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).

Exact Vista Sidebar for XP

We have seen many Vista sidebars for XP since Windows Vista launched but unfortunately none of them looked exactly like the Vista sidebar. Well, even though I use Vista I have disabled the vista sidebar, the reason? No idea, but I feel it’s an unwanted feature. That’s just my opinion; I know many of you like it. Well, if you have XP and would like to try out the Vista sidebar which does actually look like and behaves like the original Vista sidebar then here it is. Joshoon from deviantart managed to port the real Windows Sidebar to Windows XP by making use of Alky For Applications. I’m pretty sure you might have heard of Alky, the one responsible for converting or making Vista only applications compatible with XP.

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.

Shutdown, Reboot from Taskbar

Ok people, time to try something different. How about rebooting or shutting down your computer from system tray? Sounds cool isn’t it? Well, it’s certainly a good idea for people like me who are lazy to go to start menu and then choose shutdown. Sometimes when I don’t like waiting for the computer to shutdown I use the instant shutdown method which shuts down pc in less than 5 seconds.

How to Create a Run Command

Today I’m going to show you’ll how to create your own run command. Using this tutorial you can create any run command, for instance opening a program, a game, etc. I’m going to create a Run command to run Opera. It’s pretty easy, just follow the below instructions carefully:

Firstly go to Start> Run, type regedit and hit enter.

TrayEverything- Minimize Applications to System Tray

Previously I had written an article on a program known as Tray it, it’s a small program which helps you to minimize open windows to your system tray, i.e, beside your system clock on the right hand side bottom. Today, I’m going to show you another application- TrayEverything which does something similar to Trayit. Well, this application not only minimizes windows but also helps you to minimize applications to your system tray. Sounds cool isn’t it?

How to Get Vista Welcome Center in XP

Some of you don’t like Vista as its resource hogging and some even feel that its performance is really poor. So, such people usually stick to XP. But there are lots of people who like Vista user interface and eye candy features. They modify their XP desktop and other GUI to match with Vista. For this purpose they usually use transformation packs. You can find some transformation packs over here.