Manage Files effectively by sharing, Synchronising on DropBox

Ever wondered to manage/ synchronize all your files and folders across all the computers and mobiles (Office, Home, Mobile) you use. DropBox is a great tool to synchronize all your files and share among all your computers and also mobiles. Even you can share files in your DropBox with your friends too.

You can take a video tour to Dropbox to understand its features.

You will get 2 GB online space for FREE to Synchronize n share all your files. If you need more space you can go for paid service. To get DropBox for FREE, refer http://db.tt/ScJrFHk

How to prepare for Infosys Puzzle Test?

Infosys conducts Campus Interview for freshers which comprises of Written Test and Personal Interview. In the Written Test, they ask mainly Puzzles and English. The best way to Prepare for puzzles is to practice the Puzzles available in following books.
Also, previous year question papers are a great asset.

Books:
1. Book Title: Puzzles To Puzzle You
Author: Shakuntala Devi
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2. Book Title: More Puzzles To Puzzle You
Author: Shakuntala Devi
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3. Book Title: Brain Teasers
Author: Ravi Narula
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For English Preparation, Barron's GRE Book is the best book.
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How to Set Google as Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)?

Follow the below steps to set Google as the Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 8:

1. Find the search box in the upper right-hand side of your browser. Click the down arrow next to the magnifying glass icon.
2. Select Manage Search Providers
3. If Google is listed, select it, click Set as default, then click OK. 

To change default Search engine for other versions of IE as well as other browsers, refer Google .

How to find the Version of Internet Explorer?

 To find version of your Internet Explorer, go to Help > About Internet Explorer.

Not able to login to airtel.in

I was facing problem while logging into Airtel.in to make airtel bill payment. I was getting below error message.

When I called the customer care, I came to know that the login issue is specific to Chrome Browser. So, use any other browser like Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to access your account in Airtel.in. You will not have the login issue again.

Show Desktop icon missing. How to create Show Desktop Icon?

If Show Desktop Icon is missing in your computer, just follow the below steps to create it again.

1. Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window:
Code for Show Desktop Icon:
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
3. On the File menu, click Save As, and then save the file to your desktop as "Show desktop.scf". The Show desktop icon is created on your desktop and it should look like below image.

4.Click and then drag the Show desktop icon to your Quick Launch toolbar.

Also Read: Show Desktop icon missing in Windows 7

Show Desktop icon missing in Windows 7

When I used Windows 7 initially, I felt that the "Show Desktop" Icon was missing. I was looking for an icon like below which was there in Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Then I realized that Windows 7 also has the Show Desktop icon. But, it is at a different location and in a different shape. Refer below screen shot. Show Desktop Icon at the Extreme Right and Bottom corner of your screen.

Also read:
 Show Desktop icon missing. How to create Show Desktop Icon?

What is a service pack?

A Service Pack ( generally abbreviated as SP) is a collection of Fixes, Updates and Enhancements to a Software Product. Normally Service Packs fix many bugs in applications.

Generally small updates come as Patches. But as the number of patches reach a certain limit, all the patches are released as a bunch called as Service Pack.

Many times updating a software product through a Service Pack is much easier than using many patches.

Service Packs are termed as SP1, SP2, SP3 and so on.

Example: Microsoft sends Service Packs very regularly for all their Products like Windows Operating Systems like XP, Vista, Windows 7, Microsoft Visual Studio versions, Microsoft SQL Server Versions, Microsoft Office Versions etc etc.

What is PING command in Command Prompt?

Using PING command, we can determine if we can reach a host computer in Internet or not. And also, we can determine how long it takes for a roundtrip (i.e. From Source computer to Destination computer and back to source.)

Definition: PING Command is a very useful Utility to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (IP) network and to measure the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer.

PING stands for "Packet Inter-Network Groper".

How to Run PING Command?

1. Go to Start -> Run and then type cmd
2. Type ping followed by computer name or IP Address, for example type ping google.com
or type ping 209.85.231.104

If you get result like below image, then the destination computer is up and running and you are able to connect to that .

If you get  result like below image, then the destination computer is either down or not connected to internet or you are not able to connect to that.