Archive for June 2009

WHEN TWO ANTISPYWARES ARE BETTER THAN ONE

If you have noticed that Vista Home Premium version comes with a default antispyware called Windows Defender, it’s a good thing to keep it up to date to avoid that malicious softwares harm our computers. This said, it’s always better to have a double antispyware protection installing in our machine a second software called Superantispyware and that you can download clicking on this link.

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR INTERNET SPEED OF 20%

If your Internet connection has issues such as it’s too slow, or maybe your Internet Service Provider charges too much to increase your speed and bandwidth, the solution is in the browser. For those who have IExplorer, the tweak is in the registry. With some targeted registry keys, you can increase your Internet speed of around 20%. Follow the links to see the 2 videos that explain these tips for Internet Explorer  and for Firefox.

IF WE CANNOT AFFORD PHOTOSHOP

When Photoshop is out of our budget there are several  open source tools that come handy when we have to process our images. One of these is Real World Paint  . It’s an high-end tool that has many filters that are in Photoshop too. Worth a try.

DELETING FILES PERMANENTLY

Most of the people believe that once the files are deleted from the screen and are in the recycle bin, they are finally gone. Not so. If you really want to erase permanently one or more files, you need a software that wipes out permanently your hard drive. In this case Freeraser comes handy also because its’ a freeware.

WHEN YOU HAVE LOST YOUR COMPUTER FILES

Very often computer users face the accidental loss of files. In this case two are the main recovery utilities and both are free: Recuva and Undelete plus.

These softwares help you also if you  have emptied the Recycle Bin. Secondly, if you delete files from within a DOS window, or an a network drive, those files aren’t sent to the Recycle Bin. Instead, they’re deleted directly. Undelete Plus and Recuva , however, can come to your rescue. They both parse your system for files that have been deleted, even those removed from the Recycle Bin, or deleted on a network drive or via a DOS window.

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