Windows is the most popular and widely used operating system in the world. Starting from personal computers to supercomputer and beyond, windows is an omnipresent entity in almost every other computer. Windows was first introduced on November 20, 1985 as a graphical operating system shell for MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Within a very short span...
There is a clear difference between the then term installed memory and usable memory. The term Installed Memory refers to the amount of physical memory installed on your PC, whereas usable memory refers to the amount of memory that can be used by windows ( or what is available for windows after sharing some of the installed memory with other hardware ). Recently I noticed that my PC has become...
Do you need to download the official windows 8.1 ISO file? Continue reading to find out how you can do so without even needing to validate your download with a product key. Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is about to go on life support very soon and as of now Microsoft has already taken off the direct downloads links of Windows 7 too. So it’s time to move on to windows 8.1...
Android and iOS are a class apart but yet they cater to the same audience. Someone who can afford an ios device can also afford an android. However when you want to switch between these two mobile operating systems, you are going to face a lot of problems. iOS is a very strict operating system which doesn’t provide much control to the user. On the contrary Android is much easier to use and...
We all need privacy on our personal computers. But this is something that’s not possible by default on windows in spite of creating separate accounts for different users. Windows allows us to create separate profiles for different users in order to provide us more privacy. However this is not much useful as you will still not be able to restrict users from accessing specific drives on your...
The PS4’s Dualshock 4 controller is one of the best controllers for gaming but it’s a shame that it cannot be used on Windows or any other OS to play games. Microsoft on the other hand has been receiving much love from gamers because their Xbox controller can be used with a PC and all major games come with inbuilt support for the Xbox 360 controller. The PS4’s Dualshock 4 controller is not...
Have you ever wondered which files and folders are taking much of your computer’s storage space? When you have a new computer, you have gigabytes of free storage space at your disposal. If you have an internet connection, then there’s no doubt that within a few months you will be out of storage space on your computer. This is a common thing that happens with most of us as we keep on...
Have you ever needed to keep a window on top of others in windows?. The need of this can be clearly demonstrated when someone is calculating something on their desktop and they need to keep the calculator tool on top of others open windows. Its is always convenient to keep the most important window on tops of others. But by default, Windows does not have such feature so you can’t just keep...
Not many are aware of the fact that Windows reserves around 20% of your internet connection’s bandwidth for the operating system and the applications installed on it. So essentially at any point of time you are not able to use 100% of your internet connection’s speed. This reserved bandwidth doesn’t matter much if you have a high speed internet connection, but for those of you who...
Hiding files and folders on windows is piece of cake for everyone as it can be done easily via the properties of the respective file and folder. Without doubt the file and folder hiding feature on windows has been of immense help to people who need to hide important and private files. But the problem is, unhiding files on windows is as easy as hiding them. So a person familiar with windows can...
