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Share confidential folders in windows 7 homegroup

Sharon Christine
Updated on 16-Jan-2020 10:50:08

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It’s true, at present people are so busy with their work and they definitely want some easy ways to reduce their work. Windows 7 tried to help those people who are really busy with their work and they don’t have time to manually send some important files and folders using share file and folder option. Unlike the previous version of Windows (XP and Vista), Windows 7 facilitates to easily share files and folders with friends and family at home or with co-workers at the office over network without having to follow tedious process of setting up IP address on network ... Read More

Microsoft, Device Health for Windows 8.1

karthikeya Boyini
Updated on 13-Jan-2020 07:14:16

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Microsoft updated “Device Health” for Windows 8.1, aims to develop online security of Banking and Financial account section for users’ better operation. This update will observer and check the PC security status before user getting into the sensitive banking and financial transactions online.Device Health service is a Window based service, provides devices’ health information. After installation of this software, you will be encouraged to accept secure software usage practices to ensure that the certified e-commerce and online banking partners can offer better security, based on the data expected from Device Health.How to install Device Health?To install Device Health update, go ... Read More

Difference between Linux and Windows

Kiran Kumar Panigrahi
Updated on 23-Jun-2023 13:43:58

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Both Linux and windows are operating systems for desktops. Linux is an open-source operating system which is derived from UNIX. Linux kernel lies beneath all other existing software. Windows was developed by Microsoft. It is not an open-source. It comes with a user friendly GUI which makes it so popular among its users. It runs on x86 hardware such as AMD and Intel processors. Read this article to learn more about the Linux and Windows operating systems and how they are different from each other. Linux Operating System Linux is a free and open-source operating system created and designed by ... Read More

Difference between DOS and Windows

Kiran Kumar Panigrahi
Updated on 11-Jan-2023 14:55:22

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Both DOS and Windows are types of operating systems. DOS is a single-tasking, single-user and CLI-based OS; whereas Windows is a multitasking, multiuser and GUI-based OS. Read this tutorial to find out more about DOS and Windows and how these two operating systems are different from each other. What is DOS? DOS (Disk Operating System) is a character-based operating system that was developed in the 1980s for IBM-compatible computers. DOS is one of the oldest and widely used computer operating systems. It is a set of computer programs. DOS can perform major functions like file management, allocation of system resources, ... Read More

How essential the emergency restart is in windows 8

Samual Sam
Updated on 23-Oct-2019 08:16:29

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 The Emergency restart an easy and user-friendly feature for user, given by Microsoft. An important key for users who want to restart their device in a minute or less than minute.The emergency restart mode closes all running apps forcefully without saving anything. It is useful when you have some issues with apps or the OS hanging or crashing and you would like to quickly restart the PC to fix it.Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, the emergency restart feature uses the hardware power button of Windows 8 tablet, laptop or desktop for operation. But this operation isn’t suggested yet user does ... Read More

How to enable the slidetoshutdown on windows 8 1

Samual Sam
Updated on 23-Oct-2019 08:08:50

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In Windows 8, user get Shut down option by right-clicking on the start menu, but some time it is difficult to get shut down option button.When you work on touchscreen devices, you might wish permitting a (cooler) slide to shut down UI on your Windows 8.1. It also works on desktop.In this article, we are going to share an easy to use method to use the “Slide to Shutdown” feature.The Slide to Shutdown UIThe Slide to Shutdown UI is an executable (.exe) file locates into the Windows –> System 32 folder. While double-clicking the SlideToShutDown.exe file displays lock screen rolled ... Read More

Restrict attackers to access ie vital stuffs

Samual Sam
Updated on 23-Oct-2019 07:38:33

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People who use Internet Explorer web browser most, for them we are revealing a “hidden secret mode” of Internet Explorer web browser. This mode provides an extra layer of security to the web browser that prevent browser from attackers by installing software or modifying system settings if they did not manage to run exploit code. It restricts users (attackers) to access menus, toolbar buttons, Internet options, etc in the browser window. You can call this a most restricted mode (Guest mode) of Internet Explorer.Internet Explorer’s “Full Screen Mode”, a built-in mode that functions like a guest mode in Internet Explorer. ... Read More

Upgrade your computer for free to windows 10

Lakshmi Srinivas
Updated on 18-Oct-2019 08:09:08

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People who have been using windows operating system usually encounter persistent messages to upgrade to Windows 10. The good news is that, upgrading to Windows 10 is now free. But in case of Apple, it allows its users to upgrade to newest operating system for free at any point. If users delay, they might land themselves in trouble as Windows is taking a very different approach.All those who have not upgraded their system to Windows 10 by June 29, 2016, they need to spend about $119. And those who consider, the cost of upgradation is more than they can handle. ... Read More

Operating System Resource Management

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 17-Oct-2019 11:31:02

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An operating system (OS) is basically a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is a crucial component of the system software in a computer system.These are some few common services provided by an operating system −Program executionI/O operationsFile System manipulationCommunicationError DetectionResource AllocationProtectionIn the matter of multi-user or multi-tasking environments, resources such as main memory, CPU cycles and files storage are to be allocated to each user or job. Some major activities of an OS with respect to resource management are −The Operating System manages all kinds of resources ... Read More

Operating System Error handling

Arnab Chakraborty
Updated on 17-Oct-2019 11:29:00

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An operating system (OS) is basically a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. Operating system is a crucial component of the system software in a computer system.These are some few common services provided by an operating system −Program executionI/O operationsFile System manipulationCommunicationError DetectionResource AllocationProtectionErrors can occur anytime and anywhere in operating system. An error can occur in CPU, in I/O devices or in the memory hardware. Some major activities of an operating system with respect to error handling are−The Operating System constantly checks for possible errors.The Operating System takes an appropriate ... Read More

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