Showing posts with label Computer Tricks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computer Tricks. Show all posts

31 March 2025

History Time Line Fun Facts of The Blue Screen of Death

History Time Line Fun Facts of The Blue Screen of Death

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), officially known as a "stop error,"

The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a fatal system error screen that appears when Microsoft Windows encounters a critical issue that it cannot recover from. 
It has evolved over time, reflecting changes in Windows and computing technology. Here’s a brief history of the BSOD:

Early Days (Windows 1.0 - Windows 3.x, Late 1980s - Early 1990s)
The earliest versions of Windows didn't have a BSOD in the modern sense.

When Windows 3.1 encountered a system crash, it would show a white text-on-blue error screen, similar to DOS error messages.

These errors were mainly caused by hardware failures, memory issues, or conflicts with device drivers.

Windows 95 - Windows ME (1995-2000): The Classic BSOD
Windows 95 introduced a more recognizable BSOD format with white text on a blue screen.

It displayed error codes and troubleshooting hints, typically caused by memory issues, hardware driver failures, or corrupt system files.

The infamous "Press any key to continue" prompt became a meme.

Windows ME, known for instability, had frequent BSOD occurrences.

Windows XP (2001-2008): More Details, Still Common
XP's BSOD was more detailed, showing hexadecimal error codes and driver names.

It became one of the most widely seen BSODs due to XP’s popularity.

23 January 2015

Explained How to use WhatsApp on desktop computer

Explained How to use WhatsApp on desktop computer

06 October 2014

Skype to Block Local Mobile Landline Calls from India

Skype to Block Local Mobile Landline Calls from India

30 September 2014

Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Skips Windows 9

Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Skips Windows 9

09 October 2012

Know about Skype Dorkbot Worm Botnet Scam

Know about   Skype  Dorkbot Worm Botnet Scam

25 April 2012

Google Launched Google Drive with 5Gb Free storage Share them with whomever you want, and edit them together in real time.


Google Launched Google Drive with 5Gb Free storage Share them with whomever you want, and edit them together in real time.
Google drive is cloud based service.
What is Google Drive?
A place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive.

You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond.

Google Drive is available for:

31 March 2012

Do you know gender of your computer male or female Find out the your computer is male or female

Do you know gender of your computer male or female Find out the your computer is male or female

Do you know your computer is a male or female?

What is the gender of your computer?



Let’s find out the gender of computer that is computer is male or female.

1 - First open notepad
2 - Type the following line in notepad:

CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak" Your Name i love you"

Replace your name with your name that is real name or someone whom you love.

Now save file as computer_gender.vbs

Now click on the file , run the file.

If you hear a male voice, your computer is male.

If you hear a female voice, your computer is female.

Only for fun

The trick works on Windows XP as well as Windows 7 OS.


Reality views by sm

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Tags – Fun Tricks Computer Tricks


17 May 2011

Tips and Tricks Uses of Mouse Middle or Third Button – including opening link in new tab window with one click

Tips and Tricks Uses of Mouse Middle or Third Button –
including opening link in new tab window with one click

Now days Every Mouse got the three buttons.
Every one uses right and left mouse button but there is third button that is middle button is which useful and helps lot.

If you are using 2 button Mouse then also no problem here is the trick.



For those without middle mouse buttons or mouse wheel, clicking both mouse buttons at the same time also mimics the Middle Click function.

Many Laptops mimic the Middle Click function if you click the right and left pads at the same time.
In most of the laptops, clicking left button and right button simultaneously acts as a middle mouse button.
If you are running Windows, you can change your mouse setting by moving to
Control Pane –>
Hardware and Sound –>
Mouse.
Under both button choose Scroll to make it your middle mouse button.


Where is the Middle Button or Third Button on My Mouse?
Your middle button is your scroll wheel, which on most mice is clickable.
Take a look at your mouse, you may find a scroll wheel. Click on this and it works as a middle mouse button.
Right under your mouse wheel there is your Middle Button.


Let us know the tips tricks or uses of the mouse middle button or the third button of the mouse.

Middle button is called as the Third Button of the mouse.
Third Button is supported by nearly every browser Firefox, IE, Chrome, Safari, Opera and many more.

1-
Opening a link in new tab window –
Tabbed Browsing everyone knows One window and inside that many windows.
Majority times we right click the link and open the link in new window.
But sometimes Right click is disabled on few sites including my site.
So it becomes very difficult to open different links in new window one has to click back and forward or open new page every time.

Now here is simple solution -
Now you can use the middle mouse button to open pages in new tab saving your time.
Below is link Just Press the Middle Button and it will open in a new tab window.
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/

Still you find it difficult try it again or second solution is you can use
Ctrl+click to open a link in a new tab.

2.-
Closing Tab If you have opened the lot of tab windows.
Normally what we do to close the tab.

Suppose you opened 10 tab windows and now want to close few tabs.
Then you will have to open the tab window.

Then we place the cursor on the Cross [x] icon on the tab window then press mouse button to close that tab window.

Now here is more simple solution to close the one tab window.

Just take the cursor to the Tab window which you want to close and press the middle button that is third button and your tab window will get closed.

No need to put the mouse cursor on X icon on tab window just press the Middle Button of the Mouse and you are done.

3-
Auto scroll mode –
Middle click once on the page to activate auto scroll mode.
Notice that the cursor changes.

You can now use the mouse to determine the rate of scrolling.

More the distance more the speed less the distance page will scroll slowly
Middle-clicking again releases this mode and reverts to the normal mouse cursor.

Reality views by sm –
May 17, 2011

Keyword Tag – Mouse Button Uses Tips Mouse Middle Third Button Tips Tricks