There are times when you may have encountered problems with your printer, in which you were unable to set a printer as default, and it throws an error: “The operation could not be completed” with an error code 0x00000709. In …
Read moreHow to Fix “the operation could not be completed (error 0x00000709)”
MAC address stands for Media Access Control or a physical address to identify any devices connected to the internet. The sole purpose of the MAC address is for identification of the device which is accessing the World Wide Web. There …
Read moreHow to Change MAC Address in Windows 10 (3 Simple Steps)
‘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)
Using USB flash drives for installing operating systems is very popular these days, especially among the GNU/Linux fans. There are hundreds of different GNU/Linux distributions out there, most release a new version, once every six months, and major distributions (such …
Read moreCreate a Bootable USB Flash Drive Containing Windows 8 using ‘UUI’
In GNU/Linux, you can create a bootable USB flash drive using an ISO disc image of another distribution, by using the command-line. The command that is used to create that is called ‘dd’. By default, almost all USB flash drives …
Read moreRemove ‘EFI’ & Other Partitions on a USB Flash Drive Using Windows 8 (Created by ‘dd’)
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’
In the newly released Windows 8, due its new user interface design, among other things, locating the shutdown (plus’ reboot’ and ‘sleep’) button can also be a little bit difficult. There are many ways to do it. But the easiest …
I don’t know whether I would love it or hate it, but because I got a pretty good deal for the Windows 8 Pro version, I decided to give it a go. Now I’m not going to review it, but …
Read moreDoes Window 8 Installer fail to Create a bootable USB Installation Media? (fix)
