Macintosh OS X Mountain Lion is a beautiful operation system. But unfortunately, Apple has limited the customisability of the Mountain Lion dashboard. There is no option to change the dashboard wallpaper. In today’s tutorial, I shall teach you how to change the Mountain Lion’s dashboard wallpaper manually. This tutorial involves accessing the Macintosh system files, so please proceed with caution. #1 Selecting The Wallpaper Using any random picture for the [ Read More ]
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Do you want to create powerful and sophisticated PowerPoint presentation but do not know how? If yes, is your answer, then read the following article, as it is going to assist you with the highly professionalized and effective knowledge which will work wonders for you towards creating better PowerPoint presentations. You need to arm yourself with the PowerPoint presentation tips as well as learn about PowerPoint templates, PowerPoint backgrounds. Similarly, [ Read More ]
Google Chrome, is the most widely used internet browser. Most people are not aware of the shortcuts available for Google chrome that can save you lots of time. In this article, I have included all the important Google chrome keyboard shortcuts that can make browsing through the web pages much easier and faster. The Top Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts for working with chrome tabs: Shortcut #1: To open a new tab [ Read More ]
LogMeIn Hamachi is a free VPN creator. Hamachi is normally used for playing (multiplayer) games like minecraft. You can install Hamachi on Ubuntu 12.10 normally but the problem is that you have to use the terminal to work with Hamachi (i.e there is no GUI). This problem can be tackled with the help of Haguichi. Haguichi gives Hamachi a user interface on Ubuntu. So here is how you install Hamachi with GUI on Ubuntu 12.10. Installing Hamachi: First we [ Read More ]
The all new Ubuntu 12.10 was released on October 18 as promised by the company. All the Ubuntu 12.04 users can upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 easily. Today, I will take you through a quick Ubuntu 12.10 tour as well as how to upgrade to Quanta Quetzal (12.10), from precise pangolin (12.04). Ubuntu has made lots of changes in 12.10. Lets take a look at them. Top Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal [ Read More ]
Most people these days depend on computers a lot. This excessive use is extremely bad for your eyes. So how can we minimize the strain caused due to excessive computer use? That is what we are going to see today. I have some effective tips for you that can help you prevent eye damage.Here they are: Do Not Use Bright Wallpapers Wallpapers with sun rise or sunset look really nice [ Read More ]
OpenDNS is the most preferred DNS (Domain Name System) resolution service. It makes internet browsing secure and faster. In this tutorial, we shall see how to set up OpenDNS on Ubuntu 12.04. Steps To Set Up OpenDNS On Ubuntu 12.04 To set up OpenDNS, open Dash Home and type in ‘network connection‘ and hit enter. This will open the network connections window. Now in the window, go to the [ Read More ]
Boot0 error occurs, normally when you try to dual boot iDeneb with Windows 7. After you install the iDeneb, if you get this error, then you won’t be able to boot into either of the operating systems. In this tutorial, I will show you how to recover Windows 7 from Boot0 error. All that you require for this is a windows 7 repair disk. This process is very simple. Steps [ Read More ]
It is always nice to have pictures without background in powerpoint presentations. It helps you blend the picture with your slide. Understanding this necessity, Microsoft has added a new tool called background removal, that can help you do this process. In this tutorial, we shall see how to use this tool to remove backgrounds from pictures in powerpoint. Steps To Remove Picture background in PowerPoint 2010: First, click on [ Read More ]
VHD files are actually virtual hard disks present in form of files. People normally use virtual hard disks for virtual machines that are created using software like Virtualbox. But using windows 7, you can directly mount virtual hard disks into your computer, copy files to them, bootup from them and more. Not everyone knows about this cool feature. In this tutorial we shall take a look at how to mount [ Read More ]












