Thursday, April 22, 2010

Beginner's Guide to Install Windows XP

I have seen lots of people asking about installing Windows XP, so I decided to make this tutorial.

Gather all necessary Drivers and Software
Next, you will need to gather the software needed to backup your files, format your hard disk and install Windows. Once your hard drive is formatted, you will not be able to access the internet (unless you have access to another computer, of course) because you computer will not have an OS installed.

Here's a List of software that you will need or find useful.

Want to Block all Advertisements in a Web Page?

Annoyed of 3/4th of a web page filled with advertisements?

Want to block them all? Well, use Adblock Plus - Addon for Mozilla Firefox.

Install Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/) if you have not installed so far to use Adblock Plus Addon.

Once you have installed Mozilla Firefox, setting up Adblock Plus is a very easy thing.

Solution to "This file is in use by another user / process"

Ever wondered why you get this popup message "This file is in use by another user / process" when you are trying to delete a file / rename a file.

The reason is quite simple. Some processes are currently accessing your file. The "some processes" usually are explorer.exe or your antivirus / internet security solution which tries to scan the file for viruses resulting in the above error message.

So want to find which process is locking your file? Well, here is the solution - Lockhunter