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Booting device selection is common task for any BIOS software, where it must decide which device is used for first booting and if not available then it will search for another device. This device searching takes time and slow startup for system. But if you select booting option properly in settings you can get rid of such searching and minimize operating system loading time. Depending on motherboard of system there are many options for booting operating system from device. These options are define in BIOS setting. Most common booting options (regardless software of BIOS) are like:- - From Floppy Disk (too much Old), For DOS OS - From ZIP Drive also obsolete like Floppy Disk - From CD/DVD - From Pen Drive/Portable HDD with USB support - From Tape  - From LAN - From local HDD Most of the case, we use local HDD for booting where OS (windows/Linux) is/are installed. But BIOS Default Setup for most of manufacturer, HDD is not first boot device. First boot device is set to ...

When we connect our PC or Laptop through a LAN (Local Area Network) with home network, we may receive a common error message "Conflict IP address with another computer". This message confirms that you are using a IP which is already exist in network and same address is not permitted in any network because IP is unique inside any private network or global network (public network which we called real IP). Below I state reasons behind this conflict and resolution for this specific problem. Reason for this error message: 1. Your configured IP address is used by another system of your existing network, which is currently running and power on. 2. May be you use LAN and a DHCP server at the same computer and your static LAN IP address block same with DHCP IP address block. 3. Multiple Network card installed in your computer and IP addresses of network adapter is same configured. IP Address conflict problem Solution: 1. If you know the network address block, subnet m...

Printer is an important output device for any system. When need hard copy of any soft copy we must need a printer to print the document on paper. Printer may be connected through LPT port or USB port, but modern printers are come with USB port. Then it needs a driver for specific operating system version to install properly. After installation, printer icon will appear in control panel under Printers. Now before printing it must ensure that icon exist and work properly.  There are many possibilities for removal of printer software or driver by others wrongly or intentionally. But you can protect it and restrict user from deletion of printer software from add/removal program or driver from control panel by click on uninstall button. In windows operating system, there are number of way to protect user from deletion printer. Here I describe very simple and shortcut method with the help of group policy edit. Steps for printer deletion in windows OS: 1. Go to START menu, and ...

System security concept is most popular in current days because everyone is concern with their personal privacy which raises a tendency for security. So when it related to personal computer privacy, it will get high priority. It is bothering when you will find someone uninstall your program from computer, which you need immediate for emergency task. This will happen if you do not set password protected user login or you share same computer with others. In such situation, you can not do anything except reinstall the program again. But for some software or program some saved settings and preference will also remove if it uninstall once. To avoid this situation you can restrict user to uninstall or install program from add/remove program icon of control panel. I will describe below step by step process how to restrict user from remove or uninstall your programs. Steps: 1. Go to “RUN” from “START” menu then type “gpedit.msc” 2. A new window will open; click on plus sign (+) of User ...

Most of us do not concern with system date and time. But it is one of most important factor in all operating system because when all software need system date and time for any update whether it is server end or end user end. Here we are talking about the importance of system date and time and procedure to restrict user from changing system date and time from front end or user end. So we need to keep it intact without any unnecessary changes. If any user except can have the right to change date and time from user end, then it will fall us in deep trouble specially when we run software which take entry time input from end user end. There are also many software mechanisms which does not allow date and time difference to start up.  For above reason we do not give user access to change date and time from user end. We can limit the user from this feature. Here I show steps how we can control user access in windows operating systems. Steps to follow:- 1. Go to "Start menu" an...

In windows operating system, control panel is the main control window where user can control his system by simple and easy user interface. It is actually act as dashboard to manage different hardware and software. User can interact with different parameter and set personal settings for individual devices from control panel. So it is important to decide who will get access because if you do not set it, then anyone can easily change your setting from control panel which maybe unwanted for you. In this post I will give you a solution to avoid such situation. Solution is to hide your control panel objects from the dashboard. This will help to evade such state and others can not perceive your objects icons so they do not have access of those path. Below I describe how to hide one or multiple Control Panel items from Control Panel to secure your control panel items from others user. Steps are as follows:- 1. Go to START menu of classic windows XP ->Click on RUN->Type "gpedit.ms...

System Restore point used in Windows OS to store saved state of system. It is one of the major troubleshooting tools when we do not have any choice without go back to previous state due to some anomalies in system or unknown behavior. In some case after install insecure software in system, it may not work as instructed and corrupt some system files that intend to system disorder. To avoid such unstable state of system we need to use the system restore tool in windows XP or Windows 7. Here I describe below steps how to create a system restore point in Windows XP and Windows 7:- Steps for Windows XP: 1. Close all running program one by one with ALT+F4 (Windows Shortcut). 2. Go to Start menu-> click on All Programs-> then click on Accessories-> System Tools, click on "System Restore" to open System Restore Wizard which will guide you until completion of the process. 3. Check radio button of "Create a restore point", and then click "Next". ...

Sometimes we need to block one or several websites for security or access purpose. There are many third party software used to block specific website but here I discuss about very easy and manual way to block websites. Every browser also has mechanism to block URL but it is not good practice because if we use more than one browser then we have to change individual broser settings. I illustrate unique and independent of all browsers (Firefox, Internet explorer, Goggle chrome, safari, etc), that is amending the “Host” file in windows OS. Steps:- 1. It is very easy process, but before you start modifying host file you must backup your host file for Data recovery purpose in case of any problem. 2. Make sure you are log in as administrator to have access of windows file modification. 3. The location of the hosts file depends on your operating system. In case of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating system it will find the following link:- C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers...

IP (Internet protocol) is used to identify a computer or PC in a network and communicate with each other. So, in any operating system IP address is important if you want to be a member of a network or work group. It is not possible to connect with another system in Local area network or internet or intranet without IP address. So IP address settings and changing mechanism is useful for any computer user. To set or change IP address of your computer you must know the network and host address for your PC and your network gateway, subnet musk and DNS address. Your Internet service provider or LAN administrator will provide all address for you. Here I show you how to set or change IP address for your PC. Steps: 1. Go to “Control panel” from start->settings->control panel then double click on “Network Connections” 2. In new window, double click on LAN icon, if more than one icon for LAN, you must disable other icon except your desire one by right click on icon and click...

There are many software to speed up your computer, But I will give you some trick to speed up your PC very easily. You may know common issues which can effect on speed of your computer from this post. Steps to speed up your PC : 1. Install spyware and antivirus to get rid of spyware and antivirus from your computer.You can get many free spyware and antivirus from internet. But before install, be sure about the software because some of them slow your PC speed. Run full check of your system area and HDD. 2. Enable your firewall, if you have built in firewall with your antivirus or internet security software then your windows firewall will be disable, but you must ensure your firewall is enable to protect your computer. You can change your firewall from the link: http://latestitsupport.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-turn-off-or-turn-on-windows.html 3. Free up your disk space to speed up your computer. Disk Clean up is an important tool to free disk space of Windows OS. You can easily cle...

Windows registry is related with all hardware, software and peripheral of system under Windows operating system. It stores software, hardware, user and all security information of local machine, current user and current configuration. It also preserves all software information related to serial, key, installation and configuration. Sometime, after uninstall a program it store many information in registry and reinstall a fresh copy may interrupted due to previous stored information.   In this specific case we need to edit windows registry. But as it is highly sensitive and important, so we have to take backups before any operation in registry. If any inconsistency arises after editing registry we can restore your backup easily. Backup Registry: Direct backup of windows registry is not allow in time running OS, alternatively you can take backup of you windows registry by export files- 1. Click on Start button, then click on Run menu. 2. Now type regedit in the run box, and then cl...

Temporary files are created in system hard drive temporarily during installation of software or run time of program or installation of program or browsing of websites. Some temporary files are deleted automatically after installation or execution of program but some files are still in the hard drive. These files occupy space in hard drive and spaces are increased with number of files. So when there are many temp files in hard drive it creates problem and available disk space is drastically reduce. There are two types of temporary files one is related to windows and another is related to user. So there are two specific location for temp file in system, one is located under Windows folder another is under documents->user->local settings. Besides those, it may created in different location depends on program which creates it. From this study, we observe most of temp files are created in the drive where operating system installed and it reduce the system drive space which may ha...

Autorun or Auto play option enables executable files in removable media automatically execute without any prior permission from user. For an example, when we insert Windows installation CD into our CD or DVD ROM or writer it will start execution automatically and show a menu window for easy navigation of installation. Auto run has some drawback like if our CD or DVD or Pendrive contains any virus related exe file, then it execute automatically and affect our system after insert the removable media without any prompt. This can destroy our system in a second. So auto run is risky in this perspective. H ere also another issue, if exe files inside the media are somehow corrupted or wrongly coded then it just hangs our system after a period of time and we do not have any option except restart the system. So, disable auto run may be a clever task for system performance with removable media. And after insert the media, first we have to check for virus, then expand it by explore or ...

USB (Universal System Bus) port becomes popular for it’s high data transfer rate than traditional serial and parallel port. Most of the external devices are connected with system by USB port like Pen drive, portable hard drive, printer, mouse, keyboard etc. But in some cases we need to disable USB port due to system security and virus thread from pen drive or portable media. There is several ways to disable and enable USB port in system; here I explain three easy and useful way to disable or enable  USB or USB storage in windows OS. Option 1: Enable or Disable USB ports or USB storage from Windows Registry:- •   Go to START menu ->click on RUN->Type regedit • Registry Editor Window will appear. Now Backup your current registry configuration from http://latestitsupport.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-backup-and-restore-windows.html • Now in Left Pane expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR •    In right pane double click on...

Windows operating system has built-in tools to protect instruction, traffic control and computer access. Firewall is one of windows tools to protect computer or workstation from outsider traffic, outsider attack and instruction control. It works as gateway between systems. If one system wants to communicate with others via public or private network, then first concern is security of both systems over the network. For this checking purpose windows implement firewall between two or more network. It acts as intermediate wall between them and first check the reliability of the incoming network. If the incoming systems network is allow on receiving network then firewall intend to establish a connection between them. But afterward it looking for any incoming thread or alters for the system. If it find no alter or intrusion then it make a secure connection and start transferring data. In this context, we can say firewall is works as net or mesh to refine internal security and ensur...

There are many reasons for slowing windows OS start-up. Here I discuss about some important reasons and give solution how to overcome those hurdle. Windows need many back hands operating in time of loading. It needs to load all related drivers for hardware. So if is there any faulty driver in side windows-> drivers your operating will not load. Then it needs to start-up number of services for software from backhand which delays the start-up process. We will work with services to faster our loading time.  First, we have to decide which programs need to start on windows start-up and which are not. Then we will stop the execution of those programs on loading which will reduce the loading time for start-up process. Here I explain the step by step procedure for faster start-up and how to disable start-up programs in time of loading operating system. Step 1: If you are XP user, then you should go to Start button-> then Run menu, now type msconfig in the box and p...

Recently access document is useful to find out which documents are recently opened. This list is in sorted order and one can easily find out last access document. But there is a problem when you are accessing a public or shared computer or laptop because next people who login the system can easily retrieve you recently access document list which may harmful for you. But if you delete the list from system then no one can get information about your accessed documents without vast expertise on system. So, it is security concern for PC users who need to keep information secret and do not allow others to get information about his/her recent work on the system. Here I demonstrate how to delete your recently accessed account information to refrain from others. You can see your recent access documents by Click Star Menu->Documents Recent Accessed Documents Step by Step process:- Step 1: Right Click on Start menu or task bar-> click on Properties then Taskbar and Start Menu P...

Windows operating system has number of way and tools to free disk space and faster disk and system performance. Disk cleanup is one of them. Disk cleanup is a combined package of different tools. It is one of most effective tools where you will find all cleanup process under one umbrella. It will tell you how much space it can free for you by using your selected process from all shown processes. In disk cleanup you can also free space by using uninstall windows components, unused programs and delete old restore point data. As I mentioned earlier it is actually total package for free disk space and faster disk performance as well as system performances. Here I describe step by step procedure how you can free your disk space by using Disk cleanup utility:- Step 1: Go to My Computer, Right click on Dive Letter then go to Properties. Here you see Disk Cleanup button. Disk Cleanup Step 2: Here you check all option like Download Program files, Temporary Internet Files, Tem...

In windows operating system virtual memory refers to that memory space in hard drive which is allocated for share memory when system runs out of physical memory reside in RAM.  Virtual memory is very much useful for swap memory space when Random Access memory is not sufficient to execute any specific request then it transfer unused process to virtual memory and allocate space for currently requested process. So it works as RAM and increases memory size virtually. In windows virtual memory is basically a file which is called paged file. It is a logical extension of random access memory in hard drive because RAM memory is expensive than hard drive memory and system has limitation of using maximum RAM size. So, it is important to know where virtual memory is formed in hard drive and how much memory it occupies to create page file. Below you will find the clean picture and steps to manage and create virtual memory:- 1. First right click on My Computer icon in the d...

Tracking user is related to store information about user login, logout and other activity after login to the system. Track user login is not a feature of windows OS. So if we want to store logon information about all users, we have to write a command line script or program. This script stores user data in a secure file which has no modification access to all users except administrator. Tracking is useful when we need some secret information about login and logout time or if we need to count time of user connectivity with the computer. Here we store user computer name, user name, login date, time and IP address, which is sufficient for user tracking. Step 1: Create the following two files using Notepad or any text editor: LOGON: Open Text editor and write: IPCONFIG |FIND "IP" > %temp%\filename.txt  //file in temp folder for temporary use only FOR /F "tokens=2 delims=:" %%a in (%temp%\filename.txt) do set IP=%%a del %temp%\filename.txt //delete temporary filen...