XP Drivers for Compaq Presario V3614AU

If you have trouble downloading the drivers for your Compaq Presario V3000 then you can thank Kelvin Loke for hosting the drivers.
Go to Kelvin Loke’s blog to download your drivers. Thanks Kelvin.

Anti Virus for your USB drive

I’ve been searching for an anti virus that offers live protections ( stopping viruses from infecting your USB drive! ) and Mx One maybe the solution I’ve been looking for.
The freeware portable AV features includes the ability to scan a device’s boot sector for viruses, ability to send samples of detected viruses, quarantine and of [...]

Common tech myths

By Kailas Shastry
ComputerWorld have a collection of popular misconceptions concerning computer tech. Sometimes even a techie couldn’t tell the difference between what is fact and what is not!

A higher wattage SMPS always draws more power
Owning an all-in-one is like having a DTP center at home
A 64-bit OS will make computing twice as fast as [...]

RegToy: Awesome tweaking tool

Awesome tool by a Vietnamese programmer Trần Kỳ Nam, who’s been programming since 20o4. You can download the tool from Kỳ Nam’s website
You will need .Net 2.0 framework to make it work on XP,
You can read about what the tool has to offer on LifeHacker. Thanks Gina for reviewing this tool.

Prevent wallpaper from being changed

Don’t you hate it when people starts changing your desktop wallpaper? I hope this tip will be useful for pc users.
All you need to do is configure the Group Policy Editor.
Start –> Run and type gpedit.msc . In Group Policy Editor, go to
Local Computer Policy –> User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Control Panel –> [...]

Auto Login into XP

Sometimes, after you update Windows you discovered that you are no longer automatically login to your Windows.
According to Ramesh Srinivasan, this is usually caused after installation of the .Net framework from Microsoft.
To enable automatic login again, here’s what Ramesh suggested:

Click Start, Run and type CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, and click Ok. Select the user account from the [...]

Protecting your Wifi

If you’re too lazy password protecting your Wifi, why not play a prank of people who are ‘borrowing’ your wireless internet access.
Here’s what they will see, after you have done the job.
or this
or better yet, this one…
how to do this?
Go to ex-parrot

Why Windows won’t boot

Windows won’t boot but instead hangs at the splash screen? I’m sure many users have came across this problem in their computing life. What actually happens?
A few tips from Tim Scheiman as a checklist for you to troubleshoot the actual problem.  As Tim said on his site, ” we’re dealing with electronic components, they DON’t [...]

Check Your Registry For Malwares

There’s a quick way to check your registry for spywares, adwares and malwares installed on your PC.
RegAuditor tells you by colored icons (green icon–safe, yellow icon–unknown, red icon–harmful) whether specific objects are known to be safe or harmful, also the program searches the registry for entries including filenames that aren’t present on and allows you [...]

Disable Internet Explorer

According to MyDigitalLife, what you can do is “Go to your Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs. Click on “Set Program Access and Defaults” and chose “Custom”. Uncheck the “Enable Access to this program” in front of Internet Explorer.
As a guide, you can take a look at the picture below:
Uncheck the box Enable access [...]