Identity Theft

  When you think of theft, you usually think of someone stealing your possessions. Modern thieves have gone high-tech and they can take your money, use your credit cards, and ruin your reputation by stealing your identity. Identity theft can happen to anyone because all of our personal information is scattered in a lot of places - from online shopping websites and corporate databases to wallets and scraps of paper. Identity theft, or identity...

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Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector

Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector       Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector (formerly named Microsoft Office Outlook Connector) is a free add-in for Microsoft Outlook that allows users to access Windows Live Hotmail or Office Live Mail accounts through Microsoft Outlook....

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5 Quick Tips to Speed Up Your PC's Slow Internet Connection

Nothing's more frustrating than a slow internet connection. Sadly, there's often not much that can be done about it. A page that's slow to load usually indicates something wrong with its server, not yours, and experts say that at times of heavy virus activity – with malicious programs leaping from one machine to another – the whole internet can feel like it's crashing down. Nonetheless, while you obviously can't fix the whole internet, there...

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XP: Changing/Editing Prefetch Settings

Change settings for your prefetch folder in Windows XP. We can do this in Regedit. This is helpful when you want to make changes to prefetch or disable it completely. Computers may need this functionality disabled to get the system to run more efficiently. Once the registry editor window opens, you can chnage the way prefetch behaves by making a change in the registry Start--> Run--> Type 'Regedit'--> Enter. In the registry editor...

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5 good add-ons for Internet Explorer

These are the few addons you can consider while using Internet Explorer 1) Web of Trust - This addon is similar to McAfee Site Advisor. The Web of Trust Add-on integrates with search results pages and rates each link for safety. Green means safe Yellow means caution Red means don't visit the page. ...

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How to install wireless mouse?

Unpack the Equipment: -Installing a wireless keyboard and mouse begins with unpacking all of the equipment from the box. If you purchased this as part of a rebate program, be sure to keep the UPC from the box....

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Windows 7: Enable Run Command

Steps to Enable Run Command in Windows 7 Start menu Windows 7 is really amazing as compared to Windows Vista and Windows XP. The main feature it missed out is the RUN command shortcut in Windows 7 start menu. We all know the importance of RUN command in our daily computer usage but due to some mysterious reason it is not available in Windows 7 Start menu. Even if the start menu is doing a great job as a substitute, it’s hardly a substitute to the almighty run command. ...

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Choosing Secure Passwords

Passwords are your protection against fraud and loss of confidential information. Below are some tips on choosing Secure Passwords:  Make your password as long as possible The longer a password is, the harder it is to guess or to find by trying all possible combinations (i.e., a brute force attack). Passwords of 14 characters or more are vastly more difficult to crack. Use different types of characters Include numbers, punctuation marks, symbols,...

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Configuring a Mother Board Which Uses Jumpers

Configuring a Mother Board Which Uses Jumpers You need to have the manual for your board available. If you do not have the manual, log on to the manufacturer’s web site and see if you can find this info there. You can also try their tech support via phone. In some cases, too, some of the jumper settings are printed onto the surface of the motherboard. If you don’t have any of this info, you are just out of luck. Unfortunately, you must have some...

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Outlook 2007: Quick Flags

Outlook 2007 makes some improvements to the Quick Flag feature. Outlook 2003 provided six colored flags. Unfortunately, you couldn’t customize the names of those flags. A purple flag was always a purple flag, even if you used it for items related to your department budget. Outlook 2007’s flags are arranged by date. You can flag an item for Today, Tomorrow, This Week, or Next Week, or you can create a custom flag. Outlook 2007’s Mail view still contains...

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Managing calendar in Outlook 2007

Managing Your Calendar Many Office applications now use what's called the "Ribbon," which is a series of buttons with text labels that expose the important functions of Office. ...

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Fake virus alerts (Rogue Software)

Rogue security software, also known as "scareware," is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading alerts, or attempts to lure users into participating in fraudulent transactions. What is rogue software?...

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Windows 7: How to get the Quick Launch bar back?

Windows 7's new taskbar functions as a program launcher as well as task switcher. As a result, the old Windows XP style Quick Launch bar, the area on the left side of the taskbar that contained shortcuts for frequently used programs, has been banished. However, if you really miss the little applet, you can add it back.    ...

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Clean Up Disk Errors in Windows 7

Run once a week Whenever a program crashes or you experience some power outage, your computer may create errors on its hard disk. Over time, the errors can slow your computer. Luckily, the Windows operating system includes a Disk Check program to check and clean any errors on your computer and to help keep it running smoothly. For Windows  7 User's: 1. Click the Start button, and then click Computer. 2. Right-click the hard disk drive...

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