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Posted: 11 Aug 2011 12:48 AM PDT

What is Thumbs.db

When you open your Windows Explorer or Open any of your images folder, I’m sure you have notice a small file inside those folders called thumbs.db. The main purpose of this file is to speed up the showing of thumbnails when you are viewing a folder in Thumbnail view. It stores thumbnails of graphics files, certain documents and also movie files. The only disadvantage of this file is it eats up disk space. Although this file is very small if you have lots of thumbs.db files on your drive removing them will help you save valuable disk space.

Some users are annoyed by those thumbs.db files cluttering their system. So if you are one of those people that don’t want those little files littering your disk then follow the steps below to turn this feature off.

How to disable Thumbs.db in Windows XP

Open My Computer or Open any folder

On the Menu bar, Click on Tools

Click on Folder Options

Click on the View Tab

Put a check in the option “Do not cache thumbnails”

Click Ok

Close My Computer

How to disable Thumbs.db in Windows 7

Open Local Group Policy Editor by typing gpedit.msc in the search text box

Expand the User Configuration found in the left-side pane of the Editor window.

Click Administrative Templates

Under Windows Components

Click on the Windows Explorer item.

Find the setting "Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files" (see below).

To make changes, double-click on "Turn off the caching of thumbnails in hidden thumbs.db files"

Check the "Enabled" radio button and click OK

Close the Local Group Policy Editor and all those annoying those thumbs.db will disappear.

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Computer Trivia #3: The Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Do you know that the computer keyboard you are using right now began with the invention of the typewriter? The transition of the typewriter into computer keyboard was made possible by some technological development. Computer keyboard is also known as “The QWERTY keyboard”. It was invented by American inventor , Christopher Sholes.

The early computer keyboard was either a teletype machines or keypunches, and it includes a lot of electromechanical steps to be able to transmit data between keyboard and computer that slowed the process. Around late 70′s until now, all computers already been using electronic keyboards and VDTs. But the computer keyboard owes it original layout to Christopher Sholes, the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard.