The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

How To Create Boot-able USB For Almost All OS?

With the advent of ultra portable laptops, optical drives are becoming a thing of the past. Although not having optical drives allows manufacturers to make lighter devices, it causes problems to users when they want to fresh install operating systems, as most of them are still available in the form of CDs, DVDs and downloadable ISOs. For users of these devices, the only option then remains is to … [Read more...]

How To Enable The Hidden Admin Account On Windows 8, 8.1, 7 and XP?

Windows automatically creates an Administrator account with elevated privileges during the installation process. We mostly need to access it to perform tasks limited only to system Administrators. These are tasks performing which result in the UAC asking for confirmation even if you are using an account with administrative privileges. The elevated Administrator account is disabled by default in … [Read more...]

How To Recover Permanently Deleted Files On Windows PC?

Have you ever deleted a file that you did not wish to and wanted to recover it but did not find it in the recycle bin? You probably deleted it permanently with Shift+Delete or emptied the Recycle Bin. Now what? Don't worry, you may still have a chance to get it back. This article lists some free software that can recover deleted files from your hard drive or any other storage device instantly.But … [Read more...]

BBM is now on Android Wear

BlackBerry announced that Android Wear support will soon be coming to BBM, and we went wrist-on to check out how it works. And, well, it works almost exactly like you'd expect. You get all the appropriate notifications on your connected Android Wear smartwatch (in this case it was demoed on a Moto 360), and the ability to reply.BBM takes advantage of a lot of what's built in to the Android Wear … [Read more...]

Palm Is back

TCL is resurrecting the Palm brand with a brand-new Palm, Inc. based in California. As we reported last week, TCL purchased the Palm brand from HP late last year, although at the time it wasn't clear what the company had planned. It's not at all clear what TCL intends to do with the Palm brand, although they seem to recognize the history that the brand carries.Says TCL:Palm has always carried a … [Read more...]

Cogito Smartwatches Is To Get Activity Monitoring Feature

Hot on the heels of its announcement of the new Cogito Fit connected watch this week, Hong Kong-based CONNECTEDEVICE has announced a new activity monitoring feature coming to its CONNECTED WATCH app and current line of COGITO CLASSIC and POP watch models.Here are the features that the CONNECTEDEVICE says you can look forward to with its new activity tracking feature: With the Activity Monitor … [Read more...]

Top 10 Free Android Games 2014?

Did you just pick up a new Android device? Maybe you’re looking for a new, cheap way to kill time? You’re in luck - we’ve got some games here that look and play great on the big and small screen alike, and they’re all available for the low, low price of free.It’s worth keeping in mind that just about all of these employ in-app purchases of some kind or another. We know there are plenty of you that … [Read more...]

How To Convert Text To Voice In Windows PCs?

Now you can convert any text message in your pc into a voice message. So, today I am going to tell you how you can convert a text msg to a voice message without using any tool.First you have to open notepad.Then you have to write the following as given below:Dim msg, sapimsg=InputBox(“your word”)Set sapi=CreateObject(“sapi.spvoice”)sapi.speak msgYou have not to copy the code written  above as it … [Read more...]