Posted on August 31, 2008 by Atif
Filed Under Windows XP
A lot of people have asked this question in computers forums and Yahoo Answers etc regarding if changing a drive’s letter in Windows XP is possible and if yes then how to achieve this. Well the answer is simle, yes it is possible to change a drive’s letter in Windows XP and this can be done quite easily. (more…)
Posted on August 27, 2008 by irfan07
Filed Under Windows XP
Hello guyz.. Today we are going to check out how to change the default start up sound to a custom sound. Well Let us see How to change and put your desired music our sound at your start up. To start with,
Go to Control Panel -> Double Click on Sound and Audio Devices.

Now you will see a Window related to your Sound Settings, be careful no mischievous attempts and no changing settings to avoid mess ups. (more…)
Posted on August 26, 2008 by irfan07
Filed Under Windows XP
Zip or Compressed archives form a substantial part of backups or any thing either to save your disk hard space or to compress bulky emails etc. Previously to create compressed files we had to buy sharewares like WinZIp or WinRAR etc. But Windows XP has a built in program to manage your compressed archives of .zip format. (Yes compressed archives can be of different types like zip, rar, tar, gz, uha etc.). With this built in program in Windows XP you can work with a zipped archive as if you are working with a regular folder.
Creating a New Zip Archive
To create a new zip archive ensure you follow these steps.. (more…)
Posted on August 26, 2008 by irfan07
Filed Under Windows XP
RAM Random Access memory Is a temporary memory to start your computer and is the hardware that enhances your computer speed by increasing the memory. The more efficiently you use your memory the more faster ayour PC runs. To check your computer’s installed memory please see this tutorial How to Determine A Computer’s Configuration in Windows XP
Due to many Hidden processes going on your background you won’t know how much your ram memory is being used they are many software out at internet which provide you the graph of your ram speed but we urge you to use only freewares one of which is Ram Defrag 2.84 but we are not using any tools here to to work and we will see how we can get the best with a simple tweak to help boost your RAM. (more…)
Posted on August 25, 2008 by Atif
Filed Under Wordpress
Hey there everyone, We are excited to release your first wordpress plugin – Thumbs Me Up! Please check out below
Description
This plugin adds a small thumbs me up appeal (in a blockquote) with a StumbleUpon Thumbs up button to all your visitors that come to your site from StumbleUpon. Visitors from other websites are not shown this button. You can see it working here http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.mygeekpal.com/windows-xp/over-10-windows-shortcuts-that-you-probably-dont-know.html, Make sure you visit the website from a stumbleupon page.
Current Version : Alpha RC 1
Checked on Version : 2.6 (more…)
Posted on August 23, 2008 by irfan07
Filed Under Windows XP
Have you guys ever tried to make a folder with the name con or prn or nul. If not try it now and check if you can create them. If you aren’t then continue reading. These words (CON, PRN, NUL, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8 and LPT9) are reserved keywords called SYSTEM FOLDERS and can’t be created directly in Windows Explorer or Command Prompt. But fortunately we curios minds are very keen to do something that is not possible. Yes you can achieve creating those folders through Command Prompt. Just follow these instructions..
Go to start -> Run -> type in cmd or command
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