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Windows 3.1 powers Nokia N95


Windows 3.1 powers Nokia N95

Yes, it has happened and no, I am not lying. A Polish developer named Marcin-PRV achieved this feat by sucessfully installing Microsoft Windows 3.1 on a Symbian S60 powered Nokia N95.

 Computers   Ideas   Microsoft   Mobile   Software   Uncategorized   Windows  

By Debjit
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Make your own customised Windows installer disk


Make your own customised Windows installer disk

Have you ever thought of having your applications such as VLC, Winamp, Microsoft Office, Google Talk, extra drivers installed automatically with your default Windows installation? Or, may be you are the Systems Manager for your organisation and you are required to install, say WIndows XP, on your organisations`s systems. Or, may be your organisation wants…

 Hacks   How-To   Microsoft   Software   Tips & Tricks   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How to make a Video DVD?


How to make a Video DVD?

Suppose you have downloaded your favorite television series or a new movie, and you want to watch it in on your Television Set in your living room, what options do you have? Use something like this, or this? Or, you could try this.. You just need a simple software, DVD Flick. Even though there are a number of…

 General   How-To   Ideas   Microsoft   Software   Tips & Tricks  

By Debjit

Six Different Versions for Windows 7


Six Different Versions for Windows 7

It is being predicted that Microsoft will ship their new product Windows 7 in six different flavours. The provision for upgrading to the new version from older ones is still available but only after paying a license migration fee, which I suppose will be equivalent to the price of the DVD box set of the…

 Microsoft   Networks   Security   Software   Windows 7  

By Debjit
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How-To capture only a specific portion of the screen in Windows 7?


Windows 7 provides you with a tool called the Snipping Tool, with the help of which you could actually select a portion of the screen whose screenshot is to be taken. This is very helpful since you are now freed of the hassle of ‘Prnt Scrn’-ing the entire screen and cropping the required portion out….

 General   How-To   Microsoft   Pragmatism   Software   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

Performance and network tweaks for Firefox – Browse faster


Performance and network tweaks for Firefox – Browse faster

Firefox is already one of the fastest browsers out there but some simple tweaks could actually turn your firefox browser into a blazingly fast browser. The tweaks which we will describe below actually deal with http pipelining, link prefetching and the last trick involves the use of the temporary filesystem but this trick is valid…

 Hacks   Linux   Microsoft   Networks   Security   Web Design   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How-To copy data from the local cache of "Google Gears" ?


How-To copy data from the local cache of "Google Gears" ?

Google Gears is software offered by Google that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new    features to your web browser. One of it`s feature is that it provides a LocalServer module that caches and serves application resources like HTML, JavaScript, images, etc. There are a number of applications that use Google Gears, including Google`s…

 Google   How-To   Linux   Microsoft   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How-To Install Windows 7 from a USB Memory Stick


How-To Install Windows 7 from a USB Memory Stick

Installing Windows 7  from a USB Memory Stick (or, a Pen/Thumb Drive) is not only a cakewalk but also blazingly faster than the corresponding DVD install. What you will be needing for this memory-stick-based-install is a 4GB USB Memory stick, since the DVD itself is a 2.8GB approx ISO. Remember, you will be able to…

 How-To   Microsoft   Pragmatism   Windows 7  

By Debjit

'Show Desktop' quicklaunch button in Windows 7


'Show Desktop' quicklaunch button in Windows 7

In the beta version of Windows 7, there has been a change in the placement of the ‘Show Desktop’ quick-launch button. It is now placed at LEFT-BOTTOM corner, as you can check in this screen shot below.

 Microsoft   Windows 7  

By Debjit

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