Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.

Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

To enable the Windows 7 administrator account

To enable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:yes

To disable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:no

To change the password of the Windows 7 administrator account:

Net user administrator password

An alternative would be to enable or disable the Windows 7 administrator account using the Local Security Policy option. You can open the Local Security Policy by launching secpol.msc from the run box.

You find the option under Local Policies-> Security Options. Just change the setting Accounts: Administrator account by double-clicking the entry.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Top 10 Ways to Clean Up Your PC

10. Clear Your Desktop
9. Uninstall Unneeded Programs
8. Clean Up Your Startup, Registry, Cookies and More
7. Organize "My Documents"
6. Automatically Delete Temporary Files
5. Visualize and Reduce Disk Usage
4. Detect and Delete Duplicate Files
3. White Out Disk Free Space
2. Evacuate the Dust Bunnies
1. Wipe Your Hard Drive and Reinstall Windows

Monday, November 9, 2009

Clean Up Your Start-Up

Both Windows XP and Windows Vista include a Start menu folder called Startup, and in it you'll probably see some application shortcuts. If there are programs listed in Startup that you don't want to load at system start-up (which will slow things down, after all), you can simply delete the shortcuts there.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Windows 7

I have had Windows 7 Enterprise on my test PC for 90 days now. So far I have not seen any of the random errors I would get with Vista. A down side to 7 is there is no upgrade path from XP. This will make it harder for Business to make the leap.
My suggestion is keep XP if you have it, and if you are going to buy new, then Windows 7 will work out fine for you.

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