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1. Apple mac OS X, preview of a PC

   

   I just got this new Apple Macbook Pro, and was looking to share some of my files on the Windows laptop to the new Mac when I stumbled on this.

   

   That's very subtle Apple :D

   If you did not get it, see the Preview section …

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2. Windows 7 Fix Laptop Turning on Automatically

   

   Somedays your laptop seems to wake up before you and be ready at the boot screen/logon screen, and you're wondering if the laptop is possessed by viruses or daemons, Fear not we can heal the issue of your laptop turning on automatically by following these …

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3. How to create files like .htaccess on windows

   

   So you want to create a .htaccess or any other .extension and you fire up the explorer and start doing it, and you get

   

   Error: You must type a filename

   How to create a file only with extension

   • Fire a command line terminal and go …
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4. How to burn ISO files on Windows 7

   

   Windows 7 has built in support to burn ISO images onto DVD and CD. That means you dont have to install any other software like Roxio or Nero to burn your images. And in few clicks you can burn your ISO !

   Steps to burn …

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5. How to make a Windows Gadget in Windows 7

   

   This is an introduction to developing windows gadgets on the Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System. A windows gadget is a small piece of UI that floats around on your desktop. This is the version 2 of the Windows Sidebar which appeared in Windows Vista operating …

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6. How to Enable/Disable Battery care function on Sony Vaio to improve Battery life.

   

   Sony Vaio Battery care function increases your battery life time and battery back up in the long run by limiting the max capacity of the battery to 80% or 50%. This means the battery would only be charged to 80% in each charge-discharge cycle. The …

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7. Power plans missing - Restore power plans on Windows 7

   

   Power saver plan on Windows helps you to give longer battery backup by reducing performance of certain hardware components like processor, graphics card, wireless network card etc and turning off devices which are not used. One sudden day my power saver option went missing on …

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8. Solve Write Permission Denied on Files Windows 7

   

   Windows 7 file attributes and earlier versions of windows such as XP or 98 is very different. The difference is notable if you use NTFS file system which has more security features.

   On Windows 7 if you get "Write Permission Denied" on any file , …

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9. How to Prevent my Computer from going to sleep when I am running big process ?

   

   By default on Windows 7, the computer sleeps after 30 minutes. Usually power plans and options are more required on laptops, but desktops also do use this setting. This is bad if you want to run some process which has to run for a long …

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10. Enable two finger flick Forward and Back in Synaptics

    

    Two finger flick is a gesture that is used to move forward and backword in applications such as photo viewer software or a browser. This is a feature similar to the one available in Mac which is two touch scrolling. This post describers how to …

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11. Change Network adapter MAC address on Windows 7

    

    Most of us (atleast those who learned computer networking) grew up learning about the 7 layers of OSI ISO model or the simple 4 layer model. The lowest layer is the physical layer. In this layer all machines are assigned an address called the MAC …

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12. Permission Denied on Hosts File (Windows 7)

    On Windows 7, I was trying to edit the host file using Komodo and was getting Permission Denied, and tried notepad too still got permission denied. I thought initially it was McAfee Anti Virus that was disabling the edit of host file as this …

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13. Correct Colors displayed on Laptop / LCD Screen on Windows 7

    

    Laptop and LCD Monitors are poor in reproducing the actual colors compared to conventional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Monitors. If not properly caliberated, the colours displayed can vary drastically. If you are using a laptop or LCD monitor, see the coloured box below.

     
    
    

    The …

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14. Sony Vaio CW VPCCW26FG Windows Experience Index

    

    The Sony Vaio CW Series (VPCCW26FG) Got Experience index of 5.8

    More Details

    Component	Details	Subscore
    Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz	6.7
    Memory (RAM)	4.00 GB	5.9
    Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	6.3
    Gaming graphics	2263 MB Total available graphics memory …

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15. Windows 7 showing Different Installed (4 GB) and Usable Memory (2.96 GB)

    

    
    

    Installed and Usable memory as shown by windows differs when you have installed a Graphics card which shared memory. If you have a graphics card of 1gb memory with shared option, the 1 GB of memory is not usable by other processes. So the usable …

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