how to customize right click menu in windows

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Customizing right click in windows can help you improve your speed to work with day to day required applications like windows internet explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Outlook and many others. Have a look at the under given steps to customize your right click menu.

1. Go to Start Menu

2. Go to Run and type regedit to open the registry editor

Now start customizing it so that you can add more application and functions in this menu to use it frequently. 

  • Open My Computer HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Directory shell.
  • Select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key.
  • Here, type the name of the new item you want added to the list, and press Enter.
  • Highlight the new key, select New from the Edit menu, and then select Key again.
  • Type command for the name of this new key, and press Enter.
  • Double-click on the (default) value in the right pane, and type the full path and filename of the application you want associated with this entry.
  • Close the Registry Editor when finished.

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Secure you computer using windows cloud services

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The popularity of any windows service can be judged by just going to its website. Windows Intune is so much popular that even in beta you can’t participate because its full already.

Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows Intune delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities that can be administered through a single Web-based console, enabling your end users and your IT staff to work from virtually anywhere-all that’s required is an Internet connection.

  • Manage and secure PCs anywhere with cloud services

  • Get the best Windows experience with Windows 7 Enterprise

  • Fits your business needs with simple setup, maintenance, and billing

Windows Intune details

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how to manually configure IP address using command line in debian lenny

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I know most of the guys have very well idea how to do this thing but many would be looking for this piece of information on internet and it is available too but I just like to give you few short steps and you are ready to go with your Debian system. Most of the writer just give the IP address configuration but no one share this secret that you have to enter something in resolv.conf file. Lets configure an Ethernet card on Debian manually and use the internet on command line.

Configure the Network Manually

You can use ifconfig command to configure IP address and other information and you can also enter all this configuration in a file given at the location specified below;

/etc/network/interfaces

Save Network Settings to a Configuration File

To change the current network configuration setting you’ll need to edit /etc/network/interfaces file using a text editor such as vi. This is the only way to save device setting to a configuration file so that system can remember changes after a reboot.

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how to install Apache Tomcat 6 on Debian 5 (Lenny)

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In my previous articles for installation and configuration of apache tomcat 6 I tried to focus on the configuration of this web server with other utilities like setting up apache tomcat with apache2, configuration of apache tomcat with virtual host and apcahe2. Today I like to share a very simple method that will show the steps of configuration of apache tomcat 6 on debian lenny with some java settings.

I hope that you have a working installation of Debian 5 (Lenny), and have enough knowledge to update and install new packages on the system. I also assume that you have a functional SSH connection and root access to your server. why would you look for  a functional SSH connection? because you can access the system using some connectivity software like putty to do the configurations.

Install a Java Implementation

You have to Make sure that your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands:

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade –show-upgraded

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how to configure startup services in debian lenny

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Debian is a very good Linux distribution which offers very rich feature list including security and many more. For example, you may need to provide a web server (Apache service) to serve web pages. However, if you do not need use a service, you should always turn off all unused services to avoid exploits for this purpose you can use under given few very easy to use tool to manage your startup entries. Debian provided various tools to manage services. There are various methods for managing access to system services:
1) /etc/init.d/service
2) rcconf
3) update-rc.d etc

sysvconfig – Services Startup Configuration Tool

Debian and Ubuntu Linux also offers service command. It can be used to execute System V style init script stored at /etc/init.d/service-name { start|stop|restart|action }.

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dot net framework 4 has been release

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Dot Net Developers!!! I think its a big news that dot net 4 (.net 4) has been released and available for download. The .NET Framework is Microsoft’s comprehensive and consistent programming model for building applications that have visually stunning user experiences, seamless and secure communication, and more. It is highly compatible with applications that are … Read more

Gmail: ultimate new features, drag drop attachment and calendar integration

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Composing an e-mail now a days is very common and everyone use it. E-mail composing can take a long time if you have to send more than 100 or 200 e-mails for this purpose you need to find an efficient and easy to use solution. Gmail is offering very important and time saving features. Picture attachment is no more a deal to browse and find it in five or six steps. You just need to locate the picture and drag to your email composing screen and you are done with attachments. There are few other very important features that can help you save a lot of precious time and those are integration of your calendar with your Gmail account to manage your tasks and appointments.

gmail drag drop attachment

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How to calculate hard drive speed

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Hard disk data transfer speed can count a lot when you like to transfer a large amount of data from one computer to another. If you like to measure the speed of your hard drive you can use under given tool for this purpose. This tool is also usable to calculate the speed to floppy drive, memory cards, memory sticks and CD-ROMs. Its a very simple and easy to use application and there is no need to install. Just unzip to any directory and double click the exe file to view graphical results like given as under;

hard disk speed

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How to resolve IRQ conflicts

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IRQ is called Interrupt Request  and the devices use this to get an ID to use processor resources. I would like to quote an example here and that is, when you press a key on your keyboard it sends a signal to the processor via an IRQ channel to let it know that it needs to process some data and in response processor spare some resources to process the request. There can be more than one scenarios where  IRQ conflicts can occur when new hardware is installed or reconfigured. For example, it can cause problems if you have your mouse on COM 1 and a modem on COM 3. let me share a list of IRQs;

IRQs

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