Pc Windows Tips

I recently received a call from a client who got a popup telling them their security was out of date and they would need to upgrade to protect their computer. So of course the popup looked convincing enough so they clicked the upgrade now link. The program however is that pesky Cyber Security Spyware that constantly taunts the user with pop-ups wanting them to buy there program for $59.99 . Many users know Cyber Security predecessors too; System Security 2009 and Total Security 2009 applications ring a bell? As they too are very annoying and sometimes very awkward to remove from your computer as well as each program has its own unique install and registry hook.

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Since most computers come with 3rd party programs that are easier to use than Vista’s CD/DVD burning,  you can turn this off with a simple registry edit.

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With windows Vista, when viewing a directory, you can configure it to automatically start searching when you type in text, and it will search the folder/directory your currently viewing…

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I recently recieved an email from Chris in detroit who has an older machine he tinkers with and wanted to know how to increase the Cache performance for his home network on a Windows 95 PC.

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I do this fairly frequently. Once a month or so. There are a few things I do first to make sure I don’t waste time defragging unnecessary files.

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There can be many reasons why you need to edit the Boot.ini file, my personal favorite is to remove programs that I don’t use or want installed on my Windows XP like that pesky MSN Messenger.

The boot.ini file is a simple text file that is on the root of the boot drive.
You can edit this with any plain text editor like Notepad (may need to unhide the file first)

To edit your boot.ini file read the following

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There are a lot of things which can negatively impact how fast Windows XP will browse the network of shared files between two computers or a whole workgroup of computers.

Other things you can try, especially when there is slow browsing to network or shared files with a lot of files is the following…

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