We can disable Recent items list which shows the list of recently opened files. It can be done in the following way in Windows 7/Vista. Right click on Start button in the task bar Click Properties In the ‘Start menu‘ tab as shown in the picture above, uncheck ‘Store and display a list of recently … Read more
Like in XP, Windows 7 also enables offline files feature for redirected folders automatically. User’s explicit action is not required to cache the files of these folders locally. This provides access to the files without any disruption even if the network in down. How to disable offline files for redirected folders in Windows 7? This … Read more
When you open a chm help file, you may see the error ‘Navigation to the webpage was cancelled’. This usually happens if you have downloaded the help file from web. The content in the help file gets blocked for security reasons. I have faced this issue when I was trying to open windows commands reference … Read more
Putty is a popular ssh client for Windows OS. It also supports telnet and rlogin connections. It has many configurable options which are described below. Putty color settings: The default background color is black. If you want to set white background, Go to Window -> colours. Enable ‘Use System colors’. You can also modify the … Read more
In Windows 7, we can enable remote desktop as follows. Open computer properties and click Remote settings. (Or you can execute sysdm.cpl from Run which opens up system properties window. click on Remote tab) select the second check button ‘Allow connections from computer running any version of remote desktop‘ . If the other machine which … Read more
What to do if your disk is filled up and you want to make some free space somehow? Well, this article explains different steps you can do to get more free space. 1. Run disk clean manager. This tool identifies certain categories of files which are least required. You can run your Windows without having … Read more
Microsoft download manager is not a well known product among Windows users but it’s very useful one. This allows one to download large sized files even with network interruptions. It automatically resumes the download when the network is back up. You can also manually pause and resume the download whenever you want to. Download Microsoft … Read more
We can log on to a Windows 7 computer with a finger swipe. The only thing you need to have on your laptop is a fingerprint scanning biometric device. In this post we take you through how to configure finger print logon and the related settings for it. 1. First check if you have a … Read more
In Windows, when we delete a file, it’s actually moved to recycle bin instead of really being deleted from the disk. This provides a safe backup if we have deleted a file accidentally. This post tries to answer some frequently asked questions about recycle bin. When I delete a file, it’s getting deleted immediately. I … Read more
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