How to change Windows XP start menu

May 19th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Howtos, Windows

How to change Windows XP start menu from classic to Standard menu and vise versa

If you are a old windows users , it might be confusing to use new start menu in Windows XP , then you may need to consider switching it back to old style, which is known as classic Start menu. It is too easy to switch between these. (more…)

Tags:

Cleanup Windows 7 directories and view Windows XP Directory Statistics.

March 11th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

tools and tips for windowsWinDirStat is a cute little utility which reads your directory and traverse through the sub directories and gives a detailed information about it. It shows the directory structure in three views, directory list, treemap and extension list. Ths utility has a in-build function of cleaning the directories and it supports different languages like Czeh, Dutch, Finnish, German, English and many more. (more…)

Change drive icons on Windows 7 – free portable app

February 24th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

windows 7Another non-productive tools for Windows 7 , do you need to change your old drive icons with trendy new images?  Windows 7 Drive Icon Changer is for that. This easy to use free utility can quickly change the drive icons of any drive on your computer. When you run the application it shows the list of drives available, select the drive you need to change the icon and click install button. You will get a prompt to select a file for the icon. (more…)

Google will not support Internet Explorer 6 and other old version browsers going forward

February 24th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Tips & Tools, Windows

youtubeGoogle is going to discontinue its support for YouTube in Internet Explorer 6. They have stopped supporting Internet Explorer 6 in Google Apps  long back and google have plans to stop IE 6 support for  GMail and Google calendar by this year end.It was always a pain for designers to support internet explorer 6 due to its misbehavior for many CSS tags. Now Google set a target date for it – 13 March. (more…)

Tags:

Free Vancouver wallpapers for Windows 7 and XP

February 22nd, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

Vancouver is busy with Winter Olympics (2010,Feb 12th to 28th). To add the spirit new windows 7 wallpapers has been released based on Vancouver 2010 winder Olympics. (more…)

Tags:

Change your windows login screen with login studio – Supports Windows 7 and XP

January 30th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

Are you bored with the usual windows login screen. Here is an option to modify your login screen. You can choose different login screens available with this package plus there are so many available for free download on internet. Logon studio is a free ware which can be used on Windows 7 , XP , Vista. (more…)

Tags:

Windows 7 performance improvement tip – Windows 7 wallpapers free

January 29th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

Windows 7 emphasise on performance such a lot that Windows 7 is supposed to boot up with in 30-35 seconds. If your system is not booting as it is supposed to be , then it could be the problem with the background color. If you have customized your background; solid backgrounds make your windows 7 slower. (more…)

Tags:

Windows 7 SP1 release date and features – rumor

January 28th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

windows 7According to rumors windows 7 SP1 works had been started in Microsoft kitchen. It would be cooked and served by 2010 Q3 (september). These rumors had been published by a Russian site wzor.net , Microsoft is yet to publish these details. (more…)

Tags:

Different Microsoft Windows versions and screen shots with release dates

January 18th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

Microsoft has been releasing different versions of Windows starting from Windows 1.01 to Windows 7 , here is the list of different versions released by microsoft with its version numbers and release date.Few old windows screens are also uploaded here to give a nostalgic feeling (more…)

Tags:

Free SEO tool from Microsoft – Search engine optimization for Bing and Google

January 16th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Windows

microsoftMicrosoft released a free SEO tool (search engine Optimization tool) which helps to increase traffic and visitors to your website. This tool will only work with IIS web servers. (more…)

Tags: ,