What is Hybrid Boot ? Windows 8 News

There are lot of discussions going on the internet over a supposed to be windows leak which included some extra features like Live Mesh cloud sync , Hybrid boot ..

What is this Hybrid boot ?

Normally we use Hibernation in windows to achieve faster startup and to resume our work easily. Basically Hibernation saves the contents of your RAM to your hard disk to increase your start up speed.

Hybrid boot is a stripped version of conventional hibernate. Instead of storing the entire state of your machine, it only stores the current state of core Operating System files. This fastens the boot time of your Operating System when the next time you load it. Typically it would reduce the start up time to 20 sec as per some sources. But the time reduction would depend on the speed of disk, RAID setup ...

Hybrid boot will be enabled by default in Windows 8. You will not see the boot manager (in case if you have multiple OS ) when you use this option. But there is a manual possibility to disable this option in special cases.

Since it is still in build phase, this can be further improved at the time of release depending on the feedback Microsoft recieves.

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How to create a shortcut for Windows Search ?

It will be quite good if we have a shortcut to windows search on our desktop . Do you want to place a shortcut to windows on your desktop ? There is a simple solution for this . Just do as follows .

• Open your notepad by typing Notepad in your start --> Run prompt .
• Now in the text editor , type the below text .

Set wshshell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
wshshell.findfiles

• Now save the file in .vbs format by choosing options as shown in the figure . Filename is the Name of the shortcut and Save as type is All Files and click on Save .
• Now the saved file is a shortcut to your windows search .Double click on it and it will open Search window.

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How to apply image as background to a window in Windows XP ?

Earlier in Windows 2000 , we used to do this . Right click in the window , and change the background image of the window .One of my readers asked me whether he can do the same in Windows XP ?

The answer is yes.You can have something like as shown in the figure.

There is a software called Windowpaper XP which lets you set the wallpaper in the back of any window - just like your desktop.The usage is also quite simple.

All you have to do is Select a folder and have to set different options shown in the figure.The options which will be available for you are - Changing folder Background Image , changing folder Background Color , Setting the folder icon and the text Color.


Once you select that Just click next and you are done.

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How to bypass Windows activation Screen ? Access expired windows after 30 days

I just arrived at my cousins place for weekend and I found a dumb system here with an expired version of windows . I had to Google for the solution from my mobile and I found it . Then the thought aroused in my mind about the users like my cousin , who don't activate windows and shut their computers up once they get the blue screen . I m just writng this post to help these guys.

Lets start with a simple introduction of this problem !!

To prevent the piracy of it's operating systems , Microsoft introduced " Windows Genuine Advantage " along with " Product Activation " requirement to prevent multiple computers from using the same Key . If you can't activate your copy of Windows, you will be left with a 30 day grace period to change your product key to one that is fully valid or activate it through internet or Contact Microsoft for assistance. Once your grace period of 30 days is completed , Windows will refuse to login anymore and it will just show a bluescreen asking you to activate your copy of Windows .

Solution :

The first solution is provided by Tomorrow Times Blog . This solution lets you gain access to your files with enough functionality to surf the web, talk on MSN Messenger, and load up most of your applications. Note that it won't offer you full functionality of Windows , but it will be enough to get your job done until you can find the time to activate your Windows. Follow the steps below to Bypass Windows Activation Screen .

• Turn on your Computer and wait Until you get the login Screen . Now click on the user account to login
• It will popup a dialogue asking you to activate windows . Click Yes and then a Blue Windows activation screen " Lets Activate Windows " will popup.
• Now While holding down the Windows Key on your keyboard , press the "U" key also simultaneously . This will open up the Narrator program to assist those with poor vision. It is this way that will let us go and access our Windows .
• In the Title bar of Narrator window i.e at the top left corner , Once can find a icon which looks like a little computer as marked red in the figure .


• Click on the icon and a drop down menu will open . Now choose About Narrator form the menu .A dialogue windows About Narrator will popup .
• In the windows , In this window, there you can find the text "Microsoft Web site". Click on it and it will open up your Internet Explorer taking you to the Microsoft Accessibility website .
• Now type C: in the address bar of the Internet Explorer window that has opened and hit enter , to gain access to the C disk drive . From here you ca navigate in your computer , loading specific programs, and do most of your work .

As I told you earlier , some program's won't work until your copy of windows is activated . You won't have a Task Bar at the bottom of your screen, as trying to open it will just result in shutting down of PC a few moments later. But MSN messenger will work . It has been confirmed that this one really works .

Don't forget to check Digital life solution to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage check for accessing windows update .

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