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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Are you the type of person that don’t use the applications located on the system tray? Some people never use the applications hanging on their system tray but most people like me use it a lot. I don’t want applications to clutter my taskbar so I let them resides on my system tray. But if [...]

This problem and topic maybe old but I still receive mails asking me on how they can install Windows XP on a SATA HDD I also still encounter this type of problem posted on forums so I thought I should write an article on this problem. The problem is when they try to install Windows [...]

The problem that we always have to face when we upgrade our operating system is the incompatibility of some programs especially old programs running on the new system. Just like in Windows XP when it’s first release, there are lots of applications that are incompatible with the new system. The problem is still the same in Vista, there are still many programs and applications that are incompatible with Windows Vista due to unavailability of drivers and such. When you run a program that is not compatible with Vista you may get a pop-up message stating that you can no longer run this program as some .dll files which are needed to run are not available in system 32. The question is how can you be able to use again your favorite application on Vista?, The answer is you can use Vista’s compatibility feature to address the issue. If you are unable to run a certain application Just Right click the .exe file and select properties. Click compatibility tab (as shown below).

This is a common question of my clients, friends and blog guest to me so I decided to create a guide on how to start windows in safe mode. Many times in order to remove a piece of spyware or for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes, you’ll have to start Windows in Safe Mode. While in Safe Mode, only specific programs and files needed to run the operating system are loaded. Some functions, such as connecting to the Internet, will not be active in a standard Safe Mode and a standard video driver will be loaded causing a washed out look and a possible change in resolution.

Are you having a problem deleting a certain file? a lot of us PC users sometimes face this kind of PC problem. Sometimes we just let the “undeletable file” inside our pc but after you’ve read and understand the process on how to delete “Undeletable file” then it will not be a problem anymore. here are the steps to help and guide you to delete the “undeletable file”.

Last night when I was about to format a client’s PC I came across a situation wherein I needed to access the PC to recover valuable data, but the problem is I don’t have the administrator password to access the hard drive and my client also forgot his password. Another problem is I will not be able to change his password because his PC has only one administrator account so I have to rely on other methods. The options that I’ve think of is to put my client hard drive to another PC as a slave or install a second copy of the operating system. But hey there must be a much more easy and faster way to regain access.