Reset Windows Live Account Password

Windows Live is a unified account offered by Microsoft to provide a multitude of services in one account like Hotmail, Messenger, Skydrive etc. These free services are great but you will not be able to use them if your forget your password to your Windows Live account. In case you have forgotten your Windows Live account password, then you can always reset its password.

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Automatically Update SysInternals Tools Using Robocopy

The SysInternals tools from Microsoft, like Autoruns, Process Explorer etc., are very popular among Windows system administrators. These tools give you the power to control and manage many different parts of Windows system with ease. The SysInternals tools are updated from time to time in order to fix bugs and introduce new features. The only possible way to update your collection of SysInternal tools is to download them individually and copy them to your folder where you have these tools.

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Reset Zoom Level for New Windows and Tabs in Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer supports zooming in and zooming out on any webpage. Typically, you can press the shortcut keys Ctrl + and Ctrl – to zoom in and zoom out respectively. By default the zooming settings apply to all the new tabs and windows that you would open after applying zoom settings. But if you only want to zoom a single web site and not any other site that you would open later, then this is going to be a problem.

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Protect Your Mac with Free Sophos Antivirus

Many of the Mac lovers seem to believe that viruses can only hit Windows based computers and Mac is virtually safe from any malware infection. Even though security experts had not seen Mac infections earlier but this is not the case anymore. More and more Macs are becoming infected with malware. Seeing this new trend, the leading security vendor Sophos has released an antivirus for Mac called the Sophos Antivirus for Mac. It is free for home use.

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Recover Deleted Files Using Recuva

Have you deleted an important file only to realize it a minute later? Have you emptied your Recycle Bin only to find out that there was some file you wanted? Well, do not sit there biting your finger. Download Recuva – a free software which can help your recover your deleted or lost files and folders from your computer, pen drives, digital camera or MP3 players.

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How to Start Windows 7 in the Safe Mode

Sometimes for the sake of fixing our Windows based computer, we have to boot our computer in the safe mode. The safe mode in Windows 7 is a diagnostic mode – a special way to start Windows so that we can fix things that we cannot in the normal mode. The safe mode is very useful in fixing the malware infected computers.

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Find How Many Times You Have Visited a Site in Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is an amazing web browser. Not only it makes the Internet browsing a great experience, but also gives many useful statistics about our web browsing patterns. For example, Firefox can show you how many times you have visited a web site prior to today. This information can be surprising to you as there are web sites that you might have visited for more than a thousand times.

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Installing Unsigned Drivers in Windows 7

When you try to install an unsigned driver in Windows 7, you are given a warning that the driver is unsigned and so cannot be installed. This is frustrating as some of the devices you buy online come with unsigned drivers and Windows 7 will not let them install on your computer. The only way you can install an unsigned driver in Windows 7 is to disable integrity check at boot time.

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Test Your Password Strength Using McAfee Password Analyzer

Sometimes we just pick up very easy or small password out of laziness. But choosing an easy to guess
password may cost you way more than you can think. McAfee is offering a free password analyzer tool
using which you can test if your password is strong enough. This tool is not only checks the strength
of your password but also suggests various means to protect yourself with a strong password which is
not easy to crack.

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