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  What do people think about IE?

Browser war among major browsers is continuing for a long time since last century. Just a few years ago, Internet Explorer was the most used web browser. But now the situation is completely different, people are making fun of Internet Explorer and switching to other browsers. Today we share some jokes about Internet Explorer, it's just for fun, so grab a cup of coffee and sit down and enjoy.Hmm, is IE so slow?What gun is it?Hmm, I am still one step behindAnd I am lost.Hey, what is HTML5?I am on my own.Are parents still using this?Am I wrong? Everyone wants to be the default web browser.All ima...

60,548 59       CHROME IE JOKE


  Install Windows 7 with USB 3.0 ports only

Windows 7 is another great operating system released by Microsoft after Windows XP. Since Microsoft has announced that it suspended the support of Windows XP starting from April 8, 2014. Many users have been forced to move to Windows 7. Unfortunately, if you are using a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 7 and your computer doesn't have USB 2.0 port but only USB 3.0 port, you will encounter missing driver issue while installing it. This post will show you how to workaround this issue.Before installing the Windows 7, we have to have below things ready:A flash drive with capacity not le...

51,113 17       WINDOWS 7 USB 3.0 DRIVER BOOTABLE USB DRIVE INSTALLATION


  Capture screenshot of dropdown menu

As a IT professional, we often need to capture screenshot of what we are working on to give proof of what we are doing and why we do it. The screenshot will provide a good sense to other people. You may be familiar with taking screenshot with different tools such as snagit, snipping tool or the Windows PrtSc button. But do you know how to take a screenshot of a dropdown menu?Here we show you how to capture screeenshot of dropdown menu with the snipping tool provided since Windows 7. Below are the steps:1. Open snipping tool and press Esc2. Move to the dropdown menu and expand it3. Then press C...

43,014 0       WIDNOWS SCREENSHOT DROPDOWN MENU CAPTURE


  A simple way to remove the small arrow on on desktop application shortcut

Maybe many of us will see a small arrow on desktop application shortcut after we install the application on Windows. Some may like it but some people may think it doesn't look beautiful enough. We may need to remove these small arrows somehow the desktop can be clean. So how?Many people may use a third party software to remove the small arrows, then they must go to download the software and install them. But do we necessary do this in order to remove the small arrow?The answer is no.Here I propose a simple way to do this. Follow steps below:1. Go to Start->Run->Type "regedit";2. After th...

39,374 0       SMALL ARROW SHORTCUT DESKTOP APPLICATION WINDOWS


  Add Sublime Text to your context menu on right click

When opening a text file, you may be used to right click on the file to be opened and then choose the application which can open the file from the context menu. On the context menu, you may see a menu item like "Edit with Notepad++".Nowadays many people especially programmers like to use Sublime Text, but by default this application will not show on the context menu when you right click on a file. There is now frequent request to add this application to the context menu. Here we show a simple batch file which can help you achieve this.Below is the batch code :@echo offSET sublimeTextPath=C:\Pr...

26,149 9       WINDOWS SUBLIME TEXT CONTEXT MENU


  Bill Gates : Ctrl+Alt+Del was a mistake

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates admitted that Ctrl+Alt+Del command was a mistake when he was in a fund raising campaign at Harvard University last week. This command was initially designed to reboot the system.David Rubenstein, the Harvard fund raising campaign chairman, asked Bill Gates : "Why when I turn on my software or computer do I need to have my three fingers to press control,alt and delete? Whose idea was that?"The answer given by Bill Gates is : "Basically because when you turn your computer on, you are going to see some screens and eventually type your password in. You want to have so...

18,236 0       BILL GATES MISTAKE CTRL-ALT-DEL


  Which program is using USB device?

Sometimes when we want to plug out our USB device, but the operating system tells us we cannot plug it out since some other processes are using the USB device. How do we know which process is using our USB device. Here is a simple solution.First, go to Start->All programs->Accessories->System Tools->Resource Monitor. (as in Windows 7, for other Windows systems, you may similar program called Resource Monitor but may not in the same location as in Windows 7).Then, open Resource Monitor and find the CPU tab. In Associated Handler search field. Type in the driver letter to find the ha...

17,380 0       WINDOWS.ISB DEVICE PLUGOUT PROBLEM SOLUT


  How to apply Domain Level Group Policy

As a system administrator, you may often need to create a Windows domain of a computer network in which all user accounts, computers, printers and other security principals, are registered with a central database (called a directory service). Also one or more domain controllers need to be deployed to enable managing the domain. In this post, we will show you how to apply Domain Level Group Policy. There are lots of posts which have covered how to promote a Windows server to a Domain Controller. After installing a Windows Server, you can promote the server to a Domain Controller by following in...

16,732 0       GROUP POLICY DOMAIN CONTROLLER ACCOUNT POLICY GPO