Commenter praful asks what to me is a rather confused question ,
but I’ll try to guess what the real question is. If you drag My Computer to the Start button in XP,
you get an expanding menu that lets you see all files and folders as submenus. Is this Read More……(read more)

PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will (in theory) give a huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode for longer periods of time during system idle.

However… there are many things that can ruin the party, both inside the kernel and in userspace. PowerTOP combines various sources of information from the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system is doing, and which components are the biggest problem. (more…)

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Apparently some people think my psychic powers extend to
being able to steal trade secrets by sheer force of concentration . I’ve been trying to write an application which
allows to drag and drop documents from lotus notes.
If I just drag and drop a document Read More……(read more)

A customer who is writing some sort of code library
wants to know how they should implement a function that determines
whether a file exists. The usual way of doing this is by calling GetFileAttributes ,
but what they’ve found is that sometimes GetFileAttributes Read More……(read more)

Here are a few tips that will help you become a Command Prompt Pro:

* Turn on Quick Edit Mode. This will allow you to easily select, copy and paste all with just your mouse and a right click. Details Here

* When typing in a file or folder name, type in part of the name and then hit the TAB key to bring up matches. Use SHIFT +TAB to go the other direction.

* When searching for a file, type in dir part_of_filename* to look for the file in the folder. To search sub directories as well, append the /s flag as well. Example: dir exp* /s (more…)

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For power users Command Prompt is where you go to get work done quickly and efficiently. If you spend a lot of time using Command Prompt, why not customize the appearance and operation to your preferences? There are actually a few Command Prompt customizations that will make it more useful and good looking.

Just follow these steps to customize your Command Prompt:

1. Click on the Start Button and key in Command Prompt and hit Enter. (more…)

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