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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Screenshots

ruchi — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:13:00 +0000

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is a pre-release version of Windows 8 that focuses on people and apps and gives you powerful new ways to use social technologies to connect with the people who are important to you. It’s Windows reimagined. Windows 8 Consumer Preview is built on the rock-solid foundation of Windows 7 and has [...]

How to fix “Bootmgr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” Error message when starting Windows 7/Vista

ruchi — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:13:26 +0000

When starting Windows, you may receive the following error message: (...)Read the rest of How to fix “Bootmgr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart” Error message when starting Windows 7/Vista (271 words) © ruchi for Windows Reference, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from [...]

SCCM Client Actions Tool – Manage Configuration Manager clients

ruchi — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:02:33 +0000

SCCM Client Actions Tool or SCCM CAT is a practical and simple HTA application for performing most common day-to-day administrative tasks on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 clients. The tool allows running actions remotely on one or more computers. A list of computers can be provided either from a file (XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT), loaded [...]

PAExec – Launch Remote Windows Apps

ruchi — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:02:10 +0000

PAExec lets you launch Windows programs on remote Windows computers without needing to install software on the remote computer first. For example, you could launch CMD.EXE remotely and have the equivalent of a terminal session to the remote server. PAExec is useful for doing remote installs, checking remote configuration, etc. (...)Read the rest of PAExec [...]

VisualWget – A download manager (GUI) based on Wget for Windows

ruchi — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:58:42 +0000

VisualWget is a download manager that use Wget as a core retriever to retrieve files from the web. You can think of VisualWget as a GUI front-end for Wget that give you all of Wget functionalities (e.g. download resuming, recursive download) plus little management features such as download queue (prioritizing), speed limit and scheduler. (...)Read [...]

Windows 7/ Vista Command Prompt Commands

ruchi — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:37:41 +0000

This cheat sheet contains a nearly complete list of command prompt commands available on Windows 7 and Vista. Most of the commands are version-independent and will work on pretty much all Windows systems regardless of its version. Also with this free cheat sheet you will receive daily updates on new cool websites and programs in [...]

Double Driver – Export and import device drivers

ruchi — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:28:04 +0000

One of the main reasons why you would want to collect installed drivers is if you don’t have the Driver CD that came with the computer or they are unavailable online. This comes in quite handy if you purchase a computer and want to backup the initial set of drivers. It can be quite difficulty [...]

77 Features For Windows 7 That Every IT Professional Should Know About

ruchi — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:11:49 +0000

Read about 77 of the most important features and enhancements of Microsoft Windows 7. Long Description: Windows 7 builds on Windows Vista’s positives and eliminates many of the negatives. It adds new functionality, is less resource-hungry, and starts and shuts down noticeably faster. Whether you’re upgrading from Vista or moving up from Windows XP, these [...]

Zenmap – Nmap Security Scanner GUI

ruchi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:56:05 +0000

Zenmap is the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI. It is a multi-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, etc.) free and open source application which aims to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users. Frequently used scans can be saved as profiles to make them easy to [...]

How to delete hiberfil.sys file in windows 7

ruchi — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:54:36 +0000

Hibernate mode uses the hiberfil.sys file to store the the current state (memory) of the PC, and since it’s managed by Windows. (...)Read the rest of How to delete hiberfil.sys file in windows 7 (74 words) © ruchi for Windows Reference, 2011. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced [...]

How to Disable The People Pane and to do bar in Outlook 2010

ruchi — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:13:52 +0000

This tutorial will explain How to Disable The People Pane and to do bar in Outlook 2010 (...)Read the rest of How to Disable The People Pane and to do bar in Outlook 2010 (67 words) © ruchi for Windows Reference, 2011. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced [...]

How to import and export text data in to outlook 2010

ruchi — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:34:59 +0000

This tutorial describes how to use the Import and Export Wizard to import text data in Microsoft Outlook, and to export Outlook data to a text file. Using a text file is helpful when the converters provided with Outlook do not directly match the format of the data that you want to import. Most programs [...]

How to import .nk2 file in to Outlook 2010

ruchi — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:30:58 +0000

When you start Microsoft Outlook 2010 for the first time, your nickname cache (stored in the profilename.nk2 file) is imported into a hidden message in your default message store. (...)Read the rest of How to import .nk2 file in to Outlook 2010 (275 words) © ruchi for Windows Reference, 2011. | Permalink | No comment [...]

What happened to Windows Mail in windows 7?

ruchi — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:39:19 +0000

Windows Mail and Outlook Express aren’t included in Windows 7. To use your email, you’ll need to install a new program. You can download Windows Live Mail for free (if it’s not already installed on your PC), or you can get a program from another company. (...)Read the rest of What happened to Windows Mail [...]

How to access the recycling bin of another hard drive in windows 7

ruchi — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:25:06 +0000

Problem I had Windows 7 on another hard-drive, but after having to replace the motherboard it was no longer able to boot up, so I just got a new hard-drive that I reinstalled Windows onto.That old hard-drive is now drive F, and I’d like to access the recycling bin. (...)Read the rest of How to [...]