Choosing the right Anti-virus software which does a good job of cleaning and keeping your computer running fast is a challenge. It is not always the best idea to choose a household name like, McAffee or Norton, because even though they do a good job of cleaning, they also do a good job of slowing your computer down, due to the extent of resources that they require to run. BeYourOwnIt released great Video about downloading and running a very good and Free Anti-virus program called AVG.
WiFi is quickly becoming the preferred method for connecting to the internet, especially if you live in the city. Doing a search for wireless networks from any computer with a wireless network card, you can quickly see that finding one is definitely not a problem. The problem is though, that the wireless networks are password protected and you will not be able to connect to them. As this is a site dedicated to learning, this is a video that teaches you how to crack WEP and WPA password to gain entry into protected Wireless Network.. I encourage you try this only for education purpose only and not for freeloading or sabotaging your neighbor.
If you’re running Windows XP and have a flat panel monitor, chances are you are completely selling yourself short on the quality of the text resolution which you should be getting. Windows, by default, turns off a feature called cleartype which improves text resolution, on flat panel monitors, by using a technology called subpixel rendering.
Microsoft Word includes a very useful feature that allows you to track changes in a document that were made by a reviewer, as well as allowing the reviewer to insert comments within the document. So the next time you give a friend a copy of that document, make sure you enable this feature to see exactly what changes were made.
If you have a cheap Linskys router and some knowledge about networking, there is free upgrade firmware available for download called Tomato. Tomato turns your router into a lean mean wireless routing machine, that does some really neat things. Some of its features are, an easy to use GUI, a bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions. Again, if you’re not sure about what you are doing then perhaps this is not the best video tutorial for you, as the repercussions are umm, not good, but damn worth while. Enjoy!
If you’re on of those people who thinks that the Start menu has a life of it’s own and things magically appear and disappear in it, then this video is for you. An organized Start menu can drastically increase the productivity of your day to day tasks. In a nutshell, the Start Menu provides a customizable nested list of programs for the user to launch, a list of most recently opened documents, a way to find files and get help, and access to the system settings. Happy Cleaning!
Sometimes a faulty device can be a real nightmare for any user. Some of the signs of a faulty device could be slowness, crashes, freezes and headaches. One of the first places I look in when users complain that they are experiencing these issues is in the Device Manager. Device manager is a control panel where all the installed hardware could be found. This is a short video how to access, remove and reinstall devices in the Device manager. Detailed instructions on how to access the device manager in other Operating Systems is after the Video.
I’ve had multiple people approach me recently to find out how they can access someones computer without knowing the password. There are few ways to accomplish this… The easiest way is with an application called Ophcrack. Ophcrack is an open source application designed to crack Windows using LM hashes through rainbow tables.
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