Privacy features such as InPrivate browsing in Internet Explorer 8 and similar features in Chrome and Firefox promise to protect your privacy by not keeping track of page history, temporary files and cookies. This may be enough to hide your tracks from a beginner computer user but there are still traces of what sites you visit within the local DNS cache. An advanced user can run the ipconfig /displaydns...
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Windows 7 and Server 2008 include a hidden power efficiency diagnostic report that can help make your computer more energy efficient. The report is generated through the powercfg utility and monitors your computer for 60 seconds. Power settings, hardware and what you computer is doing is all monitored to identify power waste. Once completed, the report...
The tweak of the day everyone is talking about is the so called Windows 7 "God Mode." Simply create a new folder, call it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} and you will have a shortcut to every setting on your computer. Sounds great right? The problem is no new features or settings are exposed. Only a list of tasks that...
Read MoreThe new interface in Office 2007 has a great new look but finding your favorite feature can be a little difficult at first. Microsoft Office Labs offers a helpful utility called Search Commands that brings search to the ribbon. Can’t find a specific feature? Just search for it!
When using a public Wi-Fi hotspot or any public network the security and privacy of your data is at risk. Most wireless hotspots do not use any type of encryption which means all your traffic is sent in plain text through the air. Anyone with wireless sniffing tools, which are easily to use and find online, can capture all traffic broadcast between your computer and the access point (AP). Any Web...
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Today Google announced a new public DNS service with the goal to make the web faster. Every time a domain is typed in a browser, such as wingeek.com, a DNS server must resolve the domain to an IP address so the computer can connect to the server. Google hopes to speed up the web by resolving...
Tired of the Aero Basic non-glass look of Windows 7 virtual machines? With a few steps you can extend the glass experience to all your Win7 virtual machines running on Windows Virtual PC.
First, after you have installed Windows 7 in your virtual machine you need to install the integration components. Click on Tools and then Install Integration Components.
Read MoreOperating System virtualization on the client side has many benefits including better security and more flexibility. Depending on the resources available on your computer you can setup an entire virtual lab running numerous operating systems for testing. Additionally, virtualization allows you to test software and perform other activities in a sandbox environment that will not affect your primary...
Read MoreWould you like to configure the IP address and DNS settings of your Windows PC just using the command prompt? Rather than click through the user interface, these items can quickly be set with just a few commands.
When you buy a new computer it is often loaded with extra software that you just don’t need. OEMs are paid by software companies to bundle trial versions in hopes that you will buy the full product. The preloaded junk is a waste of disk space, memory and can even hurt the performance of your new computer so it is a good idea to remove it all.
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