Windows 8 editions announced

Microsoft has announced the names of the Windows 8 editions it’s going to offer to users. There will be a total of 4 editions: Windows 8 Windows 8 Pro Windows RT Windows 8 Enterprise From the feature set comparison mentioned in this blog post, it looks like Microsoft has combined the home and home premium … Read more

OneNote files location

The notes we capture in Microsoft OneNote application is stored in files. These files are stored in the user’s Documents folder. The exact location is: C:usersloginidDocumentsOneNote Notebooks In the above folder,you can find a separate folder for each notebook you have.  Each of the note book folders will have a file (with the extension .one) … Read more

How to disable “test mode windows 7 build 7600/7601”

In Windows7, some times users see the following text  “Test Mode Windows 7 build 7600” on the desktop screen at the right bottom. On my Windows 7 SP1 computer this looks like as below. In Windows 7 RTM(i.e without SP1 installed), it shows the build number as 7600. The question you might have is ‘Why … Read more

Windows 8 download

Microsoft has released release preview edition of Windows 8. This can be downloaded from the below location. //windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso Product key: TK8TP-9JN6P-7X7WW-RFFTV-B7QPF (Windows 8 consumer preview edition was available at the same link earlier.) In the above link you can find iso files for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The iso files size for English version: … Read more

Disable automatically zipping all attachments in Outlook.

If you have installed WinZip courier, Outlook might automatically zip the attached files in all the out going emails. This auto zip feature can be turned off in the following way. Open ‘Configure WinZip courier‘ window. This can be opened by typing ‘winzip courier’ in the start menu search box. Click on Attachment options. Now … Read more

How to disable inprivate browsing

On Windows system, we can disable InPrivate browsing in Internet explorer as per the below method. Open group policy editor(Run gpedit.msc) Navigate to the node ‘Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet explorer -> InPrivate‘ Now in the right side pane, you can see list of group policy settings. Double click on … Read more

Windows 8 does not ask for file deletion confirmation

I am using Windows 8 consumer preview edition. One thing that surprised me is, the default behavior when we try to a delete a file/folder. In Windows 7 and its predecessors, the next thing that happens when you press ‘delete‘ key is, you get a dialog box asking for confirmation if you would really want … Read more

Outlook 2010 does not open URL links

I have experienced this problem in Outlook 2010 recently. When I click on URL links in my emails, Outlook does not open them. It keeps on showing the thin blue bar at the top in the email, indicating that it’s processing to open the URL. But it never finishes.  I did not have this problem … Read more

Disable tabbed browsing in IE

In Internet explorer 8, we can disable tabbed browsing as per the below steps. In IE menu bar click on  Tools and then Internet options Click on Settings button under ‘Tabs‘ Now disable the check button ‘Enable tabbed browsing’ Click on ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’ buttons and close the windows. Using registry keys We can disable … Read more

Change defatult download location in IE

In Internet explorer, when we download files, the files will be saved to the default download folder.  This is usually user’s Documents folder on the system drive. In case if the system drive does not have enough free space, users may want to change the download location to some other drive. We can do this … Read more