Troubleshooting Windows Explorer Errors

Have you even come across this message , “Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.”
According to HelpWithWindows.com, Windows Explorer crashes due to two main reasons :

3rd party shell extensions that are not functioning properly.

Existence of viruses or spyware on the machine.

3rd party applications will add their own “action” to this menu, [...]

9 steps to clone XP using Linux

An installed Windows XP protects itself from being cloned even for the backup purpose. Specialised software like the Norton Ghost, Acronis or PowerQuest Drive Image has to be used so that the OS can be moved to a bigger hard drive in a disk upgrade.
Linuxs dd command also works the same way but this needed [...]

Preparing for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Installation

MacFixit gave the following guidelines before upgrading to Leopard ( OS X 10.5 ) to avoid issues, before and after upgrading.

Backing up your data
Preparing your startup disk
Make sure all devices are synchronized prior to updating
Disconnect all external devices, update firmware
Make sure that you are using the latest firmware
Archive and Install: A Hassle eliminator
Make sure you’ve [...]

Slow PC?

jgweed posted a checklist on BleepingComputer’s forum page and said that three main causes of a slow PC are:

Malware
Uncontrolled apps
Lack of maintenance

>> GO to BleepingComputer’s Forum page to read the whole post.

Quickly abort a shutdown command on Windows XP/2003

This is an old trick but I think it will still be helpful.
According to Daniel Petri, “  Some worms, such as the Blaster worm, use known bugs in Microsoft Operating Systems to force the computer to shut down itself. “
Besides following the above guidelines you might also want to create [...]

Close many applications at-once

How do you close multiple applications at once? According to Daniel Petri, hold down the Ctrl key and click on every application button on the taskbar. Right click on ANY application button and choose ‘Close Group.’

3 Golden Rules for Safer Internet Browsing

According to FixMyXP.com, “If you are worried about getting a virus, worm or other malicious bug into your system, there are only 3 rules that you need to follow to ensure safer internet browsing. This applies to pretty much everyone. Follow these Rules and be worry free. Over time you WILL notice a significant drop [...]

Files Secure 2.1 ( Another rogue anti spyware! )

Files Secure 2.1 – rogue anti-spyware application. Files Secure 2.1 installs on your computer through video codecs, that launches fake security alerts.
Files Secure 2.1’s fake security popup may read:
“Critical System Error!
Your browser was hijacked by Trojan.Win32.Agent.akk
You need to clean your system immediately, in other case [SIC] it can be crashed soon!
Click OK to download the [...]

Download videos from youtube, dailymotion, metacafe..

Now you can download easily videos from popular video sharing sites like Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, and other 60+ video sites. You can also download embedded objects like movies, mp3 etc…
Go to  Javimoya.com copy paste your video in the text field, select the video source and click on the download link.
There’s also an addon [...]

Recover deleted files

When we delete files from the system they will disappear from the system, but they are still there in the hard drive. This tool recovers files deleted with shift+delete or recycle bin cleared files. Pandora recovery can recover music, images, documents etc regardless of the file type.Pandora recovery tool rcognizes NTFS file system for recovery [...]