In Windows 7, firewall can be turned on/off as described below. Open ‘Windows Firewall‘ by running the command ‘firewall.cpl‘ from Run. In the list of links displayed on the left side pane, select ‘Turn Windows firewall on or off‘ In the next window, you can configure firewall for each network separately. To enable firewall for … Read more
This post explains how to install MySQL server on Windows 7 computer.(The steps apply to other Windows versions also like XP, Server 2003, Server 2008). Firstly, download the latest MySQL installer from the below link. //dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ Download the MSI Installer(32 or 64 bit based on your computer model. If you have 64-bit computer and OS, … Read more
In Windows 7 we can setup FTP server by doing the below steps. Open ‘Windows features’ by running optionalfeatures command from Run. Expand the node ‘Internet Information Services‘ Select FTP Server node. Click OK. After completing the above steps, FTP service will be installed on your system. This service is named ‘Microsoft ftp service‘. If … Read more
We can uninstall Yahoo toolbar software from Windows by doing the following steps. Open Programs and Features wizard. You can open this by running appwiz.cpl from Run window. Alternative way to open this is to type ‘Programs and Features‘ in the start menu search box. Look for the entry ‘Yahoo! Toolbar’ in the list of … Read more
I use dual monitors with my Windows 7 computer. Sometimes the items on the Desktop move to the right side automatically. We can restore the items to the left of the desktop screen by doing the following simple steps. Right click on the desktop. Click on Sort by Select any of the options : name, … Read more
If you are getting the below error when you launched Firefox browser then read on how to fix this problem. The error says ‘Firefox is already running, but not responding. To open a new window, you must close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system‘. How to fix this error?: You can get rid … Read more
Putty is a tool for connecting to remote computers(Linux or Windows) through ssh or telnet protocols. When we open new connection to a remote computer using putty software, we need to provide username and password. This can be avoided by using ssh private and public keys. Below it’s explained how to generate these ssh keys … Read more
If you are getting the error ‘Compression is disabled for this volume‘ when you are trying to compress a file, then you can fix the problem by doing the steps mentioned in this article. These steps enable compression on the computer. You need to have administrator privileges to execute these steps. Open registry editor(Regedit) and … Read more
In Outlook 2010, we can find the mail box size by doing the following. In Outlook window, click on File menu. Click on ‘Cleanup Tools‘ In the drop down list, click on the option ‘Mailbox cleanup‘ In the ‘Mailbox cleanup‘ window click on the button ‘View Mailbox Size‘. Now you can view how much space … Read more
Office OneNote is a popular application for storing random notes. Data in OneNote can be organized into notebooks, each notebook can have multiple sections and each section can have multiple pages. The data stored in OneNote can be protected by using a password. This can be done at section level. Some sections can be left … Read more