Preventing Bad Sector in Your Hard Disk

1. Do not bump your hard disk at all. The HDD may be mostly made of  metal but you have to handle them like eggs; 2. If you dont want bad sectors, never move your PC while it is onNever. Shutdown. Shutoff. Move the PC. Then turn it on. 3. Do not put anything on top of your HDD. If your gonna store it, make  sure they are in proper packaging (anti-static bags and clamshells o styro boxes). 4....

How to Restrict Some Options in Windows Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7

Following is a list of some interesting restrictions, which can be made in Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and 7. Like you can restrict Display properties, taskbar properties, folder options, etc. So I'll tell the key name and the value, that you have to create for the restriction. If the key is not present, then simply create it. NOTE: If you want to remove the restriction, then simply delete...

How To Back Up your Files Using Drive C

Does fear of losing your important data haunts you? If yes, you must read and follow this post. You can take a backup of important documents on a regular basis. This is also helpful in case there is some need of carrying your data from one computer to another. The windows backup utility is simple to use. Lets see a hands on how to take the backup for your important data. Step 1. Open My Computer....

Fixing Disabled Task Manager

My task manager has a "task manager has been disabled by the administrator" message. How did this happen and how can I correct this? Why: if you didn't do it yourself, the news isn't good. How to fix it: there are a couple of ways. Let's look at this more closely. The situation's pretty simple. If you right click on the clock in the Windows taskbar, the Task Manager item is grayed out: Or,...

Removing Flashy Virus to your Computer and USB Flash Drive

Flashy virus, also known as Troj/Glupzy-A [Sophos], W32/Glupzy-D [Sophos], is a worm type of virus that affects Windows 95 to XP systems. When the worm executes while a Flash drive is inserted, it hides all folder files on your flash drive and creates a virus type of folder with the same name as your folders. It is very irritating to remove, since it always create a new one if deleted, what's...

How to Consume Less Memory in Mozilla Firefox

When you use the computer, probably running many software, each of them needs ram memory. RAM is very important , because the faster the frequency of the RAM the faster the software runs. In this tutorial we will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it. When we do that, firefox will take up much less ram memory. Open a new tab and type in about:config in the address bar. After this...

List of Computer Terminologies/ Abbreviations

Click for information and uses IDE -Integrated Drive Electronics PATA - Parallel Advance Technology Attachment SATA - Serial Advance Technology Attachment ATAPI - Advance Technology Attachment Packet Interface USB - Universal Serial Bus FSB - Front Side Bus IEEE - Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers VGA - Video Graphics Array DVI - Digital Visual Interface HDMI - High Definition Multimedia...

How to Hide your Local Drives in Windows XP

If you want to hide local hard drive in my computer..take this following step Step 1: On desktop click start and click run (or simply press window+r in keyboard) Type "gpedit.msc" then click OK Step2: Group policy window will appear on the explorer(left side) click to expand User configuration > administrative templates >Windows Component > windows explorer on the right...

Tips For Improving Computer Process Speed

Top Ten Tips To Improve Computer System Speed 1. Let your PC boot up completely before opening any applications. 2. Refresh the desktop after closing any application. This will remove any unused files from the RAM. 3. Do not set very large file size images as your wallpaper. Do not keep a wallpaper at all if your PC is low on RAM (less than 256 MB). 4. Do not clutter your Desktop with a lot...

Install Windows XP in Less Than 15 minutes

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way. 1. Boot through Windows XP CD. 2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”. 3. Now Format...

Hide Your PC Folder Without Really Hiding it

 FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE STEPS!! 1. Right click the folder and go to Properties 2. Go to Customize Tab and Click Change Icon 3. Then find the icon with no image see screenshot below. 4. Click that blank icon and press OK. 5. Then click Apply and OK. 6. Then right click once again the folder and go to Rename or Press F2 (rename also) 7. Then follow the instruction printed on the image...