If there is one thing I really don’t like to hear is any sound when I am starting up the computer. Windows Vista doesn’t allow you to customize the startup sound and you are stuck with the same version. Well, I chose to disable it.
And here is how you do it:
1. Right click on an [...]
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In the past few months, I’ve seen a numerous number of viruses that infect both hard disks and removable drives. Their modus operandi of spreading is to create an autorun.inf file in the root of the partition, which most users unknowingly run.
Many antivirus programs do not delete this autorun.inf file in spite of cleaning the [...]
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In my last Excel Tutorial, I covered using SUMIFS and SUMPRODUCT.
Data Tables is also an advanced topic in Microsoft Excel that falls under the category of What-If Analysis. What-If or Sensitivity Analysis is carried out to study the variation of the output to changes in the input variable.
Consider a case of compound interest, [...]
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Daniel asked the question What is a Blog? This is my answer.
In late 2003, I decided to try my hand at writing what was known as a blog. As I hesitantly installed WordPress on my first paid hosting account.
I remember telling people excitedly that I have started blogging only to be stared at as if [...]
One thing that is required to maintain the smooth running of your operating system is the regular defragmentation of your hard drives.
There are several freeware and shareware programs available for use. However, one that I have been using for a long time now is Power Defragmenter GUI.
Power Defragmenter is a GUI (Graphic User Interface) application [...]
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The title of the post is a bit of a misnomer because the SUMIF function in Excel does not allow you to have more than condition.
Excel 2007 introduced the SUMIFS function which allowed for multiple conditions.
However, if you are using any version prior to Excel 2007 or if the persons who will be using your [...]
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You may hate Internet Explorer, but it is one of the most used browsers today. A web designer needs to ensure that his/her site works perfectly across browsers and across platforms. If you’re on Linux, then TechRepublic tells you how to Run Internet Explorer on Linux.
I came across Vista’s new Hybrid Sleep feature yesterday when I was busy.
What is Hybrid sleep?
Hybrid sleep is a low-power sleep state that can help protect your open programs and documents while your computer sleeps.
If hybrid sleep is turned on when you put your computer to sleep, Windows saves your open documents and programs [...]
Twitter has became a big hit these days. People twitter a lot in a day. Now some Twitter fan people came up with TwitThis, a wonderful service which allows Twitter users to share Feedburner processed feeds. It helps adding a FeedFlare in the feeds which gives the option to a Twitter user to share that [...]
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Yahoo! Messenger comes bundled with several ads in the main messenger window, the chat window and the webcam window.
Google Operating System Blog has provided a .bat file that removes these ads.
Make sure that Yahoo! Messenger is not running. Download the .bat file and execute it.
The batch file will edit the registry to remove the ads. [...]
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