How To Sync Google Calendar with Windows Calendar and also Gmail With Windows Calendar App on Windwos 10?

In this post, we'll discuss how to sync Google calendar with Windows 10 calendar app. Also in the same process, we shall also see how to sync Gmail with Windows Mail app in Windows 10.

Why sync Gmail and Google Calendar with Windows 10 calendar and Mail app?

Why sync? Because we use different devices at different times of the day and still want access to the same information. While one the move, the smartphone is essential, on the other hand, when we are at home, we like to use the computer. But no matter what the device, we use almost the same services to send email, save information and even to access information. We want seamless access so that we can manage our information from any device we use.

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How to partition a hard disk or delete disk partitions on Windows using Device Manager's Disk Management?

When we buy laptop or desktop computers, usually the computer comes with a single disk partition that is accessible from "My Computer" that is usually labelled "C". Yes, there could be some hidden partitions on the hard disk such as the "Recovery Partition" and some manufacturer specific partitions for system recovery and tools etc. A user would normally like to have at least two partitions on the computer to manage personal files separate from the Windows partition. So, if your computer came with a single accessible partition, how to create more partitions?

What is hard disk partitioning?
Hard disk partitioning as the name indicates is the process of dividing a hard disk into partitions or logical disks on the same physical hard disk and treat each partition as a separate disk. That's right! Each of the partitions on the hard drive is treated by the computer as if they were different physical disk with it's own label.

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How to print file names of all or select list of files in a folder to a list?

Suppose we have a lot of files in a folder and we want to get the names of the files in the folder, then we can easily get the names by using a simple DOS Command. If there are only a few, you could just type it or may be do "rename" and copy the file name. But if there are many files, the latter process is going to be a tedious task.

To get the file names of all files in folder or file names of just a select few types, do the following.

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How to add a program to start automatically on Windows startup?

Some programs installed are set to start on Windows startup by default. For some, we may need to enable them manually. This may be ideal for programs which you need to use right after Windows startup. Such startup files can be software programs, or even Office documents such as Excel sheets, Word Documents etc. But too may startup items can slow down your computer so you need to enable only those required. See below how to manage Windows startup items.

Watch this short video tip how to check startup programs in Windows and how to add programs to start automatically on Windows Startup.

How to check, enable or disable startup programs on Windows?

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Disable Access To Shared Folder To Some Computers In A Network

If there are more than one computers on a network, the need to share files and folders between them arises. It makes movement of files easier instead of transferring through a physical media such as USB drives. There are various ways on Windows Operating systems to share files on a network - Sharing Public Folders, Sharing with Password Protecting on etc. I will not be going through all the different ways, but you can refer to the following link. It has a list of links you can refer to.
http://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-sharing/lesson4/all/. In this post, we will see How to deny access to a Windows Shared Folder to a computer on the network?

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First Things to do after buying a new laptop

So you have bought a new laptop. Great! And you can�t wait to start using your new device. But here are some recommended things you should do before you start using your laptop.

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How To Disable Startup Programs In Windows Using MSCONFIG

Your computer have been starting slow lately? There may be a lot of programs waiting to start when you switch on your computer.

The longer we use our computers, the more software we may end up installing. Some of these software starts automatically when Windows starts. The more software programs the computer has on start up, the slower the computer will be to start. It is better to disable some unnecessary programs from Windows startup to speed up the computer. We can configure the startup programs using the MSCONFIG tool in Windows. Care should be taken when editing startup programs using MSCONFIG. Remove only the programs you know, generally programs you have installed yourself. Removing system required programs can cause startup issues.

Check out this short video tutorial to see how to disable some unnecessary from startup to speed up your computer:

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[Fix For] Windows error 2502, 2503 - Unable to install or uninstall software

Windows error 2502, 2503 - Unable to install or uninstall software
So when attempting to install or uninstall a software, I was getting the error code 2502 and 2503, because the installation and uninstall of MySQL fails. There are different ways to workaround this issue as I have found online. Some work in some cases, some don't. You may try any of the below way and see which works in your case.

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Fix: How to solve Windows Explorer frequent crashes in Windows 10 ?

After upgrading to Windows 10, I observed that the Windows Explorer keeps crashing. The issue arises when we are doing some activities on the Windows Explorer and especially when switching Windows by pressing ALT+TAB. From Googling I found that several others are also facing this problem. For me. this was happening on the latest Windows 10 OS upgraded from Windows 7. If your Windows Explorer is also crashing abruptly, try the following solutions:

How to resolve Windows Explorer crashes in Windows 10?

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Computer Tips: How to clear Windows Search history?

As we continue to use our Windows computers searching for files and folders, a pile of those recent search texts are stored by Windows in Windows Explorer. We will see how to clear them. They may not take a lot of space but just in case you would like to clear some sensitive search terms from the window, here is how to clear them.

How to clear Windows Search history?

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How to resolve: Windows 10 is asking for Wi-Fi password every time it connects

After upgrading to Windows 10, it is asking for Wi-Fi password when connecting to Wi-Fi every time. This is happening even if "Connect Automatically" is checked.

How to resolve Windows 10 asking for Wi-Fi password every time when connecting?

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How to view the Internet header of an email message in Gmail?

Pic: Internet Header of email

E-mail message headers provide a list of technical details about the message, such as who sent it, the software used to compose it, and the e-mail servers that it passed through on its way to the recipient.


About message headers:
After you compose a message and send it, the message is processed by the e-mail server at your Internet service provider (ISP). If the message is for someone who does not have a mailbox on your e-mail server, the server forwards the message to another e-mail server. The message is forwarded from server to server. It may go through several e-mail servers until it reaches the e-mail server on which the recipient of the message has a mailbox.

From the time when the message is first created, information about it is added to a hidden section of the message known as the Internet header. The information includes technical details, such as who created the message, the software used to compose it, and the e-mail servers it passed through on its way to the recipient. You can use these details to identify problems with the e-mail message or help discover the sources of unsolicited commercial e-mail messages.
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How to view the Internet Header of a Gmail message?

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How to Install Microsoft Office Picture Manager with Office 2013 or later?

Microsoft Office Picture Manager, as the name suggests, is a picture manager and editing tool from Microsoft which is included in Microsoft Office Suite upto Office 2010. Anyone using Office versions prior to Office 2013 should be able to see Microsoft Office Picture Manager under All Programs> Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office Picture Manager is a useful tool for doing basic photo editing that is already included in the Office installation. One does not need to install another software. It can do most of basic photo editing such as: adjusting brightness, contract, mid-tones, color, re-sizing, cropping, rotate, etc. Many Office users miss this useful little program.

If you are looking to install Microsoft Office Picture Manager along with your Microsoft Office 2013 or later, do the following :

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Tools for editing photos for government exams online application in India

Most online applications for government exams in India asks for scanned photograph and signature in specific pixel size and image size such as -

Upload Scanned Images of Photograph and Signature:
The scanned images of photograph and Signature should be in jpg/jpeg format only.
Size of the photo image must be greater than 4 kb and less than 40 kb.
Size of the signature image must be greater than 1 kb and less than 30 kb.
Dimension of photograph image should be 3.5 cm(width) x 4.5 cm(Height) only.
Dimension of signature image should be 3.5 cm(length) x 1.5 cm(Height) only.

Such file size limits are set so that the web server space is not exhausted by letting candidates upload any image size as several lakhs or even crores of candidates apply for government exams. Even a photograph taken with smartphones in high quality will be at least 3-4 MB in size. If 3000 candidates apply, it will be roughly 3 GB of photographs!

I have had some novice computer users, especially relatives and friends ask me to edit their photos as per the specifications issued in the advertisements. And I have also advised them on free tools they can use to do basic photo editing for such purposes. If you have Adobe Photoshop great! Otherwise, let's see some of those tools which we can use for basic photo editing.

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