System Silencer is a unique program that is designed to run tasks when you leave your Windows PC running unattended for some time. When your PC becomes idle (which basically means no input devices like mouse, touchpad, touchscreen or keyboard used for some time), System Silencer kicks in and launches the pre-configured tasks. It is Read More …
When you are installing a new software, sometimes it fails to work because some processes are running on your computer. For example, some programs want you to close Windows File Explorer while others want you to close all the running web browsers before the installation can be completed. For these situations, you can use a Read More …
Many of the popular programs (especially the command line programs) require that you add the folder where they are located to the system PATH variable for the proper functioning. For example, the TDM-GCC compiler can be installed on your Windows PC but it will not work properly without adding it to the PATH variable. Exactly Read More …
ASTRA32 is a small software utility for Windows computers that can display detailed information about your computer’s hardware and the software. It is available both as an installer package and as a portable program. The portable program makes it easy to be run on any Windows PC to quickly find out details of the hardware Read More …
Years ago, when I bought a new laptop computer for the very first time, I asked the salesperson to show me the hardware information of the PC. The salesperson quickly used her nimble fingers to right-click on the Computer icon and then picked Properties from there. I could instantly see in the System Information window Read More …
The very first thing that everyone does after buying a new computer is to check the system specs. You can read the system specs on the cardboard box inside which the computer is packed or you can check them using the system information properties of Windows that can be invoked by pressing the Win+Pause hotkey. Read More …
It is not very uncommon for the computer programmers to keep many reference books piled up in the book shelves or on their desks. They are very helpful when you are working on something and you have to find something really quick. Online search is fast but the time spent on different sites can make Read More …
If you want to diagnose a Windows PC for any problem, you will have to find more about it first. For example, you have to know about its hardware, about the software installed, about the processes being launched at the startup, about the health of the hard disk drives, whether any of the system files Read More …
Whenever I order a smartphone or any other electronics gadget, I research about it thoroughly over the internet. Many times other people have already bought the device and they upload review videos on Youtube and other times they just leave comments on Amazon or other online shopping sites. But even after than, when I use Read More …
Windows operating system comes without any runtimes or plugins installed except the ones developed by Microsoft like the .NET framework and Microsoft Visual C++ runtimes (MSVCRT). If you want to run a program that required any third party plugin or runtimes, then you would have to download and install these required components. For example, some Read More …