appwiz.cpl

Have you ever thought of having a short cut to open your Programs and Features tab (Add remove programs) in control panel to uninstall application?  If you have not found your own way just try appwiz.cpl in run window (below Vista) or in the Search Prorams an Files (Vista or after).

There are some more shortcuts like this for a list goto the below location and filter by .cpl files.
[Install drive]:\Windows\System32

Hard disk partitioning in Win 7

My requirement was very simple which I used to get very easily using Partition Magic in Win 98 and XP.But now it is Windows 7 which contains a bunch of tools to help us to get rid of third parties.

Coming to my requirement.I have a 80GB HDD in my desktop where I had partitioned 10GB –C:,10GB-d:,10GB-E: and remaining in F: drive. C: for windows ,d: for program installation , e: for learning materials and my projects and finally F: for entertainment.This worked well with previous Win98 and XP.But when I came into Win7 the windows installation itself took around 9GB in c: hence the system started crying after few days.So decided to free up some space in f: by deleting some movies and and give that space to c:.

Simple.Isn’t it.I started with the Disk Management tool in Win 7 but soon realized that my requirement will not be served using that tool.The tool is nice .We can create ,delete and shrink partitions.But can’t move a partition.In other words we can’t do without data loss.We can increase size of the drive if there is vacant space nearby.

As usual started googling and saw some tools are not up to date with Win 7 and some are again paid.After spending some more time I got the below tool which is free and allows me to move data as well as manage partitions.

http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/

I would say this is Win 7 disk management + partition mover.

Setting Airtel Mobile office in Win 7 though Nokia 5300

It was a big question,which connection I should take in my home.Since my home is in a village the options are very limited.Finally I came to the BSNL's 500C plan which combines Home phone rent + 1.5GB internet traffic + Night unlimited only @ 500+modem rent.
I applied for the coneection and things were fine until the local exchange people told me the heart breaking fact.That exchange is running out of broadband slots I have to wait until somebody terminate their internet connection.
Again the search for net connection started.Reliance is providing net through wireless cards.But I have to purchase device for the small period and the rent is too high for a CDMA connection.Our cable provider (Asianet) has internet facility.But that is not available in my locality.Finally decided to activate Airtel Mobile Office in my mobile.
It is just 250/Month for unlimited usage.Speed is less.But due to the situation, I selected it.But after activating Airtel Mobile office, I came to know so many setting in my computer and mobile.Its too complicated I think.
Steps to activate Airtel Mobile Office and use in Win 7 computer through Nokia 5300 Express

1. Call Airtel customer care in 121 and ask them to activate Mobile office.They will ask some questions about the account before activation.
2. Some times it will take 24 hours to get the activation message and settings as per airtel.For me it took around 20 hours.
3. Save the settings which are received in the mobile.
4. In the mobile
1. Goto Settings->Connectivity->Packet Data->Packet Data settings->Edit active access point
2. Set Alias to Airtel.This name can be anything.Remember the name because we have to set this in some other place.
3. Select Packet data access pt.Give the address airtelgprs.com there.
4. Change the active access point to Airtel.(Or the name you gave in step 4.)
5. Install the Nokia PC suite if you havn't installed.This will install the Nokia phone modem.
   
6.  Go to control panel and open the Phone and Modem Dialog .If you can't get the way to open the dialog directly, search for the "Modem" keyword at right side search box while you are in control panel.
   
7. Open Modem Tab.There will be an entry for the Nokia 5300 modem.
8. Select the modem and click on properties.
9. In the advanced tab there will be "Extra initialization commands filed".Give AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”airtelgprs.com”.
10. If you can't edit that field, goto the General tab and click on the "Change settings" button.(Win7 security)
11. Now click on the Network icon present in the system tray.The popup shows the new modem.
12. Right click and connect.Give *99***1# as dialing number.Leave user name and password fileds blank.
13. Done.The icon will change as connected.Enjoy browsing.
    

Since Win 7 is having new interface I will be adding images as soon as possible.

Using Win7 specific features

Virtual Hard Drive
How to Create a Windows 7 VHD at Boot to Start with from Boot
Boot from a VHD using Windows 7
Dual boot
Installing Linux in a Win7 VHD

Installed Win7 and new features

Finally I installed the Win7 yesterday the new operating system from Microsoft.The machine was a AMD Athlon 4000 with 2GB Ram.And it is performing fine
Here are some of the features I noted immediately after installing

• Better than Vista in performance
• Virtual hard disk drive mounting support
• Multitouch support
• IE8
• Media player 12
• Virtual PC
• New task bar navigation

Now its Win7 RC build it will expire on June 1 2010. Try yourself by downloading from here.