Browsing articles in "Computers"
Jul
18
2010

Increasing Bandwidth By 20%

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Did you know that Microsoft reserves nearly 20% of your bandwidth for their own purposes like Windows Updates, sending error reports, and similar services? Yes they do and if you want to get it back, just follow this tutorial.

Jul
16
2010

Database Normalization

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Normalization is the process of efficiently organizing data in a database, and the goal of the normalization process is to eliminating redundant data (storing the same data in many tables) and also ensuring data dependencies are logical and make sense (storing related data in a table and link them based on relationships). Both of these are important since they reduce the amount of space the database can consume and ensure that data is logically stored. [...]

Jul
11
2010

Running multiple Yahoo messengers simultaneously

Multiple Yahoo! Messengers

First of all, why I prefer Yahoo! Messenger is because I feel it’s simple and easy-to-use (user-friendly). It doesn’t have anything fancy; just the quality coding and simple graphics. If you’ve got my taste or use you Yahoo! Messenger frequently, then this tutorial is for you! Just imagine how wonderful it would be if you can run multiple Yahoo messengers at one time. Yes you can. You may want to sign in to two different [...]

Jul
5
2010

Use check boxes to select multiple items

Selecting multiple items in Windows explorer could be most annoying if you let go of the CTRL key when you select an item, causing your entire selection to be lost. Specially if you are a laptop user.. However there is a solution for this: Check boxes! You need not hold the CTRL key when selecting multiple items, click on the necessary items and forget that the CTRL key exists! Click on Tools and then on [...]

Jun
28
2010

Access Hidden Regional Themes (Windows 7)

Did you know that windows 7 provides special Aero regional themes ? Well if you did not know, there are hidden themes. You must be wondering why they are hidden.. well that is because Windows want you to feel homely and gives you automatic access to your regional themes, this is done during the windows installation period, during the part that says Regional Settings. In order to access all the regional themes, just follow the [...]

Jun
20
2010

Why and how-to, change the location of “My Documents”

My Documents are safe

There should be an obvious reason for anything you do! Likewise there is a reason why you would want to change the storage location of My Documents (as the Title says it all). Leave alone how-to, lets get to that later. Then Why? It is a well-known fact that if your PC crashes or if you format your PC in a rush (least bothered about everything that is on My Documents, while backing-up the tiny [...]

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