Use USB Drive As RAM

doughnutusbI found this really cool trick when i was checking on my PC settings and came to know that i can add virtual RAM to my PC by using extra disk space. So, my 4 GB USB drive which i hardly use, came to work at last and now i use it as a virtual RAM in Windows XP. And yeah… That is not a donut but a working USB drive! :-D

To begin with, insert the USB drive you want to use as the virtual RAM to the USB port. Make sure you don’t have any important data on your USB drive. Rename it, RAM. Right click on the drive and select format. Select quick format option and select NTFS from file system. This will remove all the data from the USB and make the USB good as new to be used as RAM.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , ,

Auto Shutdown PC On Scheduled Time

shutlogoI found this really cool application with which you can easily schedule your computer to auto shutdown, hibernate, log off or go stand by. This worked really great for me when i had to go to sleep and i could not wait for the downloads i had put on. I could just easily configure the software so as the download completes, my computer shuts down automatically and for the last few days it works brilliant!

With WinMend Auto Shutdown application, you just need to configure the date and timing and it would automatically work. Once you configure the tool, it remains on your taskbar while you can continue working on your computer without any distractions.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , ,

Microsoft To Offer Windows 7 On USB Drive?

7usbAs the Windows 7 release on 22 October, Microsoft is considering different ideas on providing the operating system to the customer and one the ideas floating the internet is, Microsoft may offer windows 7 on USB flash drives, tells a source on Cnet.

This move is not yet confirmed by any Microsoft official as the idea is still under consideration.

Microsoft is currently aiming this consideration for the users without CD/DVD drives on their computers, so the upgrade to Windows 7 can be made easier.

With the USB flash drives, users can easily run the setup and upgrade their operating system but all this upgrade might not come so easy. USB data transfers is abit slow compared to the optical drives and if a installation of around 6 GB is to be made for Windows 7, it would take alot of time compared to the installation from DVD/CD.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , ,

Nokia Goes Wireless Charging

nokialogoNokia has been pushing the cell phone technology every single time they introduce something for the world, and this time they came out with the idea of wireless charging. No wires at all.

Nokia is working on a technology which harvests ambient radio waves from the air, and turns that energy into usable power.

Nokia originates the idea from the radio, TV and cell phones transmission waves which exist all around us and use them to charge the nokia phone. Nokia phone picks up these waves and uses the electromagnetic energy to generate electrical current for the battery to charge.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , ,

20 Awesome Windows XP Tips

Windows XP has been around for so many years and many tips and tricks exists, and today i thought of combining all the windows xp tips i ever came across and got around 20 awesome windows xp tips for you guys. Lets start with them.

1. 3 trusty shortcut keys:

Ctrl + Z – To undo any action you did accidentally.
Ctrl + X – Cut files or text.
Ctrl + C – Copy files or text.
Ctrl + V – Paste files or text you have cut or copied earlier.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , , ,

Change Windows 7 Login Screen

luke_smily_face at neowin forums created this really cool application for Windows 7 which enables you to change windows 7 login screen to different images.

You can select upto 10 images and each time you login to windows 7, a random image shows up from the images you have selected. If you want a specific image to appear each time you select, you can select that single image and Enable Settings and Exit.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , ,

Win Free RapidShare Accounts – Contest

Well, for almost after a year of my blog, i am announcing the first contest for the blog. This is sort of a started to the first year anniversary coming up on 4th July.

Now to tell you about the competition, RapidShare is a very popular uploading site, when download large files through it, free users get a wait of 60 minutes before they start with the next download, and when you have a premium account on Rapid Share, you can dough the wait. And yes i am giving away free rapid share premium accounts! =D

Continue reading this post »

Create Password Protected Hard Drive Partition

Earlier i told you guys on creating a pasword protected partition on our USB drive, while i was going through some blogs for checking out any cool updates, i found this awesome freeware called Secret Disk, which creates a password protected hard drive partition under My Computer.

The best part about this password protected partition which this software creates is, the partition remains invisible until you unlock it by providing the password.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , , ,

Use Windows On Your Mac

apple-logoMicrosoft has been coming up with new updates every single week on its upcoming Windows 7, which is to be released on 22 October.

For all the Mac users out there who really want to try out the new Windows 7, a really simple application called Virtual Box, comes to the rescue.

What virtual box does is, it creates a virtual operating system on your Mac.

Once you download the software, you need to click New button on the interface and you will be prompt to setup your virtual operating system. During the process you will need your Windows CD for installation.

Continue reading this post »

Tags: ,

Get Windows 7 Taskbar On Windows XP

I found this really cool application of a sort, which turns your usual windows XP taskbar to the new Windows 7. Lee-soft has come up with their really simple and small application of only 198kb and in a few click, the simple application works like magic on windows xp and the best part about this simple application is, it doesn’t even need an installation. Double-click on an icon and it works amazing.

Features:
- This Windows 7 taskbar, displays only the icons 48 x 48 icon of the application you are currently using rather than the old version which displays the full name of the application and takes up alot of space. Something like this:

Continue reading this post »

Tags: , , , ,