Tips & Tricks

Enable Aero in FX 5200 with 512 MB RAM

Posted on May 15, 2009. Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , , , |

I recently installed Vista in my 512 MB machine with NVIDIA FX 5200  Graphics Card. I found that i couldn’t enable even after trying everything i read in the internet. But i had used Vista with Aero before, in the same machine, for 30 days. But this time Aero just didn’t seem to work. After [...]

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Install CAB files

Posted on May 15, 2009. Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , |

Here is how to install .cab files that you get from Windows updates. Put the lines below in a .bat file. And use command prompt to input the .cab file to this .bat program as argument. For example, if the lines below are saved in cabinst.bat, put this .bat file in the folder of the [...]

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Mass File Extension Rename

Posted on May 13, 2009. Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , |

Here is how to rename a number of files’ extensions to another extension. Say, for example, some virus renamed all .mp3 files to .jpg files. Now, you need to rename these files back to .mp3 files. You can do this easy.

Create a text file, and rename it to, say extren.bat
[Right click on the file] > [...]

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Search from address bar in Firefox

Posted on May 7, 2009. Filed under: Connect, Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , , , |

Is your Firefox looking bulky? [right click on menubar] > ‘Customize…’. Move all necessary buttons from Navigation toolbar to main menu bar. Remove unnecessary buttons. Remove the dedicated Google search box also. Move the address bar from Navigation bar to main menu bar. Now, un-check View > Toolbars > Navigation Toolbar. Thus, all the buttons [...]

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Missing items/folders in Group Policy Editor(gpedit.msc)

Posted on November 19, 2008. Filed under: Tips & Tricks | Tags: , , , , , , , |

I was having a problem with the Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc, for quite some time. When i open it up, i dont see most folders and items that are necessary for an admin. All i see in the User Components > Administrative Templates is Windows Components. There should have been 6 other folders, like Start [...]

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