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Windows 101: Remove a user account in Windows 7

By Sharninder | Published: December 8, 2009
So, you followed our previous post from the Windows 101 series and created an account for yourself and another user on your Windows 7 machine. I talked about how easy it was to add a new user account to your shiny new Windows 7 install and you followed the instructions in that post, added a new [...]
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How To Get Music Off your iPod

By Sharninder | Published: November 26, 2009
Apple’s iPod is the most popular media player on the planet and together with the iTunes software and music store command almost 90% of the market for digital music and music players. With the amount of money at stake, it is not a surprise that Apple likes to maintain tight control over the iTunes/iPod ecosystem. For [...]
Posted in Windows | Tagged ipod, iTunes, Windows | 6 Comments

Windows 101: Add a New User Account in Windows 7

By Sharninder | Published: November 25, 2009
If you’re one of those who recently switched to Windows 7 from Windows XP, and are still learning the ropes of Microsoft’s new operating system, you’d have noticed how Windows 7 likes to do things a little differently especially when it comes to administrative tasks such as creating accounts for new users. Even if you’re a [...]
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New Geeky Ninja Series: Windows 101

By Sharninder | Published: November 25, 2009
If this is the first time you’re reading The Geeky Ninja, Welcome ! If you’re a regular reader of our blog, Thank you ! And for the rest of you, we hope you’ve enjoyed the ride till now. The goal of this blog has always been to write about software and technology in a language that is easy [...]
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Cleanup and Optimize Windows with CCleaner

By Sharninder | Published: November 17, 2009
The Windows registry is a mess ! There … I said it. And the more I use Windows, the more I’m reminded that if there is anything close to a cardinal truth, it is the fact that a windows computer will become slower and slower and crash more often as it grows old. Of course, ‘Old’ is a [...]
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Auslogics Disk Defrag – A fast and free Disk Defragmentation utility

By Sharninder | Published: November 14, 2009
Do you know how Data is stored in your computer ? The operating system stores data in little chunks called blocks on the hard disk. If a file that you save is large and can’t fit in a single block, the operating system divides it into multiple blocks. These blocks are chosen wherever there is free space [...]
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Lunascape – World’s First Triple Engine Browser

By Sharninder | Published: November 11, 2009
Let’s have a small poll. How many web browsers do you use ? Those of you thinking that this is a rhetorical question, it’s not. If you guys are anything like me, I’m sure you have multiple browsers installed on your system. I’ve always had multiple browsers on my all my systems. If I’m using Windows, [...]
Posted in Windows | Tagged chrome, Firefox, internet explorer, mozilla, safari, Windows | 6 Comments

Tips for making Windows Vista work for you

By Sharninder | Published: November 2, 2009
I’ve been using Windows Vista since the last one year and contrary to what most people think, I actually feel it is a better operating system than Windows XP. Even though, I’m mostly a Linux/Unix user, I have had to use Vista because of my job and I started with using the SP1 service pack [...]
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How to setup Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook syncing for free

By Sharninder | Published: September 30, 2009
Microsoft’s email and PIM software, Outlook, is without a doubt the most popular software of it’s kind. Thousands of companies and individuals swear by it and use it day in and day out to streamline their otherwise chaotic online (and offline) lives. Even in this day and age when cloud based solutions rule supreme, Outlook [...]
Also posted in WebApps | Tagged Calendar, Google, Outlook, Sync, Windows | 1 Comment

How to enable the 2-way Firewall in Windows Vista

By Sharninder | Published: September 26, 2009
The Internet is not a place for the weak hearted, or so the saying goes. And it has become even more dangerous, in these times of Always-On, broadband internet connections. Virus threats, DOS attacks and zombie networks have taken over the internet and there is no running away from all this chaos. The point [...]
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