How to change Clock format in Windows 7 / Windows 8 to 12 hours

1. Click on Clock > Change date and time settings.
2. Click on Change Date and Time.
3. Click on Change Calendar settings and navigate to Time tab.
4. Under Time formats, Select hh:mm tt or h:mm tt. Here ‘h’ (small h) means 12 hour whereas ‘H’ (capital H) is for 24 hours and ‘tt’ stands for AM/PM.
5. Select your desired Time format and click OK.

You can also change the Clock format by using this alternative method:
1. Click Start > Control Panel > Region and Language.
2. In the Formats window, Under Date and time formats Select Your short time and long time formats same as above (hh:mm tt or h:mm tt)
3. Click OK.

How to show Hidden Folders and Files in Windows XP and Windows 7

The process is same for Windows XP and Windows 7, but Appearance and Themes are named as Appearance and Personalization in Windows 7.

#1. Click on START > Control Panel.
#2. In Control Panel click on Appearance and Themes.
#3. In Appearance and Themes window, Click on View tab.
#4. Under View Tab scroll to Hidden Files and Folders.
#5. Click on Show hidden folders and files.
#6. You are done.

Additional Tip: You can also view Protected Operating System files by unchecking Hide protected operating system files and by clicking Yes, but it is recommended to hide those files.

For Instance, take DiskPart. You need to Run Command Prompt with Administrator Privileges in order to execute Diskpart command. So the common method to do this is to:

1. Click on Start > Type Command or CMD.
2. Right click on it and “Run as Administrator”.

You can do this with a Keyboard shortcut, That is:

1. Click on Start > Type Command or CMD.
2. Instead of right clicking with the mouse, Press the combination of Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open the Program with Administrator Privileges.
3. Alternatively by holding Ctrl + Shift you can also click on the Program to open it with Administrator Privileges.

Is your Computer Slowing down?

There are many reasons for computer slowing down, which might be because of Malware attack or improper uninstalled files, presence of duplicate files, Heating up, and many more. Some times, the computer slowing down might occur because of presence of Temporary files which can be deleted with our simple prefetch technique.  The trick we are discussing here is very handy in Windows XP. So, What is Prefetch? When you have used a program, that program will be stored in memory, If you use that program again It will start more quickly.

How to Speed up your Computer Slowing Down?

#1. Click on Start > Run.
#2. Type: “prefetch“. Ofcourse without the quotes.
#3. Prefetch folder will open now.
#4. Then Press CTRL + A and Delete them.
#5. You are done. Do this frequently..

If you have any queries, Please post them in the comments section below. Thus in this way we can speed up the computer slowing down by using the simple Prefetch Techniques.

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There are many reasons to clear browser history. Some of those are: If you accidentally clicked Remember my password, to see Changes made to a website as there will be a cached copy etc. The reasons may vary for Clearing the Browser history. Please note that: If the Browser history is once deleted, It cannot be retrieved again.

If you have accidentally clicked Remember my password or Stay Signed in you don’t need to clear the entire browsing history. Just follow these steps:

#1. Open Internet Explorer.
#2. Click on Safety located on the Menu bar.
#3. You can see Delete Browsing History option in it.
#4. Just put a check mark to Form Data, Passwords and Cookies and Click Delete.
#5. Passwords and Active sessions on the Browser will be deleted.

In the above process, we have deleted Form Data because to clear the Usernames and other information you have typed into the forms. We have deleted Passwords to clear all the Passwords data. The Cookies are deleted for a security measure because, in Gmail, Yahoo or Facebook there is an option to Stay Signed in, clearing the Browser Cookies solves this.

For others, You need to Completely Clear the Browser History. Here is the process. The first three Steps are same as above. We’ll go from the 4th Step.

#4. Check all the options and Click Delete.
#5. This will completely delete the Browser history of Internet Explorer.