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 the same results with the following steps:

1. Create a new playlist with all the songs you’d like to rip
2. Use your software’s Burn Disc option to copy the music to audio-CD format
3. After you’ve burned the music to disc, rename the originally downloaded
songs with another name
4. Insert your newly burned CD-R and click Import CD to copy the songs back
into iTunes or whichever player app you originally used.

That’s it! They will now be stripped of all DRM

To do so, follow the steps below:

1. Make sure Adobe Reader is not open. If so, then it will lock the files and not allow you to move them. So close it down.
2. Open the installation folder of Acrobat Reader
(C:\program files\adobe\acrobat\reader\….)
3. There will be a ‘Plugins’ directory over there. Cut and Paste all the files and folders from that directory to the ‘Optional’ directory.

Once you do so, you will notice that now Acrobat Reader will open up quickly. .

In theory, the Thumbs.db file stays up to date with the folder’s current contents, updating thumbnail images as necessary. Inpractice, the file can sometimes get out of sync, and may also wind up containing thumbnails for files that have been deleted from the folder. You can right-click on an individual file and choose Refresh Thumbnail, but for many photos in many folders that’s too slow. Since Windows will re-create the thumbnails as needed, an occasional general cleanup is a good idea, and it’s easy to do.

Select ‘Search‘ from the Start menu, choose to search for files or folders, and search your local hard drives and their subfolders for files named ‘Thumbs.db’. When the search is finished, you’ll have a list of all the thumbnail files. Click within the results area, press ‘Ctrl+A’ to select all of them, and press the ‘Delete’ key to delete them. Click on the ‘Yes to All’ button. Now all of your folders with pictures will get new, fresh thumbnails the next time you view them. In addition, depending on how many such files you had, you may save quite a bit of disk space.

1. Click on the Start button and select Run
2. Type in ‘regedit’ and press OK 3. Double-click on the ‘HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT’ key
4. Scroll down the list to the ‘exefile‘ key
5. Right-click in the right pane and select ‘New->String Value’
6. Type in ‘AlwaysShowExt‘ and press OK

You may need to restart Windows to see the effect, but from now on, all application files will have their .exe extensions visible in folder windows and other programs that display file names, even when ‘Hide extensions for known file types’ is selected.

Use Disk Cleanup to:
• Remove Windows and Internet temporary files.
• Empty the Recycle Bin.
• Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
• Remove optional Windows components that you don’t use.
• Remove installed programs that you no longer use.

Tip: Usually, temporary Internet files occupy the most disk space. It’s because your Web browser caches each Web page you visit for quicker access later.

To use Disk Cleanup, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, go to All Programs > Accessories > System Tools, and then click on Disk Cleanup. If many drives are available, you might be asked to specify the drive to be cleaned.

2. In the Disk Cleanup box, you’ll see a list of files to be deleted.

3. Clear the check boxes for files that you don’t want to delete, and then click OK.

4. When prompted to confirm that you want to delete the specified files, click Yes.

After a few minutes, the process will complete and the Disk Cleanup dialog box will close, making your Windows cleaner and performing better.

1. Install a good AV and get the latest updates: This should be your first step if your PC has some virus infection. Choosing a good anti-virus is a must and keeping it updated is also very important. New threats keep on emerging and if you don’t update your software, you’ll be in a trouble. This is especially true if you access the internet through your machine.

If you take my advice on a good anti-virus, I’ll suggest you to go for Kaspersky. It’s light on system resources, efficient in removing viruses and guards your PC really well. Other main competitors in the market are Symantec and Mcaffee.
Also make sure that your anti-virus carries the latest updates as they’ll ensure you good protection from new threats.

2. Scan It: After updating your software, do a normal system scan. Mostly, viruses get into your root directory ie. C:/ in most cases. Doing a system scan in Safe Mode would be the best option. I’m preferring safe mode here as in safe mode only minimal processes are executed. So the chance of a virus hiding in a system process gets reduced.

To boot into safe mode, turn on your PC and press the F8 key as soon as you see the BIOS screen or the first screen. Moving ahead you’ll get the option to boot into safe mode. Now scan your Windows in safe mode. Delete all the viruses your anti-virus detects. Get back to your normal Windows and check if the virus is disturbing you again or not.

If you are unable to scan your system for any reason, then you might wish to get your system scanned online. Nowadays you have the ability to cure your PC through an online scan. Kaspersky and Bitdefender are some of the online virus scanners.

3. Try rescue disks or a DOS anti-virus: You might have seen ‘Create a rescue disk‘ option in your anti-virus program. Most of the anti-virus softwares provide users with this feature. Try getting yourself a rescue disk and scan your PC. This can certainly help you.

You can even scan your drives with a DOS anti-virus. I’ve personally used this to get rid of viruses many-a-times. You can download a DOS anti-virus from here. Instructions to use would be given in the package you download.

4. Backup and Format: If you don’t have much stuff installed, just backup your data on a USB or a CD/DVD and install a fresh copy of your Windows/OS. This way you’ll totally get rid of any and every virus. Just make sure that you install an anti-virus as soon as you boot into your Windows after a new installation.

If you are having some difficulty in opening any folder or copying any file due to the virus, try using a Linux live CD to open it or copy it to a USB or to your desired location.

These are just the main ways to flee viruses away. Hope you got rid of those Trojans and Viruses. Tell us about your experience in your comments.