Tag Archives: Applet

How To Hide Specific Windows 8 Control Panel Tools Or Applets [Tip]

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Windows 8, just like previous versions of Windows, displays all the installed system tools and default applets in Control Panel, and doesn’t provide a convenient option for system administrator to hide/remove Control Panel applets for standard users. Although Windows implements strict security policies to prevent standard and guest users from gaining access to system utilities and changing default settings, it doesn’t secure some Control Panel applets, which can be used to make system-wide level changes. For instance, Windows native uninstaller may be used to uninstall almost any application or system program. Likewise, Personalization applet can be used to modify default Window Aero theme file. In this post, we will use Local Group Policy Editor to hide some Control Panel applets from Windows 8 Control Panel. This will hide all the specified tools from Control Panel, restricting standard and guest from accessing them. Read More

How To Close A Stuck Program In Ubuntu Linux

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You are probably familiar with Ctrl + Shift + Esc hotkey in Windows which is the way of terminating the applications which are misbehaving or are hanged. So what will you do if you encounter such a situation on Ubuntu ? Read More

Make Your Gnome Desktop More Useful With Screenlets

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If you are one of those users who spends a lot of time on his/her Ubuntu desktop, then you should add some small applets on your desktop which will take care of the common daily routine tasks in order to provide you convenience. If you use KDE then you may use widgets to add some commonly used applications/applets to your desktop. For GNOME users, Screenlets serve the same purpose and allow you to add some common apps like the calculator, clock, calendar, Rss feed, Appmenu, etc to your desktop. Scereenlets are very easy to install in the latest versions of Ubuntu Linux, simply go though the following steps to achieve it. Read More

Disable Auto Sleep To Prevent Laptop From Sleeping In Ubuntu

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Let me first introduce to you the role of  Applets in Ubuntu. Applets are small, single-purpose programs which reside in the panel. They can be used to perform any task like monitoring particular aspects of your computer, or to provide useful information about other computers on the networks, etc. Read More