Archive : Windows

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 account...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...