The popular Russian anti-virus software vendor, Kaspersky, offers Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 2010 for free personal use. It is is a utility designed to remove all types of threats from infected computer systems. It uses the same detection algorithms and virus definitions as realized in the commercial Kaspersky anti-virus software.
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Add items to desktop right-click menu in Windows 7
When you right-click on the Windows Desktop, you see a pop-up menu which shows various options you can choose. You can also add your own custom shortcut to an application, a command or website URL to the right-click menu of the Desktop.
Read moreUnhide the administrator account in Windows XP
In the 32-bit editions of Windows XP, there is a default built-in admin account named Administrator. But as soon as you setup another user account, this Administrator account gets hidden and not shown in User Accounts in Control Panel. But you can easily unhide this account.
Read moreTurn on Remote Desktop in Windows 7
Remote Desktop Connection allows you to sit at a computer and connect and use a remote computer in a different location. For someone to be able to connect to your computer through Remote Desktop, you must have enabled Remote Desktop connections on your computer. Although Remote Desktop is turned off in Windows 7 by default, but you can turn it on easily.
Read moreTurn off tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer 9
The tabbed browsing has become a standard feature in modern browsers. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 also has the tabbed browsing turned on by default. If you like the old school browsing with each site in its own browser window, then you can turn off the tabbed browsing feature.
Read moreAdd Emsisoft Commandline Scanner to right-click menu
It is always a good idea to scan your files (especially the downloaded files over the internet and the USB sticks your friends bring) with more than one antivirus software products. Even if you have one resident antivirus program installed on your computer, you can still add Emsisoft Commandline Scanner to the right-click context menu to give you the option to scan with it.
Read moreAdd Take Ownership to right-click menu in Windows Vista
If you have to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows Vista, then you have to go through many steps. But you can add the whole series commands to the right-click context menu so that you can just right-click on a file or folder and choose Take Ownership to take the ownership of the selected item.
Read moreAutoscan an inserted USB stick for viruses
These days computer viruses are spreading mainly through two mediums – the internet (web pages, emails and infected software etc.) and the USB sticks. USB sticks can carry autorun viruses which execute as soon as you insert the USB stick. The infamous Conficker worm, first found in 2009, spreads both through the internet and the USB stick. But do not worry, now you can automatically scan and remove all viruses on a USB stick as soon as it is inserted in your computer.
Read moreChange time servers in Windows Vista
Windows Vista uses online time servers to keep the correct time on your computer. Windows queries these times servers for current time and corrects the time on your computer regularly. Windows uses its own time servers (time.windows.com) to query the time. Unfortunately, these Microsoft servers do not work always and can be slow to respond. But you can change the time servers to faster and free time servers available on the internet.
Read moreChange speakers configuration in Windows Vista
How a music file is played in a Windows Vista based multimedia computer, depends upon how you have configured your speakers connected to the computer. The speakers may be configured as simple stereo, quadraphonic, 5.1 surround sound etc. (depending on the capabilities of your audio hardware). Here is how you can change the configuration of the speakers in Windows Vista.
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