Posts Tagged with 'Windows Tips'

January 12, 2008

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Dynamically manage CPU process priorities with Process Lasso [Windows]

Does your computer freezes up while working on an important task? Is there a process that eats up entire CPU cycle time and you can’t do anything about it? The software tool that we are going to discuss may solve your problems for ever. Process lasso is a software utility that is capable of dynamically managing the priorities of processes running in the system. This tool dynamically lowers the priority of a process (temporarily) that consumes too many CPU cycles

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Posted in: Tools/Utils

February 18, 2007

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Cannot Delete File: Access is Denied [SOLVED]

We often encounter error messages when we try to delete some file of folder on our Windows system, specially the files and folders in temp folder, and some other error message that pop-up when we attempt to delete a file/folder are: Can not delete File: The source or destination file may be in use. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. The file is in use by another program

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Posted in: Tools/Utils | Windows

February 6, 2007

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The Ultimate Tweak for Your Internet Connections

I often find it difficult to browse Internet sites with my current broadband connection from the local ISP. Sometimes the URLs does not resolve and often it takes lot of time to resolve the addresses. Searching Google for some solution to run a DNS client on my own PC resulted in discovery of [OpenDNS] and I am glad I found it and since it solved all of my DNS related issues in no time, I think it can help you

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Posted in: Internet | Unix/Linux | Windows

December 22, 2006

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How To: Change the MAC Address of Your Network Adapter in Windows

This small utility will be of a special help to those of us whose ISPs have locked their Internet connection to the MAC address of the network adapter of their primary computer. This prevents them from using the same Internet connection on their laptops or other systems. Occasionally, when your friend arrive at home with their laptops, they can not use your Internet connection because it is already locked to your network card’s MAC address. This utility will change all

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Posted in: Tools/Utils | Windows

December 21, 2006

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Windows Resource: 20 Services that you can Turn Off and Boost System Performance

Here is a list of 20 Windows Services that your Home and Standalone system can live without. Turning them off increases performance and minimizes security risks as well. Alerter – You don’t need this service unless you want to see your Windows alerting you for un-necessary things. Automatic Updates – Turn off unless you want to automatically receive updates for your OS. Most often a manual update is more than sufficient for your Windows. Background Intelligent Transfer Service – Is

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Posted in: Microsoft Vista | Windows

December 20, 2006

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Windows Resource: Free Utility to view all connected USB devices

[USBDeview] is a freeware utility that will show you information about all the currently connected USB devices to your system. The utility is small in size [under 45k] and is packed with lot of information. Some of the important information about the connected devices that it can show are: Device Name Device Description Type of the Device Connected Status. [If connected, you can disconnect it from the utility itself] Is it Safe To Unplug? Assigned Drive Letter to the device

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Posted in: Software/Apps | Tools/Utils | Windows

December 9, 2006

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How To: Get rid of Notification Area Balloon Tips

Tired of looking at those annoying Notification Area Balloon Tips all the time? To disable those notifications, follow the simple registry change and you will not see those ever again. [Before you make any changes to your registry, take a backup] 1. Click Start->Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER. 2. Navigate to the following subkey: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced 3. Right-click in the right pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips. 4. Double-click this new entry [EnableBalloonTips],

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