All Posts Tagged With: "Windows"
Free Firewall For Windows PCs
Every broadband user needs a decent firewall. Going online without one is tantamount to suicide.
Windows XP and higher has a respectable firewall, but it can be improved upon. Luckily there’s a good free one in PC Tools Firewall Plus from the makers of Spyware Doctor.
PC Tools Firewall Plus is much more than a [...]
Get Vista Aero Effect on Windows XP
Windows Vista has been out for nearly a year and personally I love it, but there are many people out there who are happy with Windows XP.
If you are one of those many people, but you’d still like to get Vista’s Aero effect then you should install Shock Aero. This free utility will add [...]
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows Vista
Vista is a great operating system, but unless you have a better than average PC it can run at a snails pace, and even if you do have a decent machine, Vista might not be the quickest out of the blocks.
If you are determined to run Vista and you want to crank some more speed [...]
How To Add A FTP Server To Windows Explorer
Anyone who manages a website at some point has to use a FTP client to upload and download files to their server. Although these aren’t too difficult to use once you get the hang of things, adding the FTP server to Windows Explorer can make it easier to upload and download files.
CyberNetNews have put [...]
KeyXL - Every Keyboard Shortcut You Could Ever Need
Keyboard shortcuts can be very useful, particularly if you’re a laptop use and don’t have a mouse. If you use an application regularly then learning useful keyboard shortcuts will not only allow you to work much faster, then can even unlock additional functionality.
The problem is some program instructions don’t lay out their shortcuts in [...]
How To Remove The Skype Worm
There’s a nasty worm burrowing it’s way around Skype. The w32/Ramex.A virus virus sends a message to other skype users containing a picture, which if clicked on will infect the recipients machine, where the virus is sent again.
If you’re running a good AV system then you should be protected. If not, then here’s [...]
Stop Applications Automatically Starting With Vista
I get so annoyed when I install applications only to find that other programs are installed in the background and set to run automatically at startup, without asking my permission. Major culprits are QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat, iTunes and anything from Logitech.
If you want to stop applications running at startup with Windows Vista, there are [...]
Delete Empty Folders With Remove Empty Directory
Sometimes things that are free are so good, you feel guilty not paying. Take Remove Empty Directory (RED) that I discovered via TechBuzz. This free program finds all the empty folders on your PC and deletes them.
This may not sound very useful as empty folders don’t take up any Hard Drive space, but over time [...]
Tweak Windows With XdN Tweaker
There are many 3rd party utilities out there that let you tweak Windows, but XdN Tweaker, which works with Windows XP, Vista and 2003, is a bit different as it focused on those tweaks that aren’t that well known. For instance, Martin from gHacks discovered that the following tweaks were available:
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Copy Handler: Speed Up File Transfers
Copying files between folders, drives or PCs can be painfully slow with Windows file transfer service. If you regularly move big files around you may want to give Copy Handler a try as it can move files up to 6-7 times faster.
Copy Handler program is a small tool designed for copy/move files and folders [...]
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