The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

Installing Windows From USB Drives?

The need to install Windows 8or Windows 8.1 from a USB device, like a flash drive, is a common one these days.It's no surprise why - many new computers, especially tablets and smaller laptops and desktops, no longer haveoptical drives.That Windows 8 install disc doesn't do you much good if you don't have anywhere to put the DVD!Windows 10 Users: See my How to Burn an ISO File to a USB Drive for an … [Read more...]

Introduction To Windows 8?

Microsoft Windows 8 is the newest member of the Windows operating system line and features major user interface changes over its predecessors.   Windows 8 Release Date Windows 8 was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012 and was made available to the public on October 26, 2012. Windows 8 is preceded by Windows 7and is currently the most recent version of Windows … [Read more...]

How to Easily Activate Windows 7 Using RemoveWAT?

Download RemoveWAT HEREActivating Windows 7 can be a pain sometimes. So I have compiled this post to show you how exactly I activated my Windows 7 Ultimate using RemoveWAT. Although, the software, RemoveWAT can be used to activate all Windows 7 versions such as Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home and Windows 7 Basic. RemoveWAT removes the ‘Windows not geniune’ message error … [Read more...]

MoboMarket – All Set to be the best alternative to the Google PlayStore?

Since the Android Operating System (OS) is one of the productions of Google, each mobile handset with the Android OS comes with its default marketplace known as the Play Store. Google Play Store is a collection of a huge number of amazing free and paid applications and games that can be downloaded by users. However, this store allows very few applications in its store out of the hundreds of … [Read more...]

How to Get Passwords Using a USB Drive?

As we all know, Windows stores most of the passwords which are used on a daily basis, including instant messenger passwords such as MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Windows messenger etc. Along with these, Windows also stores passwords of Outlook Express, SMTP, POP, FTP accounts and auto-complete passwords of many browsers like IE and Firefox.There exists many tools for recovering these passswords from their … [Read more...]

8 Registry Tips to Tweak Your Windows PC?

Microsoft Windows offers a feature-rich interface and several customization options that make it one of the most user friendly operating systems in the world. However, computer geeks would still love to hack the Windows Registry so as to add more extra features and functionalities to their operating system.If you’re one such geek who would like to customize Windows in your own way, here is a list … [Read more...]

How to Retrieve Clipboard History in Windows?

Ever copied a code snippet or text from the web and forgot to paste it before you copied something else? So, wondering to know how to retrieve clipboard history?Well, all of us will have an experience of something like this where we want to desperately retrieve those information that was once copied to the clipboard. But since Windows clipboard will only remember the last item that was copied onto … [Read more...]

How to Create Your Own Customized Run Commands?

The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to directly open an application or document with just a single command instead of navigating to its location and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such as Command prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc.So, have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run … [Read more...]