May 16th, 2008 | tips & tricks, windows hacks | No Comments
There are some instances when you would want to move a downloaded file or folder to a different location.
Well it happens with me most of the time because, what ever I download any thing from web I tend to download it to the desktop and then at the end of the day, I categorize my downloads then move them to the different folders, like software downloads , Music etc.
For all these folders like Sangeet , Software Downloads I have shortcuts created on the desktop so just need to drag the files on the shortcut icon to copy the files over that folder.
But what ever you do you can’t move files, they will always be copied if you drag files on the shortcuts icon.
So after coping I have to delete the files from the desktop, all this makes the whole process somewhat unproductive.
But I found out a solution to this problem using TeraCopy, Let’s see how
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May 1st, 2008 | tips & tricks, windows hacks | 2 Comments
We have just received a query from Kashish a techie reader of Technix Update, who wants to use his CPU and RAM by ending up all the non relevant process, but ending process helps?
Yes, it helps a lot in speeding up your system but key factor is you need to know which process to end in your task manager process list.
Let’s discuss about mdm.exe, and how important is it for windows
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Apr 27th, 2008 | how to tutorials, tips & tricks, windows hacks | 2 Comments
I have been using winamp from a long time as a music player, it is I think the best player which is free also, but initially when I use winamp for the first time I found a issue in it.
Let me tell you how does it happen.
I used to enqueue some songs from different directory locations ,and issue arises when accidentally I double click on any .mp3 file due to which all the playlist which I collected in winamp got evaded in seconds and the only songs which remain there is that on which I have accidentally double clicked. It may have happened to you some time if you have used winamp.
Let’s see why this happens and how can we correct it.
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Apr 18th, 2008 | tips & tricks, windows hacks | 3 Comments
Today I have come up with a tweak that I wanted to implement in windows xp from a long time, and today after reading a post on how to geek I got idea to implement it, Thanks how to geek
What I wanted to do?
I want to set the keyboard shortcuts for quick launch items in Windows XP same like as it is there in Windows Vista where all the quick launch items can be launched with the hot keys Win + 1 ,Win +2 and so on according to the order they appear.
You can easily implement this tweak on Windows XP too with an application called HotKeyBind.
What is HotKeyBind?
HotKeyBind is a program that lets you use different hotkeys (shortcut key combinations) to do common tasks: opening a web page, launching applications, opening files and opening your quick launch items with hot keys which you can set.
Let’s see how can you do this.
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Apr 15th, 2008 | tips & tricks, desktop customization, windows hacks | No Comments
We have just received a mail from one of the readers regarding a tweak which a user want to implement.
Vikram says: "I want to create shortcuts on my desktop without the default text Shortcut to"
This happens when a user selects a file or program right click on it and select create desktop shortcut. ( a shortcut is created on the desktop with a default syntax shortcut to <program or file folder name> ).
There can be two ways through which we can implement this tweak to solve this problem.
It is due to the windows registry which always add the text Shortcut to with each and every shortcut we create on the desktop.
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Apr 1st, 2008 | tips & tricks, windows hacks | No Comments
Most of us use adobe reader for reading pdf documents, the most annoying problem with adobe reader is the pop window which pops up every time you open adobe reader.
You may have pressed the cancel button so many times, but it again pops up when ever you load or start adobe reader( as shown in the image below)
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