Tag Archives | Tips and Tricks

How to Enable Aero Glass in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

By Pallab De on September 11, 2013 in Software

A quick and easy way to enable Aero Glass effect in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

Do SSD Drives Need to be Defragmented? What Does Optimize in Windows 8 Really Do?

By Pallab De on September 1, 2013 in Software

SSD Drives differ significantly from conventional hard drives in terms of how read and write operations are performed. Do we still need to defragment SSDs? What does the “Optimize and Defragment” tool in Windows 8 do for SSD drives?

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New Features in Windows 8 Task Manager: Start-up

By Pallab De on March 6, 2013 in Tips and Tricks

Find out what the startup tab in the Windows 8 Task Manager does.

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New Features in Windows 8 Task Manager: Analyze Wait Chain

By Pallab De on February 25, 2013 in Tips and Tricks

Find out what the new ‘Analyze wait chain’ option in Windows 8 task manager does.

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How To Save Gmail Attachments in Android

By Pallab De on April 3, 2011 in Mobile, Tips and Tricks

Three free and easy to use apps to save Gmail attachments in Android.

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How To Recover/Reset Windows XP/Vista/7 Password

By Pallab De on July 31, 2010 in Tips and Tricks

Three free techniques to reset or recover your Windows XP, Vista and 7 user account (including Administrator) passwords.

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Fix “Windows Won’t Boot” Problems [Windows 7/Vista]

By Pallab De on July 24, 2010 in Featured Post, Tips and Tricks

Is your Windows 7/Vista system failing to boot correctly? Are you getting stuck at the login screen? Did you mess up the boot sector or MBR while tinkering with hard disk partitions? I am sure that, at some point or the other, we have all faced Windows boot loader related debacles. Today I will share […]

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Reliance NetConnect Starts Blocking RapidShare

By Pallab De on May 26, 2010 in Tips and Tricks

Reliance appears to be blocking rapidshare.com. Here is a quick and easy to way to get around the ban imposed by reliance.

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Instantly Cancel Any Printing Job With A Simple Batch File

By Pallab De on March 18, 2010 in Tips and Tricks

Cancelling or deleting a job from the print queue takes ages in Windows. This is a common annoyance, which pretty much anyone who has ever used printers would be familiar with. Apparently, this occurs because the temporary file created for the print job can’t be deleted while it is still being accessed by Windows. The […]

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