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Create a bootable WinPE ISO/USB using AOMEI PE Builder

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In my previous post, I have written about Creating a WinPE image using Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit. In this post I am going to use one of the existing softwares called AOMEI PE builder for creating a bootable WinPE image. Since we have learned the process of creating a WinPE image using the microsoft provided ADK way, you will appreciate AOMEI PE Builder for creating a WinPE image in...

Create a WinPE Bootable ISO image / USB drive

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We need a WinPE image as a per-requisite for us to capture the operating system. WinPE is a pre installation environment which allows us to do many things. If you haven’t installed WinPE on your system you can download and install WinPE by downloading “Windows Assessment and Deployment tool kit” (ADK). This software is essential for us to create a WinPE bootable ISO image...

How to use your Personal Computer to Set an Alarm ?

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At various occasions you might have felt that it would be good if your PC can remind you of things that you need to do. I felt many times that What if my PC can wake me up early in the morning ? What if my PC can download the news and read it for me ? imagining all the things that Robert Downey Jr does in Iron Man. Here in this post let us take a look how we can make our PC remind us of the...

Fix : Extensions,apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Webstore

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With the recent changes in installing chrome extensions, Whenever you try to install an extension from the source other than chrome webstore it won’t get installed and instead it shows a message saying Extensions,apps, and user scripts can only be added from the Chrome Webstore Why this change ? It is been stated as to protect users from installing malicious extensions, apps from the third...

How to change default browser in windows 8? ( Firefox / Chrome / IE )

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There are many browsers available in internet hence the choice of making one particular browser as default comes into picture.  Almost all the browsers will ask you to chose it as default browser by showing up a dialog box whenever you open that browser. But there are times when you might have asked not to show that dialog box and now you might wanted it to be default browser for some reason. So...

How to make internet explorer as your default browser ? ( quick tip )

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If you have set some other browser as your default and wanted to make Internet Explorer as your default browser then here is the way how we could make internet explorer as default. All the browsers will show a message to make it as default when it is not set as default but if you have selected not to show the message again then you can follow the below steps to make it as default. 1. Open...

Windows Hosts File – Complete Explanation

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To speak about “windows hosts file” you must have to know about the term “hosts” in information technology context and how do we connect to a host. What is a host ? A host in technology terms can be considered as a node in internet. A node in internet is nothing but a device that is connected to internet. It can be your computer, PDA or it can be a web server that is...

How to use custom image as background to taskbar ?

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If you are using windows 7 or windows 8 and would like to tweak your operating system to customize and personalize to your tastes then you can try changing the background of your taskbar. In this tweak we are going to add a custom image as background to taskbar and because of the transparency in the aero theme we can see the image behind the taskbar. However the aero theme has been disabled in...

How to know the Last Shutdown Time of your PC ? (windows)

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In our previous post we have discussed on how we can find when was your PC last turned on, In this post we are going to use the same concept to find the last switch off time of your PC. It will be helpful to know at what time was your computer previously shut down for some or the other reasons like monitoring the usage of computer by your kid.  Follow the simple steps below to get the last shut...

What time your computer was last switched on ? (windows)

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There may be times when you leave your computer or laptop at home and go some where and you doubt that some one have used your computer or it may be situation where in you stay in a hostel and chances are more that your friends may have used your computer. Whatever may be the reason,  you want to know when was your PC last time turned on . There are different ways to find it out. Every time you...