Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

Partition Transcend external hard disk (Vista)

Posted by saurabh On August - 1 - 2009
Yesterday I bought a 320 GB Transcend portable hard disk. Well the actual storage space was roughly 300 GB. It came with a pre-installed software for managing the drive and had only one drive. The next thing to do was to partition the drive. Preparatory Steps Goto ‘Start–>Control Panel’. Click on ‘Classic View’ in the

The required operation requires elevation

Posted by saurabh On July - 31 - 2009
I was trying to flush the dns cache on Windows Vista system, but I was getting an error. This is a very common error when you try to execute commands requiring administrator privileges. The simplest solution is to run command prompt in administrator mode. How to Run ‘command prompt’ in administrator mode? Right Click on

Desktop/Remote sharing with mikogo

Posted by saurabh On July - 24 - 2009
mikogo is another utility that lets you share your desktop with other users over the internet. It is very easy to use and you can share with multiple users. Start a meeting Visit http://www.mikogo.com Create your account (free) You will receive the password on your registered email Download mikogo-starter Install the application Run the application,

Desktop/Remote sharing with TeamViewer

Posted by saurabh On July - 24 - 2009
TeamViewer is a free utility that lets you share your desktop with other users over the internet connection. It is a cross platform utility and is free for personal use. In the free version the desktop can be shared only between 2 users (1 server, 1 client). To share your desktop with more than 1

Clear DNS Cache

Posted by saurabh On July - 18 - 2009
When a Windows based system queries a DNS server, the response is either positive (a match was found) or negative (no match was found). The Operating System stores these results in a local DNS cache so that local clients don’t repeatedly query the DNS server for the same address. These DNS cache entries are known

Create a shortcut to switch users

Posted by savio On July - 13 - 2009
Fast user switching has been a very useful feature of Windows for multi-user computers. Dating back to Windows XP, fast user switching allows multiple users to be logged into a computer at once. This is very useful if a user is in the middle of work but another needs to use the computer shortly. Fast

Turn off Adobe auto update

Posted by saurabh On July - 3 - 2009
Adobe auto update was bothering me whenever I connected to the internet. There was a small icon in the taskbar which displayed the percentage of download completed. This was very annoying when I was using EDGE to connect to internet. Finally I disabled the auto update of Adobe. Launch the Adobe software (e.g. Adobe Reader)