Tip: Windows On-screen keyboard

Ever had a broken key on your keyboard ? You can try to type the letter or number using ascii code if you want, but there is easier way and faster. You can use On-screen keyboard, “osk”..

Here’s how to access it:

Hold Windows key + r, then type: “osk” in the “Run” box + enter.. and you have it !

osk

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Tip: How to check Windows version

Here is a quick tip on how to check which Windows and SP computer has installed:

Click on Start/run”, on the run box type “winver” + enter

You should following screen (on windows XP)

winver

Excellent .NET learning site

If you want to learn at your own pace, this is the place to go..

You can learn .NET through learning videos, more than +500 quality videos for  $60/year.

http://www.learnvisualstudio.net

Tool: Online calculator

As a programmer I will have to do a lot of calculations everyday, and not always there is a calculator laying on near desk..but don’t worry, web 2.0 comes into rescue.
Check out this nice online, calculator:

http://www.ecalc.com/calculator/scientific

It is a scientific calculator, with a big nice looking display..it even has Dec-Hex-Bin converter in it :)

How to Delete and Remove hiberfil.sys in XP

What is this hiberfil.sys file that is taking your diskspace ?

In window XP system, there is always a file named hiberfil.sys in the system root drive on boot disk (normally C: drive).  The hiberfil.sys is large and big in size, always as big as your system physical memory (RAM) size.

Good news is, if you don’t use hibernate mode, you don’t need this file.

To remove it safely, goto Config panel > Power options, see below:

power-options1

Just uncheck Enable hibernation + Apply + Ok.

The hiberfil.sys should be gone now, take a look on your C: directory.

If it’s still there, it’s now safe to delete.

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