Articles Tagged “windows tricks”

  • How To Display Windows Version On Desktop

    How To Display Windows Version On Your Desktop

    by admin on Nov 19, 2011 | No Comments">No Comments

    Here’s how to display Windows version on your desktop: [Note: This trick involves registry editing which can be harmful for your system if incorrectly done. If you are not comfortable with registry editing, don't proceed further or else seek a geek friend's help ] 1. Click ‘Start>Run’ and type ‘regedit’. Click ‘OK’ when done. 2. [...]

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    How To Quickly Locate Mouse Pointer In Windows

    by admin on Jan 03, 2011 | No Comments">No Comments

    It can often happen at times that the mouse pointer gets “lost” on the Windows desktop. This can happen when the pointer is resting at extreme corners of the screen and isn’t quick to respond. Here is a simple setting that has been in all Windows versions which helps in quickly locating the mouse pointer [...]

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  • How To Quickly Create Dummy Files In Windows

    How To Quickly Create Dummy Files In Windows

    by admin on Dec 30, 2010 | 2 Comments">2 Comments

    Here is a quick way to create dummy files or empty files in Windows (the reasons to do this range from testing internet connectivity speed for uploading / downloading files of different sizes to pure pranks ) : 1. Open Windows command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) or type command prompt in case of [...]

    Posted in 7, Vista, Windows

  • Shut down PC with a double click

    Shut down PC with a double click

    by admin on Aug 29, 2010 | 1 Comment">1 Comment

    Some things after a while become boring like shutting down PC everytime by going to Windows orb and selecting Shutdown. In order to shutdown Windows with just a double click every time just like in running a program, what we need to do is create a set of steps and then save those steps as [...]

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