Default Icon Shortcut Arrow removed If you are a Windows Vista user I guess you already noticed the huge shortcut arrow on your desktop shortcuts. If you don’t like to see those huge arrows you can download this small Vista Shortcut Icon remover utility from frameworkx. Download Vista Shortcut Overlay Remover 2.0

Ever want a quicker way to shutdown your computer without navigating through the start menu, or using a third party shutdown utility Here is a quick trick to do that. Right click the desktop and choose New Shortcut. Copy and paste this script or type it in. %windir%System32shutdown.exe -s -t 0 Choose Next and name [...]

This is a mail I received yesterday, I also thought that this will be a good idea and will be very useful for emergency use. To help spread this life saving idea I forwarded this mail to my friends and relatives and post this on pctechnotes. We all carry our mobile phones with names & [...]

I’ve been ask a lot of questions regarding the different types of rips and other terms, the most frequently ask are DVD Rip and DivX so I decide to write a post about different kinds of Rips and terms that are usually used in movie titles. Hope this helps everyone! Asian Silvers / PDVD: These [...]

If you are a Windows XP user, then more likely you already experienced this, if not… then at least you know what to do. Its like one day, while searching a file or cleaning the hard disk, you will find a huge file, approximately 250 MB to over 1GB and  you don’t know who on [...]

Defragging your computer is one of the way’s to optimize the performance of your computer but it will consume a lot of time and very inconvenient if you are going to defrag two or three hard drives at once. Windows XP has a Disk Defragment utility but unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to defrag multiple [...]

Are you tired of typing the whole URL that includes the “http://www.” and “.com” to enter a website? What if I tell you that I have a trick for you that will save you exactly 15 keystrokes and will enable you complete a URL without including “http://” and “.com”. This trick will work on every [...]

By default Windows Vista Aero Theme is not selected upon installation of Vista Home Premium. If your computer is Vista capable and would like to experience Windows Aero (translucent windows, windows flip, windows flip 3d and smooth window performance) on your Vista Home Premium follow this quick guide. Right click anywhere on your desktop then [...]

In case you are wondering why your Windows XP Desktop Icons have a background, here is a quick guide to restore your transparent background of your XP Dekstop Icons. To set the transparent background of your desktop icons, you’ll need to open System Properties in Control Panel or right-click  My Computer and select Properties. On [...]

From grave to life… my files are back! Unbelievable? Here how it goes…

My Compaq laptop had a very serious problem these past few days. We were about to watch movie so I shut it down the way it should be… then when I opened it again… I can no longer access everything; Files deleted, Master Boot Record has been damaged and Partitions were also damaged.

I know that even the files are deleted intentional or accidental, hard disk formatted or Partition structures are damaged or deleted… there is still a possibility to recover the files. How? Fact is, deleted and lost data isn’t really gone, its just been hidden. Only the index that is pointing to your file’s actual location on your primary hard drive is what’s lost, not your file. There is a chance to recover it. using the right software.