Posts Tagged ‘Tips & Tricks’


How to Check if your Computer Supports ‘Hardware Virtualization’ in Linux

Yesterday I wrote about how to check if you computer supports Windows 7 XP mode. Today I am going to tell you how to check if your processor supports Hardware Virtualization under Linux. I already mentioned in this post that XP mode requires that your processor supports Hardware Virtualization. If you are switching to Windows [...]

How to : Run XP Compatible files in Windows 7

I am running Windows 7 on my basic machine from some time now and I came across a weird problem when I tried to run some execute able files which were slightly old and were working flawlessly on Windows XP didn’t open in Windows 7 at all. In this post I am telling you how [...]

Check if Your Computer Support Windows 7 ‘XP mode’ feature or not

Win7′s XP Mode uses VirtualPC to run some XP apps. You can use your old outdated Windows XP programs under Windows 7 by first installing Virtual PC software and then install the desired program under XP mode to make it work under Windows 7. For that your machine has to comply under system requirements needed [...]

Watch TV shows online for free with CastTV

TV shows attracts millions and billions of audience in fact I am also a Prison Break, Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy fan and watch them regularly but sometimes I am busy with work and have to skip some episodes after that I have to catch up with the show either by watching it online or download [...]

FireDownload Addon to Increase Firefox Downloading Speed Upto 10x

Firefox is most beloved and widely used browser in the whole world and I am using firefox from about 3 years now because of its wide Addon repository and flawless security. The only thing that I really hate about firefox is downloading speed in default Firefox download manager. Sometimes it’s pathetically slow and not even [...]

Quick Windows 7 Performance Tweak

In this small and point to point post I am going to share a simple and easy Windows 7 performance tweak which can give you instant 15% to 25% performance boost by simply doing 10 seconds job. Some people say quality over quantity so we can say you are going to make things look simple [...]

See detailed information about your laptop battery with BatteryBar

Laptops batteries sometimes give you fool information about how much running time is remaining I have an HP laptop 6720s business series and on full battery charge it gives me 3 hours of running time without plugging into power but it actually mentions 4 hours of battery is remaining, This fool information can cost me [...]

Better Cookie Management for Safari with Safari Cookies 0.5.1

Now you can manage cookies with safari. Safari Cookies is an addon that helps managing cookies in Safari. This addon works only with Mac OS X 10.5+ and integrates into your browser and let you control some basic cookie features such as. Features: – Save favorite cookies to a whitelist – Automatically remove non favorite [...]

How to: Know Web host of any Website

While searching for new web hosts you always wonder which web host is hosting some websites like if you are looking for new web host and you want to know who is hosting TechieSouls then this is the post where mystery will be unveiled. Normally if you search for domain whois you will be able [...]

Computer running slow? Fix it with Auslogics BoostSpeed!

This post was written by Liz Vasileva a regular reader of TechieSouls and wanted to contribute in this blog. Slow startup, even slower shut-down, software, web-pages and even Word documents take forever to load… And the next thing you do is start thinking of getting a new PC. Sounds familiar? If yes, try Auslogics BoostSpeed [...]