Although windows 7 has easily accessible controls to shutdown, restart or lock your computer but if you want quicker access to these functions, you should try using desktop shortcuts for them. Creating shortcuts for all the options in the windows shutdown menu is very easy and the instructions below will show you how. Most of the advanced windows users might be well aware of these shortcuts, but...
Yesterday, I did a how to guide on using VLC media player for downloading YouTube videos and today we are going to explore another less known feature in VLC media player. Can you guess what it can be? You will be surprised to know that VLC media player can be also used as a screen recording tool. This and many more other features are a reason why VLC is aptly titled as the swiss knife of media...
Whatever the format is, VLC media player can undoubtedly play almost any kind of audio and video formats that you throw at it. Apart from this, the media player has many more less known features that gives it an edge over its counterparts and which is also a reason why its aptly titled as the Swiss knife of Media players. You’ll be glad to know that one of such features of VLC media player...
There’s not a single person on this planet who hasn’t experienced a problem with his internet connection. Generally when your internet goes down, it’s either your computer or your internet service provider who is to be blamed here. Most of the time, internet connections are down for a short period of time. This is usually what happens with my ISP. So whenever my internet connection...
Downloading torrents is not always an easy task. Depending on the number of seeders available for a torrent, the time taken for downloading a torrent file can span over hours and in extreme cases you wait might even have to wait for days for a torrent to complete downloading. Disclaimer: Make sure that the content you wish to download is not copyright protected or illegal in any sense. Or you...
How do you access websites that are blocked by your ISP? Usually you might use a Proxy server or switch to a different DNS server to access the blocked websites. Since ISP’s block websites at the DNS level, switching DNS servers works effectively for accessing blocked websites and at the same time you get to utilize the full bandwidth of your internet connection. For those of you who have already...
Every website on the internet is on a constant change to keep adapting with the latest design trends and web accessibility features. Be it Google, Wikipedia or Yahoo, all of them have gone through major changes since their inception to bring you the well designed and accessible site that you are using today. For those who are curious to find out how an website used to look in the past, the...
Most of us prefer watching movies on our computers from the comfort of our beds. But once in a while there comes this situation in every movie when suddenly an intense fight scene comes up and the volume goes up. This is when you have to reluctantly get out of your warm and cozy bed to decrease the volume. You cant deny it, but nobody wants to be disturbed while watching a movie. Fortunately if...
Gmail is one of the most popular and free email service that is being used by a majority of internet users. There’s a lot of effort behind the scene that keeps Gmail’s services online. But in spite of that, once in a while there are a few outages which render Gmail unavailable in some part of the world. Most of the time Google’s response time has been pretty fast and the services get restored in...
Most of you might have heard about Google Play Music and for those who have not, it’s an online music locker, music store and music streaming service that’s being operated by Google. The service became immensely popular due to its online music storage service that allows users to upload and store up to than 20,000 songs for free. Couple that with an unlimited and fast data connection and you...
