When you click on a website link on a web page, it may open a new popup window in the Internet Explorer. This can be quite annoying for some of us because it is hard to see where all the popup windows are opening on the screen. If you do not like to have the popups open in a new window, then you can choose to open the popups in a new tab in the Internet Explorer.
Read moreRemoving TDSS Rootkit (Google Redirects) Using TDSSKiller
TDSS is a nasty trojan that has both a rootkit component and a bot component. The rootkit is responsible for making the trojan files invisible on disk, and for providing hidden and encrypted storage for the bot component. The bot component connects to remote computers and makes the infected computer part of a botnet. It is also able to update, download and install additional malware.
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How to Restore a USB Flash Drive to Full Capacity
Often malware infects the USB disks in such a way that the capacity of the USB disks is reduced. For example, a 8GB USB flash key may show up only as a 500kb USB key in Windows. Even after you remove the malware or format such a disk, the capacity does not change and you are pretty much stuck. But thanks to a tiny software called BootIce, you can now format such a USB disk and restore them back to their original full capacity.
Read morePassword Protect Your USB Keys with USB Flash Security
Over the last few years USB keys have completely taken over the electronic storage world. They are are very convenient, portable and easy to carry around with oneself. Some of us like to keep our sensitive data stored on them and therefore we want the data on a USB key to be secured. The Kashu Systems of Japan have come up with a solution – USB Flash Security.
Read moreRun CCleaner at Shutdown in Windows 7
CCleaner is a freeware tool from Piriform which allows you to clean the history of all kinds in Windows including the browser history. It is a nice idea to run CCleaner everyday and get rid of all the junk that gets accumulated in your computer as you surf the Internet. Even better is to run CCleaner and then automatically shutdown Windows so that CCleaner cleans your computer and turn off your computer.
Read moreQuickly Switch Power Schemes in Windows 7
Windows 7 lets you specify power schemes for your computer so that you can choose to run your computer at optimum power consumption suitable for your computer usage. But some people are not satisfied with just one power scheme and they need to switch between two or more power schemes. This is a difficult task if you go through the control panel and change power scheme. But using our little tool – Power Scheme Switcher, you can switch between power schemes easily and quickly.
Read moreReset 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.
Read moreAutomatically 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.
Read moreReset 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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How to Restore EXE File Association in Windows
The usual problem people report after getting rid of malware is that nothing happens when they start to run a program. Often Windows shows a dialog reporting that no program is associated with it for performing this action. One of the reasons why this problem arises is that the malware has messed with EXE file associations in the Windows registry.
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