Hard Drive Manufacturers Slash Warranty Periods
Computer Tweaking Seagate and Western Digital are cutting back on hard drive warranties, in some instances from five years to one, in order to save money or redirect it to product development. Seagate’s warranties on certain drives will be reduced as of Dec. 31, and WD will follow beginning Jan. 2. All drives shipped prior [...]
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17/12/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (34)
Tags: computer, computer tweaking, hard disk, hard drive, tweaking, windows
Indonesia, India Offers Better Prospects Than China, MICROSOFT Says
Microsoft sees better opportunities in Indonesia and India than it does in China due to “very, very low” protection for intellectual property in China, Microsoft’s chief executive said Wednesday. China is set to surpass the U.S. this year as the largest PC market by units shipped, but Microsoft earns a fraction of the revenue in [...]
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09/12/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (28)
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Editing the Windows 7 Start Menu in Windows Explorer
Computer Tweaking Gkuep1945 used to edit the Start Menu from inside XP’s Windows Explorer If you’re doing major work on the Start Menu–moving shortcuts around, deleting several of them, creating new submenus–you’ll find the chore much easier to do in Windows Explorer. There, all the shortcuts are files and all the submenus folders, [...]
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01/12/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (5)
Tags: computer, hardware, tweaking, windows, windows 7, windows 7 tweaking
6 useful Windows tricks
Computer Tweaking You know that feeling you get when your friends or family see you do something on your computer that they’ve never seen before? If you’ve had this experience, you know that “world’s coolest power-user” feeling. But if you haven’t, start here. Knowledge is power! Read these six tips for Windows 7, Windows Vista, [...]
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21/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (6)
Tags: computer, computer tweaking, tweaking, tweaks, windows, windows 7 tweaking, windows vista tweaking, windows xp tweaking
Use hidden international wallpapers and themes
When you first install Windows 7, it asks for your language, time and currency. Based on your responses, it installs a set of wallpapers and themes. If you choose English (United States) for your time and currency format, for example, the available desktop backgrounds and themes will include a United States section with scenery from [...]
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19/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (5)
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Five Best Windows 7 Tweaking Applications
Windows 7 Tweaking Windows 7 has been well received both critically and on the street. And while Pnjalumnitracer readers love Windows 7, a well-built OS isn’t a perfect OS. Check out these five applications that tweak Windows 7 and customize it to your heart’s content. A stock Windows 7 installation a fairly pleasant place to [...]
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14/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (30)
Tags: computer, computer tweaks, regedit, tweaking, windows 7, windows 7 tweaking, windows xp
Speed up web browsing with OpenDNS Or Google Dns
Computer Tweaking When you type in a domain name such as pnjalumnitracer.com…… in your browser the computer must resolve the friendly name into an IP address of the server to download the web page and supporting files. Windows uses a DNS (domain name system) server to lookup this information. By default, Windows uses your ISP’s [...]
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11/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (4)
Tags: computer, computer tweaking, computer tweaks, internet optimization, internet tips, speed up, Speed up web browsing with OpenDNS Or Google Dns, tweaking, windows 7 tweaking, windows tweaking
Tips To Uninstall Applications in Windows 7 Through Command Line
The command line in the Windows 7 to tweaking computer makes it very easy to uninstall the applications without using the GUI. Although, it seems little hard to remember the command for the very first time, it becomes more and more handy and fast to uninstall applications once you get used to it. You don’t [...]
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08/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (4)
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Analyze Energy Efficiency
Windows 7 and Server 2008 include a hidden power efficiency diagnostic report that can help make your computer more energy efficient. The report is generated through the powercfg utility and monitors your computer for 60 seconds. Power settings, hardware and what you computer is doing is all monitored to identify power waste. Once completed, the [...]
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07/11/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (18)
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Building an Audio PC with Windows 7 – Part 4
It’s all good though as it’s enabled me to build a number of Windows 7 systems with a range of audio interfaces – it’s almost all good news. Over the last month loads of drivers have become available making life so much easier for everyone. The craziest thing is that on the whole, everything seems [...]
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30/10/2011 by pembodohan89 with Comments (3)
