Seven Ways to Secure Windows 7

Software makers routinely sacrifice some security for the sake of usability, and Microsoft is no exception. Most of today's client-side threats come from users being tricked into running malicious Trojan horse executables and naively lowering the default defenses, such as by disabling UAC (User Account Control), turning off automatic patching, or deactivating the built-in Windows Firewall.

Restrict Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Operations in Windows

It will be an awkward situation when someone else uses your computer in your absence and steals your private data. So here I will discuss about different ways to prevent Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Operations in Windows to restrict this situation

10 Most Common and Dangerous Things To Do While You Drive

Most drivers on the road would say they consider themselves to be safe motorists. But that doesn't mean they drive safely by any means, they assume that because they have not been in an accident that they must be doing things right. However, having not been in an accident should not be what determines a safe driver from an unsafe one.

13 Safe Driving Tips

Most people think that once they can make a car move, they are automatically qualified to drive a car or other vehicle on the road not knowing that there alot involve in driving. Here (Nigeria) in this part of the world where anyone can obtain a DRIVER'S LICENSE without undergoing a driving test. This post will teach you some basic safe driving tips for your everyday driving.

How To Fix A Cyclic Redundancy Check Error On Your Hard Disk

Have you ever tried to use your previously working hard drive and you received an error message "Read Disk Error or Cyclic Redundancy Check" A Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is an error checking technique used by computers, specifically the hard drives or optical disks (i.e DVD/CD). A Cyclic Redundancy Check error is caused when data on the hard-drive or DVD becomes corrupt.

10 Things You Can Do To Protect Your Data

 

When you think about it, the most valuable thing on your computer or network is the data you create. After all, that data is the reason for having the computer and network in the first place. And it's the bits and bytes that make up that data, that are your first priority when putting protective strategies in place. Operating systems and applications can always be reinstalled, but user-created data is unique and if lost, may be irreplaceable.

Car Break-Ins: Avoiding Car Theft Smash-and-Grab

It takes less than a minute for a thief to break your car window and snatch the iPod, laptop or purse on the front or back seat. Think about that the next time you dash in to pick up a something.That’s 60 . . . 59 . . . 58 . . . 57 . . . 56 . . .

How To Write Simple HTML Code For Posting Link To Your Blog

 

I have noticed most times in some blog where some bloggers try to post a link to their blog by simple click but end up just typing the blog address and readers find it difficult to click it to connect directly to the required blog address. Am writing here just two (2) easy steps to do for your link to be easily accessed by readers of other blogs like Linda Ikeji, Trendy Sturvs, and so on.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ON FACEBOOK

 

Previously I wrote about Facebook Security, if you miss it then read it HERE. Recently kidnapping has been taken to facebook, read it HERE, am writing/teaching you another trick to protect yourself online (Facebook). Below are some ways to help you protect yourself and your Facebook Account from bad guys online, being online is like being in public, forget the computer or phone you are using.

11 Must Have Softwares For Advanced Windows Users

BELOW ARE THE LIST OF 11 MUST HAVE SOFTWARES FOR ADVANCED WINDOWS USERS

1. Vmware Workstation:

This is my #1 favorite software. Vmware helps us in installing multiple Operating Systems over one Operating System. Puzzled??? Well, to simplify things, Vmware allows us to run multiple Operating Systems(called slaves) on our computer. Say you are having Windows 7 installed on your computer as the main Operating System. Vmware runs as an application on Windows 7 and allows us to install other Operating Systems like Windows XP, Linux and 20 other types of Operating Systems. So, you don’t need to boot your computer to change your Operating systems. One Vmware Workstation can accomodate 20 such Operating systems.

Uninstall Any Program Completely From Your System

Every day we download new softwares and install them on our system, but after some time for different reasons we need to uninstall them. Here in this post I am going to show you different ways to uninstall your program that you don't need any more.

Unable To Access Your Hard Drive or Memory Card?

You might sometimes face this problem; whenever you connect your drives(hard drive or memory cards) to your PC it asks for formatting; it flashes a message of Access Denied. Many of my readers have asked this question. They want to know how to handle this situation. Sometimes you get a message when you connect your memory card "Your card is corrupted". Many a times you get a message like this;

10 Ways to avoid Viruses from your System

I have discussed about Viruses, Worms and Trojans, now I am going to talk about ways to avoid these harmful elements from your system. Viruses exploit your system in some or other way, you need to be very precocious about it. These are definitely easy to avoid but fatal to ignore. So, do not ignore your system. Don't let Viruses harm your system.

Some Windows XP Secrets

I am  sharing some secrets of Windows XP. These secrets may or may not apply to newer Windows Operating Systems.

Did Someone Use Your Computer In Your Absence?

Go to start, then run
then type eventvwr.msc

Events are stored in three log files: Application, Security, and System. These logs can be reviewed and archived. For our purposes we want the System log.

Difference Between Virus, Worms, Trojan and Spyware

 

We all have heard the terms Virus,Worms, trojans and spyware but only a few of us know the difference between them.We generally consider everything that is detected by an antivirus as virus but this is not the case.The antivirus not only provides protection against viruses but it also protects us from trojans, worms and spywares.All these can be harmful to your computer hardware and software.Today I will differentiate all these terms from each other .Ok lets start from the introduction of viruses

How to Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt

Do you want to hide some important files?

Do you want to keep some of your folders very confidential that no one can see??

Not even by Changing the View settings to "Show Hidden Files and Folders"?

If YES,

Facebook Security For Your Social Life Online

Facebook has recently introduced the new security button on its main navigation panel. You can see it in your Facebook profile. (at right side of Home)

How To Get Rid Of AutoPlay In Windows

Autoplay of media devices has always been a pain in the ass for windows users. It becomes irritating every time when it shows the Autoplay option whenever we connect any media device to our computer specially when we connect USB devices to load some files, and it gives you options of AutoPlay. Fortunately Windows has given the option to disable this autoplay feature. If it is really annoying you, then you must disable it. I am going to list the steps to be followed to disable Autoplay for media devices.

Create Partition Without Formatting Full Disk!

This is a very basic thing, that every other computer user needs to do. Most of us are well aware about partitioning our hard drive disc using some third party software and using full OS installation.

There are very few of us who use the given capability of Windows operating system. Which lets us to partition our hard disk drive partially, without affecting the current setup of OS and without completely formatting it.