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How to turn off DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Windows

akishore — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:13:53 +0000

Data Execution Prevention, otherwise known as DEP, is a set of technologies incorporated into Windows XP SP2 and later that prevents code from being run in certain regions of memory that are for storage. This helps to prevent all kinds of attacks and exploits that would normally be able to run freely on your system. [...]

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How to turn off DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in Windows

How to set preferred Wi-Fi networks in Windows XP

bcarigtan — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:35:48 +0000

If you travel a lot and use a lot of different WIFI networks, sometimes you will want to set a list of preferred networks to automatically join. The main reason is security, you would not want to connect to a WIFI that you don’t trust, especially if you need to visit sites that contain your [...]

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How to set preferred Wi-Fi networks in Windows XP

Send Ctrl-Alt-Delete in a remote desktop session

akishore — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:37:45 +0000

Remote Desktop is a nifty little windows feature that allows you to remotely connect to another PC and manage it as if you were physically at the console. You can read my previous post on how to setup remote desktop in Windows XP. When connecting to another machine, just about all keyboard actions are transmitted [...]

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Send Ctrl-Alt-Delete in a remote desktop session

How to setup a VPN connection to your corporate network [VIDEO]

akishore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:58:06 +0000

If you have an office job like I do, your company probably has a VPN (Virtual Private Network) setup so that you can access network drives at your office while working at home. Personally, I never ask about VPNs because it eventually means you’ll work 8 hours and the office and then more at home! [...]

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How to setup a VPN connection to your corporate network [VIDEO]

How to use the MS Office research capabilities

bcarigtan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:11:35 +0000

MS Office Office 2003 had integrated a research button on the interface of Word, Excel, OneNote, Outlook and Powerpoint. The tool will let you search for word definitions, stock quotes, and more in-depth sources like the Encarta Encyclopedia. To start using this functionality on MS Office 2003, click the Research button under the Tools menu: [...]

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Turn off or remove “Your computer might be at risk” in Windows XP

akishore — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:43:47 +0000

I recently reformatted my computer because it was running slow and after installing all updates and programs, I started getting that annoying message that started in Windows XP SP2, which is: Your computer might be at risk. Antivirus software might not be installed. It’s fine if you don’t know how to use a computer or [...]

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Turn off or remove “Your computer might be at risk” in Windows XP

How to create a system restore point manually in XP

akishore — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:23:40 +0000

If you are about to update a driver on your computer or install a new program, it’s probably a good idea to create a System Restore point just in case something goes wrong. It’s a great way to backup your registry and ensure that you can return to a normal operating state if it becomes [...]

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How to create a system restore point manually in XP

Set affinity for a program via Task Manager in Windows XP

akishore — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:39:15 +0000

If you have a computer with more than one processor, you can set Windows processes to use different processors in order to make a program run faster or to isolate a particular program that uses a lot of processing power. This is called processor affinity. For example, let’s say you like to rip DVDs, convert [...]

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Set affinity for a program via Task Manager in Windows XP

How to prevent shutdown of a Windows XP computer

akishore — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:39:16 +0000

If you’re looking for a way to prevent people from shutting down or logging off your Windows XP machine, you’ve come to the right place. Whatever your reason may be, it’s pretty easy to remove all options for shutting down or logging off a computer. In Windows XP, there are several ways to shut down [...]

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How to prevent shutdown of a Windows XP computer

How to change default picture viewer in Windows

akishore — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:39:30 +0000

By default, when I double-click on a picture in Windows, it is opened with Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer! That’s nice, but I would rather it open with a different photo viewing program, such as Photoshop, GIMP, etc. If this problem annoys you also, there is a simple way to change the default photo display [...]

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How to change default picture viewer in Windows

Fix Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator error

akishore — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:38:30 +0000

If you’ve recently tried to open the Windows Registry and were presented with the message” “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator”, then you’re not alone! You can get this message for several reasons and sometimes will not be able to run regedit unless you are an Administrator. Most of the time you will [...]

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Fix Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator error

Improve the quality of help and support in XP

mysticgeek — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:29:35 +0000

The Help and Support Center in Windows XP has never been the greatest resource for trying to troubleshoot complicated issues. First Open Help and Support by clicking on Start >> Help and Support. The Help and Support Center window will open up. From here under the Pick a task header click on Use Tools to [...]

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Improve the quality of help and support in XP

Automatically log into Windows XP

mysticgeek — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:29:39 +0000

Logging into Windows every time you restart your PC can be quite annoying. This is especially true if several restarts are required when installing updates or new software applications. One way to achieve this is to use the Windows Power Toy Tweak UI as explained in one of my previous posts. The same can also [...]

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Automatically log into Windows XP

Make all folders have the same view in Windows XP

mysticgeek — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:30:07 +0000

One annoyance I see in XP is the different views in each folder as your navigating through explorer. When looking for that really hard to find specific folder or file, having varying views usually is not all that efficient. We can easily correct this annoyance in XP by making the views in all folder the [...]

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Make all folders have the same view in Windows XP

How To Customize The Start Menu In XP

mysticgeek — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:34:49 +0000

There are several ways we can customize the start menu in XP to work more efficiently. We can customize it to take up less real estate on the screen, Stop annoying popup messages, customize the look and feel, etc. The first thing I would like to look at is stopping XP from highlighting newly installed [...]

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How To Customize The Start Menu In XP