Category ‘Microsoft Windows’

• TECHPULP | What is the best alternative to WinZip
  If you are tired of commerical software WinZip, The best free software alternative to WinZip is 7-zip. In fact 7-zip is better than WinZip as it supports more formats like BZIP2, RPM etc along with its own format 7z. 7-zip...
• TECHPULP | How to access files in Linux partitions from Microsoft Windows
  Microsoft Windows doesn’t recognize Linux partitions and doesn’t provide any file system drivers for accessing Linux partitions with EXT2/EXT3 file systems. However there are some open source tools which can be used for this purpose. Explore2fs The best and safest...

• TECHPULP | How to verify the integrity of a large downloaded file
  There are some algorithms like MD5 and SHA1 which generate unique digest for any given input. Basic idea is to find the MD5 or SHA1 digest of the file which is going to be downloaded and cross check the same...
• TECHPULP | How to disable Ads using HOSTS file in Microsoft Windows/Linux/UNIX
  One way of avoiding online advertisements is to redirect all requests to Ad sites to locahost so that bandwidth is well utilized. It also results in faster browsing as it eliminates Domain Name Service (DNS) requests. For this you need...

• TECHPULP | How to install a custom font in Microsoft Windows
  Typically font files have .fon or .ttf as file extension. To install a font file, just go to “Start Menu” and type “Run…” as shown below. This will show the following Run dialog as shown below. Type “%windir%\fonts\” and click...
• TECHPULP | Where is my NetMeeting in Windows XP
  The NetMeeting application is not directly visible in either start-menu shortcut or desktop shortcut. But NetMeeting application will be installed as part of standard Windows XP installation. So there is no need to download NetMeeting from Microsoft Download Center and...

• TECHPULP | Map a directory with long pathname to a virtual drive in Microsoft Windows
  It is often very inconvenient to type long path names to move to a directory. Also sometimes code compilation fails if your command is taking more than certain length. In such cases, the base directory can be mapped to a...