Showing posts with label slow computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slow computers. Show all posts

How to Increase the Life of Laptop & its Battery.

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Here are the most working tips and tricks to extend the life and you might need to use some or all of them to optimize the performance computers or Laptop�s.
1. Optimize your Laptop to achieve better performance and to save power. Use some utilities to tweak operating system settings or do it by yourself to optimize computer performance.



2. Optimum battery life could be achieved by cleaning its contacts with a cotton swab and a bit of rubbing alcohol to pass power effectively. Set your screen brightness at a lower level. 
Note: Before doing this turn off the power of your Laptop and unplug it from wall outlet.


Disk Defragmenter (Windows)Image via Wikipedia3. Schedule updates; Install the latest antivirus software including spyware & malware detection and their removal tools. Make sure your Laptop or notebook is not running on battery power when Anti-virus definitions updates, virus scans, Disk cleanup, Disk Defragmentation.

4. Standby or Sleep your Laptop mode if you are leaving it for a short period of time, to cut down the power usage. Hibernate it if you plan to go outside for a while.

5. Cool down your computer which makes your computer or Laptop, work efficiently and it will also enhance battery life.

6. Turn off your network or Internet connections when you don't need it. It will definitely increase the battery life.

7. Disk Cleanup about once a week, clean up your hard drive with Microsoft Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter.

8. Proper Storage is needed if you are planning to go out on a trip or vacation for a week or more try to store your Laptop in a cool dry place, while putting it battery charge at 50%. It will give you the better performance after your come back home or office.
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Firefox The Best Internet Browser.

Image representing Firefox as depicted in Crun...Image via CrunchBase
The History
I have been using internet since 1993, When there is only text browser & text based email clients were available in Pakistan (mostly Dos based internet browsers).The operating system was Microsoft Windows ver 3., which has no functionality to run multiple programs at the same time. After a year or two there comes
Mosaic internet browser, it is the best of that time.

Evolution of Microsoft Windows 95 makes internet spread faster than earlier globally, it has been equipped with Microsoft Internet Explorer. There was new Netscape Navigator released it is the best of all, has faster website load time than Microsoft Internet Explorer. It was the famous and reliable of all Internet browsers.

With all the enhancements in computer technology, software's were also changed the dimensions of human's thoughts. Computer's hardware got better & better, and software's become available open license.
Mozilla 1.0 is the new addition in the Internet browser's in 2002, it was the open source code browser. It has been renamed by Mozilla Firefox and released in 2004. Firefox is cross-plat formed nature as its predecessor using the XUL user interface markup language. The use of XUL makes it possible to extend the browser's capabilities through the use of extensions and themes. The development and installation processes of these add-on's are easy. The use of XUL sets Firefox apart from other browsers, including other projects based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine and most other browsers, which use interfaces native to their respective platforms (Galeon and Epiphany use GTK+; K-Meleon uses MFC; and Camino uses Cocoa). Many of these projects were started before Firefox, and probably served as inspiration.
Firefox 4.0
has many customizable user friendly features, which user could tweak for better browsing experience. Best browser in easy tab management while surfing the net. Adding reliable and easy to use Add-on's, plug-in's & themes are easy. It has a very powerful & reliable functionality to export history, bookmarks & user passwords easily & securely.
Features: -
  • Bookmarking made easy.
  • Faster loading of websites.
  • Password manager to store, export & import passwords.
  • Web console for web developers.
  • Zooming by hot keys. ctrl+mouse wheel
  • Moving to other tab by hot keys. ctrl+1,2,3,4,5.......
  • Error console for web developers
Tips & Suggestions to tweak Firefox: -
  • You could set the "Download location" to your desired location.
  • Try not to add so many add-on's, it will slow down your PC.
  • Try not to put personas, if you have slow computer.
  • In order get back your passwords Install add-on which would export your site passwords, if Windows might get corrupt. I use "password exporter by Justin scott".
  • Try to back-up your bookmarks by going to the menu>bookmarks>show all bookmarks>import & backup>backup or export html.
  • Try to install "Down them all" by Nils Maier (If you need download manager).
  • Best of all the "Internet Browsers" it has functionality to save your tabs for next application run. It will not loose your work behind if the power failure occurred or it has been crashed. It could restore your all tabs you were working on earlier.
Till today it is the most reliable, faster & convenient web browser. It has better functions than all the other Internet Browsers
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