Syspanaceahttp://www.syspanacea.comTips and Tricks from Syspanacea <b>Whats is Thread testing?</b>http://www.syspanacea.com/question.aspx?id=1073 A version of component integration testing where the progressive integration of components follows the implementation of subsets of the requirements, as opposed to the integration of components by levels of a hierarchy.Manual Testing2/2/2012 7:11:43 PMSyspanacea.com <b>Enable verbose boot logging during Windows boot up sequence</b>http://www.syspanacea.com/question.aspx?id=1072 Run msconfig.exe and jump to the Boot tab. Here check options Boot log: Use this setting to create a text log of all the drivers that are loaded during startup. File is created at location notepad %SystemRoot%\ntbtlog.txt. OS boot information: Use this setting to display the drivers on the screen while booting.Windows 72/1/2012 6:10:04 PMSyspanacea.com <b>Backup your Ribbon customization settings in Office 2010</b>http://www.syspanacea.com/question.aspx?id=1071 The Ribbon on the Outlook 2010 can be customized to meet your various needs. Below are the steps to take backup of settings 1. Open the MS Office outlook application. 2. Go to the Ribbon and click File. 3. Select Options. 4. In the left pane of the Options window, select Customize Ribbon. 5. Go to the lower-right corner and click the Import/Export button. 6. Select Export all customizations from the dropdown menu. 7. Browse to the desired location that you want the file saved to and click the Save button.Microsoft Outlook2/1/2012 5:54:09 PMSyspanacea.com <b>Turn off the display of recent searches in Windows Explorer.</b>http://www.syspanacea.com/question.aspx?id=1070 If you do not want to display recent searches in Windows Explorer, then you can do this by changing policy in Local Group Policy Editor. Run gpedit.msc with elevated rights, and navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer. Double click Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box and select Enabled. Click OK and close the Group Policy Editor.Windows 72/1/2012 4:31:44 PMSyspanacea.com <b>Change the Windows Experience Index in Windows 7.</b>http://www.syspanacea.com/question.aspx?id=1069 Windows Experience Index was introduced in Windows Vista, back then the top score was 5.9. Now in Windows 7 Microsoft has increased the top score to 7.9 for balancing out some of the new recent emerging hardware like Solid State Drive, quad core, hex core CPUs and more. You can change this ranking according to your choice. Go to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore and search for Formal.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT XML file. Search for SystemScore string and change the value to a number between 1.0 and 7.9. You can also change the values that follow for the other disk scores.Windows 72/1/2012 2:13:16 PMSyspanacea.com Updated Facts:http://www.syspanacea.comGene Amdahi programmed the first operating system, for the IBM 704.9/18/2011 3:39:45 PMSyspanacea.com Disk Filler 1.0http://www.syspanacea.comDisk Filler is a utility to create file of any specified size. Focused for manual testers who want to create files of different sizes in seconds.8/30/2011 6:59:40 PMSyspanacea.com VersionChecker 1.0http://www.syspanacea.comAutomation testers, user versionChecker to compare two builds file versions, description, comments, company name and file description. Focused for Automation testers, both features snapshot and compare are command line supported.8/30/2011 6:59:12 PMSyspanacea.com Coming soon ...http://www.syspanacea.comAfter a huge success of Manual testing section, SysPanacea.com is coming up with Interview questions on SQL and Networking. Stay tuned ... 8/3/2011 3:43:17 PMSyspanacea.com