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If you are using Internet Explorer web browser, here is an interesting and useful tip for you. Today in this topic we are going to reveal a hidden secret mode present in Internet Explorer browser which can restrict users from…
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Today we are going to share another “Did You Know (DYK)” trick. In our exclusive DYK series we share interesting tips which exist since long time in popular software but many people are not aware of these tricks. We have…
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Today in this tutorial we are going to share a very old but very useful Registry tweak which has been mentioned many times by us in a few other AskVG tutorials such as our ultimate Windows restrictions tutorial and in…
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Whenever we want to get details of a file or folder such as file type, size, date of creation, owner, etc, we open its “Properties” window and get the desired details. We also access file or folder’s properties window to…
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If you are a Windows user but love Mac OS X “Mavericks” interface, here is something interesting for you! Today we are going to share a new OS X Mavericks transformation pack which can be used in Windows XP, Vista,…
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Recently an AskVG reader “Jeff” contacted us regarding following issue: Please tell me how to delete UpdatusUser FOLDER? This folder is located under C:\Users directory. I tried to remove it but Windows didn’t allow me to remove it. I never…
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Here is an interesting tip for our readers! Recently an AskVG reader “Arif034” asked us following question via email: How can I find out the exact install time and date of Windows? I’ve come across some answers to this query…
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Windows 8.1 has been released to public and Windows 8 users can update their computer systems to Windows 8.1 absolutely free. Download Windows 8.1 RTM Now If you are using Windows 8 and want to upgrade to Windows 8.1, following…
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UPDATE: New version 6.0 released with lots of fixes and new features. Microsoft’s new OS Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 feature brand new “Start Screen” which looks similar to Windows Phone 7 home screen. It basically shows live tiles of…
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One of the most popular and special features of this blog is our exclusive “Windows Transformation Tutorial Series“. Whenever a new Windows version is released, we post tutorials to make previous Windows versions look like the new Windows version. These…
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The solution given in this tutorial will work in all Windows versions! This problem is faced by many Windows users who try to connect to Internet using their mobile phones or USB devices such as USB Modem, etc. When they…
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Most of us know that Microsoft loves using “Betta fish” images in testing versions of Windows OS. They have used Betta fish image in Windows 7 Beta build wallpaper and boot screen of Windows 8 Consumer Preview version. Now its…
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Resource Hacker is one of our favorite tools to customize Windows appearance. Its free and allows you to completely change Windows look-n-feel. You can edit system files such as DLL, EXE, CPL, etc using Resource Hacker and then you can…
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We are back with another exclusive app for our readers. Today in this topic we are going to share a free and portable software for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users. This freeware has been…
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If you are a Windows customization lover and if you are a long time reader of this blog, you must be aware of the best Windows customization tool “Resource Hacker“. Resource Hacker is a free software for Windows which allows…
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“Windows Update” is one of the most important and most useful components of Windows OS. It allows you to download and install latest security updates, fixes and performance and reliability updates which are regularly released by Microsoft to keep Windows…
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If you are a Windows user and if you are interested in development phase of Windows when testing builds of Windows upcoming versions are released, then you must be aware of the build numbers or build strings of Windows. Each…
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It’s been long time since we shared customization stuff for Windows XP users, so today we decided to share something special and interesting to please our readers who are still using the good old Windows XP OS. Most of us…
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By default all Windows versions such as Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 don’t show file extensions for known file types such as exe, mp3, txt, doc, avi, etc. It is done to make user experience easier so…
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Windows OS comes with a built-in image viewing program which is called “Photo Viewer“. Its a very basic image viewer which allows you to view images and to perform a few basic operations on images such as rotate, zoom, delete,…
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If you are a Windows user and love customizing Windows look-n-feel, you must be aware of 3rd party transformation packs (aka customization packs or skin packs). Transformation packs are basically a collection of Windows themes, software skins, mouse cursors, sound…
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Many Windows 8 users find it difficult to restart, shutdown or hibernate their computers. Since Microsoft has removed Start Menu and Start button from Windows 8, you can’t access power options like you used to do in previous Windows versions.…
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UPDATE: Tutorial updated to match latest Windows 8 RTM UI. We all know that Microsoft has released final RTM version of its latest OS Windows 8 and a free 90-day trial version of Windows 8 RTM can be download using…
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If you are using Windows XP, here is a troubleshooting tip for you. Today in this topic, we are going to address an annoying problem which has been faced by many Windows XP users while using Control Panel. Many times…
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Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 comes with many new and advanced context menu options which were not available in Windows XP, “Copy as Path” option is one of them. “Copy as Path” option appears whenever you press “Shift”…
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Whenever an AskVG reader contacts me regarding a Windows problem, I always ask him to first provide more details and the actual text which is shown by the error message or warning dialog box. It helps me to better understand…
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Many times we need to open Command Prompt window as Administrator in Windows which is also called as “Elevated Command Prompt” window. By default when you launch a Command Prompt window, it opens in a restricted mode i.e. some advanced…
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We all know that Windows 8 comes with new Charms Bar which can be accessed by moving the mouse cursor to top-right or bottom-right corners of screen. It contains shortcuts to various useful system components such as Device Manager, Start…
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“VistaVG” and “SevenVG” are 2 of the best and most popular themes available for Windows XP and I’m proud to be the person behind them. VistaVG theme is a Windows Vista look-like theme for XP and SevenVG theme was created…
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UPDATE: New version 2.1 has been released which comes with many performance enhancements, few bug fixes and a brand new UI. We have posted a tutorial in past about opening a program by just typing its name in RUN dialog…