Today while we were attending our lab, we were asked to open control panel for some purpose. One of my friend’s laptop was not showing control panel in start menu. If your control panel is also missing from start menu, you can restore it using the following steps.
Step 1: Right click anywhere in the taskbar and click on Properties.
Today I was checking my PC for unwanted files and programs. I found many unknown file types. When I tried to open that files, Windows gave me an error saying “Windows cannot open this file”. I immediately searched over internet and found an free and useful tool to easily recognize unknown file types in Windows.
Many Windows users including me face a common problem of downloading and installing device drivers every time they reinstall their Windows. It is very difficult to find essential drivers every time. So here is a cool application to backup all the drivers before formatting drive or reinstalling Windows.
DriverBackup is a free tool to create backup of drivers. It copies all the installed drivers on your computer which you can use later.
Sometime when we try to delete a certain folder in Windows it gives an error message like this :
Cannot delete Folder : It is being used by another person or program
Most of the times, we are not able to find drivers for some hardware components installed on our PC because we don’t have any information about them like hardware name, hardware version etc. To sort out this problem, you can use this handy application HWiNFO32.
Sometimes Windows dll files cause numerous errors when they are missing or damaged or while installing a software also, you need some dll files which are either lost or damaged in your PC. So here’s a quick solution for this problem.
You might have seen that it is not possible to install themes directly in Windows XP. You need some software to install themes. So here are two methods of installing themes in Windows XP.
1. First method is by using UXtheme patcher. It is a simple method. First of all download and install UXtheme patcher. You can download UXtheme patcher from here. Now download any theme and unzip it to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes. Now right click on Desktop > Properties > Appearance and Choose your theme and apply. That’s all.
2. Second method is by using TuneUp Utilities. I use this method as it has some other benefits also. Download TuneUp Utilities and use it to install themes. You can download TuneUp Utilities from here
If you have forgotten your Administrator’s password in Windows XP, then no need to worry about it as I am sharing a quick and easy method to reset it with you today. It is a common problem for all of us and not a serious case. Just follow the steps given below
