![How To Convert Audio & Video Files Using VLC Media Player [Tutorial] (6)](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ewFfF-nDpB0/T5kEq7BMsUI/AAAAAAAAA68/YRhp2FGFqkQ/How%252520To%252520Convert%252520Audio%252520%252526%252520Video%252520Files%252520Using%252520VLC%252520Media%252520Player%252520%25255BTutorial%25255D%252520%2525286%252529%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 "How To Convert Audio & Video Files Using VLC Media Player [Tutorial] (6)")
VLC Media Player is one of the most popular multimedia program available yet. It is a complete free open-source media player with cross-platform support that runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and even on iPhone. Many people use this tool as primary/default multimedia player on their machine because it is free, it supports different platform, allows to run almost all popular audio and video format and can play CD/DVD and even Blue-Ray Disc. However, very few people knows about another feature of VLC that can be very useful. This software also acts as a converter that allows you to convert video/audio files from one format to another easily. Thus one single tool can power your Multimedia experience for free. If you are not familiar with Converter feature of VLC Media Player yet, then follow to read more.
How To Convert Audio & Video Files Using VLC Media Player [Tutorial]
How To Get Windows 7 Like Start Menu, Task Manager & Windows Explorer In Windows 8
The most important and major change in Windows 8 is undoubtedly the radical UI change. Windows 8 has been exceptional among other Windows versions in the field of User Interface. The new metro start menu, the ribbon explorer, the task manager…..all are brilliantly different from other Windows. I like the task manager and the ribbon menu in Windows Explorer but I really feet it uncomfortable to use the current metro start menu. If you want to change them back like Windows 8, then here’s a simple tips for you. Let’s follow for more info.
Read more »How To Find MAC Address Of Your Computer [Tutorial]
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Anyone who has tried to control computer access to a particular network must have certainly encountered with the so-called MAC address. While many people simply ignore its existence, it is possible that you will need this alphanumeric code for any reason and at any time, you'd have to know where to find it if you want to connect to the internet. The acronym of MAC refers precisely to the code of media access control and is not an exclusivity of PCs, as smartphones, tablets and even video games devices have this identification code. In single word, MAC Address is the unique identification code for your device. As stated, the main use of the MAC address is the management of a network of participants. For example, you can define which protocols are supported in a router, preventing unwanted connection theft. Today we are going to show you how to get MAC Address of your Windows OS easily. Check after the fold for full tutorial.
Watch The Full “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” In Windows Command Prompt At ASCII Art [Tips]
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It was in 1977 when George Lucas began a saga of the most profitable movie series in the history of cinema. Of course we are talking about Star Wars, which began with "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope". And if you're a fan of the series, you can enjoy the whole movie right on the Command Prompt of Windows in ASCII Art. For this you need to enable Telnet in your Operating System. If you are not familiar with Telnet – it is network protocol that provides a “Bidirectional Interactive Text-Ordinated Commination” facility through a virtual terminal connection in LAN or Internet (Wikipedia). Windows XP users have it enabled by default but in later versions, you need to enable it first. We are explaining the whole process step-by-step after the fold.
Control Windows Explorer, Photoshop & Internet Browser With Mouse Gestures Via Gest [Featured]
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How To Run Windows Memory Diagnostic To Find Out Memory Problems [Tutorial]
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How is your computer running? Is it performing perfectly or you are facing some problems? There are so many users who regularly complain that their PC is slowing down in a suspicious rate and they are being completely wasted by this. For users who want to maximize their Windows’ performance, we have shared some quick tips and some free applications too. You can read Ultimate Tips to Speed Up Your PC and Boost Performance and 10 Tips For Happy Computing to make sure your System is up and running. There're also some built-in tools came packed with Windows to boost your system – Windows Memory Diagnostic is such a tool. In the following steps, we will show you how easy it is to use Windows Memory Diagnostic.
Backup Selected Files Directly To USB Stick As ZIP Manually Or Automatically Via FBackup For Windows
FBackup is a freeware backup utility tool for Windows used to make copies of your files so if your local storage have any problem, you may not loose your files. It is very easy program to use where you can save backup files as ZIP format on you local drive for directly to a USB Stick. You can also schedule backup on timely basis to USB/Local or online storage. FBackup is a very good program for those looking for computer security and safety for free. It works on completely unique and useful concept. For example, you can back up and save directly on your memory stick via FBackup. And, in addition to above, FBackup is quite light-weight comparing with similar programs and so it consumes considerably low system resource so you can continue regular computer task while backing up in background. With FBackup, you can select desired and important files and folder to backup and save them online or USB Stick as ZIP and you can also Encrypt the ZIP file with password for protection. More to read.
svchost.exe : What Are They & Why They Are Running Behind Your System [Explained]
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Just from human nature, even the person with the best possible hardware configuration and the fastest system speed wants to make his PC faster. We do a lot of things/tweaks regularly only to make our PC even better. Users with a good command over System do those tweaks manually where others uses applications designed to optimize the system. If you wondering how to make your PC faster, try to read Ultimate Tips to Speed Up Your PC and Boost Performance and 10 Tips For Happy Computing. You can also check our review of free System Tool like Advanced System Care, CCleaner, Startup Master, iBoostUp,EaseUS CleanGenius, Tweak Me!, Wise Registry Cleaner, SlimCleaner Now if open your Task Manger anytime, you might as well get frustrated by seeing how many valuable system resource are consumed by some process called svchost! In plain eye, those seems as useless as garbage but as horrifying as hell. But wait! Do not end those processes without digging inside them! svchost isn’t as useless as they seemed to be, in fact they are some processes that needs to be running to make system functional. To find out more about svchost and why they are on the task manager consuming so much space, read more.
Read more »Search & Find Any Files From Your PC Using Faster Desktop Search Engine Called Find and Run Robot [Windows]
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Is it possible to use the computer without the help of a mouse? This is a difficult but not impossible, you just need to have the right tools. Clearly this is an extreme case, but many people prefer using the keyboard over the mouse more or less, and Find and Run Robot (FARR) is an application of great help in these cases! Anyone who has used the Spotlight system-wide desktop search feature of Mac OS X knows how much it is useful and how much easier to use the computer with it. And that is what makes the Find and Run Robot an application so useful, since it closely resembles the search feature of Apple. It is very fast comparing with Windows’ default search engines, which makes it quick and effective search for what you want through the FARR. One of the biggest advantages over the Windows’ native system search is that it can search files via file name as well as search keywords inside text files. Moreover, the list is refined so that you always find relevant results to what you want to open. Although very responsive and helpful, FARR still has some points that could make the tool even better. One is that the results are arranged without any classification by type. In Apple's Spotlight, list shows programs, files, and modification time etc., but the FARR entries found are arranged freely and unsortable. More to read.
38 Hotkeys (Keyboard Shortcuts) For Windows 8 To Become Powerful
Windows 8 is going to be the perfect combination of Desktop PC and Tablet PC – said by Microsoft. The final release date of Windows 8, the newest edition of Microsoft’s Windows Showcase is counting and to taste what have been changed/added/modified in this version, they have release a Consumer Preview by the end of February. After the first impression, it’s easy to say that Windows 8 is developed especially for Touch-Screen PCs, so sometimes it’s getting hard to operate Windows 8 from traditional PC. Thinking of this, Microsoft has added some new Hotkeys to make sure that normal Desktop users do also get the real everything of Windows 8. Hotkeys allow you to quickly access to different menus and tasks whose may took quite a many clicks and times instead. Hotkey is a real important thing to consider if you want to be power user. We have listed some important Hotkeys and their functions here.
Read more »How To Dual Boot Windows 8 Consumer Preview And Restore Old Bootloader [Video Tutorial]
As a close release of upcoming Windows 8 final, Windows 8 Consumer Preview has already taken a huge place of these days talking. It’s been downloaded and tried out by Millions of users. Have you tried Windows 8 Consumer Preview lately? If you are a Metro UI fan, I bet Windows 8 Consumer Preview have many things to satisfy your thirst. Also, if you are eager for new things or a Windows fan, you should tried out Windows 8 Consumer Preview if you haven’t yet. Windows 8 Consumer Preview can be run on the PC which meets the minimum requirements of running Windows 7/Windows Vista. So why you are waiting? Today I am going through every steps to show you how to Dual Boot Windows 8 Consumer Preview (With Windows 7) Safely, how to restore old Boot Menu (Bootloader) after installation and video of the whole process. So continue for the whole story.
Read more »How To Add “My Computer” Icon On Windows 8 Metro Start Screen [Video Tutorial]
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If you are trying out Windows 8 Consumer Preview, there should be some common problems you faced like Start Menu problem, Explorer Problem, Adopting Metro UI problem and others because of the whole UI re-design in this version. Because of the replacement of traditional Start Menu with the new Metro UI environment, the way to turn off Windows 8 has been changed. Even if you have use Windows 8 Developer Preview previously, yet you will find it quite hard to navigate through Windows 8. All traditional menus like My Computer, Network, My Documents have become a bit harder to access because of the Metro UI. So if you wanted to add My Computer icon on the Metro Start UI, I am going to show you how. Remember Pin to Start Menu option on the right click context menu of Windows 7? Windows 8 also has a similar options marked as Pin to Start. Via this option, you will be able to add any files or programs or shortcuts to Windows 8 Metro Start Menu. Check out after the break.
How To Change The Background & Interface Color Of Metro UI In Windows 8 [Video Tutorial]
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Since the release of Windows 8 consumer preview back by the end of February 2012, two most discussed items around the whole tech world is how users will welcome the end of traditional Start Menu and the new Metro Start UI. The new Metro Start UI is all about visualization, the key note in Windows 8. Although there were no options to change the Metro background in Windows 8 Developer Preview on default, users can change the Background and Colors of Metro UI in Windows 8 Consumer Preview. If you want to add some customization to the Windows 8, you can start editing the background of Metro Home screen (Start Screen). Sounds good? Then follow a few quick steps and let your computer with the Windows 8 even more beautiful.
How To Shut Down/Restart Windows 8 PC [Video Tutorial]
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If you are trying out Windows 8 Consumer Preview, there should be some common problems you faced like Start Menu problem, Explorer Problem, Adopting Metro UI problem and others because of the whole UI re-design in this version. Because of the replacement of traditional Start Menu with the new Metro UI environment, the way to turn off Windows 8 has been changed. Even if you have use Windows 8 Developer Preview previously, yet you will find it quite hard to find Shut Down/Restart options. So today I decided to go through a quick tutorial about how to Shut Down or Restart PC in Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Although I will only show one method here, but believe me, there’s more other ways to do so. Explore the Preview version to find out which suits you most.
Edit, Extract, Manage Security & Transform PDF Files From Right Click Context Menu For Windows
Quick PDF Tools is a great tool to manage and edit PDFs for Windows. It is an AIO PDF utility software that allows you to maintain your PDF files right from right click context menu. This is not an application, rather then it’s a well-organized form of various commands to allow you to deal with almost all needs of your PDF solution. You can Merge two or more PDF file into one, extract PDF as Image file or TXT file, encrypt PDF file with password to control access even convert the PDF into different types all with this simple tool. The usefulness of it is undeniable, though it may be a basic program that does not require any knowledge about what is a PDF file to use this Quick PDF Tools. Therefore, users who are looking for convenience and security can be happy with Quick PDF Tools. In addition of being fast, the program has no complicated interface - once all actions are done via the context menu of your right mouse button . For reasons like these, programs such as Quick PDF Tools are so popular, do not require specific knowledge and still perform well the tasks which they propose! More to read.
How To Disable SmartScreen Filter In Windows 8 Consumer Preview Or Internet Explorer
One of the latest added security features of Windows 8 is SmartScreen. SmartScreen is a service designed to identify applications downloaded from the internet that can be dangerous. When performing a file, Windows displays the new alerts when there is some risk. The filter is similar to that used in Internet Explorer feature, which alerts you to malicious sites. Although SmartScreen is meant to protect your system from unwanted threats but most people might find it total waste of time to allow each application. The problem is, SmartScreen can be inconvenient and quite and block almost all types of programs as well. Not infrequently, it displays unnecessary notifications identifying safe programs as potentially dangerous. Although considered to be inconvenient for those who have experienced Windows 8, SmartScreen is a feature that provides additional security. Therefore, we recommend you to disable this feature only if you follow other safety measures.
A Brief Guide About Creating A System Restore Point & Using It Safely
From the evolution of Windows XP, system restore is being helping users to restore their Windows system after a major crash or if the system performance is running low. At first (On Windows XP), just creates snapshots based on the overwritten system files. It wasn't though as advanced as it is now on Windows 7, yet it was one of the greatest feature from then. Today I'm going to show you how to create a system restore point and then get your system back after an accident. It is not so hard as you might think but in order to make the process safe and to ensure that you are not facing any problem – you should read this guide.
Read more »Easily Optimize Your Windows, Fix Major Problems, Optimize SSD & More With Tweak Me! [Featured]
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There are a lot’s of thing to do for making your system like new and keep it’s performance as good as a perfect one. You may have to edit registry for quite a lot of times, dig into the deepest part of your system to make several changes and tweak lot other things in order to do so. But there a free application available called Tweak Me! that can let you easily choose tweaks from a really useful list and apply them in one single click. Besides, Tweak Me! allows you to manage startup programs to boost your Windows’ performance, clean junk files and easily edit your context menu to make it handy. And that’s not all yet, you check and optimize as well as fix some major system problems directly and also optimize the SSD. More to read.
How To Run Ubuntu 11.10 aka Oneiric Ocelot Using VirtualBox [Guide]
Few days ago, the most famous Linux-based Operating System developer Ubuntu released their latest final version of OS 11.10 also know as Oneiric Ocelot for PC. This version came with a huge improvement even it’s mouth watering even for the hardcore Windows or Mac fan. Motivated by it’s great release, I wanted to install this latest version on my PC but before that I decided to give a quick look over this latest release using VirtualBox. For those who aren’t familiar with VirtualBox, VirtualBox is the most reputable options for emulation of operating systems in virtual machines. With it you can run one system inside another, like Ubuntu (or any other Linux distribution) on a Windows PC or Mac, and vice versa. Now I am going to show you exactly how I ran Ubuntu 11.10 AVD so that you can try out this before installing. Follow for the full tutorial.
Read more »Things To Know Before Dual Booting : Details & Pre-quests With Recommended Processes
There are lots of operating system nowadays and it becomes quite a bit harder to choose specific one and to carry on with that operating system. Although there are only three major operating systems available calling Microsoft windows, Macintosh and Linux. But these are only top levels of operating system. Every act single one of them has some variation too. Like for Windows, you can choose one from Windows 7 or Windows XP (or others). The open source Linux has so many different operating systems to count. Some most popular Linux based operating systems are Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint. Again each one of those operating systems have different versions of their own. So what will you do if you have only one computer and need to use more than one operating system at once? Either you can mark a operating system that you use most as host and then run other operating systems as guest OS using a virtual machine like VirtualBox or VMWare. Apparently you do not have to complete experience of that guest OS while using a virtual machine. Another way is you can install operating systems in a dual boot mode so you can run each one of them individually which is much swifter and user-friendly. So before going to do dual boot, you should be aware of some points. Follow to read more.
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