I have been saying repetitively how wonderful Windows is. The registry particularly can make customization easy and definitely fun. Today, we will be looking at just a few registry tweaks that can increase your ability to customize Windows to an extreme le

When Remobo starts, it asks you for the account details you just set up. Log in and then click on the button labelled "Menu" and then add one of your buddies on the Remobo network. You would have to enter the username of your buddy and your buddy will have to approve your request. This is unlike Hamachi where you create a network where others can j

I hope this guide can help you to do just that as I will be covering how you can use utilize Windows gaming setup|https://windowsmastery.com/ Search. Part one involves setting Search up to function optimally, Part two involves how best to use the many capabilities of Search itself in your organisat

The free version of Cryptainer though only allows for 25MB of "˜vault' space per disk volume. So if you are looking to hide larger files, this isn't the answer.The free version is available for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista from he

If, for some reason, you want your start menu to delay for 900 milli-seconds, then you do not need to mess with this at all. If you do, though, want to speed up your computer just a little more then here is how you lower the menu de

In the screenshot below you can see the problems with having an old index. Here are fragments of old files which have been deleted but are still included in the search. If you want to rebuild it quickly leave your computer running all night. Background indexing slows down or pauses with user activity so if you only have your computer on when you are using it then it will take a significantly longer period of time to complete a full in

If you think that freeware and industrial strength file security can never meet, the open source TrueCrypt could prove you wrong. TrueCrypt not only encrypts data (using 256-bit AES and 448-bit Blowfish algorithms) but also cloaks the files in hidden volumes. TrueCrypt functions by creating a virtual encrypted disk which appears as a real disk volume. Files can be encrypted on the fly when moved into this volume and decrypted when moved

The majority of the time you end up relying on on another product to get the annoyingware off of your machine. So now you've got a $60 bloated product eating up resources on your machine and doing absolutely nothing to protect

Yeah, I know"¦ wow, exciting stuff. It's not something I used to care about either. I remember whenever I heard Microsoft banging on about the gee-whiz search capabilities of Vista I really didn't care as I was stuck in Win32/XP style navigation; of menus and forms and tabs. Why would I be interested in changing what was already working for

In order to be preventative, it would be nice to maybe give some of these products, which usually have a trial version, a run for their money before making the plunge and purchasing the full product. I've found a few tools to give each of these a test run, and see how well they actually are protecting

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1. Go to "Start," "Run," and type regedit .2. Navigate to the following: HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop 3. Find the key labeled "MenuShowDelay" and right-click, then click Modify .4. Change the value to whatever you like. (The range is 0-999 in millisecon

All in all a great application. There is the password issue that I mentioned and some dialogs that I feel are redundant, but overall it greatly simplifies the whole process or sharing files, using BitTorrent to send files, VPN setup and Remote Desk

. When the command prompt opens type "CD C:Test" (replace "Test" with the name of the folder you want to hide.)

2. Now type "attrib file +s +h" and replace "file" with the name of the actual file name you would like to h