September 04, 2007 by
Jason
One of the most wanted factors in a daily use software is the ability to be opened in a lightning speed. Download many e-book in .pdf format and read them frequently? You might feel that the loading process that Adobe Reader took to load the file is quite long. The cause is, the software takes more cpu cycles to load plugins that let us do various functions. So, if you want to speed things up you can try to use this method: Read More»
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Malware refers to any software that secretly infiltrates and damages a computer system without the informed consent of the owner. Despite the use of anti-virus and anti-spyware software, malware can still affect even careful users. One of the stated goals of the Microsoft Windows Vista release is to greatly improve the overall security of the Windows operating system and curb the impact of malware. To this end, Microsoft redesigned both the least user and administrative accounts on Vista; the result is perhaps the most secure version of Windows in the age of the Internet.
The concept of least user or standard user accounts has been a part of Windows releases for many years. Read More»
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A lot of Web sites these days require you to use the Windows Media Player program for playing audio and video content that is actually embedded on the site. Now, if a user is using Internet Explorer, this works flawlessly, most of the time. However, the real problem arises when accessing that kind of content on a non-Microsoft browser. You know, like the ever popular Mozilla Firefox, for instance.
Standard Windows Media Player plug-in files are included with most of the Windows operating systems and they are usually automatically detected by the Firefox browser. However, in Vista and at times on some of the other Windows systems, the files are missing. This means that if you access any Web sites that have embedded multimedia content, you will receive an error that tells you it’s a case of an invalid or missing plug-in. You will then be instructed to reinstall Windows Media Player, which still doesn’t solve your problem. Read More»
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To keep legacy apps running, Vista lets them pretend to write to their familiar file locations often under their installation folder in \Program Files or in \Windows itself. INI files, data files, templates, or even music might wind up there.
But when you go to look for those files, you won’t find them! Vista actually stores the files in a “Virtual Store” under the AppData store in your user folder. Fortunately, you don’t need to hunt around for the files, just turn on “Compatibility Files” in Explorer. When you browse to a folder that has these hidden files, you’ll see a Compatibility Files toolbar button. Read More»
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A good gift PC represents the bare minimum of what you should do to get your computer ready for a new home. Fortunately, that doesn’t take much time, effort, or money. It essentially involves removing your data files thoroughly and clearing out basic network settings.
You won’t have any access to files on a PC that leaves your possession, so if you haven’t already copied them off its hard drive, you’ll need to do so before you delete them. The My Documents folder is where most of your files live, but if you have multiple Windows users, there’s a My Documents folder for each one. If you use AOL, you probably have personal files in its Downloads folder. Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax put their data files in unusual locations you should double-check: Quicken uses C:\Quickenw, C:\Program Files\Quickenw, or C:\Program Files\Intuit\Quicken. QuickBooks data files live in C:\Program Files\Intuit\Quickbooks. TurboTax usually stores its files in the TAX01 folder inside the default installation folder; search for files with a .tax extension to be sure. Read More»
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