Remove windows.old folder after upgrade

If you upgrade to windows 8 from previous version instead of new installation, files that were used in previous version is kept inside windows.old folder. This folder have large size and waste your disk space(usually more than 6 GB). If you are confident with current installation, you can remove this folder. Normal delete wouldn’t help … Continue reading →

Windows 8 Built-in Time Machine Backup

Windows 8 Buit-in Time Machine Backup Reblogged Post from makeuseof.com “We sometimes forget with all the focus on Windows 8′s new “Modern” interface, but Windows 8 has a variety of great desktop improvements. One of them is File History, a built-in backup feature that functions similarly to Apple’s much-loved Time Machine. Enable the Windows 8 “time … Continue reading →

Change Windows-7 Password Without Current Password

  In windows-7 you can change the password of current logged-in account without knowing the current password. Thus you can prevent the user, who protects the account with password, from accessing that account. i.e you can hack into their account. It is easily possible by few commands in windows. How to Change Windows 7 Password … Continue reading →

Windows-7 Hidden Administrator Account

From Windows Vista,  Microsoft uses a hidden buill-in Administrator Account. The first created account after windows installation, that we used, is a administrator account but its privileges are controlled. Note the right-click menu item ‘Run As Administrator’. This option is not used in prior editions of windows since they didn’t have hidden Administrator Account. For example, the … Continue reading →

Windows ‘GodMode’

Windows 7’s so-called GodMode is actually a shortcut to accessing the operating system’s various control settings.  It helps to access all the control panel item through a single folder.  It is not familiar with all common windows users.  This ‘GodMode’ also work in Windows Vista.  To enter the ‘GodMode’ you only have to create a … Continue reading →