Showing posts with label windows XP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label windows XP. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Testing your RAM Using Memtest86+

RAM- Random Access Memory,is one of the things that get damaged easily in a system and Bad RAM is the root cause of many computer problems such as randomly restarting or not booting at all.and most of the times the OS is blamed.How does Ram gets damaged?RAM can get damaged for a number of reasons from Manufacturing  to installation.or too much heat,humidity or excessive voltage can result in

Monday, 10 October 2011

Use Your Computer Hard Disc As RAM

Everybody knows how costly is to buy a new RAM. SO, in order to get almost equal performance, we can also use some memory from our Hard Disc as virtual memory, which acts as a substitute to RAM. Follow the simple steps stated below to do so....1. Right Click on My Computer & go to Properties2. Click on Advanced Tab & go to Settings in the Performance Section.3. Select the next "Advanced" Tab on

Sunday, 9 October 2011

General Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows

CTRL+C(Copy)CTRL+X (Cut)CTRL+Z (Undo)DELETE (Delete)SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)F2 key (Rename the selected item)CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Shortcuts Commands In Run

Calc - CalculatorCfgwiz32 - ISDN Configuration WizardCharmap - Character MapChkdisk - Repair damaged filesCleanmgr - Cleans up hard drivesClipbrd - Windows Clipboard viewerCmd - Opens a new Command Window (cmd.exe)Control - Displays Control PanelDcomcnfg - DCOM user securityDebug - Assembly language programming toolDefrag - Defragmentation toolDrwatson - Records programs crash & snapshotsDxdiag -

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Disabling Automatic Startup Programs

If you don't want certain programs or applications to run automatically on startup, there's an easy way to disable them. Click Start Type msconfig in the search box Click Continue in the User Account Control to continue Click on the Startup TabUncheck any boxes in the "Startup Items" that you wish to disable or click the Disable All button (not recommended)Click OK If you need to re-enable