Windows

Microsoft Corp. has developed one of the widely used operating system "Windows". It has become more popular because of it's simplicity and usability. Microsoft is enhancing the Windows OS year by year since they've introduced the first version of Windows, called "Windows 1.0", on 20th November 1985.

Microsoft has got a very good popularity after their invention of the operating system "Windows" and Windows operating system has been delivered to customers as different editions which include

  • Windows 3x
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 2000 (or Windows ME)
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
Running any application from run dialog

Windows operating system offers "Run" dialog box, an easy way to start any program. What actually happens when someone types a command and hit "Run"?

Error loading Python DLL while installing/running Google drive in Windows 8

Google Drive is an application from Google to syncronize files between online Google Drive account and local machine. But installing or running Google Drive on Windows 8 operating system shows 'Error loading Python DLL C:\Users\Santhosh\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31122\python26.dll (error code 1114 )'.

Assigning a shortcut key to any application in Windows OS

Shortcuts are the best way to quicken your work. If you're using a program very frequently, it's very easy to start the program/application with shortcut key instead of going to locate a program manually from start menu.

Unit conversion with windows calculator

Everything is measured through units. And there're multiple units to measure single thing. For example, temperature is measured in Celsius and Fahrenheit. We might have to convert one unit to other. T...

Enabling hibernate in Windows 7

Hibernate is an option available under almost every operating system that provides users to shutdown the machine with current state i.e.; all their work that is currently being done and loaded on the ...