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How To Solve The Problem of No Internet Connectivity with VirtualBox
I tried launching a Windows XP guest using VirtualBox (a free virtualisation software), and found myself in a copy of Windows without network connectivity. It was a trying problem that took me forever to figure out, but I managed to solve this problem by using the Intel network driver instead of the default PCnet-FAST III [...]
Continue reading...How To Get Back The Classic WinXP Alt-Tab in Windows 7
Friday, November 5, 2010
If you have migrated to Windows 7 from Windows XP, you’ll realise that a lot has changed, including the alt-tab functionality. In the default Windows 7 behaviour, alt-tab shows thumbnails, but looks messy and cluttered, not to mention slow. Thankfully, you can still get back the Windows XP alt-tab functionality. Just follow these steps: Go [...]
Continue reading...How To Share An Wireless/Wi-Fi Internet Connection With a Windows 7 Computer
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
It’s not often, but sometimes you end up in an area where there’s only a wired ethernet connection to the Internet, and you have 2-3 mobile devices that only use Wi-Fi. E.g. a hotel room in China where your 3G devices don’t work. What happens? This is when you’d be happy that you had a [...]
Continue reading...How To Print The List of Files in a Folder on the Mac
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Sometimes you just need to print out the list of files in a particular folder. While I was on Windows, sometimes I’d just take a screenshot of the folders’ contents, but when I had to print it out or when the folder’s contents were too much, I had to use a third-party software just to [...]
Continue reading...Bloated SnagIt Screencapture Utility
Thursday, August 7, 2008
I hate it when I want to do something but have to wait for it. I know, I know, it just goes to show how impatient I am, but don’t we live in the age of instant gratification where everything must be done in the snap of your fingers. Screen capturing is something that I [...]
Continue reading...Best Free Windows Calculator Replacement – Moffsoft FreeCalc Review
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Moffsoft FreeCalc is a freeware calculator application that is the best Windows calculator alternative. That’s right — you can completely replace the in-built calculator within Windows with this freeware tool because it provides so much more functionality. Firstly, the calculator is resizable, so gone are the days that you had to carefully click on each [...]
Continue reading...How To Convert PDF to Doc with Free Software Download
Saturday, February 23, 2008
I use a Treo 650 smartphone, and it’s been one of the best investments that I’ve made because of how it has allowed me to make use of idle time to read. With so much to read and so little time, every moment counts, and I love reading ebooks on my Treo. There’s no need [...]
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