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.
If you’re lucky enough to be one of the Vista users, then you’re probably aware of how heavy and bloated the operating system feels in comparison to XP. There are few things you can do to diagnose what’s causing it to lag in performance using a Performance monitor utility.
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.
If you’re lazy like I am to shutdown your computer right before you go to sleep every night, watch this video to learn how to schedule your computer to shut itself down at a specified time.
Are you looking to add storage space? The video below teaches you how by upgrading or adding a new hard drive. You will get an idea of the requirements and the situations you may encounter.
Below is a Video which explains what NTFS( file system used in Windows) is. It shows how it evolved through the years from Windows 3.1 to Windows XP as we know today. It also speaks about the feautures of NTFS such as permissions, compression, encryption, recovering, cluster remapping, etc…
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