We often encountered tiny hiccups while using our Windows PC, we have to search internet or call your computer vendor to fix it. But there is something you can try by your own. From Windows 7 Microsoft has introduced build-in troubleshooter which will check for common problems and fix it. In this article I’ll show you how to use them on your Windows 8 PC.   Go to your Windows UI screen and type in [...]

Hyper-V is a native virtual machine manager (VMM) that enables platform virtualization on Windows system. That is it enable you to run Windows or Linux operation as guest operating system. Hyper-V can be a replacement for VMware, Windows Virtual PC. Since Windows 8 does not support Windows Virtual PC on Windows 8 Hyper-V comes really handy if you need run Windows 7 or Windows XP on your Windows 8 Pro machine. In this article I’ll [...]

In this article I’ll tell you how to Enable custom themes (Theme developed by third party) on Windows 8. To enable custom themes you need to patch uxtheme.dll and another 2 system files. We’ll be using a software called “UltraUXThemePatcher”   Download UltraUXThemePatcher     Go through the setup to patch the files Remember the system files will the patch during the installation After the install it completes go ahead and reboot the system to [...]

Most of the forums users know my SF Diagnostic tool which is used to collect Kernel dumps and other useful logs which is used to troubleshoot Blue screen of death and other crashes. Well I have released the latest version of this tool. Warning: Some Antivirus / Firewall might detect SF Diagnostic Tool is Trojan its just a False positive because the publisher is unknown. Nothing to worry it won’t harm your Computer   Change [...]

Microsoft has updated the .NET Framework Cleanup tool to 6.0.3790. For those who are not familiar with this tool .NET Framework Cleanup Tool is designed to automatically perform a set of steps to remove selected versions of the .NET Framework from a computer. It will remove files, directories, registry keys and values and Windows Installer product registration information for the .NET Framework. Be very cautious while using this tool since  .NET Framework 1.1 to 3.5 [...]

Let’s admit it lot of us make a lot of spelling errors while posting something online. That’s one of the reason why I prefer Firefox because of the build in inline spell check so it’s a lot easier to correct it on the fly. Today I found this nifty little program called “Speckie” that’s a inline spell checker on Internet Explorer. This version works well with Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9 version. It supports [...]

On 27 June 2012 at Google I/O announced Android’s latest version Jellybean i.e. Android 4.1. The main improves are user interface, performance, they even called it project “butter”. It uses triple buffering and a fixed frame rate of 60 fps to create a fluid and “buttery” smooth UI. The Main Features are: Vsync timing across all drawing and animation done by the Android framework Triple buffering in the graphics pipeline Enhanced accessibility Bi-directional text and [...]

Yesterday the XDA member Football who is famous for his HTC Leaked shipping ROM collection released a custom ROM based on v 2.05.401.2 which runs Android 4.0.4. HTC is yet to release his version. Here is a screenshot of the about screen.      Users has released a huge difference in terms of CPU performance. One of the newest feature is the ability to choose “Recent apps button”. Unofficial Change Log: Ability to choose “Recent [...]

  Please don’t follow these steps without the help/Recommendation of an expert If the Driver Verifier finds a violation, it will result in a BSOD Create a System Restore point before proceeding   How to Enable Driver Verifier:   START | type verifier | make these selections – 1. Select 2nd option – " Create custom settings (for code developers)" 2. Select 2nd option – "Select individual settings from a full list" 3. Check these [...]

In our everyday file we often need to print Word document, HTML webpages etc. sometime it’s more convenient to just save them as a PDF file and use it later or e-mail it to someone.  In this article I’ll suggest you’re few free PDF printers that might come handy for everyday use. PrimoPDF: PrimoPDF is one of the popular PDF printers. It handles more than 300+ types of file types to print to PDF. It [...]