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How to Enable CD Burning for Limited Users

Windows have the option of creating a limited account and it is the account that we usually see in the offices, school or colleges. The account is called limited as it has only certain features enabled while most of the admin features are disabled.
One of such features is the CD burning option. This option is [...]

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[Solved] Error 1606: Could not access network location 0\

The error was faced by one of our readers who was irritated with the problem that whenever he tried to install or uninstall any program there comes an error message reading “Error 1606:Could not access network location 0\”
Well the fix is not that difficult but requires some Registry Tweaking so it would be better if [...]

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Disable Auto Execution of Autorun.inf

If you have come across pen drive viruses then you must have seen this file called Autorun.inf. This is a file that stores the instructions to be carried when you double click your USB drive which in turn leads to the execution of the virus stored there.

However you can prevent the most of the computer [...]

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Increase or Decrease Thumbnail Size in Explorer

For the people with bigger screens who like to see the bigger Thumbnails for the Images, documents and folders etc, here is a trick to change the size (increase or decrease) of the Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer.
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Increasing the preview size will show a bigger preview of the Thumbnails preventing the need to open the [...]

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Show Hibernate Button on Shutdown Permanently

For all those users who like to Hibernate their system quite frequently but don’t like pressing the Shift key to get the Hibernate option, here is a quick article that will help you display all the four buttons of Turn off, Restart, Stand By and Hibernate together in the Shutdown menu.
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The above screen shots would [...]

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Hide a Drive or Partition with TweakUI in Windows

One of our readers wanted to know how to hide any drive or partition in Windows? Well if you also want to hide yours or just wish to fool someone, then this can be easily done.
The advantage of hiding a disk drive is that this method not only hide your data but also make it [...]

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Steps to Enable or Disable PDF Thumbnail Preview in Explorer

Likewise the movie formats avi, wmv etc the Adobe PDF files can also made to either show or disable the thumbnail preview in the explorer.

While the PDF thumbnail preview is enabled for most of the users by default, but if it is not the case with you then you can make it show.
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List of Top 10 Free Registry Cleaners for Windows

If you are wandering here and there looking for a list of the Best and Free Registry Cleaners then I have tried to provide you with that list.
There are unlimited numbers of Registry Cleaners available over internet all with some different features making it difficult for you to choose the best ones. First of all, [...]

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Add Control Panel and Device Manager in Right Click Context Menu

If you need to work on Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and Device Manager a lot, then you don’t need to travel to Start Menu to go in the control panel, you can just access them at desktop’s right click menu also known as Context Menu.

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Remove Arrow from Shortcut Icons on Desktop

Windows places various shortcut icons on the desktop, which are actually pointers to some file or application located elsewhere on the disk. You would notice a small arrow on the bottom left of the shortcut. This little arrow signifies that the icon is, indeed, a shortcut and not an icon.

So if you are annoyed seeing [...]

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