Monday, April 28, 2014

How to Check Windows XP Product Activation Status



To check, view or verify the Windows XP current activation status, open Run command from Start Menu, and run the following command:

oobe/msoobe /a

A “Activate Windows” dialog window will open to let user know the activation status. If the Windows XP has been activated, the message is “Windows is already activated. Click OK to exit.”





Else, you will be asked to let’s activate Windows now, which means that the copy of Windows XP installation is not yet activated.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

How to Run Android Apps on a PC


BlueStacks App Player is available for Windows and OSX computers, and is a quick, compact install to your boot drive (there's no option in the installer to go to a different drive or directory). The only choice you make during the install is whether to allow the program to make notifications, as well as the option to opt in to BlueStacks Spotlight, which holds daily app giveaways.

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How to take a snapshot of a video


Download VLC Media Player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html & open your media file with it.

If you want to take a snapshot, when you watch a film in VLC, press down the hot-key for snap shooting. The pre-defined hot-keys is in

MAC OS X: Command+Alt+s,
Windows,Linux, and Unix: Shift+s.

If you want to change the hot-keys go to Preferences → Interface → Hotkeys and set Take video snapshot. Then write the hot-keys you want.
After you have tacked a snapshot you may want to see it.

In Windows you can find it at:  My Documents\My Pictures\
In MAC OS X:   Desktop/
In Linux and Unix:   $(HOME)/Pictures/

Share a Printer from XP to Windows 7/8/10

  Setup Printer Sharing Step 1 : First make sure that the printer on the XP machine is shared. You can do this by right-clicking on the prin...