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How to Follow-up your Pending E-mails in Gmail

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:14:00 +0000

Follow-up your Pending E-mails in Gmail

What I have done is created an email newsletter that arrives every morning and contains a list of 10 messages, picked randomly from the entire pool of messages that are marked with a star in Gmail.

This daily email works like a gentle nudge to act and also alerts me of messages that have been pending for too long. Here’s how you can set up one for your own Gmail account.

Copy this Google Sheet to your Google Drive.
Open the sheet and a new Gmail option will appear in the menu bar. Choose Initialize and grant access.
Now choose Gmail -> Install to activate the script that will send you a daily newsletter. Close the Google sheet.

If you wish to stop receiving the email reminder anytime, open the same Google Sheet and choose Uninstall from the Gmail menu.

Useful Website Tain Traveller in Delhi

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:12:00 +0000

A little-known Indian Railways website provides the platform numbers of various trains travelling to or out of Delhi stations in real time.
The Delhi division of Indian Railways maintains a one-page website that offers the current status of trains arriving or departing from the Old Delhi, New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railways stations.

The charts update automatically and is an attempt to bring the live on-station charts online.

What is my Train’s Platform Number?

This nameless website, hosted at 122.252.248.147, is slow and not pretty but it offers one bit of information that you can otherwise get only after calling the railway station – it tells you the exact platform number on which your train will arrive (or depart from).
You know the kind of panic and chaos that happens when the platform number of a train is changed at the last moment (not an infrequent phenomenon) and the live information available on this little website will hopefully help you plan a little better.
Unfortunately, the site only has information for trains arriving in or out of Delhi.

How to hide private files and folders on your computer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:06:00 +0000

Learn how to hide private files and folders on your computer using free tools. Maybe you don’t want mom to see any of the stuff you downloaded from the Internet.
You may want to hide some files and folders on your computer for various reasons. Maybe you don’t want mom to accidentally stumble upon all the stuff that you have downloaded from the Internet. Or you share the home computer with an inquisitive brother and would not like him to view your private files. Or maybe it’s your work computer and you are worried that the system administrator may remotely access your files.

Hide your Data from Prying Eyes
Here are some ways to hide your data on the computer from other people:

Put your Sensitive Files in the Cloud

The easiest approach would be that you use a USB Flash Drive to store your confidential files and not the computer’s hard disk. USB disks are inexpensive – you can get a 16 GB disk for less than $10 – and some are so thin that they will easily fit in your wallet like a credit card.
The next option is that instead of storing the files on a physical disk, you upload them online to places like Google Docs (1 GB), Windows SkyDrive (25 GB) or Box (5 GB). Dropbox is another good option for online file storage but because the service synchronizes files automatically with your hard drive, you may want to avoid it on a common computer.

You can also use your web email accounts to store files – attach files to a messages and email it to yourself. The maximum size of files that you attach to an email message in Hotmail is 10 MB while the limit is 25 MB in the case of Gmail.
If you are planning to store EXEs or other prohibited file types in your mailbox, make sure that you change the file extension before attaching as the Gmail scanner will otherwise reject your message.

Hide Files inside Private (Invisible) Folders

If you wish to store your confidential files on the computer’s hard disk itself and not in the cloud, you have several options as well.
You can put all the secret files that you want to hide in one folder and then use a utility like My Lockbox to make that folder invisible on your hard disk. Once you hide a folder, it won’t appear in Windows Explorer and the only way to access the contents of that protected folder will be through My Lockbox.
The free edition of My Lockbox can lock one folder but if you would wish to hide multiple files or folders on your hard disk, use the free Winmend utility. Here you have the option to hide folders as well as individual files and someone will have to know your password to read, edit or erase any of these hidden files and folders.

Hide Files and Folders by Camouflage

Your curious friend is less likely to open a folder that resembles the Recycle Bin and even if he does, the real contents of that folder won’t be revealed.
That’s the logic behind Disguise Folders, a free Windows utility that you can use to easily disguises any folder as a system folder – like the Control Panel, Recycle Bin or even the Fonts folder. When you open any of these “disguised” folders inside Windows Explorer, they’ll open the folder corresponding to their appearance but if you open the same folder through Disguise Folders, it will reveal the actual content of that folder.

Hide Files using the Steganography Technique

The other option to hide files and folder on your computer is steganography – it’s like embedding documents, images, and other files into another unsuspecting file – like your kid’s photograph.
The idea is that you can embed your private files into another file which could be a JPEG image or an MP3 audio file. If you wish to hide an entire folder into another file, just compress into a zip file. When someone double-clicks these “container” files, the image or MP3 will open in the default media player but internally, they are hold all your private files.

You can hide files inside regular MP3s or JPG images using the simple copy command or make use of this free utility called Our Secret. It work like this. You pick a carrier file – it could be a JPEG image or an audio file – and then select one or more private files that you want to hide inside the carrier file. The next step is optional but you can also encrypt the contained files with a password.
Your private files will be secretly bundled inside the carrier JPEG (or MP3) and only when you re-open this carrier file inside Our Secret, the hidden files will be decoded. If you use the DOS copy command to hide the files inside another image, the contained files can be extracted using any Winzip like utility without requiring any special program.

The Most Secure Way of Hiding Files and Folders

While the above utilities do a decent job of hiding your files and folders on your computer, they aren’t the most secure choices available as they lack encryption. If you are really serious about protecting your files from snoopers and hackers, you should use a powerful encryption software like TrueCrypt or SafeHouse Explorer (I find the latter more user-friendly).
Once you launch SafeHouse, it creates a hidden storage area (or an encrypted volume) on your hard disk to hold all your private files and folders. The size of this volume can be adjusted based on your requirements. You can access this virtual drive just like any other drive inside Windows Explorer but the drive and the folders inside are completely invisible until you enter your password inside SafeHouse.

How to Clear the history of visited websites in IE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:02:00 +0000

You know how to clear the history of websites that you’ve visited inside Internet Explorer but what do you when some previously visited web addresses still show up in IE’s address bar.
You have cleared your IE history but some previously visited sites still show up in the address-bar of your browser. If you’ve got a similar problem, here’s a solution.

Clear the history of visited websites in IEThe more recent versions of Internet Explorer (IE7 and IE8) feature a pretty “smart” address bar. You type some word in the address bar and it will immediately show a list of matching web addresses that are in your browser’s history cache.
The auto-suggest feature in the address bar is a huge time-saver but a a privacy risk as well especially when you share the same computer with other family members.
Since you don’t want mom to know what searches you are performing on Google or what websites you are visiting, Microsoft added a handy “Delete Browsing History” option in Internet Explorer that will completely erase all your tracks with a click.

Why IE won’t delete my browser history

The only problem (see video) is that even if you clear the IE history and your Temporary Internet files folder, some of the previously visited website URLs may still show up in the address bar drop-down.

I have tried almost every possible method and that includes resetting the IE browser to factory defaults, removing the registry entries, running CCleaner to delete the stubborn index.dat, clearing the Temp folders manually, disabling add-ons (IE in Safe Mode) but, unfortunately, none of them worked.
Some previously visited websites continued to show up in the address bar and I was not the only one struggling with this strange problem. A Microsoft support engineer suggested running Windows after a “clean boot” that will load Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can know if another background program is preventing IE from deleting the browser’s history and cache.

Luckily, the fix is simple and has actually nothing to do with IE’s web history.

The address bar in Internet Explorer is integrated with Windows Desktop search by default so even if you clear the IE history, the web entries that are stored in Windows search index will still show-up in the address bar. These entries appear in the same “History” group and hence users (myself included) confuse it with IE’s history.
To prevent web history items Windows Search from completely showing up in the IE address bar, go to Tools – > Internet Options – > Content – > AutoComplete and delete the option that says “Use Windows Search for better results.”

How to completely remove chat from your Gmail mailbox

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:59:00 +0000

It is now possible to completely remove chat from your Gmail mailbox. The disable option is available for Google Apps as well.
If you are like me who uses Gmail for emails but not for chatting, there’s a simple setting that will help you completely remove (and not just hide) the chat box from your Gmail mailbox.

Go to your Gmail Settings page, switch to the Chat tab, choose “Chat Off” and click the “Save Changes” button. Alternatively, you may use this link to directly access your Gmail Chat settings page. You can re-enable chat in your Gmail by using the “Chat On” option.

This setting to disable chat may have been available in regular Gmail accounts for some time (am not too sure) but it was only recently added to Gmail for Google Apps accounts.

How to Watch You Tube Video - Not available for your country

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:57:00 +0000

You could be staying in a country like US, UK or India but may not be able to watch every video on YouTube – that’s because the content owners have allowed access to that video only from certain countries or geographic regions.

If your computer’s IP address falls outside that geographic region, YouTube will display an error saying “This video is not available in your country” – this message has nothing to do with censorship, it’s the owner of the video clip who could be limiting access.
YouTube Filters in Action
For instance, a video uploaded to YouTube by Warner Brothers or Sony Entertainment may not be available outside US. Similarly, BBC videos on YouTube can only be watched from UK.
BBC has mentioned the reason behind region filtering on their official BBC Channel – “Because of the way that the BBC is funded in the UK through the license fee, we cannot make videos available outside of the UK”. Similarly the Olympic Games channel on YouTube is blocked in countries like US.
How to bypass YouTube Region Filtering ?
YouTube uses your computer IP address to determine your physical location / country. In order to bypass these country-specific restrictions on YouTube, try this trick:
If the URL of the YouTube video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEwD36Dk1jw – just replace the /watch?v= part with /v so your new URL becomes http://www.youtube.com/v/yEwD36Dk1jw.
Alternatively, you may download the YouTube video through a proxy and watch it offline. The other trick is that you type the YouTube video URL inside Google Translate and use this a free Google Proxy Server.

Is our Mobile safe at Public charging Stations

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:14:00 +0000

During Travelling or some other places when our mobile phone battery discharged & we need to make an urgent call. charging of Mobile required but we forget our charger at home. in such situations we generally get charged our devices with Common charging stations.

if you are at Airports or in a Shopping Mall , it is not a Big problem because these places have there own Multiple charging connectorswhich can charge so many different phones simultaneously. such charging stations looks convenient but carry Risk to some extent.

Recent reports from security researchers warned that public charging places may be configured to upload Malware , Virus on Phone or some time data can be download during charging of device.

How to keep safe our Mobile device with all above happening :

Basically there are two ways to charge our phone battery. first , you can use a direct cable which is plugged directly in Power Socket or Second , with using of USB based chargers which draws power from PC. in second options , Mobile charging may be on Risk as all the mobile data are accessible by PC admin who is not visible to us.

To Avoid this , just remeber to Power off Mobile device completely before plugged in for charging & you will be Safe.

The mobile charging stations available at the Airports are safe but same can not be considered for all public charging stations.

When it is required for immediate charging & if you have no other option then Don't Forget to Turn-Off the phone.

Which is best Window 8 Phone - Nokia Lumina 920 or HTC 8X

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:42:00 +0000

There are many window based phones are available in market these days. one can choice as per their requirement as whether they want good Camera , powerful processor or Best Audio system.
I have personally used Nokia Lumina 920 and HTC 8X for almost last 15 days & experienced following:

Let us first start with Nokia Lumina 920 ,very attractive in look wise , light weight appx 185 gms , 4.5" wide screen which is bright & easily readable even in high lights. The additional features which makes its more attractive is 8.7 Mega Pixel camera which is capable to capture shots even in low lights & works perfectly even in situations where hands are not steady like in Moving cars. overall experience was nice & enjoying the rich features of device.

As concern with , HTC 8X like others high end mobile phones , it has power ful processor. contains screen size of 4.3" , light & Thin as compare to Nokia Lumina 920. Camera is more powerful then Lumina 920, audio quality is much better then Lumina 920. in speaker mode sound quality & clarity is excellent.

Overall , these were our personal experience but before making any choice just try to play with your favorite device for some time & then decide.

How To Send Free Messages Directly into Facebook Inbox to Any Non-Friend Profile/User

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:27:00 +0000

Currently, Facebook security and privacy settings only allow those users to Send Private Messages Directly into Facebook Inbox who are Friends of Each Other’s and no other person is allow to send private messages to any non-friend or unknown profiles inbox, if any Facebook profile has set their profile security and privacy settings with the filtration to "Strict" than Facebook Message Button won't
appeared into his/her profile because with the setting of "Strict Filtering" for messages into Facebook Profiles, No Non-Friend or Unknown Facebook User is allowed to see the Message Button on any Facebook Profile and also he doesn't allowed to send private messages to any Facebook profile but What if i tell you that there's a security loophole in Facebook which allow Facebook users to Send Free Private Messages Directly into Facebook Inbox to Any Non-Friend or Unknown Profile/Users and also it doesn't required Message button to be appeared on any Facebook profile.

Generally, Facebook's Messaging System allow you to send a message to any Facebook Contact that's not in your friend-list but when you send message to any non-friend user it will go to their "Other" folder instead of their Inbox because it prevents users from getting spammed but with the "Strict Filtering" privacy settings you can't even send messages to any Facebook Contact that's not in your friend-list but now you don't need to worry more because we are going to share a Facebook Trick through which Any Facebook users can Send Free Private Messages Directly into Facebook Inbox to Any Non-Friend or Unknown Profiles/Users even if they set their message filtering to 'Strict' or if there's "No Message Button" appears on Facebook Profiles. Just follow our instructions and guidelines below to Successfully Send Private Messages Directly into Facebook Inbox to Any Non-Friend or Unknown Facebook Profile/Users.

Step 1: Go to Any Non-Friend/Unknown Facebook Profile/User and Click on "Setting Tab" and then Click on "Report/Block..." (Don’t worry; you are not going to report it to Facebook)

Step 2: Now in new screen Choose "Submit a Report" and then Click on "Report ABC's account" and then Click on "Confirm"

Step 3: Now after that Choose "This timeline is using a fake name" and then Click on "Continue"

Step 4: After that; a Message Box will appear having some built-in text placed that "Asks the person to change their name", You can change that text according to your own choice or you can replace that text with your own Private Message after that Click on "Continue" now message will directly go to the respective Facebook User's Inbox. Hurray!! Your private message has been sent to the user. :)

Top 5 Best Free Antivirus Softwares for Windows 8, 7, Vista & XP with Download Links Top 5 Best Free Antivirus Softwares for Windows 8, 7, Vista & XP with Download Links

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:19:00 +0000

Today we are going to review Effective and Best Freeware Antivirus Softwares for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. As we all know Windows 8 and Windows 7 has becomes the most popular version of windows all time after Windows XP these days and its market has already crossed and beat the popularity of Windows XP in USA, Europe and other countries. Since more people are getting involved in newer version of Windows and using it as their primary operating system, so it’s really required some effective security tools and software to protect it from any Viruses threat.

So we picked-out the best and free antivirus software's for Windows and going to recommended some Effective and Best Free Antivirus Softwares for users to keep their Windows system safe from any virus’s threat. The following list has been carefully compiled and selected by one of our respected expert, so it will surely helps you to choose the best antivirus software to secure your windows operating system from any security risks and threats in future.

1) Avast Free Antivirus Software:

Avast antivirus software is available for free and commercial use. It provides complete virus protection for your computer. Antivirus engine is complemented by anti-spyware, firewall and antispam modules to protect you against phishing schemes, identity theft and internet-distributed web viruses. Automatic updates for greater user convenience and safety.

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2) AVG Free Antivirus Software:

AVG has been around in the Antivirus market from ages and gained lot of loyal users to their kitty. They also provide upgraded version which is very costly but I believe that their free Antivirus program is great for users having personal computers. AVG user interface is pretty simple and it takes a minute to install on your computer.

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3) Microsoft Security Essentials Software:

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology.

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4) Panda Cloud Antivirus Software:

The first free cloud antivirus against viruses, spyware, rootkits and adware. Panda Antivirus Beta3 supports Windows 7 (32 and 64bit).The antivirus carries out BackgroundScan by deactivating many unnecessary operations.

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5) Avira AntiVir Personal Software:

One of the simple to use and light Antivirus software in the market. It works perfectly fine to detect virus, spyware, rootkit threats. The best part of Avira is that it is quiet outstanding in terms of finding malware. Few false positives about Avira is that it does not inlude E-mail scanner in free version, but if you open any infected E-mail, it comes again into action.

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What are the Best Fonts for Presentation Slides

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:21:00 +0000

The fonts you use in your PowerPoint slides do play a role in making your presentations successful. The typeface should be readable and font size should be large enough so that people seated at the back have no problem reading the text.

Here’s some useful advice from presentation gurus on selecting the right fonts (font family + size) for your PowerPoint (or Keynote) presentations:
Guy Kawasaki: Guy says that your PowerPoint presentation slides should contain no font smaller than thirty points or just find out the age of the oldest person in your audience and divide it by two. That’s your optimal font size.
“Force yourself to use no font smaller than thirty points. I guarantee it will make your presentations better because it requires you to find the most salient points and to know how to explain them well.”
Seth Godin: Seth recommends picking up a font other than Arial for presentations because it is too common and overused.
“Headline fonts ought to be decorative but not ornate. Ornate looks cool on a font menu, but rarely pays off in heavy useâ€¦ The right font becomes your handwriting.”
[Update] You can find some impressive typefaces at Google Web Fonts and they are free.Scott Hanselman: Scott, a great presenter and geek, recommends Lucida Console font, 14 to 18pt in bold for PowerPoint presentations.
“This [Lucida Console] is the most readable, mono-spaced font out there. Courier of any flavor or Arial (or any other proportionally spaced font) is NOT appropriate for code demonstrations, period, full stop. ”
Garr Reynolds: The world’s best know presentation expert says that san-serif fonts are generally best for PowerPoint presentations, but try to avoid the ubiquitous Helvetica.
“Use the same font set throughout your entire slide presentation, and use no more than two complementary fonts (e.g., Arial and Arial Bold). Serif font are said to be easier to read at small point sizes, but for on screen presentations the serifs tend to get lost due to the relatively low resolution of projectors.”
If you are looking for specific font recommendations, check the following slide deck – it recommends Lobster Two, Bebas Neue, Glode, Korolev and Cantarell.

Install Google Web Fonts on your Computer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:20:00 +0000

You can download and install Google Fonts on your computer for writing Office documents.
Google Fonts is an absolutely awesome collection of web fonts that you may use in your HTML web pages without any restrictions.

These fonts not only look more beautiful than the common typefaces like Arial and Verdana but they are more readable as well since the fonts have been designed specifically for the web. Also, all Google web fonts are offered under the Open Font License meaning you may use them even in commercial projects without having to worry about licensing issues.
Google Fonts are hosted on google.com and all you need to do is include a few lines of CSS (or JavaScript) to embed one or more of these fonts in your web pages.

Use Google Fonts on your Computer

Other than websites, you may also use Google fonts in your Office documents, Photoshop designs or any other computer program.
There’s no trick involved here. Because all Google fonts are open source, you are free to download and install them on to your local computer. Once the fonts are installed, you may use them in documents just like any other standard font.

How to Download Google Fonts?

There are two ways to download Google Fonts to your computer.
If you would like to have a copy of all the Google fonts locally, simply go to googlecode.com and download the entire fonts directory using leeching tools like HTTrack or Wget. The entire collection weighs around 700 MB and may therefore take a while to download depending on your Internet connection.
The other recommended approach is selective download. Open the Google Fonts directory, pick your favorite typefaces (or fonts) and add them to a collection. Once you have collected the desired fonts, click the “Download your Collection” link at the top and you’ll get a zip file containing all the requested fonts in TTF format. Here’s a quick demo:

Just unzip the collection and drag the individual TTF files to your fonts folder. Now you can use the fonts in Office or any other application on your computer.
A word of caution though. If you create a presentation with Google Fonts and send it to someone else, they may not have the same fonts installed on their computer and thus the presentation will look very different from the original.
Google Fonts are open source so you can either attach a copy of the fonts with the presentation itself or better still, simply embed the fonts in the document before sending one.

Windows 8 Installation Guides

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:44:00 +0000

Windows 8 Installation Guides :

step-by-step guides to install Windows 8 on your primary computer, or as a dual-boot alongside an older version of Windows or inside a Mac :

If you haven’t tried Windows 8 yet, you should consider doing that now because Windows 8 looks fresh, beautiful and definitely brings that “wow” effect. It’s a beta version but after using it for about a day, I found it stable though the new UI might involve a bit of learning curve.

The best part is that setting up Windows 8 is extremely easy and the installation procedure won’t take more than 15-20 minutes. Should you be interested, I have written several detailed guides that will walk you through the installation steps in either of the above scenarios – pick one that best fits your workflow and get going.

How to Install Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine (using Oracle’s VirtualBox)
How to Install Windows 8 on a Mac (using Apple’s Boot Camp)
How to Install Windows 8 alongside an older version of Windows (Dual boot)
How to Upgrade your Computer to Windows 8 (Overwrite mode)

How to Upgrade your Computer to Windows 8

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:43:00 +0000

Windows 8 is finally here. I just upgraded my Windows 7 desktop to Windows 8 and the process couldn’t be smoother.

All the existing software programs work just fine in Windows 8 and the built-in Windows Store offers a plethora of new full-screen “apps” to choose from. Desktop search is so much better in Windows 8, the UI feels more snappy and the system will boot faster. You don’t need to install a separate anti-virus program as Windows Defender is already included in Windows 8.
If you haven’t played with the Windows 8 beta versions earlier, it may take a day or two to get comfortable with the new layout but overall, Windows 8 is a must-have upgrade.

Upgrading to Windows 8 – Step by Step

If you are also planning to make the switch to Windows 8 this weekend, here are 3 things you would need:

A Windows machine running Windows 7, Vista and Windows XP. It doesn’t matter if you have computer is running Windows XP Premium or Windows 7 Home Basic.
A valid credit card or a PayPal account to pay the upgrade fee – you will be required to pay $39.99 for the Windows 8 Professional edition.
An internet connection for downloading the Windows 8 installer (2.05 GB). You may also order the Windows 8 installer on a DVD though it may not be necessary as it is quite easy to create your own Windows 8 DVD.

Please note that you are opting for an “upgrade” so it will overwrite your existing copy of Windows and there’s no way you can uninstall Windows 8 to switch to the previous Windows installation.
Also, your existing software programs will only be preserved if you are moving from Windows 7 to Windows 8. If your current PC is running Windows XP or Vista, all your files and data will be preserved but you will have to reinstall the software apps after upgrading to Windows 8.
Ready? Here’s how may upgrade your computer to Windows 8.
First download and run the Upgrade Assistant program. This will essentially perform a few checks on your computer and will also suggest a list of software programs / hardware devices that may not be compatible with Windows 8.

Next you need to order your Windows 8 upgrade pack right inside the installation wizard. Choose the “Checkout” option, enter your Credit Card details and the next screen will show your Windows 8 product key that you may need at the time of installation. You don’t have to write then down on paper and Microsoft will also send a receipt of your order and the Windows serial number to your email address.
Important: What you are buying is the upgrade license that will only work on an existing Windows machine. You cannot use this Windows 8 license on a new machine that you could be building from scratch. If you wish to install Windows 8 from scratch on a new hard disk, you need the System Builder that may not be available at all locations.

The upgrade assistant will now download the Windows 8 installer files to your computer. This process may take a while since it will require the transfer of ~2 GB of data from Microsoft servers to your disk.
Tip: The Windows 8 installer files are stored in the C:\ESD\Windows\Sources folder – it’s hidden so you may not find it inside Windows Explorer.

Once the installer files have been downloaded, you can continue with the installation or you may pick the second option that says – “Install by creating media.” Here you can save the Windows 8 installer files in a single ISO file and then, from the wizard itself, burn the ISO image into a bootable DVD. This may come handy later when you want to repair or reinstall Windows 8 later but have deleted the installer from the disk to free up disk space.

Once the DVD is ready, double-click the Windows Setup shortcut (you’ll find it on your desktop) to run the setup again.
You can either do a clean install and choose “Nothing” or use the “Windows settings, personal files and apps” option to preserve your files as well as programs (recommended). Also, if you choose “Nothing,” your personal files (anything saved inside the User folder and on the desktop) will be moved to a windows.old folder.
Choose the first “Install Now” option and Windows 8 will finish installing itself. Simple!

How to Free-up Disk Space on your Windows PC

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:42:00 +0000

If your using Windows computer is running out of disk space, here are few steps you should absolutely do to instantly recover tons of free space.

1. The Obvious Methods to Free Disk Space

a. Use CCleaner to quickly clear your Windows recycle bin, temporary Internet files, log files, memory dumps and other stubborn files that don’t show up in Windows Explorer. CClean also provides an option to clean your unused Windows Registry keys and your browser cookies but that won’t save any disk space.
b. Use Revo Uninstaller (the free version) to remove software programs, game demos and other stuff that you no longer use. Revo has a useful “hunter mode” to help you uninstall programs that are not listed in the “Add/Remove Programs” section of the Control Panel.
c. Use either WinDirStat or Space Sniffer to locate files that are taking the maximum amount of space on your hard disk and either erase the unnecessary ones or move them to another partition. You may also use Windows Desktop Search to easily find the largest files on your system from Windows Explorer.
d. Use Duplicate Cleaner to find duplicate files on your hard disk. These may include videos, documents, MP3s, zip archives, images and all other types of files. Duplicate Cleaner compares the MD5 hash of files – not just the file names or their byte size – and is thus pretty accurate at identifying duplicates. Another good alternative for removing duplicates is Duplicate File Finder – this is more suitable for novice users.
e. Check your downloads folder and get rid of all the program installers, driver packages, ISO files, IPSW files, virtual machines, and other bulky files that you may have downloaded from the Internet.
f. If you enjoy watching video podcasts, it may be a good idea to delete old episodes from the disk. iTunes, Zune and most other podcasting software offer easy options to automatically delete podcast episodes that either too old or have been watched.
g. iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users should consider deleting device backups from the computer to reclaim space. Open iTunes – > Preferences – > Devices and delete all backups of your iOS devices but for the most recent one.
h. If you have been an Outlook user all your life and only recently migrated to Gmail, you can backup Outlook’s bulky PST files to Gmail and then move them to another drive for safekeeping. All your old emails can be easily access from Gmail itself.

2. The Not-So-Obvious Ways to Recover Free Space

a. Get Rid of the Shadow Copies

When you install new software program, update device drivers or apply patches and hot-fixes on your computer, Windows will automatically store a snapshot of your system before making the changes. This helps because if something stops working after the installation, you can easily restore your system to the last working state.
Other than system files, Windows also stores backup copies of data files (like documents, pictures, etc.) on your computer which may come really handy if you accidentally modify or delete the original files. Technically, these are known as shadow copies and the feature is available in all editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.
If you have been using your computer for some time, the disk space consumed by these restore points and shadow copies may easily run in gigabytes. You can either remove all the restore points from your system or, if you would like to play extra safe, you can keep the new restore points and just get rid of the old ones.
Click the Windows Start button and type cmd in the search box (not the Run dialog). Now press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open the command prompt with Administrator privileges. Click Yes if you are shown the User Access Control Window.
Now type the following command to remove only the old shadow copies:

c:\>vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /oldest

Or, if your system is working normally, use this command to remove all the shadow copies.

c:\>vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /all

Command Line is quicker but if you prefer the visual option, launch Disk Cleanup from the Start Menu and choose Clean up System Files. Switch to the “More Options” tab and choose “Clean up” under System Restore and Shadow Copies to delete all but the most recent restore point on the hard disk.

b. Make the Service Pack Permanent

When you installed Service Pack 1 (SP1) on a Windows 7 machine, it saves the installer packages in c:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder. These would be required in case you want to uninstall SP1 later but if that is unlikely to happen, you can remove the SP1 backup files and reclaim some lost space.
Launch Disk Cleanup, choose Clean up System Files, select “Service Pack Backup Files” and delete. Alternatively, you may run the following command as an admin:

c:\>dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

You may have to reboot the machine after the dism command. If you are on Windows Vista, you may also use the Vista Cleaner utility to clean the Service Pack installer files.

c. Reserve Less Space for Restore Points

Windows will continue to save new restore points until all the disk space reserved for saving restore points is filled up. That means if you have less reserved space, the old ones will get deleted more quickly to make room for new restore points.
Go to Windows Start – > Run and type sysdm.cpl to open the System Properties dialog. Click the “System Protection” tab, choose your current drive (C:) and click Configure. Set the Max Usage anywhere between 3% and 5% of the total disk size. Apply the changes.
Now that you have recovered some important space, go back to the “System Protection” tab and click Create to to capture of snapshot of your system in its current working state – just to be on the safe side of things.

Transfer Emails from Hotmail to Gmail with Outlook

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:39:00 +0000

Your geek friends have convinced you to make that switch from Windows Live Hotmail to Gmail but the problem is how to move old Hotmail email messages and folders to the new Gmail address ? Hotmail doesn’t support IMAP or POP3 and it will take years to manually forward individual emails from Hotmail to Gmail.

No worries, there’s a wonderful solution that costs $0 and comes from Microsoft itself – its the Office Outlook connector and works with Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

Here’s a step by step guide on moving emails from Hotmail to Gmail via Outlook:
1. Install the Outlook connector and then configure your MSN Hotmail / Windows Live Hotmail accounts with Outlook.
2. Once you have all your Hotmail email message available locally inside Outlook, configure Gmail IMAP access inside Outlook.
3. Now copy or just drag-n-drop the Hotmail folders (downloaded in Step 1) over your Gmail Inbox folder in Outlook. Its the same migration procedure as described in a previous tutorial – Backup Outlook Email to Gmail.
As your Outlook synchronizes with Gmail, all your Hotmail messages will become available inside Gmail as well. And if you have multiple Hotmail accounts, this trick will help you consolidate email messages from all those account at one place.

Sync Outlook and GMail – Use Outlook Folders as Gmail Labels

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:37:00 +0000

Gmail does provide POP3 access so you can easily read your Gmail messages offline in Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird or any other email client. The only problem with the POP3 approach is that Gmail cannot synchronize with Outlook so there’s lot of duplicate work.

For instance, if you download your emails from GMail to Microsoft Outlook and mark them as read, the messages will still show a status of “Unread” in your Gmail Inbox. Similarly, if you delete emails in Outlook, they’ll still exist in your Gmail account.
These limitation of POP3 are a thing of the past has Gmail has added support for IMAP – that means, in very simple terms, if you delete a message in Outlook, it will also be deleted on the Gmail server.

When you Flag a message in Outlook, it’s starred inside Gmail. When you move a message to Outlook Spam folder, it’s equivalent to reporting that message as SPAM in Gmail.
The best part – if you move a message downloaded from Gmail to some Outlook folder, Gmail automatically applies a label to that email on Gmail server with the same name as the Outlook folder.
IMAP support will be a blessing especially for Gmail users who manage multiple web email accounts from Outlook or Windows Live Hotmail. There’s little need for a GMail offline client now.
To use this feature, you will have to enable IMAP through the POP/IMAP and Forwarding settings of your Gmail account. If you don’t see the IMAP settings it in your account yet, wait for some more time.
If you are using Gmail with Google Apps, always enter your full username during the configuration process including your domain.
Remember that IMAP is only for synchronizing your emails. To sync your Outlook contacts with that of GMail, you will still have to export the GMail contacts as an Outlook CSV file and import that into Outlook.

Gmail Inbox Backup with Microsoft Outlook

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:34:00 +0000

POP lets you download email messages from Gmail's servers onto your Microsoft Outlook (or Outlook Express). Unlike Yahoo or Hotmail, POP access is free for all Gmail users and Google has no plans to charge for it in the future.
This is a step-by-step guide to download your email messages from Gmail servers and create a backup in the extreme scenario when GMail Inbox is corrupted or you need access to your Gmail emails on a computer that is not connected to the intenet.

1. Enable POP in your Gmail account available in Mail Settings | Forwarding and POP - Select 'Enable POP for all mail' or 'Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on.' Be sure to click 'Save Changes'. You can choose to trash messages in Gmail after accessing them with POP or let them stay in Inbox or Archive them. [#]

2. Configure Microsoft Outlook as POP email client - Read detailed instructions for configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook Express and Outlook 2002 (XP)

3. Test the GMail-Outlook connection. If everything works fine, click Send Receive (F9) in Microsoft Outlook. Your GMail messages become available in batches in MIcrosoft Outlook Inbox. It may take some time for all of your mail to download if you have lots of messages. Outlook status bar will display the download statistics in real time.

4. Microsoft Outlook will store all your GMail Email messages and attachments in a file on your hard disk called a personal folders (.pst) file. To create a pst file of your GMail message, click Import And Export on the Outlook File menu. Click Export To File, and then click Next. Click Personal Folder File (.pst) , and then click Next. Choose the Inbox folder that contains your GMail emails, and then click Next. Click the Browse button, and then select the location to save the file. In the File Name box, type a descriptive file name, and then click OK. Click Finish.

Once your have created a pst file of your GMail Inbox, you can restore your GMail Inbox even if is damaged due to a hardware failure or other unexpected events. You can also move or transfer GMail emails to a different computer by backing up the data from the original hard disk, and then restoring it to the new hard disk.

You should also note that messages in 'Spam' and 'Trash' aren't automatically downloaded. If you'd like to access messages in 'Spam' and 'Trash' with POP, you can move them to your inbox, or 'All Mail.' Also, Mail sent from your POP client will not download again.

If your Outlook client has trouble sending / receiving message from GMail, it could be due to a know bug in Outlook that corrupts the SSL cache. Try to clear the Internet Explorer SSL State and if that doesn't work, change the Outgoing mail server (SMTP) port from 465 to 25.

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Export and Backup Emails from Outlook to Gmail Online

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:30:00 +0000

How to transfer emails from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail or Yahoo! Mail ? The Outlook emails are inside a PST file. How to export this PST file and import it into your GMail Inbox.

Sachin writes – “I have few thousand email messages inside Microsoft Outlook (a pst file) organized in various folders. I know it is possible to download emails from Gmail to Outlook using POP3 or IMAP but is the reverse path possible.”
Sachin is looking for a trick to archive all Outlook email messages (and folders) to his online Gmail account for two reasons – one is secure backup and two, he will be able to access his old emails from any computer.

Solution: It is quite easy to transfer Outlook emails to your Gmail mailbox. Here’s a step by step guide:
Step 1: Enable IMAP in your Gmail account and then configure Outlook (or Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail) to sync with your Gmail address via IMAP. Read this guide.
Step 2: Import your Outlook PST file into a Personal folder that is different from your default Gmail Inbox.
To import, click File -> Import And Export -> Import from another program or file. -> Next -> Personal Folder File (.pst) -> Next.
Select the PST file that contains your email, then pick the email folders that you want to import in Outlook and click Finish.
Step 3: Select the Personal folders that you want to backup online and copy them your Gmail Folder in Outlook (see screenshot).
In the Folder List, right-click the folder you want to copy and click Copy Folder name. Click the Gmail Folder in Outlook to copy that folder in that location. You can repeat the steps as needed for other folders.
That’s it. Your Outlook email will soon become available inside your online Gmail Inbox.
If your switching from Hotmail to Gmail, check this tutorial on moving emails from Hotmail to Gmail.
Caution: The migration from Outlook to Gmail can take a long time if you have very large Outlook pst file or if your internet connection speed is slow. Therefore, consider removing all large emails before moving them to your Gmail via IMAP.

New Software Update for your Apple iPad [Video]

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:28:00 +0000

Apple has released a new software update for Apple iPad – iOS 3.2.1 – that seems to fix to variety of issues with the tablet and also adds Bing to the Safari browser.

The release log for iOS 3.2.1 mentions the top 5 improvements:

Improved Wi-Fi connectivity
Fixed an issue that could prevent copy and paste of PDF attachments in Mail
Addressed an issue that could cause video playback to freeze
Improved reliability of video-out when using iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter
Added Bing as an option for Safari’s search field

How to Update iPad Firmware

The iPad firmware weighs around 460 MB and if you are having trouble downloading it through iTunes, use the direct link – appldnld.apple.com/iPad/ – to download it with your favorite download manager.
Once the download is complete, connect your iPad to the computer and shift-click (PC) or option-click (Mac) the Update button in iTunes. Browse for the iPad1,1_3.2.1_7B405_Restore.ipsw file and the update will install itself to your device.
The same firmware update can be used with both iPad Wi-Fi and iPad 3G models.

Download Free Anti-virus Software from Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:22:00 +0000

Keeping your Windows PC secure from viruses and spyware can be both difficult and expensive, and some of the popular security suites out there are known to slow down computers.

Yes, there are quite a few free antivirus software programs available on the web but they are often designed to convince you to purchase the professional edition and thus nag users with prompts to purchase the commercial version.

If you are looking for a non-bloated software that doesn’t nag you at anytime, try Security Essentials – it’s one of the best anti-virus and anti-malware programs that is lightweight and absolutely free as long as you are running a genuine copy of Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 on your computers.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a capable application that has been streamlined to run efficiently even on netbooks or older computers with low resources. But even on a modern computer with multiple cores and several gigs of ram, a lightweight antivirus solution will definitely make your computer a bit speedier. Security Essentials is also ideal for running in virtual environments such as the new XP Mode for Windows 7.
Microsoft Security Essentials is not just lightweight but easy to use as well. After downloading the small installer (it’s less than 10 MB in size), installation takes less than a minute and it will immediately start protecting your computer from virus attacks. When Security Essentials is scanning your computer for problems, you can still work as normal as the software has been designed to use a limited amount of system resources if a user is using the computer while a scan is in progress.
Also see: Download Portable Anti-Virus Software for USB

The software will automatically download new definition from the Internet through Windows Update, and these will be installed on the computer without requiring user intervention. Additionally, Security Essentials is the first product to make use of Microsoft’s Dynamic Signature Service that enables the program to get the latest definitions as soon as their computer suspects a threat.
Although viruses have traditionally been the main security concern in Windows PCs, the security landscape has changed and computers users now have to face threats of rootkits, malware, and spyware in addition to viruses. Windows Defender was designed to keep adware and spyware off your computer but Security Essentials works against most types of threats. The software has received favorable reviews and one of the testers noted that Security Essentials detected all of their sample threats correctly without giving any false positive reports.

Stay secure without sacrificing your computer’s speed or your hard-earned money. Microsoft Security Essentials replaces both Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender.

How to Install Windows 8 Alongside Windows 7 (Dual-boot)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:17:00 +0000

Let’s say your primary computer is running Windows 7 and you would also like to install Windows 8 on the same computer but while keeping the old Windows 7 installation intact. What are the options?

You can either run Windows 8 as a VM but for the best experience, you should consider installing Windows 8 on a separate partition of your computer’s hard disk. The advantage is that you don’t have to fiddle with your existing Windows installation and you can easily switch between Windows 8 and your existing Windows version with a press of the restart button. In technical terms, such an arrangement is also known as dual boot setup.
The requirements are simple – your computer’s hard-drive should have at least 30 GB of free space that you can convert into a Windows 8 partition and second, though we aren’t touching your existing Windows partition, it is always a good idea to backup important files should anything go wrong in the process.

How to Install Windows 8 on another Partition

To get started, we first need to create a physical partition on our hard disk. Search for “Disk Management” in the Windows Search box and choose the program with the description – “Create and format hard disk partitions.”
While the Disk Management console is open, select the Drive Volume that you want to partition (C: in our case) and choose “Shrink Volume.”

Next you need to specify the size of your new Windows 8 partition. For a basic installation, 30-40 GB should be fine – you need to put this number (1 GB = 1024 MB) in the box that says “Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB.”
Windows will now create a new “unallocated” volume with a similar capacity of 20 GB. Right click that volume and choose “New Simple Volume.”

Inside the Simple Volume Wizard, leave the volume size at the default value, assign a new Drive Letter to this volume and format the partition using NTFS format. That’s it – the new hard disk partition is now ready to house your copy of Windows 8.

Install Windows 8 in Dual-Boot Mode

Let’s now install Windows 8 on the new partition. Insert the bootable Windows 8 DVD and reboot the machine.

If your computer does not boot from the DVD, press F2 (or F12 or the Delete key) while the machine is booting up to open the BIOS settings. Switch to the Boot menu in BIOS settings and set CD-ROM as the first device in the boot order.
Save the settings, exit the BIOS and your computer should automatically reboot. It will display a prompt – “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD..” and the boot process will pause for a few seconds. Press any key now and it should take you straight into the Windows 8 installer. Just follow the step-by-step wizard to install Windows 8 on the new partition.
Windows will restart a couple of times – you may want to eject the DVD to avoid those “boot from DVD” prompts” – and the installation should be complete in about 15 minutes. Also, it will offer you a “Choose OS” screen so you can change your default OS or switch to another one with a click. The whole thing is pretty user-friendly.

How to Install Windows 8 on your Mac

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:13:00 +0000

This is a step-by-step guide that illustrates how you can quickly and easily install a copy of Windows 8 on your MacBook or iMac using the free Boot Camp software.

As you’ll soon learn, installing Windows 8 on a Mac is quite an easy process and chances are good that your existing Apple hardware – like the Magic Mouse or your Apple Wireless Keyboard – will work just fine under Windows 8 without requiring additional drivers.
And if you have been a Mac user all your life, this is one good opportunity to try Windows on your existing machine (and there are not costs involved except for your time). OK, let’s take a plunge:

Install Windows 8 on your Mac using Boot Camp

Step 1: Create a bootable Windows 8 DVD using the ISO images of Windows 8. These ISO images are available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions – I tested using the 32-bit version on iMac and it worked fine.
Step 2: Launch the Boot Camp Assistant available under the Applications – > Utilities folder of your Mac.

Step 3: Under Tasks, select Install Windows 7 and hit Continue. If you already have Windows running on your Mac through Boot Camp, this option will read “Remove Windows 7.” This will remove the existing Windows partition from your Mac and thus all the programs and files on that Windows partitions will also be lost.

Step 4: Assuming that you would like to continue, the next screen will let you create a new partition for your Windows 8. Drag the slider to allocate anywhere between 20 GB – 30 GB space to this new partition.

Step 5: Insert the Windows 8 DVD into your Mac and hit the Install button available inside the Boot Camp Assistant wizard.
Step 6: This will initiate the regular Windows 8 installation routine on your Mac. The Windows installer will require you to pick an available partition where installation should be performed. Pick the disk partition that says “BOOTCAMP” but it may show the following error message:

Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS.

The workaround is easy. While the Boot Camp partition is selected, choose advanced Drive options and hit the F key to format that partition to NTFS. That’s it. Just follow the prompts, use DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J for the serial number and you should have Windows 8 on your Mac in the next 20-30 minutes.

Switch between Windows 8 and Mac OS X

If you are inside Windows 8 and restart the system, it will automatically boot into Windows. However you can press and hold the Option key while the system is booting and it will give you a choice of operating systems that you want to boot into.
If you would like to change the default start-up volume of your Mac, hit Command-Q and search for Start-up Disk. Or open System Preferences and choose Startup Disk from the View menu and set the default OS to either Mac or Windows 8.

How to Install Windows 8 as a Virtual Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:10:00 +0000

If you wish to try Windows 8 on your existing Windows computer but without disturbing any of existing apps or program settings, you have two easy options.

You can either install Windows 8 as a virtual machine or you can install Windows 8 on a different partition and use it alongside your existing copy of Windows. The former option is risk-free and you can can launch Windows 8 on your computer just like you would use any other Windows software.

Use Windows 8 in a Virtual Environment

Here’s a step-by-step guide that explains how you can install Windows 8 as a virtual machine. Don’t let these steps intimidate you as installing Windows 8 inside a VM is an extremely easy process and should not take more than 20-30 minutes to complete.
Step 1: Download the ISO image of Windows 8 or create a bootable Windows 8 DVD as illustrated in the previous tutorials.
Step 2: Download and install the Virtual Box program for Windows available at oracle.com. If you have been using an older version of Virtual Box, please upgrade to the latest version of VM VirtualBox as it includes support for Windows 8.
Step 3: Launch the Oracle VM Virtual Box program from the Windows Programs Menu and click the “New” button (or press Ctrl+N) to create a new Windows 8 Virtual Machine. Click the “Hide Description” button to get started.

Step 4: Give your virtual machine a name (like Windows 8). Set the Operating System as Windows and pick Windows 8 for the Version. Next you need to allocate RAM to your new Windows 8 VM. The minimum that you should allocate is 1024 MB (or 1 GB) though you can always move that slider further right to 2 GB for improved performance. Click Create.
Step 5: Next choose the file location where you would like to save the Windows 8 virtual hard disk. If you just want to try Windows 8 and don’t plan to install any additional apps, the recommended size is 25 GB.
Set the file type for the disk as VDI or VirtualBox Disk Image. Also, the virtual hard disk should be allotted a “fixed size” because that is likely to offer the best performance.

Step 6: You are all set to create new hard disk for Windows 8.
It is time to grab a cup of coffee as VirtualBox will create a large physical file now (for storing the Windows 8 OS) and it might take anywhere between 3-4 minutes to finish the process.

Step 6: Your Windows 8 virtual hard disk is now ready but before you can use it, you need to make a few modifications. While you are inside the VirtualBox Manager windows, select the Windows 8 VM and press Ctrl + S to open the settings window.

Go to System –> Motherboard and Enable IO APIC. (should be enabled by default)
Go to System –> Processor and Enable PAE/NX. (should be enabled by default)
Go to Display –> Video and Enable 2D Video Acceleration. (disabled by default)

Step 16: Click OK to save all the settings and double-click the Virtual Machine labeled Windows 8 to launch the program. You can either insert the Windows 8 installer DVD or click the folder icon and browse to the folder where the Windows 8 ISO file is stored.
Click the Next button and this will initiate the actual Windows 8 setup routine. You can the Windows 8 serial number and it should take about 20-30 minutes to complete the installation process.

Here’s a quick video screencast that captures the actual installation of Windows 8 inside a Virtual Machine.

Trivia: Do you know that you can use Virtual Machines, like the one created above, to run another instance of Windows 8 inside an existing Windows 8 machine.

How to Create a Windows 8 Bootable DVD

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:09:00 +0000

Whether you are looking to install Windows 8 on multiple computers or are planning to install Windows 8 on your Mac using Boot Camp, you would need to create a bootable DVD using the installer media.

What follows is a step-by-step guide that will help you create a bootable DVD using Windows 8 ISO images. If your computer doesn’t have a DVD burner, you may create bootable USB flash drives as well using the same procedure. Let’s get started.

Create a Windows 8 Bootable DVD

First download the ISO image of Windows 8 installer to your local disk. Then download and install the Windows 7 DVD / USB tool from here. This is a free utility that is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
Launch the Windows DVD tool and and browse for the Windows 8 ISO file on your disk. Click Next.

If you are creating a bootable Windows 8 DVD, use DVD for the media type else select USB in case you want to turn your USB Flash Drive into an installation media for Windows 8.

For this example, we will create a bootable Windows 8 DVD. Insert a blank DVD disk into the drive and and hit the Begin Burning button.
In the next few minutes, the bootable DVD will be ready for you to install Windows 8 on any of your other machines. You may also use a Blu-Ray disk as long as your DVD drive is capable of writing to a Blu-Ray DVD. The tool doesn’t support dual-layer DVD discs though.