Archive for 'MS Windows'

Add Facebook Chat in Firefox Sidebar

We have already written about how to add Facebook chat in iChat on Mac, and now we are going to tell you how to add Facebook chat to Firefox and in this way it became possible for users to be in touch with their Facebook friends all the time while they are working over internet [...]

Change Mac Startup Disk to Boot into Mac OS X after Installing Windows

When you create partition on Intel based Mac through BootCamp to install Windows OS then this newly installed operating system became the default OS and then whenever you start Mac it boots from Windows OS. But if you want to make the Mac OS X as default on your Mac system then just follow the [...]

How to Create Boot Camp Partition to Install Windows OS on Mac

If you want to run Windows operating system on your Mac besides Mac OS X then Boot Camp application makes this task easy for you. Boot Camp application is included in Mac OS X and helps to create a partition to install Windows operating system on Intel based Mac systems.
Here we tell you the method [...]

View Full Headers Information of an Email (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo)

Full header information of an email is more helpful for system administrators than an ordinary person. Full headers information of an email contains delivery route and other information. By default different email service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. shows little information in the headers in normal view, but you can see the full headers [...]

Transfer iPhone Pictures to PC Windows 7

So you have some beautiful pictures in your iPhone and you want those iPhone pictures transfer to your computer. Transfering pictures to your computer from iPhone is very easy.

How to Minimize Windows Live Messenger to System Tray in Windows 7

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 7 and have installed Windows Live Messenger on Windows 7, you’ve  probably noticed the annoying behavior that Windows Live Messenger won’t minimize to system tray rather it stays put on the taskbar.
Luckily there’s a simple solution to this annoying behavior of Windows Live Messenger in Windows 7.

How to Enable or Disable Hibernate Option in Windows 7

Hibernation option is very useful as compare to sleep option. sleep puts your open documents, files and folders in memory and takes small amount of power as well. On the other hand Hibernation saves the state of all open documents, files and folders in a file created on your hard disk and shut down the [...]

Show File Extensions in Windows 7

In Window 7 file extensions are hidden by default and you might want to change the extension of any file. T0 show file extensions in Windows 7 follow the few simple steps.

Customize Windows 7 Taskbar and Notification Area

Microsoft redesign taskbar in Windows 7 and offers a new way of working with applications and windows. Its entirely new application-launching and window-switching mechanism that consolidates the functionalities from previous Windows OS Desktop mechanisms such as Quick Launch, Recent Documents, Notification area icons, desktop shortcuts, and running application windows.
You can customize Windows 7 taskbar according [...]

How to Run XP Mode in Windows 7

Most of the users don’t switch to the Windows 7 due to inability to run some programs that only works in Windows XP like internet explorer 6. But Microsoft now gives an option in Windows 7 to run those programs from within Windows 7 using XP Mode feature.
You can run XP mode in Windows 7 [...]

Check your PC can Run XP Mode in Widnows 7 or Not?

Hardware virtualization is basic need to run XP Mode in Windows 7. Hardware virtualization is not available in all PCs and your PC may also don’t have hardware virtualization. If your PC have capability of hardware virtualization then it may be disabled by default. So you need to check your PC have hardware virtualization option [...]

How to Make the Start Menu Icons Smaller in Windows 7 and Vista

You may don’t like the bigger icons of Start Menu in Windows 7 or Vista taking too much space. See below the Start menu taking whole vertical space of the screen.

How to Install Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 (the Outlook Express Replacment)

Where is Outlook Express in Windows 7? Well Outlook Express is replaced with Windows Mail in Windows Vista and now in Windows 7 it comes with the name Windows Live Mail. Windows Live Mail is free program but not comes with Windows 7, so you have to install it manually. Follow the steps given below [...]

Creating a Bootable Windows 7 USB/DVD from ISO file

Microsoft gives option to download Windows 7 ISO file when you purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft Store. You need to create a Windows 7 bootable USB or DVD from this ISO file. Windows 7 USB/DVD tool is used to create that bootable USB or DVD.
Bootable media allows you to install Windows 7 without having [...]

How to Enable Administrator Account in Windows 7

Administrator account in Windows 7 is disabled and hidden by default. To perform some Administrative task you have to enable it. To enable the Administrator account in Windows 7 follow the given steps below.

How to Extract RAR, ZIP, 7Z, TAR, GZIP and other Compressed Files

Compression tools like 7Zip,Winzip, Winrar are commonly used to reduce the file size and to bind multiple file in one compressed file.
You can extract 7z, ZIP, RAR, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, GZIP, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z files by following the [...]

Install NetMeeting on XP | NetMeeting Windows XP Component

Microsoft NetMeeting is hidden component of Windows you need to initialize its setup to use it, to configure NetMeeting follow the steps given below.

Add or Delete Users Account with Command Line in Windows

You can create user accounts separate for each person that will be using your computer. This will allow each Windows user to have their own settings, documents folder, visual style, wallpaper and so on. So separate account for every computer user is much better idea and you can do this simple from command line. To [...]

How to Check Original Install Date of Windows

There is nothing special to find what was the date when you installed Windows on your computer or may be there is some case you want to find. However, if you want to find out original installation date of Windows operating system on a PC then here is a simple process to do that.

How to Open and Use Bin, Cue or ISO Files

To open and use .Bin or .Cue file, normally you have to burn those on a CD or DVD, but this is not a suitable approach suppose if you just need to use any .Bin or .Cue file only once.
In that case you can use virtual disk emulator tools as Daemon and Mame which allows [...]

How to Create Cue File to Mount or Read Bin File

Bin file is a binary image of a CD or DVD just as an ISO file. Normally, a Bin file accompanied with a Cue file to open, edit or extract Bin data directly on computer with the help of any tool such as Daemon, Mame or Microsoft WinXP Virtual CD Control Panel.
Some time, when you download files [...]

How to Mount ISO Image Files without Burning on CD/DVD

ISO file is a single file that contains the complete image of a CD or DVD disc. Those ISO image files are most commonly used to transfer CD or DVD images over the internet.
In this guide I will be showing you how to mount an ISO image in a virtual drive to extract data or [...]

How to Check if Your System Can Run Windows 7

Microsoft’s upcoming operating system: Windows 7 has caught attention of a large number of computer Geeks. If you’re curious too to get your hands on to Windows 7 and Install it into your PC, the first thing to make sure is that whether your PC can run Windows 7 or not?
If you own an old [...]

How to Change TimeStamp of a File in Windows (File Created, Modified and Accessed)

Whenever you do your work on any file in you PC, your operating system keeps record of all your activities like when you created, modified or accessed a file.  The date of creation, date of view and date of document modification are persistently added to the properties of the file. One can easily see it [...]

How to Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 Based Computers with HomeGroup

No doubt, Windows 7 has got attention of a huge number of geeks. After Windows Xp, it’s expected to be a big hit. Here, at TrickyWays, we will try to write every tips on Windows 7 for you guyz to get the most out of it.
Windows 7 comes with a great new HomeGroup feature that [...]