You got a number of Photoshop Files (.psd) on your drive which you want to sort out, as some of these files are unwanted & they are clogging space on your drive. It is a cumbersome task but still you can follow these two techniques - 1. Open each file in Photoshop & check whether it ...

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Securing you wordpress blog

WordPress generally do not allow you to change the default 'admin' username, this is a big security issue as a hacker's work is reduced to just brute force the password as he knows the username is always 'admin'.  Though, there is a workaround to change the password directly in the database. We will use phpmyadmin ...

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5 Tips to speed up your Wordpress Blog

Going insane with your blog hosted on wordpress that is sucking all the juice from your server & still it not giving enough performance as you have might thought it would be, here are some tricks that will help you in speeding up your blog.   1. First & foremost, remove all the unneeded plug ins ...

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Inline Search in IE

Here is a nifty little add on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox style inline searching. InlineSearch provide find as you type facility in IE that helps in efficiently searcing you search terms within a web page. Here are some shortcuts that you might need,  to run inline search CTRL-F or F3 to open/refresh the search ...

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This resource hungry beast from Microsoft sucks all the juice from your miserably old Graphics Card. Here is a simple trick that will limit the number of windows rendered in 3D. 1. Open Registry Editor 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM 3.Create a new DWORD value called Max3DWindows & set the value between 4 and 9 Play with different values & ...

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Gone the days when we used Floppy Drives. They are rarely seen on home PC's, but operating systems such Windows XP & Vista still support Floppy Drives. You might feel irritated when you see a floppy drive icon in My Computer under Windows Vista. Here is a simple trick to hide this icon.Open the registry ...

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You must be amazed after seeing the Flip3D effect in Windows Vista. But that Flip3D is made exclusively for Windows Vista. So much of the newer features and products, such as Flip 3D, are being packaged strictly for Vista but not Windows XP. But certain software companies, such as Stardock & Otaku, are making such ...

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