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I have a USB Pen Drive of 2gb size with 3 different movies which i want to transfer them to my computer and this process is taking around 20 minutes time, while if i perform the same transfers at my office with their 8gb pen drive the transfer of same amount of data takes less time. What could be the reason behind different speeds for data transfer and how can i speed up the transfer rate? There could be many different reasons why the data transfer speed is varying and for this you need to first find out the speed which the drive offers and also your computers USB Port version. The latest one is USB 2.0 offers much faster speeds when compared to the older versions which is one reason you may be experiencing slower speeds. Next you need to perform a Error Checkup on the drive to make sure that there are no errors after a scan, because these portable drives are regularly connected and disconnected along with they being moved around physically which is the reason there c...

We have earlier written many articles on how to install Windows 7 through USB & how to install Windows XP through USB all of which are bit lengthy options. While in this article we will be giving you a new tool by Microsoft which helps you in installing the OS on a netbook without CD/DVD Drive within a few minutes. System Requirements : Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended 50MB of free space on your hard drive DVD-R drive or 4GB removable USB flash drive First of all you need to Download Windows 7 onto your computer and have the ISO File ready. Next download the tool from Microsoft website here and install it on your computer. Once its installed you need to run the USB Tool and you will get the option to Choose ISO File from your computer or the Optical Drive. Once you have selected the right ISO file based on the correct OS version ie 32bit or 64bit you will have...

If you have two Gmail accounts then you would not want to open each one to check mails in different browsers, so let’s check out the three different ways with which you can transfer mails between the two Gmail accounts easily and effortlessly. 1. Setup a Filter for Forwarding all mails Setting up a filter for forwarding your mails is the simplest of all, for setting up the filter, all you will need to do is set up the filter which basically forwards all the incoming mails in your old Gmail account to the new Gmail account. If you use this problem then you also might have to live with the problem that you will have to keep your old Gmail account active simultaneously with the new one and also if you have joined some mailing lists and if your new account is not a part of that then you need to check your old Gmail account periodically. You can also auto forward all your mails from your old Gmail account to the new Gmail account which you can set through the settings and ...

Many times you would have wanted to extract the background from an image. Now, this post will help you on extracting the background from an image from a simple tool which is present in Microsoft Office 2010 product. 1. First of all insert image of which you wish to extract the background into your Microsoft office Word or Power point 2010 client and then double click on image, after double clicking on image, on top you will find Pink “picture tools” tab along with the “Remove background” tab on top left hand side. 2. After clicking on the “Remove Background” option, you will have to select the area from which you wish to extract the background or also you can select the areas which you wish to remove and then after selecting click on tab “keep changes” after which image will turn pink in the areas where the image is selected for the removal of the background. 3. There you are, you can now see that the back ground image has been extracted which is shown below in the...

Microsoft needs you to install the Zune software in order to sync or transfer files from your Windows 7 Phone. In order to install the same you need to perform the following steps. First of all you need to visit the official zune.net website and click on the ‘download now’ button. Before you start downloading you need to ensure that your computer has the following three minimum requirements. A 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) Broadband Internet connection If you have the above requirements then proceed with the download option without registration as it’s not mandatory. Once you start downloading it would take a few minutes to complete the download as the installation file is around ~120Mb following which you need to double-click on the file for installation on your computer. You will be initially shown with a ‘Microsoft License terms’ window which you need to accept in order to cont...

By default, Firefox is so coded that it resizes large sizes images and extremely large size pictures to fit them inside it windows, this is called auto thumb nailing in Firefox. The size of the Firefox depends on which monitor you use. For users who have small-sized picture tube this can be quite annoying to display full size image and extra-large size images. Right now what all Firefox users does is open the image and click on the image to see the full size image. Actually this is done by Firefox itself, interesting you can modify this feature. If you would like to view the high quality pictures as they are in their original size here is the trick to prevent Firefox from thumb nailing of your pics. 1. Type about:config in the address bar and press enter you will be taken to configuration page. 2. Now it will warn you whether you want to proceed or not since you are about to enter modifications tricks where you would be able to modify details which change alter chang...

We all use Mozilla Firefox and the common problem which has been encountered with recently is with the message Server Not Found. It’s not because of No Internet connectivity or Low speed internet connectivity but was due to some other reasons, so let’s check out the reasons on why it sometime shows Server Not found? Firstly you need to check whether that’s actually the Internet connection problem or the website problem, this can be tested either by opening other sites in the browser itself or you can test by opening the website for which it is showing this message. Since some malwares may prevent being loading themselves in the Firefox, it’s wise enough to block computer security websites sometimes. Also, try clearing the browser’s cookies and also the cache by going into Tools and then selecting Clear the cache. Certain types of malwares are known to target Firefox and can prevent it from loading various websites. If still the problem is not solved then try with scan...