How to Remove Arrows on Shortcut Icons in Vista

I’m pretty sure that you have seen small arrows on shortcut icons on your desktop or any other location. Some of us don’t like to keep these arrows on icons as they obstruct us from viewing the whole icon. Or maybe when there are several icons it makes it difficult to identify the right icon quickly. Or maybe we just don’t like those tiny arrows on icons. I think the last reason is more appropriate, I’m sure you’ll agree with me.

How to Open .cbr & .cbz Files

Heard of the file types- .cbr and .cbz? I’m sure you have come across them if you read comics. Well, they are Comic Book Archive files. They mainly consist of a series of image files, typically PNG or JPEG files, compressed using one of several popular methods. .cbr and.cbz are the two types of file extensions of Comic Book Archive files. .cbr file is a RAR file whereas a .cbz file is a ZIP file. There are other unfamiliar extensions as well, some of them are .cb7 (7-Zip), .cbt (TAR), .cba (ACE).

Windows Live Writer Portable

If you’re a person who likes blogging and carries a lot of portable apps in your USB stick then here’s another app- Windows Live Writer, you might like to add to your list. Well, there’s no separate portable edition of Windows Live Writer but there’s a way through which you can easily make your live writer portable. Scott Kingery has come up with a beautiful and easy trick to do so. Follow the below instructions carefully to make your Windows live writer portable.

How to Extend Windows 7 Trial Period Upto 90 Days

I’m sure some of you might have tried Windows 7 by now. And most of you might have even tried the new windows 7 taskbar by unlocking it. But you gotta be careful of one thing, the trail period! You can use Windows 7 for up to 30 days after which it automatically expires. But don’t you worry, there’s a small trick which will help you to extend your trial period up to 90 days.

Well, the same trick is used on Vista too. And luckily it works on Windows 7 as well. Just follow the below instructions carefully:

How to Add Command Prompt to the Right-Click Menu in Vista

Adding an option to access command prompt in right click menu is really useful. You can access command prompt in no time. I had written an article previously on adding a command prompt option to right click menu in XP. I thought of writing another article today for doing the same on Vista. Well, let me it short and stick to the topic, here’s an easy tutorial which will guide you to do the same.

From the Vista Start Search bar, type “regedit” then hit Enter to load the registry editor. The Vista UAC may prompt you, so go ahead and let it run.

Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell

How to Make Vista Shutdown Faster

If you use Vista you might have noticed that it takes a lot of time to shutdown. It’s really bugging at times when you want to shutdown the pc fast and go out somewhere. We’ll don’t worry today I’ll show you a way to improve Vista’s shutdown speed.

Go to start menu and in the search bar type Regedit and hit enter

How to Remove Start Button from Taskbar

Don’t like the XP start menu button in the taskbar? Is it consuming lot of space? Then let’s get rid of it. Well, I wouldn’t like removing it in Windows XP royale blue theme as it looks good. Even the Start menu button in the default theme looks good. But if you’re on the classic theme then you might prefer getting rid of it.

How to Fix Monitor going into Standby Mode While Starting PC

Recently I got an email from a user saying that whenever he started his pc his monitor would go into standby mode and he would hear any beeps from the pc, only the fans would be running. He had to shut down the pc holding the shutdown button. Once the pc shut down he had to start again, this time it would start perfectly. I was able to help him in this matter as I had a similar problem when I got my new pc last month.

The first question that arouse in my mind when I faced this problem was whether it was a hardware problem or a software problem. So, I tried uninstalling my graphic card drivers but unfortunately nothing worked out. Then I tried looking into my pc cables and tried one of my friends power supply and ram, still no result. Finally, I found out that it was a CMOS problem. Since I have an Abit motherboard I installed the flashmenu utility, then I updated the BIOS to the latest one. While updating I was asked whether I wanted to clear CMOS or continue with the same. I cleared it and the BIOS upgraded. The next time I started pc it started with a single start. I was finally relieved from this problem. Resetting CMOS is also helpful when you forget your BIOS password.