Published on Friday, May 21, 2010 by admin A new malware is making the round on Internet specifically targeting Windows operating system users. The malware attacks Windows users on the core of the system – activation. The malware is a Trojan horse or randomware that pretends to be a Windows Activation program, and it locks up Windows with claims that user is running a pirated version of Windows although it�...

Published on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by admin Computers are like pets – they need care. We all want our computer to be fast, efficient, and responsive, but when it starts slowing down, most people just get mad at it. Well, don’t. Just give it some good care. The maintenance tips in this article will help you make your XP computer faster, safer, and more stable. Reduce recycle bin size Nowadays hard d...

Published on Sunday, May 16, 2010 by admin If you’re experiencing slow shutdowns and log offs on your Windows XP, this trick will help you. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Instead of accessing the shutdown menu via Start->Turn Off Computer, open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Press “Shut Down” at the top of the Task Manager and choose what you want your Windows XP to do: Stand By ...

Published on Saturday, May 15, 2010 by admin Whether you are doing graphics/web design work or just taking screenshots, it’s often very difficult to move the mouse precisely enough to select pixels the way you’d like, so I went looking for a solution. There’s a number of methods you can use, from configuring the default mouse settings, to enabling Mouse Keys to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard, ...

Published on Friday, May 14, 2010 by admin File indexing is a Windows service that like many others, is totally useless – unless you do a lot of searching on your computer. As most users don’t, it’s a good idea to disable it to speed up actions like opening and closing files and folders on your Windows XP. [ad#300x250_image_ads] To disable the Indexing Service: Go to “My Computer” and right ...

Published on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by admin Let’s get straight to the point. This Windows XP registry tweak will make your system boot much faster. How much? I can not say exactly how much faster, since it all depends on your computer specifications (processor, RAM, hard-drive and stuff like that…), but from my experience, this tweak decreased the time to boot-up for about 9-10 seconds. Now you see ho...

Published on Thursday, May 13, 2010 by admin Did it happen to you sometimes, when you are in a big rush and want to do something fast on your computer but things don’t go so fast and smooth? It’s because of all those windows and applications opened on your desktop, and you want to minimize them, move them, close them and so on… That’s pretty time consuming and when you’re in such a big rush, it can be ...

Published on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by admin One way to speed up your Internet browsing experience is using a faster DNS server. Today we take a look at Namebench, which will compare your current DNS server against others out there, and help you find a faster one. [ad#300x250_image_ads] Namebench Download the file and run the executable (link below). Namebench starts up and will include the current D...

Published on Saturday, May 1, 2010 by admin There could be many occasion that you would like to schedule PC shutdown at a predefined intervals or under certain conditions without relying on manual reset. Even though there are many solutions out there but in case you are still looking around, here is a simple utility that you can try. Named as Shutdown Timer, it is a free utility that enables users to configure ...

Published on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 by admin Do you have too many icons on the desktop, having trouble finding your files covering most of your desktop wallpaper  ? Fences in action Maybe you need a program to organize your icons into neat little groups like programs, shortcuts, latest changes. This is what Fences does. It groups your icons into transparent windows which you can drag and hide to make ...

Published on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by admin Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is the next version of popular web browser from Microsoft. Although IE 8 is the new version of web browser, which replacing IE7, it appears that there may lots of compatibility issue with IE8. Among the main complaint about IE8 is frequent crash, freeze, hang, not responding, or has stopped working while browsing web pages, sometimes ...

Published on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by admin Your safest bet is to move the OE Mail Store to a new folder, on a different partition, if available and export a few Registry keys to back up all your settings. 1) In Outlook Express, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance. Select the Store Folder button. Change the location of the OE Mail and News store folder to a drive/partition/folder that will not be affected by t...