Things you can’t do in Windows

Well we all know that windows is very user friendly because of its easy accessibility and world wide popularity. Most of the people using any windows OS think that they can do anything on windows, but that’s not so.

For eg:-

Try to create a folder in Windows with either of these names–
“con” or “nul” or “Aux” or “Lpt1″.
Windows will not let you create ….
This s because these refer 2 some well known ports….
-con corresponds to the console
-Lpt1 corresponds to printer and so on….

Well that was common but how about this ? Try these more.. The full list that is not available so easily..

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.


Note:- This trick works with all the version of windows.

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Open Commnad prompt where banned

Can't use command prompt at your school or college or office? No problem here is the solution just follow the steps given:

Open up Notepad..Type
Command.com
Then save it as Something.bat.

Just open this bat File and command prompt will open.

Note: You can also use this trick to open command prompt if it is not opening due to virus.

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Prevent Accident shutdown of Windows

This one is not actually a famous trick, but very useful to stop windows from shutting down accidentally.Sometimes Windows after reporting an error shows a message that "computer will shutdown in less than a minute". and people have no option other than to wait Restarting again.

To stop this accident shutdown by system or any shutdown:

1. Goto Start > Run. and type "shutdown -a" without quotes.
2. Press Enter and your shutdown will be aborted.

works on windows xp, vista and 7.

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Nokia Pureview 808 with 41-Megapixel Camera

Nokia N8 is widely accepted as the best camera phone with its 12-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens. Now Nokia has changed its flagship model by introducing Nokia 808 Pureview at MWC 2012, a smartphone with a whopping 41-megapixel camera system.

Pureview can capture photos at a resolution of 7728x5354 pixels in 16:9 format or 7152x5368 pixels in 4:3 format.

Nokia recommends 5-megapixels as the resolution to capture complete noiseless pictures. The camera uses the concept of oversampling to combine up to 7 pixels into one single pixel. As a result, a perfect picture is formed. By zooming the picture up to 3 times, there is no loss in quality or details.

The maximum possible resolution is 38 megapixels with Creative Shooting mode. Nokia 808 Pureview records 1080p videos with 4X lossless zoom at 30 fps. Crisp clear audio recording takes place even at high level of 140 db.

Nokia Pureview has surprised us with its camera system but it is not amazing as other specs draw a yawn. The phone has 4-inch ClearBlack AMOLED screen with a resolution of 360x640 pixels. It has 1.3 GHz processor (single-core) and 512 MB of RAM. Pureview has 16 GB of internal storage memory which can further be extended with microSD card support.

The screen resolution is too low to view the amount of detail captured by the phone camera. Also, these days, dual-core phones are common even as quad-core phones are making their way into the market. In such a situation, single core processor is not of much consideration.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview Hits 1 Million Downloads

Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview saw more than one million downloads during the first day of its release, the Building Windows 8 team said via Twitter late Thursday. The beta version of Windows 8 posted on Wednesday morning; it's not clear whether the first million downloads occurred within or just beyond the first 24 hours of availability. Microsoft recorded three million downloads of the Windows 8 Developer Preview between September and December, 2011.

The latest version of Windows is a dramatic departure from previous versions of Microsoft's trademark OS. Most notably, the decades old PC desktop has been kicked from its perch as the main Windows interface in favor of a touch-centric Start screen that echoes Windows Phone 7. "Windows 8 reimagines Windows, from the chipset to the experience," said Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division.

Expectations are high that Windows 8 (also designed for ARM SoCs) will enable tablet manufacturers to mount a serious challenge to Apple's iPad, which Android tablets have so far failed to do. Whether Windows 8 will be a big winner on traditional PCs, however, is unclear. Microsoft says Windows 8 is just as easy to use with a mouse as it is with a touchscreen, but it requires users to learn a new way of navigating a Windows PC. 

The start button is replaced with a hot corner that kicks you back to the new Metro-style touch-friendly Start screen. From there you can choose to open traditional desktop apps or use some of the new Metro apps such as Xbox LIVE Games, Maps, and a Metro-style Internet Explorer.

PC users will also have to be content with full-screen programs when using Metro-style apps, and must learn how to use the new Charms Bar on the far right of the Windows 8 display. The Charms Bar includes important system functions such as Settings, Search, settings for devices connected to your computer, and a new social-networking friendly Share button.
Windows 8 does offer some new features for PC desktop users, including a revamped file transfer dialog box, tools to deal with duplicate files, faster boot times, and new SkyDrive integration with Windows Explorer (not yet available in the Consumer Preview).

But the main focus for Microsoft in Windows 8 is the touch experience, while the desktop has been turned into a second-class citizen. That appears to be Microsoft's plan for the moment, anyway.  The reaction of regular PC users to Windows 8's radical departure is unclear.
Nevertheless, the large numbers of Windows 8 Consumer Preview downloads suggests, at the very least, that users are interested in checking out the newest version of Windows.

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Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview launched

Microsoft has made the next step forward for its next-gen operating system, releasing Windows 8 Consumer Preview for anyone to download and try for free on their PC.

It comes as two download options: an executable file that partitions your existing system and installs Windows 8 as dual-boot; and an ISO that you can burn to disc and try on a fresh computer. This follows the Windows 8 Developer Preview that we took a look at in September 2011.

This time around, Microsoft has been working hard on the user interface. One of the complaints we had when we first looked at Windows 8 was that the Metro interface was great on a touchscreen, but with a keyboard and mouse it was hard to use.

With Consumer Preview, Microsoft has added scrollbars to the bottom of display, so you can quickly slide around the home screen. A zoom-out control lets you get an eagle-eye view of everything, letting you jump to the tiles that you want quickly.

There are also four hotspots in the corners of the display. These can be used to bring up the Start menu, recent applications and a shortcut bar. It looks a lot smoother and better designed than the original Developer Preview, although we'll reserve final judgement until we've had chance to download and install the software.


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