This step-by-step article describes methods that you can use to troubleshoot the “NTLDR Is Missing” error message that you may receive when you try to start Microsoft Windows OS.
WHAT IS NTLDR?
NTLDR is short for NT loader – a program loaded from the hard drive boot sector that displays the Microsoft Windows NT startup menu and [...]

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kiran on October 21st, 2008

Microsoft is celebrating October 21 as Global Anti-Piracy Day but contrary to what you may think, this event is not all about educating consumers the ill-effects of software piracy.

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kiran on October 17th, 2008

Sometimes when you reinstall Windows XP, you can receive an Access Denied error when trying to open a previous user’s directory.
To take ownership of that folder again:
1. Log on with an account that has administrator rights
2. Right click on the folder
3. Select Properties
4. Click on the Security tab
5. Click on the Advanced button
6. Click on the Owner tab
7. In the list of [...]

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kiran on October 17th, 2008

Most of us facing problem about balloon tips in windows vista this is the irritating thing in windows vista and also windows xp.Everyone want windows vista tips to disable balloon tips. As vista balloon tips does not have any useful information. I disable that tips from the first day when I was using windows xp [...]

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kiran on October 7th, 2008

1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
7) IExpress Wizard [...]

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kiran on October 4th, 2008

Backup- XP Pro has the standard Win2k backup program, XP Home has no backup program.
Dynamic Disks- XP Pro supports dynamic disks, XP Home doesn’t.

IIS – XP Pro includes IIS, XP Home doesn’t.

Encrypted File System (EFS)- EFS debuted in Win2k and lets u encrypt file on an NTFS, a very useful feature for mobile machines. XP [...]

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kiran on September 6th, 2008

So here are the list of the Windows XP and Vista Run commands. Just type it on the Run Dialog Box.

Accessibility Controls: access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard: hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs: appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools: control.exe admintools
Automatic Updates: wuaucpl.cpl
Calculator: calc
Certificate Manager: certmgr.msc
Character Map: charmap
Check Disk Utility: chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer: clipbrd
Command Prompt: cmd
Component Services: dcomcnfg
Computer Management: compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties: timedate.cpl
DDE Shares: ddeshare
Device [...]

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We look at some useful Windows XP and Vista keyboard keyboard shortcuts keys that will help you personalize the Window without using the mouse. Complete List of Windows Keyboard Shortcuts to improve productivity.

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging [...]

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kiran on September 4th, 2008

Access files from anywhere just like google docs, Access documents from almost any computer with a Web browser with Microsoft Office Live Workspace. Beta release of Microsoft Office Live Workspace has reached the 1-million-customer sign-up mark.
Originally launched worldwide in English, Office Live Workspace beta is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, [...]

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kiran on August 28th, 2008

Microsoft has officially released the second beta version of Internet Explorer 8 and is now available for download.

You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, IE8 Beta 2 is available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), and German. Additional languages will [...]

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