Ideally, if you press & hold Shift key and press DEL key - files are directly deleted and bypass the usual routine of being sent to recycle bin. However, sometimes Shift + Del may not function this way on your Windows computer. Pressing Shift + Del key could be sending deleted files
Special Characters in Windows using Character Map
Do you want to insert a special character in a specific project? Special character are unique symbols other than usual English alphabets. You can easily access full list of special characters on Windows computer using 'Character Map' feature. Using this: you can view, copy, insert and
Update Windows offline without internet connection
Ideally, live internet connection is required to update Windows operating system directly from Microsoft website. In multi PC environment, connecting each computer to internet may not be feasible (but installing updates on each computer is essential). Hence, need to update Windows PC
How to Lock Windows PC [keyboard & shorcut icon]
There are times while at office or home that you need to move away from computer. However, you cannot shut down computer during that time. If you log off from PC, all applications running in the background are closed, you may not want to close current applications. Best way to deal with
How to show Folder Size in Windows Explorer
Pressing (Win + E) keys launches Windows Explorer for easy browsing of contents including drives, folders and files. While files have size listing under size column (in detailed view), there is no size display for folders while viewing in Windows Explorer. Free utility 'Folder Size' can
How to disable IPv6 on Windows 7 & Vista PC
Due to shortage of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 system was introduced with better security features. While it is enabled and present on Windows 7 & Vista computer, it is hardly used by any application or device as of now. So, you may disable IPv6 on the computer as this may result in better
Kill Windows process manually with taskkill command
Sometimes Task manager and registry editor is disabled as a result of Virus effect. Stopping or killing a Windows process during this requires workaround with manual method [alternatively, use free utility to enabled disabled Window features]. You can easily kill any Windows process
How to edit Windows Hosts file IP addresses
Windows Hosts [WinHosts] file contain mapping of IP addresses for specific domain URLs (For example: 127.0.0.1 localhost). You can edit to add or remove specific IP address and respective domain URLs on Windows computer throught WinHosts file. Such IP address editing has lot of uses like
How to Disable USB ports on Windows PC
USB devices like pen drives are very quick way to copy and transfer data. They also pose big threat of infecting computer with malicious stuff. You can disable USB ports on Windows PC and prevent other users, friends from transferring data (to and from) your PC. This will keep computer
How to open WMF graphic files
WMF stands from Windows Meta File. It is a file format used for graphics, clipart and line art graphical images. In a standard image pixel by pixel format is used to create an image, while in WMF series of commands are used to create an image. You can find WMF graphics files in clipart
Change default mailto links to Gmail, Yahoo, Live
Do you want to switch and change the default mailto email service on Windows 7, Vista or XP computer? There are number ways to make this setting change depending on which web browser you use. You can either change mailto setting in respective web browser preferences or use free utility to
How to Zip, Unzip files & folder on Windows
[Back to Basics] Zip format is a handy way to share lot of files and folders in the form of a single file. Windows has in-built functionality that allows you to create zip files containing any specific files and folders. Also, you can open zip archive file without any need to install or
