Kill or End Process Without Getting ‘This System Is Shutting Down’

Have you ever kill a process or end a task from your task manager and then you get 30 seconds of countdown before it restarts or shutdowns by itself? When trying to manually remove a virus, the first thing to do is to end the process first before removing it from registry. That’s because some [...]

Download Windows Search 4.0 Preview

Windows Search 4.0 (WS4) is the next version of desktop search for system running Windows operating system. Windows Search 4.0 which replaces Windows Desktop Search (WDS) and automatically upgrades WDS version 2.6 and later (older versions must be uninstalled first), can perform instant search on user’s computer to find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music [...]

How to Create a Shortcut to Eject CD or DVD Drive

Windows provides a contextual right click menu item of ‘Eject’, which will be shown when users right click on CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or CD/DVD burner/writer optical drive, and when selected will eject or open the CD/DVD disc tray. For some reason, it may be useful to create an Eject shortcut or icon that will auto eject [...]

Unknown Device Identifier: Identify Hardware Type, Model & Driver for Unknown Devices in Windows Device Manager

Unknown Device Identifier is a freeware Windows application that allows you to identify unknown devices in the Device Manager, highlighted by yellow question mark and labeled as �??Unknown Device�?�. It then displays a detailed summary of the device manufacturer�??s name, OEM name, device type, device model and even the exact name of the unknown device. [...]

Remove unwanted programs from Windows Vista

Windows Vista ships and installs with a lot of programs and features that I do not need. I�??m not only talking about games and wallpapers but also about Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer or support for Tablet PCs. These applications and functions are nevertheless installed when you install Windows Vista and there is no way [...]

View Comic Books with CDisplay

Have you ever come across files with the extension cbr or cbz? These are the standard file formats for digital comic books. Whether you have a subscription to a comic book archive or had the files given to you by a friend, the bottom line is what are you supposed to do with them.
If you�??re [...]

Extend the Windows Clipboard

The Windows clipboard can store a single text phrase in its memory, once a new phrase is copied to the clipboard the old one is lost. If you want to copy two different text phrases for instance you need to copy the first, paste it somewhere, copy the second and paste it as well. A [...]

Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions from Windows

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this
problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you
are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three
ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3
filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable [...]

Recovering Ubuntu after a Windows installation

What follows is a small step-by-step guide on how to recover the ability to boot your Ubuntu partition after a new Windows installation
problem: Windows overwrites the Master Boot Record (MBR), effectively destroying any LILO or GRUB setup you might have had; contrary to what several websites claim: just setting the proper partition active will NOT [...]

How to run KDE applications on Windows

Want to run some open source Linux applications designed for the KDE desktop environment, without you know, installing Linux? The KDE Windows Project makes it possible to run some KDE programs in a Windows environment.
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How to run KDE applications on Windows

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