How to Lock Windows PC [keyboard & shorcut icon]

There are times while at office or home that you need to move away from computer. However, you cannot shut down computer during that time. If you log off from PC, all applications running in the background are closed, you may not want to close current applications. Best way to deal with

How to show Folder Size in Windows Explorer

Pressing (Win + E) keys launches Windows Explorer for easy browsing of contents including drives, folders and files. While files have size listing under size column (in detailed view), there is no size display for folders while viewing in Windows Explorer. Free utility 'Folder Size' can

How to disable IPv6 on Windows 7 & Vista PC

Due to shortage of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 system was introduced with better security features. While it is enabled and present on Windows 7 & Vista computer, it is hardly used by any application or device as of now. So, you may disable IPv6 on the computer as this may result in better

Kill Windows process manually with taskkill command

Sometimes Task manager and registry editor is disabled as a result of Virus effect. Stopping or killing a Windows process during this requires workaround with manual method [alternatively, use free utility to enabled disabled Window features]. You can easily kill any Windows process

Fix File association on Windows 7 & Vista PC

Correct file association setup on Windows PC is very important for hassle free opening of files. File association govern which program application should be used by default to open specific type of file. For example, double clicking an MP3 file by default may load it in Windows Media

Applications crash diagnostic on Windows 7, Vista

"... which program applications are crashing on my Windows 7 or Vista computer?" You can easily get answer to such question using free portable utility "AppCrashView". It displays details of all application crashes that has occurred on your system. Crash information is extracted from .wer

Change default mailto links to Gmail, Yahoo, Live

Do you want to switch and change the default mailto email service on Windows 7, Vista or XP computer? There are number ways to make this setting change depending on which web browser you use. You can either change mailto setting in respective web browser preferences or use free utility to

Open & delete Prefetch files (.pf) on Windows

Prefetch files are temporary files containing information about application programs, which helps in quicker loading of programs. Each time you open a program, an associated prefetch file is created. That file is used for quicker loading of program, next time you try to run it. You can

What is Prefetch files Folder in Windows

Windows operating system create lot of temporary files while usage. Prefetch files are one set of temporary files that help in better and faster loading of Windows and other program installed on it. Every time you open a program, the loading information is stored in set of prefetch files.

Make System Restore Point in one click [Win 7 & Vista]

System Restore is an important and useful feature of Windows operating system. Each system restore point saves snapshot of your PC (state and registry), to which you can revert any time during computer use. Ideally, you will need to perform multiple clicks / steps to open system restore

How to Sort & Organize folders on Windows

Folders are integral part of Windows operating system with each folder containing different type of files. Due to large number of folders, managing and organizing them for sure is a big task. However, there are Windows features and additional utilities that allow quick and easy management

How to Find IP address of website URL

IP (Internet Protocol) address is a unique number for every computer or intensity on the internet to allows communication in the online world. An IP address is composed of four octets (numbers ranging from 0 to 255) separated by single dots. You can easily find IP address of any website