Tips and Tricks

How To Download And Deploy Kaspersky Offline Updates

By Pallab De on March 3, 2010

Learn how to download and install offline updates for Kaspersky Antivirus, Internet Security and other products.

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Customise Your Places Bar With PlacesBar Editor

By Pallab De on March 2, 2010

In case you are wondering what in the world “Places Bar” is, don’t worry, its not really Rocket Science. Places Bar is simply a fancy term used to describe the shortcuts available in the left pane of any File Open/Save dialogue box. It is an extremely handy feature which, I am sure, all of [...]

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Customise and Enhance Your Right Click Context Menu

By Pallab De on February 6, 2010

Customise your right-click context menu and enhance it by installing additional functionality.

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Clean-Up Your Right-Click Context Menu

By Pallab De on February 1, 2010

Clean-up your right-click context menu and eliminate any lag (delay) associated with right-clicking files and folders.

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Fix Failed Installations or Uninstallations With Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

By Pallab De on January 17, 2010

A quick and simple way to tackle broken installations and uninstallations.

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Windows Prefetch Optimisation Myth Busted

By Pallab De on January 14, 2010

Several windows system optimisation utilities and technology blogs reccomend periodically cleaning the prefetch folder to improve performance. Not only is this stupid but also counterproductive and can result in significant degradation of system performance.

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How To Enable More Than 4GB Memory in Windows Vista and Windows 7

By Pallab De on December 30, 2009

By default, Windows Vista and Windows 7 can use up to 4 GB of memory. Learn how you can enable support for up to 64 GB with an easy to use patch.

Posted in Featured Post, Tips and Tricks | Tagged how to, memory patch, Tips and Tricks, windows, Windows 7, windows vista | 17 Responses

How Fix Windows 7 BSOD Due to 4GB RAM

By Pallab De on November 15, 2009

My Windows 7 was working fine with 2GB ram but was crashing (BSOD) with 4GB RAM. Learn how I fixed stopped the crashes.

Posted in Tips and Tricks | Tagged bsod, crash, ram, Tips and Tricks, windows, Windows 7 | 10 Responses

How to Enable Port Forwarding

By Pallab De on November 14, 2009

Port Forwarding is essential, if you wish to get good download speeds in BitTorrent Clients. Learn what does Port Forwarding mean, why is it essential and how to configure your router to enable port forwarding.

Posted in Featured Post, Software, Tips and Tricks | Tagged bitrorrent, how to, port forwarding, review, simple port forwarding, Software, Tips and Tricks, torrent, utorrent | 4 Responses