Remove unnecessary entries from search bar in Windows 7

Windows 7 usually saves the searches that you enter in Explorer and offers them while typing. Over time this can become a bit confusing. You can delete them either fully or just a few entries. To delete a few entries mouse over that entry and press delete button. If you have a really long list, then deleting everything in this way might not be possible. The following trick involves editing registry. So please backup your registry by File>Expo...

Everyone knows that entering a special character such as £ (pound) sign through "Insert Symbol dialogue" is really tiring (especially for a lazy guy like me).But at times you may have to enter such symbols frequently. For example say you are an electrical engineer. So you may have to enter the Ω (ohm) symbol quite frequently. The problem can be easily solved for creating shortcuts for the symbol. 1) Click insert symbol and select more symbols....

At times you might want to restore a previous version of Windows, that you had installed before you installed Windows 7. This article explains just that. Windows.old folder is created when you install a new version of windows over an older version. It basically consists of all the data in the root of your partition which had windows installed,  before you installed Windows 7. It might be quiet large in size. So make sure that your windows par...

Sometimes when you try to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista, the upgrade process stops at as close as 64%. The problem may be due to iphlpsvc service that hangs during the process. But don't worry there is a workaround for this error. 1) Stop the installation and reboot. You will be booted into vista. 2) Press start and right click the computer to start "Advanced system settings". Alternatively you can also do it by pressing win key + pause break...

Recently I had a chance of reading an article that said that Windows 7 was susceptible to almost 80% of viruses out there. This made me think about ways in which we can protect the operating system and eventually lead to writing this article. According to me the best weapon we have against the attacks of these unwanted programs is common sense. As long as we use it the right way along with the right software we can stay safe. So here are a few s...

Even after the release of windows 7 there might be a few that still use vista. This is for them 1) Turn off unwanted animations. To do this click start menu. In the search box type “sysdm.cpl”( without quotes) and click continue when prompted by UAC. Click the advanced tab and under performance click settings. In the visual effects tab uncheck the options that are unnecessary. (more...)...

Dual booting is not a very hard task. But it requires a bit of prerequisite knowledge and if not done with care can lead to disaster. This guide assumes that you already have windows vista installed. 1. Boot with Windows Xp cd and wait till it loads necessary files. 2. Then select the volume in which you want to install Xp (choose a different drive than the one with vista installed. If you don’t have two volumes you can use vista’s built in d...