These days, when there are many secure, robust and fast web browsers like Opera, Chrome, Safari and Firefox are available, who needs the sloppy Internet Explorer? If you are using one of these third-party web browsers, then you may want to get rid of Internet Explorer. Though, it may seem impossible or very difficult to remove Internet Explorer, but you can easily uninstall it from Windows 7.
Read moreTest your antivirus with the EICAR test file
Is your antivirus software functioning correctly like it should? Will it detect if a virus is dropped on your hard disk? You can test your antivirus using the EICAR (European Institute for Computer AntiVirus Research) antivirus test file. The Eicar test file is recognized by all the antivirus products and they all should block it.
Read moreClear most often used programs in Start Menu of Windows XP
The modern Start Menu (as compared to the classic style) shows shortcuts of most often used programs. The most often used program is shown on the top and the least used program is shown on the bottom. If you want you can clear the list of these most often used programs. Clearing of this list removes the shortcuts from the most often used programs list in the Start Menu.
Read moreTest your firewall using the LeakOut tool
Even if you have a firewall software installed, it can allow some information to be leaked without your confirmation. The LeakOut tool checks if your firewall is configured in such a way as to leak any information easily. LeakOut is a simple tool to demonstrate how it is possible, in certain circumstances, to circumvent the outbound control/filtering systems of personal firewalls. So why not test the configuration of your firewall?
Read moreClear recently used programs in Start Menu in Windows 7
As you use more and more programs in Windows 7, it puts a shortcut to recently used program in the Start Menu. There is no official method to clear this list. But there is a workaround to clear this recently used programs list shown in the Start Menu.
Read moreInstall a new font in Windows 7
Though Windows 7 comes with few standard fonts pre-installed, yet they may not fulfill your requirements. You can always download more fonts from web sites offering free fonts, if you think you need more fonts for your documents. Once you have the new font, you have to install it in Windows so you can use it.
Read moreRebuild icon cache in Windows 7
If you are seeing mixed up or misplaced icons in your Windows Explorer – for example, Notepad icon for picture files, Internet Explorer icon for text files etc. – then it may be a case of corrupt icons cache. Sometimes Windows’ icons cache gets corrupted and you see mixed up icons in Windows Explorer for different kind of files. The icon cache can be rebuilt using the following process.
Read moreClear Recent Items list in Windows 7
The recent items list is shown in the Start Menu and contains all the items (documents, files and programs etc.) you have recently accessed. You can clear this list in many ways.
Read moreUsing Startup Repair to fix boot problems in Windows 7
When trying to start your Windows 7 based computer, if you get an error like : BOOTMGR is missing then you can use the Startup Repair to fix the problems. Startup Repair is one of the options in the Windows 7 Recovery Environment. There are two ways you can boot into the Windows 7 Recovery Environment.
Read moreReset Windows HOSTS file back to default
The Windows HOSTS file can be used to redirect a domain name to a different IP address. This technique is often used by malware programs to redirect users of infected computers to phishing websites or to infected websites. You can always reset the HOSTS file back to the default – restoring its contents to the same state as they were when you installed Windows.
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