When we connect to a remote computer using Remote desktop application, it stores the remote PC name and the login user name. And whenever we open remote desktop application again, it suggests the names of the computers that the user has previously connected to. This TS sessions history is stored per user and a user … Read more
Firefox lets us control the appearance of the browser. In default setup it shows Menu bar( the one where all File, Edit, View etc. are placed), Address bar(Where we type the URL of a website) and the Bookmarks Toolbar. We can customize firefox settings and change the look of the firefox window. If we want … Read more
Well, this post is off topic.. also it’s not about something new..But I still find it a big surprise that Microsoft uses the services of it’s biggest rival for its product campaign. And the rival in question is none other than Google, the giant in search and internet based services. Yes, it’ true. If you … Read more
Taskbar by default is displayed at the bottom of desktop screen. In Windows 7 we can move the taskbar to the top or right or left of the screen for our convenience. It can be done through Taskbar and Start menu properties window. Following are the steps to move Taskbar to bottom or right or … Read more
If you are annoyed with the frequent prompts for installing Firefox updates then you can disable this feature by doing the following in Firefox browser. In Firefox window click on Tools button in the menu bar. Select Options from the menu. (Firefox options can also be opened from Run window by executing the command Firefox … Read more
There seems to be lots of third party tools (both freeware and non-freeware) available to automatically shut down a computer. But we really do not need them as Windows OS provides built-in utility for this task. This article explains you how to do this in simple steps. (The below steps are explained for Windows XP. … Read more
Hibernate feature allows us to save the current session when we are going to switch off the computer. We can start with the same state of the session when we switch on the computer again. On Windows XP you can hibernate a computer by clicking on the shutdown menu and then selecting ‘hibernate‘ option from … Read more
In default configuration Windows XP taskbar is of the size shown in the below image. When we open multiple windows the taskbar gets filled with the icons of the running applications and sometimes it would be difficult to identify which icon points to which application. For such situations we can increase the size of the … Read more
Having Show desktop icon in the quick launch on the taskbar helps a lot to switch to the desktop screen easily. If the quick launch on your taskbar does not have show desktop icon then you can add it as per the below steps. The icons in the quick launch are nothing but shortcuts to … Read more
If you use Windows graphical user interface extensively then this could be a useful tip to you. If you always deal with different windows in your Windows application you might be pressing OK, Cancel or Apply buttons lot of times. You have to move mouse cursor close to the buttons in these windows. You can … Read more