boot it flashed some warning message saying that your computer is missing some system file ?

One of the reasons for Windows boot failure could be that some of the system files of Windows got corrupted due to hardware failure or other unknown reasons. The situation becomes worse if your computer automatically restarts and you lose all your unsaved data on the primary Windows partition.

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