1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop, point to New and click Shortcut.

2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, copy the following into the ‘Type the location’ of the item text box:

    “rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation” remove quotes while typing.

3. Click Next.

4. In “Type a name for this shortcut”, type LOCK and Click Finish

5. Now just double click on the icon, your desktop will be locked.

lock 150x150 Lock Windows with a (double)click

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System Formatting is essential to all users for some kind of maintenance reasons. At once the formatting process has been finished and Windows have been installing the drivers and re-installing the drivers could be quite hectic. Specifically if you have an old system whose drivers cannot be found on the internet. The Driver backup would be important to create things easy while re-installing applications after the system has been formatted. It is a utility can help users backup and restore system drivers.

This application can be downloaded from the link

http://small.drivermax.com/soft/dmx/drivermax.exe.

Once downloaded the file, run the setup file, install the application and follow the steps as noted below:

• On the main interface, hover your mouse over the ‘Driver backup and restore’ tab.
• Select the ‘Backup Drivers’ link and click ‘Next’.
• On the next screen, select the checkbox next to a driver for backup or click the ‘Select all’ checkbox to backup all drivers and click ‘Next’.
• On the resulting screen, browse for an appropriate location to install the application and click “Next”. A backup file will now be created.
• To Later restore drivers, click the ‘Restore drivers from backup’ link and select the backup file created.
• Finally, click ‘Next’ to start the restoration process.

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Copying File:

The process of copying a file makes a virtual copy of the original files and places it in another place on your system. When you copy a file, the old file remains in its old location and end up with original and the copy files. When you select Organize->Copy, this file is placed in the Windows Clipboard, when you navigate to a new folder and select Organize-> Paste, the original copy file is moved from the Windows Clipboard into the new folder.

Moving a File:

Moving a file differs than copying file, that file itself is moved to a new location. After the move operation only one file remains. When you select Organize->Cut, the selected file is moved out of the original folder to the Windows Clipboard, when you navigate to a new folder and select Organize->Paste, the file is moved from the Windows Clipboard into the new folder.

Deleting a File:

When you delete a file from a folder, the files are not permanently deleted. All deleting files are temporarily stored in the Recycle Bin, when you select Organize-> Delete; the closed file is moved from its original folder into the Recycle Bin folder. When the Recycle Bin fills up, files are permanently deleted on a first come and first out basis.

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Windows saves all your documents and records on your system’s hard disk. This hierarchical organization of files and folders with in Windows is Virtual, not physical. The major folders on a hard disk differ somewhat from computer to computer, but Vista always shut in the users, programs and windows folders. These folders are placed in the need of your main hard drive. In the users folders contains all the settings and documents for every user account on your system. Every user has your own subfolder within the user folder.

The folder for every user contains additional subfolders for various types of files. Typical folders shut in Documents, Downloads, Desktop, Music, Favorites, Pictures, Video and Every Containing files of that special type. Files are stored with in a particular folder. All Folders can hold one type of file; file types can be mixed with in any given folder. The ultimate location of a file is noted by the special path of folders and subfolders in which it is contained.

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In Windows Vista, you navigate through all files and folders on your system with a series of Windows Explorer. This tool mainly helps to finding, managing and viewing your documents and programs. Common explorer shut in Documents, Computer, Pictures, Music and so forth. Navigation Pane on the left side of the Explorer Windows contains a list of common folders and the tree structure files on your hard disk.

The Address Bar on the top of the Explorer displays the tree structure you took to find the current folder. This previous folders are shown in a series of “breadcrumbs”. At the bottom of the Explorer Windows is the Preview Pane. It contains metadata and data about the currently chosen file. To the right of the Address Bar is the Instant Search Field. You can use Instant Search to find for the folders on your computer enter a phrase, a word being a search. Under part the Address bar is the Command Bar.

The Bar provides access to tasks related to the file displayed in the Explorer. Such explorer windows display a Reading Pane, to the right of the main Window. This is display a content of the chosen file in more detail. All the file icons view in any explorer windows is “live” and scalable. Live in the sense that provides a thumbnail preview files and scalability means that you can easily change the icon size.

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Each computer user has to work with many files. You have to know how to create, copy, move, delete and rename files and you have to know which file management tools use to perform these tasks. The feature of My Documents, My Pictures and My Music folders has morphed into single type of folder called an Explorer. In all Explorer look and work the same, which is slightly different working in Windows XP. For ex, you will not find a Task Pane in a Windows Explorer nor will you find a File Menu.

The Instant Search function used to find the files and folders then more useful. Vista automatically indexes all the files on your PC, shut in key metadata for each file. You can then use Instant Search to easily finding files, based on the keywords you enter. It is a lot faster than the past Windows search technology, and it works very well. Vista also introduces the concept of virtual folders to the desktop. These are folders that are not really folders. You use virtual folders to group same types of files wherever they are stored on your hard disk, without having to move them to recent locations. Vista was originally slated to shut in a completely new file system is called Windows Future Storage, that would apply a relational database model to data storage for more efficient and faster searching.

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Windows 8 Coming into Focus in 2010 2 Microsoft Windows Server8 Coming into Focus in 2010

Windows Server is the leading selling server operating system in a world growing market. The coming 2010 onwards, Microsoft will move its focus to Windows8 with the advanced service pack. The Windows8 is the next generation of windows. The Microsoft Company has announced a many job posts available in Windows 8 and people to appoint the planning, development and implement field behind the windows project.

Microsoft jobs needed the best frame work development skills like Fy10 and Fy11. The Fy10 Microsoft product focus will be on SQL Server R2, Wave14 and Windows Server R2 and Fy11 product will focus on Windows8. The Windows program management division work includes Windows Server8 planning, OEM Tool and Kit Ownership, Hardware/Software analysis and performance testing while job closely related with ODMs, OEMs, ISVs and IHVs.

It will support the standard technology in Windows8 such as Software Quality Metrics (SQM), Reliability Analysis Component (RAC), Windows Error Reporting (WER), WinRE and RADAR Leak detections for advanced detection and control components.

It is also looking to develop a latest IIS features for Windows8. Microsoft mention in a job for Windows development, Program management, Software Engineering, Windows Live Mail team, Windows TAG team and Server driving key feature roles.

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Behind the Windows 7 API Code Pack 2 150x150 Windows 7 API Code Pack for .NET Framework

The Latest version of Windows Tool is Application Programming Interface Code Pack, released from Microsoft. It is mainly used for Microsoft .NET Framework and available to Windows Developer. In mid-November 2009, the Redmond Company announced the changes in Windows7 API Cod Pack to version 1.0.1.

This is an great operating system that program running process is faster while consuming some resources that its predecessor, it also shut in advance capabilities and excellent features that both developers and users. Windows 7 offers developers to help running the applications with the use of various technologies and features include Libraries, Taskbar, Multi touch, Sensor and Location platform, Graphics improvements and DirectX Capabilities.

The major benefit of this service pack for .NET framework is to easily access Windows7 special features from manages code. Microsoft is providing the Windows API Code Pack is to effectively make up for the short coming of the .NET Frame Work. At Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 client platform Evengelist technical group has been analyzed how to develop the Windows API Code Pack- tailored applications.

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The print work is sent but suddenly the LAN connection disconnect. The result of this process, the printing work cannot be cancelled as usual through the print control. It is blocking all continuous printing works as well. With the use of Dialog box, you can basically delete those orders, which are still in progress. In order to get rid of the stuck print job and enable printing the queued orders, you must stop the Printer Spooler Service and then delete the file. For best control, start the commands prompt. For that, open the Command ‘Run’ in the ‘Start’ menu, then enter ‘cmd’ and then press ‘Enter’. In Vista, enter ‘cmd’ in the search box in the start menu and select the ‘Run as administrator’.

Now using the following command,

net stop spooler

and check, whether the print queue is gone. Then open Windows Explorer and navigate to the

‘C:\Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS’ folder.

To delete all SPL files and it contains the affected printed data.

Now switch back to the still open command prompt, and then enter the following commands,

net start spooler

And the printing queue will start job nicely again. After this, the command must be deleted, so that you can also use the printer again.

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