Posted by vikas on March 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Windows 7 comes up with lot of features and utilities. This Windows hack better known as GodMode is a built in feature in Windows 7 that allow you to access all Windows utilities in one spot. This built in feature hasn’t been yet advertised. To access this feature you just need to create a new folder and name it as
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
This will help open it up and you get access to the display options, backup or recovery, power management and many more options. This is very helpful for those users who forget where to access the defragmenter or the device manager. And if you are lucky you will find any other useful utility you never knew existed.
It’s been quite a few years that Microsoft has tinkered with its Control Panel. Other hacks for windows 7 are easy and well know. If you want to get Windows vista style taskbar in your Windows 7 you just have to right click on the taskbar and select properties dialog. Then select the small icons checkboxes. When taskbar is full select combine which will give you same functionality as vista.
You can easily unlock the hidden themes of the Windows 7 themes. Open the Explorer and go to C: \Windows\winsxs and then press *. Theme into the search field or else use * on the number block. This will lead you to click me prompt. You can double click on the themes to install them.
To enable the quick launch bar in Windows 7 right click on the task bar and then select toolbars and go to new toolbar from menu. Then copy paste the following address in the address bar.
%SystemDrive%Users%username%AppDataRoamingMicrosoftInternet Explorer
Then click to navigate to the folder and then you can see the Quick Launch folder so select it to enable.
Posted by vikas on February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Windows 7 is wonderful operating system with lot of features. It offers wide scale multitasking with ease of security. Microsoft has worked a lot on security of windows 7 and it has lot of security features. Below are some of them:
- User account control (UAC) is one of the notable features of the Windows 7. By default the low risk administrative actions are less frequently prompted. But admins can modify the prompt sensitivity with the help of a slide bar.
- In Windows 7 the BitLocker Drive Encryption technology ensures that the documents, passwords, and other data are safe. When you turn on your BitLocker all the files saved on that drive is automatically encrypted.
- Application Compatibility Toolkit is provided by the Microsoft so that it’s easier to troubleshoot and resolve compatible issues. You have to enter in XP mode to avail free downloadable and licensed virtual copy of Windows XP service pack 3. When you install applications in XP mode they seem to be like stand alone apps in Windows 7. After that you can place them as regular desktop icons on the host desktop. It’s not much noticeable that the apps are running in virtual mode. You can run internet explorer 6 alongside internet explorer 8 on the same desktop. Before installing XP mode you must download and install Windows Virtual PC which is the new Windows 7 virtualization product.
- In windows 7 the AppLocker allows the users to define the application execution rules and exception based upon the file attributes such as path, publishers, product name, file name etc. using active directory user can assign policies to computers, users, security groups etc. you cant open or run files that are not allowed specifically.
- The action center in the control panel makes sure that your firewall is on, the antivirus software is up to date or not, and if your computer is set to install updates automatically.
Posted by admin on January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hardware for computers have advanced in so many ways. In an effort to increase the data transfer rate and efficiency of random access memory (RAM), DDR3 (double data rate) was introduced. DDR3 has data transfer rates of up to 1280MB/s and consumes 30% less energy than DDR2. According to Wikipedia:
The primary benefit of DDR3 is the ability to transfer I/O data at eight times the data rate of the memory cells it contains, thus enabling higher bus rates and higher peak rates than earlier memory technologies. However, there is no corresponding reduction in latency, which is therefore proportionally higher. In addition, the DDR3 standard allows for chip capacities of 512 megabits to 8 gigabits, effectively enabling a maximum memory module size of 16 gigabytes.
Manufacturer’s of motherboards have even come out with boards that support DDR3 such as Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R – motherboard. Despite all these advancements in technology,do we really need DDR3? In my opinion I think we are not ready yet for DDR3. As compared to its DDR2 equivalent, DDR3 is relatively expensive. 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 can be purchased for any $21 to $37 while 2GB of DDR3-6400 is about $109. Both modules have the same bus speed of 800MHZ and there is no need to get DDR3 while you can get the same speed from the DDR2 module. In addition, majority of applications run just fine on the current hardware configuratons we have.Most computers running Windows XP will run just fine with 512MB or more even 3GB will be sufficient for the hard core gamer.If not for Windows Vista, there will be no need to get systems that have 8GB of RAM. Hope Windows 7 comes to rescue us from extravagant need of RAM.
