Virtualization at a very basic level (home computers)

I have Win XP and Puppy Linux hosted on my Win Vista home computer though Vmware workstation. Y Vista?? I love to work on OS which gives more issues 😉
Vmware workstation is again a Vmware masterpiece to have virtualization at the very basic level (home computers). It feels nice to have multiple OS on your computer so that you switch to any installed OS depending on the project/work that you are doing. To clear your doubts, this is not similar to dual boot from Windows login.
Below is how my VMware workstation looks.

 

 One click will launch the Virtual OS and you can also have your Virtual OS in full screen mode.
I would also bet that Virtual OS will be faster than your host OS provided you have VMware tools installed and adequate space assigned.
Virtual OS doesn’t eat up your system RAM, it uses hard drive space as a virtual memory.

To know more about VMware workstation : Click here

What do i expect from Windows 8

Here are the 5 things i expect Windows 8 to have…

1) Name
The name “Windows 8” itself is kinda boring. I would expect Microsoft to come up with some catchy name before the release.

2) UI
User Interface has not changes much since Windows 95. Instead of improving the present UI i would want a complete new interface.

3) Startup time
Windows OS has been famous for slow startup time 😉 I would want the new OS to startup in 10-15 secs.

4) Reboot while uninstalling applications
Whenever an applications in uninstalled Windows has always promted for a reboot. Reboots should be avoided as much as possible.

5) Inbuilt social networking
The first thing that i do when i turn on the PC is to log on to facebook. And inbuilt facebook and twitter application would be of great help.

Windows run commands

compmgmt.msc – Computer management
devmgmt.msc – Device manager
diskmgmt.msc – Disk management
dfrg.msc – Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc – Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc – Shared folders
gpedit.msc – Group policies
lusrmgr.msc – Local users and groups
perfmon.msc – Performance monitor
rsop.msc – Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc – Local security settings
services.msc – Various Services
msconfig – System Configuration Utility
regedit – Registry Editor
msinfo32 – System Information
sysedit – System Edit
win.ini – Windows loading information(also system.ini)
winver – Shows current version of windows
mailto: – Opens default email client
command – Opens command prompt

Create One-Click Shutdown and Reboot Shortcuts in Windows.

First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut. The “Create Shortcut” Wizard appears. In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type “shutdown” (without quotation marks). After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it will shut down your PC.
But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty,
eg : shutdown -r -t 01 -c “Rebooting your PC” Double-clicking on this shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message “Rebooting your PC.”

Below mentioned are few switches and their functions..

• -s : Shuts down the PC.
• -l : Logs off the current user.
• -t nn : Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.
• -c “messagetext” : Displays a message in the System Shutdown window. The message must be enclosed in quotation marks.
• -f : Forces any running applications to shut down.
• -r : Reboots the PC.

When was your Win 7 system turned on?

Here’s how you verify Win 7 system boot time,
Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt. At the prompt, type systeminfo. Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Boot Time.
This will give you the time when the system was turned on.

IE 9 may not run on Windows XP

I tried to installed IE 9 Beta Version (Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview) on my Win XP PC, it gave an error :  “Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview doesnt support any operating system earlier than Windows Vista SP2”.

Checked on microsoft website, it said “Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) or Windows Vista SP2 (x86 or x64)”.

Dont Reboot your Windows PC when it freezes

We always tend to reboot our PC when it freezes. Instead Open Task Manager, click on processes tab, end “explorer.exe” process.
Go to file click on new task, type explorer.exe and click on OK. Your PC should be back up and running.
If the task manager also doesnt work then i would suggest a manual reboot.