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View & Edit OEM Information of Vista computer

OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer - if you bought a DELL computer, your OEM is DELL. VistaOEM is small utility that allows you to view and edit OEM information on Windows Vista computer. OEM Information is displayed in the Control Panel in the System-Information window. You

Put Outlook Calendar on desktop for easy access

Do you want to access your Outlook calendar all the time and don't want to click on maze of windows to see it? Well, here is a simple alternative - you can place fully functional Outlook calendar on the desktop and eliminate any need for click to see calendar contents. Outlook on

View detailed system information (hardware & usage)

At times we need to access and view detailed information about different components in the computer. Just like utility to see complete list of drivers on the computer, here is another cool utility to see loads of information about your computer. Auslogics System Information utility provide

View all active & hidden processes on computer

While your computer is ON, there are number of processes and applications running the background. We have already seen free utility process explorer to view such processes. Here is another free utility Process Revealer, which besides active processes also show hidden processes. Hidden

Problem with Hotmail? Answers at Windows LiveHelp

Are you facing any issue using Hotmail email service? Well, don't waste time looking for an option to email your questions. There is no such email support in existence, instead a full portal to get your questions answered more quickly (hopefully). Here comes Windows LiveHelp website for

RSS Feed error in WordPress, how to fix it?

RSS Feed of 'Techno Life @ tothepc'  had gone for a toss. The default RSS Feed URL http://www.tothepc.com/feed/ was showing no feed items but a strange error. Even though Wordpress is not a new thing for me but this error for sure was. Here is the error: XML parsing failed: syntax

Get answers to Windows7 questions

Windows7 beta should be available for download beginning Jan 09. 2009 (or Jan 10, 2009 ?) and you might have lot of questions before installing this new operating system. Questions can range from compatibility of existing software, dual OS, installation process of Windows7. To be more

Switch & change default web browser via right click

If you have more than one web browser (like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera) installed on the computer - this can confuse Windows and you need to specify the default web browser. Ideally you can set default web browser by going to browser settings and options. If Firefox is set

Windows Fun by showing joke, pranky error messages

We have already seen cool way to create fake and funny error message boxes. Well, checkout Dr Windows that can save you from dying of humor - does it? On the face of it, this program will behave as if it is protecting your computer from something (not sure what). This will actually

Get Calorie count of any food item on GTalk

Are you eating too much and getting fat sitting in front of computer? Well, your computer can help you check that calorie intake using gtalk (Google talk) on your computer. Google talk can be used for more than just chatting: like listening to FM radio! Here is another cool way to use

Relish Fab 5 Windows7 features in Vista / XP

Windows7 official release will still take sometime to mature. Incase you want to tryout new Windows7 features on your Windows Vista or XP computer, then following is for you. Checkout utilities and software to get Windows7  features in Vista / XP. 1. Aero Shake - Just shake any opened

Redirect old Blog URL with a WordPress theme

There are number of ways to redirect one URL to another. We have already seen Wordpress plugin for redirection when you change URL permalink structure. Using a plugin on Multi-blogging system like Wordpres MU can make things complicated. Wordpress theme 'redirectr' should come more than