Monday, 3 December 2012

How to unlock "godmode" in Window 7

The average computer has many, many different control settings for all the different things that it can do.  Sure, most of  these control settings do require administrative privilege to be used, but even for system administrators they can be a bit of a bother to find because of how they're "scattered" about.  Luckily, Microsoft decided to include a feature called "godmode" with it's Windows 7 operating system.

"Godmode" is a "one-stop location" for all the administrator tools, settings and control options available for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system - It is sort of like a super control panel for the OS.

Here's how you go about unlocking godmode:
  1. Right mouse click on an empty space on your desktop (it can be any where you like and not just the desktop)
  2. From the popup menu go to New and click on Folder
  3. When the New Folder is created  copy and paste the following text as the folder's name:  GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
  4. Hit Enter on the keyboard and you're done, you have now unlocked "godmode" on your computer. 
Warning:  Some of the tools or options DO require some technical know-how to use correctly, so if you're not sure what a particular option or control does it is best to either leave it alone or to find out what it does first before interfering with it.

Saturday, 1 December 2012

The NEW Website is coming...

It launches on 12-12-12 at 12:12 PM (I thought it a cool date and time...lol)

https://www.facebook.com/JaDabreo

Be one of the first one to experience it

Android, Widgets and Performance

Having too many widgets on the start screen or home screen of your Android device (smartphone or tablet) will result in a slight decrease in speed and responsiveness when you return to the start screen from say, within an application.

This slow down or lag (small though it might be on devices with faster processors)  is due to the fact that the state of the home-screen is kept in memory (RAM) when you navigate away from it to ensure that you're able to get back there as fast as possible without it having to be reloaded every time.  Sure, this is a good thing, but you will also understand why having lots of widgets there will lead to the slight drop in performance as widgets do take up quite a bit of memory to function.

If you're the proud owner of an android device you can give this a try - navigate away from your home screen with all your widgets active then return home, now remove the widgets and repeat the same action.

Please share your experience in the comment section below.