Archive for 'Tips & Tricks'
Windows 7 – Live Messenger Polygamy
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Following my previous article on Windows Live Messenger polygamy (aka. MSN Messenger). I’ve tested out the same method to run two (or more) Live messengers at once on Windows 7, and the trick works great! – so head over to http://www.itnewsblog.com/2009/03/28/open-2-windows-live-messengers-at-once-msn-polygamy/ and follow the steps in the blog post. Be careful when editing the registry [...]
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Turn on or off Secure Desktop in Windows 7
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
By default, on Windows Vista and Windows 7, whenever you are prompted with a UAC dialog the entire screen turns dark and the computer seems to freeze completely. This is done on purpose (Not a bug) to prioritise the importance of this window. During this period, the rest of the screen is un-usable, meaning that [...]
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What is svchost.exe? and what does it do?
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Many of us already venture around the Windows task manager on a daily basis to have a look at the processes that are currently running, check on memory usage of some application or also to terminate an un-responsive application. While looking through all the processes in the system, one process that is constantly visible (and [...]
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Simple and fast PDF reader
Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Although its one of the top used applications Adobe’s Reader is quite a sluggish and heavy application, and it takes ages to open up a PDF! I’ve always tried to look for something simpler and quicker to open PDF’s in a breeze and load my computer less. I think I finally found it!
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Disabling QoS to Free Up 20% of Bandwidth
Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
Some blog posts around the net and some computer tweaking applications make believe that Microsoft always allocates 20% of your bandwidth for Windows Updates. According to the instructions or settings in those software, you were supposed to disable QoS in order to free up bandwidth. Unfortunately this tip was not only wrong, but disabling QoS [...]
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Disable Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) InPrivate Browsing
Posted on 02. Jul, 2009 by Jes Darmanin.
If you are a system administrator that needs to monitor the activity and internet behaviour of all employees/clients/students etc… one of the latest features of Internet Explorer 8 will be quite a nightmare for you.
