Top Windows Annoyances: Drag Drop fail!!

 

Well, if you have been a dedicated windows X (substitute X with XP/2003/7/8 and so on…) user like I have been all this while (by choice or circumstance) you must have faced this issue once in a while.

You are working on something suddenly the Windows shell stops responding to your drag ‘n’ drop actions. Just.Like.That. Awesome isn't it?

Chances are, you may have been hit by some malware or something similarly obnoxious. This is a long and emotionally troubling scenario.

But before you jump your horses, the next possible thing which could correct this could be a system reboot and I am sure it’ll work after that. Yes it will.

But what if it happens to you again?

The logical next step (short of an anti-malware scan) would be closing all the open applications and all MS stable stuff. Any luck? No I suppose not! So WTF is this anyways?

If you are stuck in the XP era, try this -
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

But if you have been already graduated to Windows 7 32/64 bitthis won’t help.

But then, here is the beauty solution! Just follow these steps -

Press and release (hit) the escape key.

There, you just did it, and now it works!

Just what the hell happened? But it works now.

So now you know how to fix it: Press ‘ESC’!

Incase this ESC trick is now up-to your standard or does nothing, try pressing the ALT / CTRL AND Windows Key buttons several times You can also have a stuck keyboard syndrome! this should solve it though.

I would be covering this small tit-bit in Experts Exchange soon, Stay tuned for the same!

I couldn’t help adding this from the yester-years product promotion exercise!

Ha! So much for 2012! Not much change, it still breaks often!

Imagine THAT MICRO$OFT!!

2012, here we come!

So before I forget, here’s wishing you all…

A

very

happy

2012!

Lets hope we are all around to appreciate it though!

2011 in Science–The biggest breakthroughs of 2011

If you are as passionate about science and tech like I am, hit this link for io9‘s version of -

Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011

And as for 2012, its going to be an interesting year ahead as well!

Enjoy!

2011 in IT...what do you think?

Now that 2011 is rolling out the end credits, it's time to sit back, and evaluate how the year went FTW.  And how was it for IT?

If there is one term which can describe the year's overall feel it is 'upheaval' which has lead to sinking to the known giants and rising of the NKOBs.

We all may be having different view for this, but here is what the Computer weekly editor says about it.

And as for the 2012, it is going to be much more interesting than 2011 as we already know, we live in interesting times.

Funniest in 2011 @ GIFs!

Take it or leave it. But we still feel some of that childish glee, when we see those mesmerizing, animated GIFs here and there!

Anyways, here is a link which will take you through the journey of the funniest GIFs of 2011.

Enjoy!

The coming year for Smartphones!

Well, if anyone has has its share of technology explosion this (going) year, its the micro-processor! And the best usage of the same is when it is available in a small package. I am referring to the latest and greatest mobile phones a.k.a the smartphones.

Leading the pack this year has been the Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II with the Samsung's very own Exynos Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 implementation.

Although Apple has been trying to keep up with the Android popularity and O.S. feature versatility, (which, quite frankly is a two edged sword in the Android arena), the scales are now slowly tilting in the favor of the open-source.

The next year promises the processor war to upscale to quad-core levels (although different views exist).

The expectation is from something called as Galaxy S3 (which is a 'Samsung' no-brainer as it comes after 2, right? :-))

The S3 promises the world, and more. For a sneak preview and a look @ the expected configuration (best taken with a grain spoonful of salt) , refer here for the expected specs and here for beefier details.

Quad-gimmick or not, I hope the wait should be worth it (if you can survive without the S2 till the S3 is here, i.e.)
If you already have an S2, fear not, here is something which will advice on what to do with it, once you have your S3! Uhh! Will there never be an end to this 'bought today/obsolete tomorrow' lunacy?

I hope not ;-)