Many users who download program files on the internet find it difficult to open or view NFO files. These are just text files and using them is very easy.
NFO files are really “info” files. These text files frequently contain information regarding the installation or use of downloaded packages. Here is how to open and use these files.
If you click on it without following these directions,you will probably get this error:
System Information cannot open this NFO file. It might be corrupted or an unrecognized version.
You can download many programs to view these text files; however,why not just use notepad to view them?
1. Browse to the NFO file on your computer
2. Right-click on the file and click Open With
(If you are given several options in the menu here, select Choose Program…)
3. Select Notepad under Other Programs
(In Vista you might need to actually click the Other Programs drop down arrow on the right of the Open With window)
4. Make sure that Always use the selected program to open this kind of file is checked.
5. Click OK.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Save your Processor Power
Your processor polls your USB ports once every millisecond. It keeps doing this, even if you aren’t going to attach any USB devices.
You can increase the polling interval—essentially by enabling “USB idling”—thus allowing some processors to enter power-saving mode.
Navigate to:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Class\{36FC9E 60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000
Create a new DWORD value called IdleEnable and set it to 1 to enable USB idling, thus increasing the polling interval. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
You can increase the polling interval—essentially by enabling “USB idling”—thus allowing some processors to enter power-saving mode.
Navigate to:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\
Class\{36FC9E 60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0000
Create a new DWORD value called IdleEnable and set it to 1 to enable USB idling, thus increasing the polling interval. Restart Windows for the change to take effect.
How Long Has Your System Been Running?
Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt.
At the prompt, type systeminfo
Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.
This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up.
At the prompt, type systeminfo
Scroll down the list of information to the line that says System Up Time.
This will tell you in days, hours, minutes and seconds how long the system has been up.
Use ur Printer Efficiently
These tips mainly concentrate on ink jet printers.
Use only genuine ink cartridges from the right company to prevent clogging, leaks and bleeding.
Make sure you set your printer driver settings correctly.
If you match your printer setting,paper type and ink you will get the best result.
Handle photographic papers by the edge only.
Using glossy papers to print is more cheap than plain papers as plain papers draws more ink,while glossy papers do not.It can also give you a fine and neat print.
Soon after the print don't touch the print out.Make sure the print out is dry else it will cause smudging.
Using a bond paper behind a heavy sheet can improve the feed.
Update the printer drivers regularly.
Use only genuine ink cartridges from the right company to prevent clogging, leaks and bleeding.
Make sure you set your printer driver settings correctly.
If you match your printer setting,paper type and ink you will get the best result.
Handle photographic papers by the edge only.
Using glossy papers to print is more cheap than plain papers as plain papers draws more ink,while glossy papers do not.It can also give you a fine and neat print.
Soon after the print don't touch the print out.Make sure the print out is dry else it will cause smudging.
Using a bond paper behind a heavy sheet can improve the feed.
Update the printer drivers regularly.
Guidelines to Speed Up & Maintain ur Hard Drive
Use disk cleaners like ccleaner regularly.
Dont ever bring magnetic materials near your hard drive.
Never install unnecessary programs in your hard drives.These can really affect the boot time and hard drive performance.
Avoid pressing reset button if the hard drive is in the writing state as this can damage the head of the hard disk.
Use a good Hard disk defragment tool.Remember to defragment your hard drives at least once in 15 days.
Use a hard disk defragmenting tool other than the one in windows,because the defragmenting tool in windows takes a lot of time to complete its operation.
Moreover it cant defragment files according to our needs.
Instead use tools like Perfect Disk 2008.If you want a free disk defragment tool go for tools like auslogics disk defrag.
There are several tweaks to speed up hard disk's, but these will work only for the time being.After some days you will notice the speed degrading gradually .So instead defragment your hard disks regularly to keep them running at maximum speed every day.
Dont ever bring magnetic materials near your hard drive.
Never install unnecessary programs in your hard drives.These can really affect the boot time and hard drive performance.
Avoid pressing reset button if the hard drive is in the writing state as this can damage the head of the hard disk.
Use a good Hard disk defragment tool.Remember to defragment your hard drives at least once in 15 days.
Use a hard disk defragmenting tool other than the one in windows,because the defragmenting tool in windows takes a lot of time to complete its operation.
Moreover it cant defragment files according to our needs.
Instead use tools like Perfect Disk 2008.If you want a free disk defragment tool go for tools like auslogics disk defrag.
There are several tweaks to speed up hard disk's, but these will work only for the time being.After some days you will notice the speed degrading gradually .So instead defragment your hard disks regularly to keep them running at maximum speed every day.
Speed Up Pendrive while Copying
Plug in your USB Drive.
Then Open My Computer> right-click on your USB Drive >click Properties.
Select your USB drive Under Hardwares and choose Properties.
You will see a dialog box saying " Optimize for quick removal".This option is selected by default.
Select "Optimize for Performance"option.
Now, remove USB drive and plug it again.
Copy some files from the drive to your system or vice-versa. You can notice the speed increase.
Note :- This trick may some times create write errors.But it will come in handy while copying files larger than a size of 1GB.
Then Open My Computer> right-click on your USB Drive >click Properties.
Select your USB drive Under Hardwares and choose Properties.
You will see a dialog box saying " Optimize for quick removal".This option is selected by default.
Select "Optimize for Performance"option.
Now, remove USB drive and plug it again.
Copy some files from the drive to your system or vice-versa. You can notice the speed increase.
Note :- This trick may some times create write errors.But it will come in handy while copying files larger than a size of 1GB.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Increase hard disk speed in Windows
This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Follow these steps:
1.Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.
2.Expand the system.ini file window.
3.Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].
4.Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
Irq14=4096
Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!
5.Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
6.Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.
Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Note: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find.
Follow these steps:
1.Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.
2.Expand the system.ini file window.
3.Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].
4.Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type
Irq14=4096
Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!
5.Click on the File menu, then choose Save.
6.Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.
Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.
Note: The most speed improvement is visible with IDE drives, however there are reports that this tweak also does good for SCSI disks. In any case, it won't harm your system, so why not try it yourself and let me know what you find.
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