Need to stop people from accessing your control panel? Try this registry tweak for Windows 7. In a business environment, you can push this down via a group policy setting to many computers at once. But let’s say you just want to stop your children from monkeying with settings on your home pc. You can disable the control… Read More »
In this short list of 64 office and computer related pranks ought to brighten up your Aprils Fools Day. Got a good one to add? Let us know in the comments!
Been wondering about the security of your online transactions? The SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, has you covered.
Do you really want to quickly defragment your drive?, Instead of going through Start menu, programs and etc., use a simple tweak that adds Defrag to the context menu for each hard drive partition.
Manage your shares from the command prompt with built-in-to-Windows tools and leave the GUI to the noobs. There are many ways to manage shares using the graphical interface of Windows Explorer. There are some of us die-hard command prompt junkies that prefer working at the text level, however.
Keyboard shortcuts are not just for use by our differently-abled friends. They can be quite useful for those of us who have all of our digits. Keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time by putting files or commands you use often right at your fingertips.
By default, each user account in Windows XP has a standard picture (such as a chess set, a dog, or an astronaut) associated with it. If you want to make the picture more personal, you can add your own image for each account. Changing pictures is fun, and it makes it easier for young children to use your… Read More »
If you prefer to have all your folder contents displayed in a particular way, you can save yourself some time by changing the view for all the folders on your computer at once.
Ever notice how Windows Explorer will slow down a lot when accessing a folder containing media files, such a pictures, video, or music? Green bar got you down? Optimize that folder!
Need a way to reset the wallpaper to a default from a batch file? This will do the job nicely, no fuss, no muss.