From the category archives:

Troubleshooting

Windows 7: Remove recent items from ‘jumplists’

December 21, 2009

Windows 7 has a very nice feature called ‘Jumplists’ which is otherwise very helpful but can get a little annoying at times. The main concern is that it not only displays the core functions of a program in the Windows 7 taskbar, it also displays a list of recent items stacked together, which is not [...]

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Facebook: How to unhide people from news feed

December 17, 2009

Quick-tip Although it seems a noob thing, it’s actually not. Sometimes even the so-called professionals can’t figure out a simple thing. It so happened that I was goofing around on Facebook and unknowingly clicked the ‘Hide’ button on my friend’s news-feed only to find myself fumbling for settings to revert it back. Facebook’s settings control [...]

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Merge duplicate contacts in Gmail

December 16, 2009

Recently I did a post on merging/deleting duplicate contacts in Windows Live Hotmail and now I am happy that even Gmail has incorporated this feature. So without much ado, here’s how you merge duplicate contacts in Gmail. Merging duplicate contacts in Gmail: 1) In your Gmail account, click ‘Contacts’ in the left pane. 2) Now [...]

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Merge / delete duplicate contacts in Windows Live Hotmail

November 21, 2009

I must make it clear that this little tip is for beginner’s only. You must have experienced that many of your contacts have multiple email accounts and its quite irritating to see your address book filled with multiple entries of the same person. The reason is, Windows Live Hotmail treats every email address as a [...]

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Force Windows Live Mail to always minimize to system tray in Windows 7

November 16, 2009

Sometime ago I showed a simple trick how you can minimize Windows Live Messenger to system tray in Windows 7. Based on the similar trick, I am going show you how you can set Windows Live Mail to always minimize to tray. 1) Right-click on the Windows Live Mail icon and then click ‘Properties’. 2) [...]

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Fix: Vista to 7 upgrade stuck at 62%

November 4, 2009

Recently many users all round the world have been facing this very strange issue where the updrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 stucks at 62%. Users complained that the upgrade just sits there at 62% no matter how long you wait. However, Microsoft has quickly identified it as some issue with the Windows IPv6 [...]

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Prioritize downloading of first and last piece of torrents

November 3, 2009

Now come on face it. You love torrents. You love to download all legally distributable1 ‘videos’ and music files from torrents. But many a times you can’t control your anxiety and want to grab a sneak-peek preview of what’s getting downloaded. Ya, I do it too and it’s always fun. However, you know that you [...]

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How to sync audio/subtitles to video in VLC without encoding

October 29, 2009

Ever found yourself in quite a baffling situation where you play your favorite movie on your computer but it’s hardly pleasing to eyes and ears? That happens when the audio and/or subtitles is not in sync with the video. Nowadays, you may find rips of DVDs and Bluray discs which are not properly encoded. The [...]

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How to fix stuck pixel on LCD screens

October 5, 2009

Many laptop owners complain about their LCD screens behaving weirdly due to the aging of the laptop. One of the most common problems with LCDs is the stuck or burned or freezed pixel. A stuck pixel is easy to identify. It is not actually a dead pixel, which of course is un-repairable. A freezed pixel [...]

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How to increase volume of streaming videos

October 5, 2009

This happens every now and then. You are watching a really good video on YouTube or any other video hosting site but the only glitch you face is that the volume of the video is really low. The worst part is there is nothing much you can do except for maxing out your speaker’s volume. [...]

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