![[How to] Flush DNS in Windows, Mac & Linux](http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/flush-dns-cache-115x80.jpg)
Before I tell how to Flush DNS, you need to understand the need to Flush DNS. Many a times you must have encountered “time out” errors while browsing some websites. If you try accessing these websites through a proxy or VPN, they would work. When a computer browser visits a website for the first time, it stores the website’s DNS [...]
Just a fortnight after Windows 7 SP1 beta was made available to the MSDN and TechNet subscribers, Microsoft has released the Win7 Sp1 beta to the general public. If you were itching to get your hands on the service pack, here is a chance to go ahead and try it out right now. I need to repeat that this is [...]
Even though, Windows 7 can be called a nearly perfect operating system, there are a lot of utilities that if used, enhances Windows both, in terms performance and beauty. Plus continuous usage for some time gathers garbage, this requires regular cleaning and optimization. Here is a compilation of best 5 Windows Tweaking applications that one should have, to maintain and [...]
![[How to] Install & Run Android on PC or Netbook](http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/image334.png)
Update: 3 Easy Methods to Install Android on PC The folks at How-to-geek have managed to run Android OS on PC! Would you also like to try out the Google’s Android OS on your netbook or desktop? Here’s how you can run Android from a flash drive! 1. Download Android from here 2. Download UNetBootin 3. Run UNetbootin and use [...]
![[How to] Extract Images From Word Document](http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/docx-format.png)
When Microsoft launched Office 2007, they also announced a brand new way to store their documents in a XML-based file format called DOCX. Retrieving images from word documents have never been easy and straight-forward, be it .doc or .docx formats. Extracting images in .DOC based documents involved dragging and dropping of images onto the desktop or by saving the document [...]
Here is a quick heads up on how to Download Auslogics BoostSpeed 5 Special Edition with free License key worth $49.95 at downloadcrew.co.uk. In case you haven’t heard off BoostSpeed before, it is an one-stop computer maintenance and optimization tool, providing you with everything you may need to keep your PC running fast. The program will clean up, speed up [...]
![[How to] Remove Anti Malware Doctor](http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/malware-115x80.jpg)
Recently I have had a laptop to clear up that had been infected with “Anti-malware Doctor“. Normally I would just recommend rebuilding the machine i.e formatting the drive and reinstalling windows, the problem with this approach was the user had several photos/documents & files that they had not backed up and would not like to lose them. The Problem This software [...]
How many times have you deleted something from your hard-disk and immediately realized you made a mistake How many times have you shift-deleted something really important, only to bang your head on the keyboard later? How many times have you wished you could un-delete a file from USB drive? I am sure many of you know about File recovery software [...]
Microsoft has announced the availability of the new Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta, the next big version of the well acclaimed Windows security software. The beta was announced over at the Windows Team Blog with a link to Microsoft Connect to download the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of the application. For the time being, the Beta Build, version 2.0.0375.0, is [...]
Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware has the reputation of being one of the first and hence one of the oldest security suites to find and remove malware and spyware. Their popular Ad-aware Free Internet security software used to come with anti-spyware solution alone, but now it has been revamped to include the much asked-for anti-virus capability as well, which definitely makes it much [...]
![Windows 8 Promo Code Gaffe Lets Anyone to Upgrade for $14.99 [Updated]](http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/windowsupgrade-115x80.png)