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08 Oct, 2008

Remove DRM from your songs

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks

Apple’s iTunes, MTV’s Urge, and similar online stores take the pain out of buying music, but the embedded digital rights management technology in the songs adds a new headache, limiting where you can play them and how often. Some xapps strip out DRM by cracking the encryption, but that tends to be illegal.
You can achieve [...]

17 Sep, 2008

Speed up Acrobat Reader

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks

It sometimes feels irritating when Acrobat Reader takes around 5-10 seconds to load a PDF document. It’s mainly because of the plugins it has to load that it slows down. You can speed up the loading by removing the plugins you do not require.
To do so, follow the steps below:
1. Make sure Adobe Reader is [...]

14 Aug, 2008

Refresh Thumbnails And Save Space

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks

In Microsoft Windows XP, you can select the Thumbnails view for any folder, thereby gaining a quick way to find images. In some earlier Windows versions, you first had to right-click on the folder, choose Properties, and check a box titled Enable Thumbnail View. Either way, Windows generates a small thumbnail image for every file [...]

29 Jul, 2008

Make risky file extensions obvious

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks| Windows

Having file extensions visible can make certain malicious programs in your e-mail in-box more obvious. For example, showing a file attachment such as image.jpg.exe, which would otherwise have the harmless-looking name image.jpg. On the other hand, displaying all file extensions all the time looks ugly, makes file names more difficult to read, and increases your [...]

12 Jun, 2008

Free Up Disk Space

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks| Windows

Freeing disk space helps you to improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool integrated in Windows helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose which files you want to delete.
Use Disk Cleanup to:
• Remove Windows and [...]

18 Feb, 2008

How to remove a virus

Posted by: mantoadmire In: Tips & tricks

New viruses emerge out daily and with the help of internet, it is really easy for these to travel from one PC to another. If you are having trouble getting rid of these nasty viruses, then try these tips:
1. Install a good AV and get the latest updates: This should be your first step if [...]


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