Its the USB age, chuck dvd drives!

USB = pen drive, SD card reader, iPod or your-favorite-usb-mass-storage device

Find below, a compilation of sources that explain the process of installing various Operating Systems available for us mortals.

Installing Windows 7 from USB

Installing Windows XP from USB

Installing OpenSolaris from USB

Installing Ubuntu from USB

Installing Leopard from USB

So chuck those dvd drive’s out the fuckin window!

Windows Phone 7.5 – Sneak Peak [videos]

The Windows Phone Youtube channel recently published several walkthroughs for the Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) platform. You can expect this OS on upcoming Nokia devices.

Personally, I wanted to see multitasking first :

Other mostly used feature on a smartphone is Search :

You can also use Speech Feature :

Watchout all the videos on Windows Phone’s youtube channel

Resizing Windows in latest Mac OS Lion

A great new feature in Lion is the ability to resize windows in a much more flexible way. Whereas Snow Leopard only allowed resizing a window using a “handle” in the bottom right corner of every window, in Lion placing your mouse near any edge of a window will result in a new “Resize” cursor indicating that you can resize the window from there.

If this wasn’t enough, there are a few other new resizing features that can make this even more useful.

Firstly, holding the Option key while resizing results in both sides of the window resizing equally. For example, if you have a full screen window and resize it by Option-dragging the left side in towards the centre, the right side will also move in by an equal amount. If you resize from a corner using this method, it essentially has the effect of anchoring the window by its centre rather than by the opposing corner as usual.

Secondly, holding the Shift key while resizing forces the window to keep the same proportions. This is similar to when you resize an image and want to avoid stretching it in one direction. If you double the width of a window, the height will be doubled as well.

Finally, you can use the Command key to resize windows in the background without moving them to the front. This has actually been around since before Lion, but it has become much more useful now you can resize windows from any edge.

Now, if you really want to be a pro, you can try using the modifier keys in combinations. You can also press and release Option and Shift at various points while you are already resizing to add and remove the constraints.

Bonus Tip: If you go to resize a window from an edge, but instead drag the mouse cursor in the wrong direction (i.e. drag up/down while resizing from the left/right edges) you can move the window around. This means you no longer have to only move windows using the title bar at the top.

Source: macosxtips

Shortcuts via ‘Run’ in Windows

Here is a list of Run Commands that can work wonders with anyone of us using Windows, most of us being doing so.
In case you have got stuck to some un-indentifying (well,apparently,to you) problems which you are not being able to undrown from, this is the right thing for you. You just turn your face to these commands that can act as way-givers and savers in your bad computing days!
Accessibility Controls- access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard- hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs- appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools- control.exe admintools
Automatic Updates- wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard- fsquirt
Calculator- calc
Certificate Manager- certmgr.msc
Character Map- charmap
Check Disk Utility- chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer- clipbrd
Command Prompt- cmd
Component Services- dcomcnfg
Computer Management- compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties- timedate.cpl
DDE Shares- ddeshare
Device Manager- devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (if installed)- directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr
Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc
Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager- diskpart
Display Properties- control.exe
Desktop display Properties- desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control.exe color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility- verifier
Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
Findfast- findfast.cpl
Folders Properties- control.exe folders
Fonts- control.exe fonts
Fonts Folder- fonts
Free Cell Card Game- freecell
Game Controllers- joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game- mshearts
Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl
Java Control Panel (if installed)- jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (if installed)- javaws
Keyboard Properties- control.exe keyboard
Local Security Settings- secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups- lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows- logoff
Microsoft Chat- winchat
Minesweeper Game- winmine
Mouse Properties- control.exe mouse
Mouse Properties- main.cpl
Network Connections- control.exe netconnections
Network Connections- ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard- netsetup.cpl
Nview Desktop Manager (if installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager- packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard- osk
Opens AC3 Filter (if installed)- ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties- password.cpl
Performance Monitor- perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor- perfmon
Phone and Modem Options- telephon.cpl
Power Configuration- powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes- control.exe printers
Printers Folder- printers
Private Character Editor- eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings- intl.cpl
Registry Editor- regedit
Registry Editor- regedit32
Removable Storage- ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests- ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy- rsop.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)- rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras- sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks- control.exe schedtasks
Security Center- wscui.cpl
Services- services.msc
Shared Folders- fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows- shutdown
Sounds and Audio- mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game- spider
SQL Client Configuration- cliconfg
System Configuration Editor- sysedit
System Configuration Utility- msconfig
System File Checker Utility- sfc
System Properties- sysdm.cpl
Task Manager- taskmgr
Telnet Client- telnet
User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager- utilman
Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier- magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure- wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool- syskey
Windows Update Launches- wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard- tourstart
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