Category: Windows

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Why are Some Files Coloured in Windows Explorer?

Published on: November 18, 2009 and has 3 Comments

Someone recently as me a question as to why some files appear in either a blue or green colour when they viewed their files in Window Explorer. They were wondering if there was a problem with those files and what should they do about it. I assured them that there was no problem with their [...]

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Microsoft Vista: How to Disable UAC Warnings

Published on: August 28, 2009 and has 3 Comments

Since I have been using Microsoft Vista I have kept UAC disabled since I was repeatedly bombarded by warnings. These messages were constantly displayed on the screen whenever I wanted to change some system settings, and became annoying very quickly. The quick solution, therefore, was for me to disable UAC. Everything had been working fine [...]

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Access is Denied With External Hard Drive

Published on: August 14, 2009 and has 1 Comment

Recently I received a phone call from someone I know that had recently purchased a hard drive enclosure. This allowed them to use an internal hard drive as a USB 2.0 external hard drive. He was attempting to connect the hard drive on a new laptop with Microsoft Vista installed. Every time he connected the [...]

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How to Find Disk Space Hogs

Published on: May 27, 2009 and has 1 Comment

During my regular computer maintenance I tend to delete unnecessary files to conserve and recover hard disk space. Files such as temporary Internet files, regular temporary files, and old shortcuts are usually files that I like to remove. There have been times in the past when I have removed the unnecessary files but still have [...]

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Replacing an Application with Another in Windows

Published on: May 13, 2009 and has 3 Comments

I recently received an e-mail form someone asking if it is possible to change the Task Manager in Windows. They had another application that they would like to use, instead of the built-in Task Manager. It is very possible to change the Task Manager, since I use Proces Explorer and have set it so I [...]

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How to Automate Your Computer Maintenance

Published on: May 8, 2009 and has 3 Comments

As you use your computer it can become slower as time goes on. As you create and delete files, your hard drive can become fragmented, and take up valuable space. Uninstalled applications may also leave behind shortcuts or files that are no longer needed which can also use up disk space. If you use the [...]

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Restart or Shutdown Windows from a Batch File

Published on: April 15, 2009 and has 2 Comments

Some time ago I wrote a post title Automating Computer Maintenance where I talked about creating batch files to execute some anti-virus, anti-spyware and a defrag application on a computer. The batch files can then be scheduled to run on a computer at a specific time to ensure that regular maintenance is performed without having [...]

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Windows Vista Freezing After Log On

Published on: April 8, 2009 and has No Comments

I recently had an issue with my laptop. For some reason when Vista loaded, I was able to log on, but then it would stay on the Welcome screen. While I couldn’t see anything on the screen, I did notice that there was a lot of hard drive activity, so I knew that something was [...]

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