Category: Misc

I use some programs so frequently that it seems to be a lot of time wastage to go to the start menu and find the program I need and then start it. Apart from my previous Run Command tweak to run every program from the Run menu, LaunchOnFly is a handy software which is an…

 And it just stopped working. It got detected by Windows and the driver got installed smoothly but when I tried to open it, it said that I should insert a disc into the drive. The message looked similar to this one: I have been thinking that usb drives are a reliable source of data storage. But…

One of the benefits of online virus scanning is that it doesn’t have to do with installing anything on your system. Only a browser plugin is installed. And you get the latest protection against threats at no cost. Here is my list of online virus scanners. I think it would be great if you people…

Today when I looked at the stats of the technodigits, I was so excited to see the total no. of visitors surpassing a 10,000 figure. And it has only been in such a short time. I only started blogging regularly in the late April ’07 .. so it’s only been two

 A valuable reader asks about the DNS Cache in my previous post about clearing the DNS Cache. So I thought it was worthy a post rather than a comment. So what is DNS. The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating IP addresses to Domain Names and vice versa. IP address is a number…

Recently I read a post on Problogger that if I could get a chance to start blogging again, what would I do differently than the first time. Blogging has been a very good experience for me. I’ve learned a lot of new things which otherwise would have not been possible so easily and so early.…

Sometimes when problems come, Windows just seems to be a code of crap software which ain’t going to help you no matter what you do. A recent hang in my PC told me that I should never rely on Windows and always be prepared for the odds ………. BACKUP EVERY FILE BEFORE ITS CREATION …..…

When you open My Computer, you get a waiting icon and takes sometime to open. This is usually the case with the machines which have low specifications (starting P4s or lower). This is because whenever you open My Computer, it searches for network folders and printers and shared files for scheduled tasks. To make explorer…