http://computersinfo.today.com All I know about computers Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:29:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In all version of Windows, the start menu will contain a list of recently opened files under the recently opened files section. This can be a great convenience if you repeatedly open the same files and saves time from traversing to the actual file locations. However, on a public computer ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/16/to-be-out-38/ In Windows Vista Home Edition, Group Editing Policy is disabled by default. Group Editing can be used to tweak Windows in many ways like disabling balloon pop ups as described in the previous post. Though disabled in Home Edition, it is possible to enable this functionality with a simple registry ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/15/to-be-out-37/ Windows is known for the balloon tips which pop up from the tray bar to alert the user about any required actions or in some cases just to provide some information. Usually, the balloon tips need to be closed manually and this can be irritating in cases. There is a ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/14/to-be-out-36/ The greatest feature available in IE7 is tabbed browsing which allows you to open new pages in tabs rather than popping up a new window for each page. This makes the taskbar clutter free by not placing one icon each instance of Internet Explorer. However, IE7 by default, opens pop-ups ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/13/to-be-out-35/ Switching users is a great utility provided in all the versions of Windows since Windows XP. Using this utility, it is possible for more than one user to logon to the machine at a time without requiring to logoff the first user. This is very handy when you are working ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/12/shortcut-to-switch-users/ Windows Vista is equipped with a new feature which makes selecting multiple files very easy. Earlier, to select multiple files, one has to hold the Ctrl key and then select all the required files. If, by chance you release the Ctrl key (unintentionally) and click on a file, all the ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/11/selection-technique-in-vista/ This is a tip to enhance the computer performance, in case you are using a SATA harddisk. With SATA disks, the performance of the hardisk can be enhanced slightly by enabling write caching which is disabled by default. Note that, enabling write caching can cause dataloss in case of sudden ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/10/enhance-computer-performance/ Though most of the general file formats will already be associated with certain programs, you might encounter file formats with no specific program associated with them (say, .MTS format). In such cases, when you try to open the file, Windows gives a screen with two options - To choose a ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/09/to-be-out-34/ Windows Vista is a resource monger. However, it comes with a great feature to make up to the low RAM systems and this new technology is called ReadyBoost. Using this, you can convert a flash drive to work as a RAM. This is possible because of the high speed nature ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/08/to-be-out-33/ Did you ever notice the small network icon in the traybar which shows the current status of the network. It has three states, each for connected, local access only and disconnected states. However, in Vista the animation effects of this icon are disabled by default. In Windows XP you could ... http://computersinfo.today.com/2009/01/07/animate-network-icon/