In Yahoo! Messenger you can set your status to invisible to avoid people from bugging you. You can see other users online but they can’t see you. However, most of them are curious to know who is hiding there in the invisible mode. There are many software’s like Buddy Spy or Buddy Check just to check the users in invisible mode. I find it stupid to spend like $20 to buy and install such software’s when we can check online on many sites just by a single click. Here is a list of websites ...

Most advanced computer users use USB pen drive to boot instead of using the hard-drive in some cases. this can be for running an antivirus program to scan hard disk without actually loading the operating system or to install new operating system. Also, if your Windows fails to load at startup and the F8 options won’t help then floppy, CD or USB is the only option left. Some USB drives like HP have their program to make the drive bootable, can also be used on kinsgston and some other drives(not ...

A lot of windows users still actually don’t understand what the registry is and why they have to backup. In simple words, registry is a vault where all the windows settings and information and behavior of the programs used is stored. Why backup registry? Is it important? One has to be very careful while editing the registry, as one single mistake can basically stop windows from loading at startup. Changes are made in the registry when you install or uninstall any program this may even makes ...

In my earlier posts i have already written about How to Hide Folders without using any software. With simple registry changes you can show/hide drives in “My computer” and Network Sharing. This way you can prevent other users from accessing your hard drive that contain private and important data.

Media Access Control(MAC) is a machine address that uniquely identifies each machine on the network. It uniquely defines the Network adapter/Ethernet card or what most people call the LAN card on a Local Area Network. MAC addresses are 12-digit hexadecimal numbers(48 bits in length), something like this 00:1C:EA:C2:63:25 It is quite unlikely that you will ever need to change your MAC/Physical address of your  computer, but it’s always better to know.

This is one of the problem most windows XP users face. Many a times programs like Office, Winamp, Firefox, windows media player,etc stop responding and a “End Now” screen pops up. Clicking the end now button doesn’t help sometimes or take longer time to shut that application. The alternative  way to terminate is to End the Process from the Windows Task Manager.  Also, during windows shutdown applications like Firefox and Winamp take longer time to close, delaying the shutdown ...

In my earlier post I have explained how to Make Folder Invisible without Using Any Software. That was just making the folder invisible by changing the folder icon to blank icon and remove the folder name.  The folder locking softwares are complicated for some and mostly sharewares. Today i am going to explain how to lock the folder without using any software.

This is one of the oldest and widespread virus. One of the most annoying viruses still slowly spreading through USB devices, it won’t let u open Orkut or Youtube. Browser will close in secs with an annoying message like this – “Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!”. This worm spreads through mainly removable drives (eg. Thumbdrive, flashdrive, external HDD, mp3 players) and it Installs itself in the Registry, Leaving non-infected ...