Little basic hacks

We generally find Linux on a dual-boot system. This facilitates easier switching during boot time between development work via Linux and regular work using Windows. Setting up a dual-boot for Linux on a system which already has Windows installed to it is very simple. Basic outline Install Windows first. Make room for Linux as an OS takes a substantial amount of space(you don't want to run out of space right after you dual-boot your computer). Install Linux second. Install Windows first You'd probably have Windows preintstalled so I won't go into the depth. However if you are starting from scratch, a little suggestion- select Custom install and tell Windows to use only part of the hard drive thus saving you from the trouble of going through the second step. Make room for Linux Now if you already had Windows installed on your system, you need to resize your Windows partition size to create some room for Linux. It's absolutely no problem if you ha...

Most computers come with a single OS installed but you can install more than one OS on the same computer system. Having more than one operating systems installed and choosing between them at boot time is called  Dual Booting.  You can install different versions of Windows and also install Linux alongside Mac OS X or Windows or install all of these at the same time (only if you have a lot of memory space vacant on your computer, trust me an operating system takes quite some space). How does dual boot work? The OS is usually installed on the computer's internal hard drive. When you boot your computer, the  BIOS  loads the boot loader from the hard drive which further boots the installed operating system.  Remember that your computer has no limit as to how many operating systems can be installed upon it. You can always attach another hard drive and install an OS on it, choosing which hard drive to boot in your BIOS or boot menu. You can also do so using a...

The core elements of the Windows interface have looked roughly the same for many versions now. Even Windows 8 was essentially very similar in appearance and feel to Windows 7 once you bypassed the Start screen. But eagle-eyed Windows 10 users will have noticed that some elements of the latest OS have started to look a little different since the November update. Right-click the taskbar or the Start button, for example, and you'll see a different style of menu in a dark theme. NOTE: Unlocking Windows 10's dark mode requires you to hack the registry, so you should back up first, using Windows Backup or a third-party program of your choice. Click Start, type ' regedit ' and press Enter. In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER, SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\ Personalize . In the right-hand pane, right-click an empty space and select New, then ' DWORD (32-bit) Value '. Rename the highlighted ' New Value #1 ' ...

It can be a really frustrating task executing the cd/chdir command over and over while working on command prompt in order to get the right directory. There's this very simple way in which you can go to the directory, right click and open command prompt in that location. All you have to do is navigate to the directory you want to work on. Once you are in the directory you wish to start working in, press Shift and then right click anywhere. Once the menu pops up, you'll see this extra entry called Open command window here. Click on it and you'll find yourself working in your desired directory.

Whenever you upgrade your Windows to the Windows Insider preview or the official build, you'll notice a significant decrease in the amount of data you had in your root drive, i.e , in the C drive, something around 20 GB. For those using an older HDD or even an SDD (solid-state drive), this can be a big hit to useful amount of storage. Luckily there's a way by which you can clear up to 20 GB of data from C: or even more as much as the update/upgrade might have eaten up. Right click on the C drive and choose properties. Now select Disk Cleanup Now this shows how much space is freeable on your current Windows. You can choose to clean these up or as per our objective, clean up more space. To do so click on the  "Clean up system files" option. Let the disk cleanup relaunch. After it has scanned, the disk cleanup will show you how much space can be freed on your system in total and will ask you to check which files you want to remove. Now y...

Isn't it annoying that you're working and suddenly OneDrive pops up and asks you to sign in even if you don't want to store any of your data on their drive? Here's how to disable OneDrive: Press Win+r from keyboard to open the run dialog box Type GPedit.msc in it. Navigate to  Local Computer Policy  ->  Computer Configuration  ->  Administrative Templates  ->  WindowsComponents  ->  OneDrive . In the right pane, double click on the policy named  Prevent the usage of OneDrive for  file  storage . Select Enabled and then OK. That's it! You're done.

SRT files, also known as SubRip format files, are types of files that contain subtitle phrases for movies. A large number of media players are supportive of SRT files. You do not need to purchase or download any third-party software to create an SRT file, because a text editor such as "Notepad" is all that you need. Make subtitles using Notepad Following are some easy steps you need to follow to make an SRT file on Notepad 1 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,400 Hi there! 2 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,800 Oh, hello friend! What's your name? 1. Start the first line with the number 1. 2. Now input the times of the subtitle/caption start and end. The  00:00:20,000 is in hours:minutes:seconds,milliseconds format. You can usually look at the video with milliseconds in Windows Movie Maker while you have Notepad open as well. This will judge the synchronisation of the subtitle with the speech.( Make sure to display both windows for easier work by pressing on both ...