How to Put Your Name in Windows Properties Page

August 23rd, 2008 This isn't a trick question. For a long time you couldn't delete a property from java.util.Properties class.

January 19th, 2009 Whatever be the bugs, Windows Vista reigned supreme in one category and that was its looks. Anything that looks good sells.

January 2nd, 2009 Do you frequently need a calculator for applications you do in your Windows? Do you find it annoying enough to hunt down the audio recorder every time from the Start Menu? -Well don't worry. You have used Windows+E to launch the explorer, now you will do it for all the appications too.

June 23rd, 2007 In directories under subversion there may be files which you do not want to add to subversion. Normally such files would show in subversion status (svn stat) with ? in front of them.

October 7th, 2009 Nearly two months ago, a Twitter message from Microsoft developers had leaked that Windows Mobile 6.5 OS is done. A day ago Microsoft celebrated Windows Mobile 6.5 and Windows Phone day.

March 12th, 2008 I had a hard time in selecting a Dell configuration from their website without Microsoft Windows Vista or other Microsoft software. We are a Linux house and have no need for Microsoft products on our machine.

January 19th, 2009 This is just a small customization but pretty useful for people who like to play with settings and love doing tweaks and tricks with Windows. Supposedly you belong to that group who love exploring different hard disk drives or removable disks more than personal documents' folder.

August 7th, 2006 I will provide a simple utility for you to shutdown and power-off Microsoft windows. You can also configure it to shutdown on any keystroke combination.

April 14th, 2009 You can either specify it on command line or within program code by setting three system properties as below: proxyHost=proxy_host_name proxyPort=proxy_port proxySet=true For example if a proxy is running on localhost at port 8080 then we can use: java -DproxyHost=localhost -DproxyPort=8080 -DproxySet=true YourProgram The same properties can be set within your Java program by System.getProperties().put(key, value); That's it folks!

January 20th, 2009 Have you installed the Windows 7? Are the overhead services running in your background slowing down your system? The rudimentary ideas suggest disabling the unused services in the background to revamp the speed. Now how do you do that in Windows 7.

January 17th, 2009 One of the most troublesome issues of troubleshooting is to find out exactly how it happened and for what. Obviously, some processes are non-recoverable.

March 16th, 2009 Imagine you had a way to edit any web page instantly in the browser itself to experiment with the look and layout or copy some code? Here is a Firefox bookmarklet to make any web page editable [Edit] in the browser itself. Just drag it to your bookmarks and you are ready to use it.

May 22nd, 2009 Microsoft has put in all its efforts to make life easier with Windows 7. Among the handy things in Windows 7, I found a new one, the Jump list.

October 17th, 2008 Microsoft has come out with an Alternate Configuration functionality between two networks with Static IP and dynamic IP. It will detect the network switch automatically and will change the settings by its own, leaving you with no headache for manual configuration.

March 13th, 2009 Do you like the style of a website you have visited right now and want to take some screen shots or a section of the page as yours. You can do so for numermous cases like the paypal transaction section, a certain plugin section and many more.