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Five Ways to Combat Spyware 2008-07-23 10:51:51 Five Ways to Combat Spyware
If you want to ensure the performance of your computer comes to a screeching halt, all you have to do is ignore this column and within days your computer can become infected with some type of malware. Spyware and Viruses are often lumped into the category of malware, because there almost [...] Read more:Five Ways
Free Registry Tools Downloads 2008-07-22 09:37:17 The Windows registry is a directory that stores information about the Operating System, Software and Users for your computer. Whenever changes are made within Windows, these changes are reflected in the registry. Sometimes it is necessary to edit or tweak the registry to get rid of bits and pieces of old software that never completely [...] Read more:Registry
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Fast Shutdown Desktop Shortcut 2008-07-16 11:05:13 What is Microsoft trying to do, permanently disable us? This whole navigating to the shutdown button thing is inhumane and might even be considered torture. It takes how many clicks–two, three to shutdown a PC? Well, we’re going to help with that. Our next tip in our ongoing guide to laziness is creating a desktop icon [...] Read more:Shutdown
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Sys Internals BgInfo 2008-07-16 09:27:19 Our download today is a Sys Internals
program called BgInfo — which stands for background information. This handy program is a must for users that have multiple PCs in their home or office that have changing IP addresses through the router’s DHCP or if you just need to do remote access on a PC and [...]
Keyboard Shortcuts For Lazy People 2008-07-15 10:39:23 You’re lazy, but that’s okay. You’re allowed to be when it comes to computing. Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, right? So why type things out or go through a complicated series of mouse clicks to get simple tasks done? As your resident lazy geek, I will point out a few of the [...] Read more:Shortcuts
How to Make Invisible Desktop Shortcuts 2008-07-14 12:34:37 We’re not suggesting you have anything to hide, or that you’re trying to be sneaky. But we have a quick way for you to make specific desktop shortcuts invisible. You can then put the invisible shortcut in a certain area of the desktop and be able to access the files within by clicking what appears [...] Read more:Desktop
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Use The Group Policy Editor to Tweak Windows 2008-07-14 11:50:44 Group PolicyEditorWindows
XP users can use a powerful tool called the Local Group Policy Editor to tweak Windows XP Professional computers. This utility provides users with a graphical user interface that allows changes to be made to virtually everything in Windows. For example, you can change how Windows reacts when you press CTRL + [...] Read more:Group
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Free File Restoration Program 2008-07-13 08:38:43 Our recommended download today is Restoration, a free file recovery program that allows you to undelete files that he been deleted and removed from the recycle bin. It is a pretty straight-forward program that is easy to use. It works with NTSF and FAT files systems. The added benefit is that it also allows you [...] Read more:Program
Free Computer Software Firewall Download 2008-07-12 10:43:54 A software firewall can protect your computer from many types of attacks. It can close ports that are exploited by hackers and can monitor incoming and outgoing packets and usually allow you to specify which applications are allowed to have access and which are not. Windows XP SP2 and Vista have a firewall that is [...] Read more:Computer
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Create A Secure Password You Can Remember 2008-07-08 13:42:16 These days, our world is managed by log-ins. We have log-ins for banks, we have log-ins for websites and we even have log-ins to get into our computers. On top of that, we’re supposed to remember phone numbers and our wife’s birthday. Impossible! So, in order to stay married and secure at the same time, [...] Read more:Secure
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Change the Location of the My Documents Folder in Windows 2008-08-08 10:45:22 With the incorporation of servers in homes and small offices becoming more common, it becomes more practical to keep folders in one location for all users. For instance, users can share a single My Documents
folder on their Windows
server (or a different hard drive) that has greater capacity than the C: drive in their PC. [...] Read more:Change
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Best Way To Backup Your Data 2008-07-29 14:07:37 Time and time again, we come across poor soles that have lost data because their hard drive has failed. Invariably, much of their data has not been backed up and the result is catastrophic. You can rewrite term papers and reinstall applications, but when you lose photos of your wedding or the movie of your [...]
Download Windows XP SP3 2008-07-25 12:25:22 Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been out for a while now. If you have XP SP2 or–heaven forbid–the original version of XP, then you must obtain a copy of Windows XP SP3. There are a few ways to do this. You can simply install it on your computer through Windows Update, you can order [...] Read more:Windows
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Windows Live Mesh 2008-08-13 13:53:06 I have an announcement to make about Microsoft. Drop your mouses, people! Do not leave, because this is important and could actually benefit you. I know you haven’t been happy with Vista–even if I don’t agree with most of your complaints–I understand your fear and uncertainty when it comes to Microsoft products. But their push [...] Read more:Windows
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Autoruns Startup Manager 2008-09-12 14:23:55 Autoruns by SysInternals
Autoruns has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor and shows you what programs are configured to run at system bootup or login. It also shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
If [...] Read more:Startup
Can Seinfeld Save Microsoft’s Image? 2008-09-08 10:58:47 Seinfeld. I mean c’mon, what’s up with this Seinfeld thing with Microsoft
? Whaddayamean? Okay, it’s impossible to make a post sound like and old Seinfeld skit, but that’s what I was trying to do. Anyway, as most of us already know, Jerry Seinfeld is working with Bill Gates in some new Microsoft commercials to thwart [...] Read more:Image
SuperAntiSpyware Download 2008-09-03 08:14:26 Our recommended download today is SuperAntiSpyware. It is a thorough AntiSpyware scanner that detects spyware that most other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware claims to remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones! And from what we’ve seen so far, it does a pretty good job backing up that claim. They have a free version and [...] Read more:Download
Geometry Wars Will Be the Death Of Me 2008-08-29 11:39:53 We don’t normally latch onto viral videos on YouTube, but since I am familiar with this person and frequent the same website he does, I wanted to give him some props to help spread his great work. The song is from the recently released Geometry
Wars 2 arcade title for the Xbox360. His name is [...] Read more:Geometry Wars
Ophcrack Free Password Recovery Software 2008-08-28 13:15:15
Our download today is Ophcrack
, a free password recovery utility that is absolutely essential for any user with multiple PCs or System Administrators that need to access computers where the password is either unknown or forgotten. You can download .iso files of this program for Xp or Vista and boot to them when you start [...] Read more:Password
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Essential Computer Repair Tools 2008-08-27 13:43:27 What’s in your computer repair tool bag? Do not be fooled by those who tell you that you need the 5,000 piece high tech computer toolkit. Unless you’re building a computer chip by chip, you should customize your toolkit for fast, lightweight repair. We’ll going to list some of the most commonly used and essential [...] Read more:Essential
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Windows Defender Doesn’t Suck 2008-10-03 09:07:48 People, we’re here today to make an important announcement: WindowsDefender
doesn’t suck. Really. I feel the need to make that opening statement because it really did suck at one time. But as this spyware utility has matured, we have found that it really does do a pretty good job of removing infections while protecting [...] Read more:Windows Defender
Run CHKDSK From The Command Prompt 2008-09-23 13:22:43 CHKDSK is a Windows command that can be used to repair errors on hard drives if the integrety of the file system is corrupt, or if there is a bad sector on the hard drive. You can launch this by navigating through several Windows or you can simply launch the command prompt and initiate the check.
Go [...] Read more:Prompt
Advanced Windows Care Personal Edition 2008-09-23 08:40:42 Advanced Windows
Care
Our download recommendation today is Advanced Windows Care PersonalEdition
. This free application does what a lot of different programs do, but it is all contained in a neat package that does it all with only a couple of clicks.
Advanced Windows Care Personal Edition helps rid your system of Spyware, registry errors, clears [...]
Ironman New On DVD 2008-09-22 11:57:04 We will announce new DVD releases from time to time when a movie is released that has a heavy slant on technology, or a heavy geek following. Coming next week is Ironman
. For those who didn’t see it in theaters, it had great special effects and will look and sound fantastic in anyone’s Blu-Ray home [...]
The Dos and Don’ts of Computing 2008-09-19 09:13:37 We feel the need to occasionally publish something like this because we invariably still see these mistakes happening in the field. As technology continues to improve, it becomes more imprtant than ever to stick to the basics. Below are some of the things you should do and some of the things you should not.
DO
Do make [...] Read more:Computing
Free Screen Capture Software 2008-10-21 10:59:24 Gadwin PrintScreen
We finally found an XP equivalent to the Snip Tool in Vista. Gadwin Printscreen is easy to install and offers some setup preferences that can help you quickly take screenshots of websites, photos and even your desktop. You no longer have to take the entire screen. In Gadwin Printscreen, you have the ability to [...] Read more:Software
Norton Taking “User” Out of UAC 2008-10-13 12:56:06 Norton UAC Tool
Norton has taken the “User” out of User Account Control by offering their own handy dandy UAC Tool that promises to make the world a better place by helping users cope with all of the extra mouse clicks involved in the Vista User Account Control security feature. Is it necessary? Maybe not. Will it [...] Read more:Norton
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Add Power Programs to Your Windows Start Menu 2008-10-09 10:36:20 Give your Start
menu the power it deserves.
The average user may not have any reason to access Disk Management or the Device Manager on a consistent basis. But for the people that like to tinker, adding power shortcuts to the Start Menu makes geeking-out much faster. The shortcuts we’ll be adding today are for Disk Management, [...] Read more:Programs
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Easily View Your System Information 2008-10-07 09:50:37 For those of you who do not fear the black, murky depths of the command line, here’s a very useful tip for viewing your system information all in one convenient location. Just click Start, then Run and type cmd and hit OK. This will bring you to the command prompt. Next, type systeminfo.exe and hit enter.
This [...] Read more:Easily
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Free History Erase Program 2008-10-06 14:31:46 For those concerned about privacy, Free HistoryErase
r by Smart Soft is a quick little program that can delete history files each time you close your browser Window. This free application works great and not only removes your History, it clears the typed URLs and Auto Complete data, as well.
Download Free History Eraser here. Read more:Program
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