Antivirus
VirusTotal – Scan Url or file for virus
VirusTotal is a free service that analyze suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans and malware. https://www.virustotal.com/#search
PC Support Articles
Windows 7 Quick Reference – Cool Quick Keys
1) Basic Start menu My Computer + <E> Create new folder <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <N> Zoom + <+> Connect to projector + <P> Flip 3D + <Tab> 2) Windows Management Peek at the desktop + <Space> Show/Hide desktop + <D> Minimize all windows + <M> Minimize other Read more…
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Windows Mouse Tricks
How to maximize a window ? Drag the title bar to the top. How to Scroll sideways in Excel? Holding down the shift key while scrolling will take you sideways. How to minimize all windows except the active window ? “Click/Hold and Shake title bar” Then if you want to Read more…
Android
Samsung will put the Galaxy Note 2 on sale early
KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung has decided that it will start selling its large Galaxy Note 2 smartphone a day early. Samsung has told us that it’ll be giving punters the chance to get their hands on the phone a day before it goes on general sale from its flagship Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
Microsoft Office 2013 will not run in Windows XP and Windows Vista
Microsoft has released a system requirement for deploying of Office 2013. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351%28v=office.15%29). Users still using Windows XP and Windows Vista will not be able to run Microsoft Office 2013 on their machines. Microsoft Office 2013 Features clutter-less user interface cloud integration with Skydrive (Paid Service – SkyDrive Pro) Bookmarks PDF Read more…
PC Support Articles
Buy a Windows 7 PC and get Windows 8 Pro for $17.99
The offer is for customers (e.g. Home users, students, and enthusiasts) who purchase a qualified PC. A qualified PC is a new PC purchased during the promotional period with a valid Windows 7 OEM Certificate of Authenticity and product key for, and preinstalled with: Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Read more…
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JdiskReport – Disk Space Manager
JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders. The tool analyses your disk drives and collects several statistics which you can view as overview charts and details tables. JDiskReport runs on Windows, Read more…
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Improve Work Productivity by Using Dual Screen
Are you working with a “Single LCD Display Monitor PC” , that is running both Outlook and Excel? Like This. Well, there is a new way to do work, you can use “Dual LCD Display Monitor PC”. You can view Outlook and Excel at the same time.
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Improve Work Productivity By Using Dual Monitor PC
Over the last few years, the cost of staffing has been increasing faster than the office staff productivity. This has lead many people in seeking new alternative ways to improve work productivity in the office. We have a simple solution to this. You can add in a 2nd monitor to Read more…
Antivirus
How to create Kaspersky Bootable USB Rescue Disk?
How to record Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 to an USB device and boot my computer from it? 1. Connect a removable USB device to your computer In order to successfully record Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10 to a removable USB device, space capacity of it must be not less than 256 MB. Read more…
Apple IOS Devices
Print with HP from your Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod touch via Apple AirPrint or HP ePrint
What is the difference between Apple’s AirPrint and HP’s ePrint? Apple’s AirPrint allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch customers to print wirelessly to a local printer on their wireless network through an embedded OS print function. HP ePrint allows for printing from anywhere in the world from any mobile device Read more…
PC Support Articles
How to re-initialize the offline files cache and database
Method 1 The Offline Files cache is a folder structure located in the %SystemRoot%\CSC folder, which is hidden by default. The CSC folder, and any files and subfolders it contains, should not be modified directly; doing so can result in data loss and a complete breakdown of Offline Files functionality. Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
Differences between MBR and GPT
MBR (Master Boot record) use LBA (logical Block Address) 32bit addressing support up to (2^32 x 512 = 2.19Tb using 512byte sectors support 4 primary partition table GPT (Guid Partition Table) support more than 2Tb use UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) support up to (2^64 x 512 = 9.4Zb) (Microsoft Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
How To Use 3TB Hard Drives On Windows XP
The problem however is that GPT is not supported by Windows XP. Your 3Tb internal harddisk will be detected as 750Gb only. They basically create a specially signed driver to make Windows XP compatible with the GPT partitioning scheme. With this in place, Windows XP users can utilize the full Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
How to Fix USB Device Not Recognized in Windows
Are you getting a “USB device not recognized” error whenever you plug in a USB mouse, keyboard, or other USB device? Simply Shutdown your PC, Unplug your PC POWER SUPPLY.
Apple IOS Devices
Best Notes Taking Apps for Apple IOS Ipad, Iphone
Evernote Evernote has been one of my favorite apps for note-taking because it syncs with everything. It’s definitely not as feature rich as some of the other note-taking apps I’ll mention below, but it does a great job of making sure you can access your notes from anywhere including an Read more…
PC Support Tools
How to Transfer Files from Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 to Windows 8 using Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
Whether you plan to upgrade your Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 machine to Windows 8 or buy a new PC with Windows 8 pre-installed, you can use Windows Easy Transfer to copy all your files and settings from your old machine or old version of Windows to your new Read more…
PC Support Articles
How To Optimize Web Server Performance in Windows Server 2003
Disable Nonessential Services Disable Windows Server 2003 services that are not required for a dedicated Web server. To do this, follow these steps: Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management. Under Computer Management (Local), expand Services and Applications, and then click Services. In the Status column, each service that is Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
How to find Windows uptime?
Option 1: 1. Go to “Start” -> “Run”. 2. Write “CMD” and press on “Enter” key. 3. Write the command “net statistics server” and press on “Enter” key. 4. The line that start with “Statistics since …” provides the time that the server was up from. The command “net stats Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
How to Cleanup the WinSxS Folder in Windows 7 & 8
In Windows 7 and Windows 8, there is a new folder under C:\Windows called WinSxS, which basically stores dll and component files. It also stores older versions of all dll and component files and can grow to be quite large. In addition to that, a lot of space is taken Read more…
PC Support Tips and Tricks
Cannot Start Microsoft Outlook 2010
I have Outlook 2010 installed on a Windows 7 64-bit system and up till now it’s been working fine. Yesterday, I went to open it and I got the following error message: “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.” Method 1 – Delete Registry Key Click on Start Read more…
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How to Delete Hibernation File (hiberfil.sys)
Delete Hiberfil.sys File To delete this file, you have to use the command prompt to manually turn off hibernation. Open a command prompt in Windows 7 by typing command in the search box. Right click Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator. To turn off or disable hibernation, type the Read more…
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Cloud Livedrive secrets
www.cloud-livedrive.com (Call us a free trial) 1. Undo “delete” – We have all accidently deleted an important document from our computers however Livedrive has a simple function which allows you to recover the file. Simply log into Livedrive online, go to your Briefcase or Backup, click on the “view option” tab and select “show Read more…
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How to send scheduled email in Outlook 2010
Outlook 2010 allows you to schedule an e-mail to be sent at the specified date and time in the future. To do that, follow next steps: 1. Create the new e-mail. 2. On the Options tab, in the More Options group, click the Delay Deliverybutton: 3. In the Message Options dialog box, locate the section entitled Delivery Read more…