Category Archives: Windows

Nice excel trick

This method is a bit complicated, but does not require an add-on like the other answer. I figured this out using the info from here, but doing a different method to make it work with a column chart. Essentially, the way this works is that you create a data set which corresponds to the category… Read More »

Excel – Termometer chart

Comparing values is one of the reasons why we make charts. So today I am going to teach you a handy little trick to make a thermometer like chart to compare targets with actuals. This type of chart is very useful when you have a bunch of sales targets and you want to measure how… Read More »

Excel – Donut chart

Today lets take a stroll outside what Excel can do and make something fancy, fun and may be useful. Nowadays, many newspapers, websites and magazines are featuring info-graphics. An info-graphic is a collection of shiny, colorful & data-full charts (or often pieces of text.) In many of these info-graphics, you can see threaded-donut charts. Not… Read More »

Windows Vista/7 modify environment variable

Go to control panel -> system -> advance system settings -> environment variables -> select the desired variable and click edit. After the current value, add the new_path; For example, you have the JDK path inside the “path” variable and you want to add Perl: “C:Program FilesJavajdk1.6.0_25bin;c:Perlbin;”

Turn on/off hibernation in Windows XP

1. Right-click on the desktop and click “Properties” 2. Hit the “Screen Saver” tab 3. Then click the “Power” button under “Monitor Power” 4. Click the “Hibernation” tab, then uncheck the box next to “Enable Hibernation” 5. Press “OK” and you have just saved a load of hard drive space!

Restore Show Desktop

If the Show Desktop icon is deleted from Quick Launch, the procedure below will recreate the file. Open Notepad and enter the following text: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop Save the new file as Show Desktop.scf then drag and drop the icon on the Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to… Read More »

Enable/disable hibertaion on XP

For desktop hibernation isn’t the right chooice. It makes sense for notebooks, when you have little battery and your system goes to sleep. The hibernation stores all session data into a file Bellow is how to enable/disable hibernation Control Panel Power Option Hibernation Tab Enable/disable hibernation Cheers,