Microsoft is making Windows 10 available as free upgrade for qualified Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1 devices. It will be available starting July 29, 2015; people can reserve their free upgrade today. You only have until July 29, 2016 to take advantage of this offer. Once you upgrade, you have Windows 10 […]
Category: Windows Workstations
How to Fix Windows 7 Temp Issue on Workgroup and Domain Environment
1) Before do anything, restart the computer 2 or 3 times to see whether it’s going back to your old correct profile. Go to next step if this doesn’t work. 2) Rename the temp profile registry and revert back the old registry settings for the correct profile. This method works most of the time for […]
Create a Restore Point for Windows 7 or Vista’s System Restore
If you are thinking of installing an application but aren’t quite sure what it’s going to do to your computer, I would absolutely recommend creating a restore point before you install that application, and here are the steps to do so. Note that most application installs automatically create a restore point, but you can do […]
Understanding Windows 7 File/Share Permissions
The Windows Operating systems use SIDs to represent all security principles. SIDs are just variable length strings of alphanumeric characters that represent machines, users and groups. SIDs are added to ACLs(Access Control Lists) every time you grant a user or group permission to a file or folder. Behind the scene SIDs are stored the same […]
How to Modify your Host File
Modifying your hosts file will allow you to override the DNS for a domain, on that particular machine. This can be used to test your site without the test link, prior to going live with SSL, verify an alias site works prior to DNS changes, or for other DNS related reasons. This causes your local […]
How to install fonts on my computer?
Installing a new font on your computer is easy and is a great way to add personality to your documents. Below are the steps required to install a font on your computer. Windows Vista, 7, and 8 users Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP users Apple Macintosh users Tip: If you have not […]
What is Disk Management?
What is Disk Management? Disk Management is an extension of the Microsoft Management Console that allows full management of the disk-based hardware recognized by Windows. What is Disk Management Used For? Disk Management is used to manage the drives installed in a computer – like hard disk drives (internal and external), optical disk drives, and […]