Sometimes when you want to kill Explorer.exe, you run and start Task Manager, find Explorer.exe and kill it. But there is a much easier way to terminate Explorer instances in Windows Vista. Here is how you can kill Explorer instances easily
Read moreFind out of DEP is enabled in Windows Vista
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature included in Microsoft Windows that is intended to prevent an application or service from executing code from a non-executable memory region. This is useful in blocking many malicious programs and prevention from getting infected.
Read moreTurn off search index in Windows Vista
Windows Vista uses search index for searching the contents of your hard disk. This can significantly reduce the search time when you search for a file. But if a file is not indexed, and you try to search for it, then it will not display in the search results. You can turn off the search index so that you can search all the files on the hard disk.
Read moreView system information in Windows Vista
Did you want to find out about your computer system more? Windows Vista has an in-built tool, msinfo32, which can show you all the information including hardware, software, peripheral components etc. This is how you can run msinfo32 and view your system information.
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How to Turn Off Remote Differential Compression in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a feature called Remote Differential Compression, which is used to computes the difference between sizes of files over a networks and moves them with as little bandwidth as possible. This is useful and saves bandwidth only if you are on a local area network and share files over it. For a home user, this service only consumes system resources.
Read moreUsing Check Disc in Windows Vista
Windows Vista Check Disk can be used to diagnose and repair hard disk and file system problems. These kinds of problems may arise after continuous use of the hard disk or when the operating system is not properly shut down like in the case of a power failure etc.
Read moreHide system clock in Windows Vista
Windows Vista shows the clock in the bottom-right of the computer screen. This clock displays the local system time. Some people think it as a waste of screen space, as they can also see the time on the wall clock or their wrist watch. If you want to hide this clock, follow these steps.
Read moreEnable smooth scrolling in Mozilla Firefox
When you scroll a web page in Mozilla Firefox using the mousewheel, the page scrolls up or down 3 lines. This scrolling is not smooth and the page scrolls up or down immediately. If you want to scroll smoothly the web page, then you will have to enable smooth scrolling in Firefox.
Read moreTurn on SafeSearch in Bing
When you search for something in Bing search engine, it may display inappropriate search results containing pornographic links or images. You can turn on SafeSearch in Bing preferences to filter out such results.
Read moreSet default search engine in Chrome
When you type a word or phrase in the Google Chrome browser’s location bar and press the Enter key on your keyboard, Chrome uses its default search engine to search for the term. Depending on the search engine, it either displays the search results or takes you to the first web site in the search results. The default search engine in Chrome is Google on a fresh Chrome install.
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