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 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 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 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 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 moreCreate XPS documents in Windows Vista
Microsoft has created the XPS format of documents as an alternative to the popular PDF document format. Most of the documents available from Microsoft’s site are also available in XPS and PDF format both. Windows Vista has a built in XPS document viewer. In Windows Vista, you can convert any other document into the XPS format easily.
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.
Read moreCapture a web page in Google Chrome
How many times you want to capture a web page and save it as an image? Now you can capture a portion of a web page or the complete web page and save it as an PNG image using the Screen Capture extension in Google Chrome.
Read moreFind the time spent on websites in Google Chrome
Some of us are very bad internet addicts and spend a lot of time browsing the internet. What is worse is that we do not realize how many hours we have spent on a particular web site. The Time Tracker extension for Google Chrome shows how much time you have spent on a website in Google Chrome. Do not be shocked to see that you have spent over 20 hours on sites like YouTube.
Read moreUse single click to open an item in Windows Vista
When you want to open a file or program, you double-click on its icon or shortcut in Windows Explorer. But some people do not like double clicking. If you also do not like the double clicking, you can change Windows Vista settings to use single-click to open a file or program.
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