Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Facts about Windows

Below are some weird facts about Windows that nobody can explain:

1.         Nobody can create a folder named “Con.”  Try to create anywhere on your hard disk a folder called “Con” (without the quotes).  Go to a location on your hard disk, right click, choose “New” and then select “Folder” from the menu that appears.  Name the folder “Con” (without quotes) and hit Enter.  You will see that the folder won’t be named “Con.”  It will be new folder.

2.         A text file made with Notepad, with the following content: “Bush hid the facts” (without quotes) won’t display the actual text.  Go to Start/Programs/Accessories/Notepad.  Write in Notepad the following text “Bush hid the facts” (without quotes), then save the file and exit Notepad.  Now go to the text file you created and open it.  You will see that the text you just wrote and saved won’t show.

3.         Write in Word this: “=rand(200,99)” (without quotes) and witness the magic.  Open Microsoft Word and on the first line write: “=rand(200,99) (without quotes) and hit Enter key.  See the magic.

Below are some amazing facts about Windows 8:

1.         Microsoft performed 1.2 Billion hours of testing before releasing the Windows 8.

2.         More than 1,500 new apps were added to the Windows 8 app store overnight on the launch day & buy now there are more than 10,000 apps in Windows 8 app store.

3.         Windows 8 ultrabook computers run at least 33% faster than Windows 7.

4.         The in-depth design testing of Windows 8 was done by a team of 16 people of Europe's largest experience design specialist firm, Foolproof.

5.         Xbox music that comes with Windows 8 has 30 million songs that can be streamed online.

6.         Windows 8 is the first ever version of Windows especially designed & optimized for touchscreen devices, Windows 7 and its predecessors were not made for touchscreens.

7.         Microsoft sold four million upgrade copies of Windows 8 over the first weekend of sales.

8.         Microsoft released Windows 8 in 109 languages, including 14 new display languages which has a potential reach of over 4.5 billion people.

9.         According to Microsoft, there were about 535,000 downloads of the Windows 8 developer preview within the first 12 hours of its release.

10.       For the first time since Windows 95, the Windows Start button is no longer present on the taskbar.

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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Useful Softwares

The following softwares/applications have been installed in my PC for years and I find them very helpful, and without them, I do not think I can work in the computer.  All of them are easy to use and free to download, except Instant Text.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (www.malwarebytes.org):
It is truly a legit website and will help protect your computer from many potentially malicious malware attempts.  Due to these malware attacks, your PC becomes slow and sluggish especially when connected to internet.  Malwarebytes removes spyware, adware, malware, etc., from your PC.  This program is very easy to use.  Please remember it is not an antivirus software, so please keep your antivirus (AVG, Norton, McAfee, etc.) installed in your PC in addition to Malwarebytes.

It is one of the best tools for PC cleanups. It protects online privacy and cleans your PC for an improved performance. It is stable and effective software for privacy protection and personal data cleaning.  It is very easy to use.  CCleaner is without a doubt the best free registry cleaner available online.

PC-Wizard (www.cpuid.com)
It provides comprehensive and extremely detailed reports on the components present on your computer.  It also has the ability to perform in-depth benchmarks in order to detect your computer’s performance.  It is very important to have your PC configuration list handy especially when you are seeking tech support from someone online.

It is really surprising to know that clearing the contents of the Recycle Bin does not mean that the data has been lost forever.  You can recover them if you want with the help of Orion File Recovery Software.  Even if you accidentally delete files, you can use this software to recover them.  All deleted files exist in the hard drive but only for a short while until they are replaced by other data.

Examine32 Text Search (www.examine32.com)
It is a unique software that has made the search for words/phrases within documents like Microsoft word files, rich text format, HTML, PDF, WordPerfect, excel, etc., real easy and fast.  Suppose you have 100 word files in your folder and you are looking for a particular file that has the word "pineapple" in the file, you just need to open Examine32 Text Search engine, press ctrl + T, and type the word "pineapples", press enter, and it will show the file/files containing the word "pineapple" and also indicate the location of that file.  You can also search phrases.  For step-by-step instructions, please download the manual.

This software will definitely make you comfortable in making your typing faster and easier.  After installing, open InstantText and word document or any other application of your choice.  Upon opening, the InstantText automatically attaches itself to the bottom of the application window.  To type "no doubt about it" just type "ndai" and the whole phrase will appear in the Phrases column.  To insert it in the document, press "[" (you can assign different keys per your choice).  As you type your document, many words will keep appearing in the Words column list.  To insert a word, select it by typing the serial number and then press "]" (you can assign different keys per your choice) and the word will appear on your document.  For extensive details, please download the manual and do some research, experiment with it and soon you will find it making your typing more convenient and useful.

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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Voice Recognition: Speech to Text

VOICE RECOGNITION

Though not technically advanced till now, you can still configure your speech recognition utility that is present in Windows 7, windows XP, (earlier versions also have it in a limited fashion) and let it transcribe your voice files.  At the beginning stages, it might not type correctly but as it gets familiar with your voice, the accuracy can go up to 70% to 80% depending on how you speak and how well you have trained it.

It is very useful if someone needs to type a lot of digits or numbers.  You can use it to type phone numbers, fax numbers, zip codes, or any numbers that you need to type and it will type out 100% accurately provided you have spoken out clearly.  For details, please visit http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/voice-text-dictation-express-scribe/.

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