‘Sleep#’ (‘sleepsharp’) is a simple but a handy utility for those of you who listen to audio or video songs before going to sleep, and looking for a way to put the PC to sleep once the playback (or playlist) …
Read more‘Sleep#’ Puts Windows PCs to Sleep During Multimedia Playback
‘BitKiller’ is an application that lets you easily delete files & folders securely (beyond the ability to recovery them later). It is open-source (GPL licensed), free to use and doesn’t need to be installed either, so you can use it …
Read moreSecurely Shred files in Windows using ‘BitKiller’ (portable)
As mentioned in a previous article, the hibernation feature in Windows 8 can have a direct impact on your computer’s performance (as it reduces the booting times impressively), therefore, unless you are having a serious issue, it is recommended that …
Whether it’s a laptop, desktop or a mobile computer, Windows 8 boots really fast compared to its predecessors, and the main reason behind that is the newly implemented ‘hybrid boot’ or ‘fast start-up’ feature. As the name suggests, it is …
Read moreHow to Disable ‘Hybrid Boot’ (‘fast start-up’) in Windows 8
The ‘file manager’ is an extremely important software utility of any operating system. Apart from helping you manage your files, thought it is not a necessity, most of the time, it is also being used to manage the desktop by …
Read moreRecover a Stuck Windows 8 Desktop by Restarting ‘File Explorer’
The file system, no matter what operating system that it belongs to, is an extremely important aspect, as it is what holds the user’s data. Let’s us lay aside the performance factor for a second, when it comes to integrity, …
Read moreWindows 8 Supports Checking the Boot Partition’s Integrity, ‘Online’
Recently, I ‘partially’ converted one of me friends to Ubuntu, and he is using Ubuntu alongside with Windows. After few days of using it, one day, he came to see me (with his Laptop) and said; ‘hey Gayan, mate I’m …
Read moreFor the Same File, Why Windows and Ubuntu Show Different Sizes ?
Microsoft Windows comes with a ‘key’ called the product key, a unique combination of keys and numbers that is used to validate and unlock the installed operating system. If your computer came pre-installed with Windows, then you should be able …
Read moreLocate Microsoft Windows Product Key using ‘WindowsInfo’
Though they are not the only important ones, apart from the resolution and the bitrate, frame rate or frames (images) per second plays a major role giving the viewer a pleasurable experience while watching a video. And most movies (videos) …
Read more‘SVP’ Enables GPU Accelerated ‘Motion interpolation’ in Windows
