This category will provide you with all the tips and trick, softwares and utilities that Microsoft releases from time to time. We also cover direct download links to the popular software like Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows etc.
Whenever you try to copy a folder in any location, its name should be unique. Failure to do so, results in an interruption named as ‘Merge Folder Conflict’. This conflict can be resolved in two ways: Give a different name to the folder, you are trying to copy Allow merging of the two identically named folders […]
Win + X menu can give you quick access to important tools and functions of the Operating System. This functionality was introduced in Windows 8. Snap Plus brings this menu to Windows 7. We have already wrote about the Quick Admin menu introduced in Windows 8. The Quick Admin menu or Win + X menu […]
List of fixes and solutions you can apply to the computer where you are getting USB Device Not Recognized or Device has malfunctioned errors. USB ports and devices are used everywhere. There are multiple USB ports in a computer meaning that you can connect multiple USB devices to your computer. In fact, you can connect […]
If you have ever used command line in Windows, you must have come across the check disk command. We have already discussed about third party alternatives to chkdsk command in Windows. I have been getting a lot of queries from users who are not satisfied from any alternative and want to continue with chkdsk command. […]
Windows Update is a built in tool that comes with your Microsoft Windows. This tool is responsible to keep your system updated with the latest patches and service packs offered by the Microsoft Corporation. Some of them are marked as important, some are critical while others are optional. By default, Windows Update automatically runs on […]
Windows 8 comes with a number of useful and built-in metro apps like Reader, Music, Games, Calendar, Store, News and many more. The developers have made the perfect blend of essential apps and you can start using your system without installing any other app. Metro apps come in the form of a package and the package […]
Computer network communication works using software ports. Ports are application specific end points 65,535 ports of which 1024 are pre-defined also known as well-known ports. You can learn more about computer ports through this Wiki article. Viruses and hackers use open ports in the Operating System to have illegal access to the system. The simplest […]
Windows 8 improves on Windows 7 in a many aspects including the re-designed task manager. Windows 8 task manager give a lot more details about processes and system. Windows 7 users may not be willing to switch to Windows 8 because of various reasons but now Windows 7 users can enjoy Windows 8 Task Manager […]
Microsoft has been fighting hard to win back the email users which it lost to Google’s Gmail. Google’s Gmail service was introduced as an invite only service which later became very popular among the users because of its simplicity, search features and most importantly huge amount of storage that kept on increasing. Microsoft’s Hotmail.com and […]
Windows 8 has introduced a categorization of Internet connections. Now there are two types of connections: a metered connection and a non-metered connection. A metered connection is the one is charged by the amount of data used (downloaded and uploaded) by the Internet Service Providers. A non-metered connection is the regular connection which does not […]