Archive for February, 2008
Vista Admintools Part 1
**Some common administrative tools in this folder include:
•Computer Management. Manage local or remote computers by using a single, consolidated desktop tool. Using Computer Management, you can perform many tasks, such as monitoring system events, configuring hard disks, and managing system performance.
•Data Sources (ODBC). Use Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to move data from one type of [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 5 of 5
Prevent Spyware
Where does spyware come from?
Spyware is most commonly installed as a component of freeware and shareware applications. Whenever you install something on your computer, make sure you carefully read all disclosures, including the license agreement and privacy statement. Sometimes the inclusion of spyware is documented, but it may appear at the end of a [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 4 of 5
Some question the usefulness of the software and view signature-based offerings in a particularly dim light. Others cite the performance effects that anti-virus tools have on PCs. Anti-virus proponents, however, believe that the technology will endure as a component of a layered defense strategy, pointing to the addition of behavior-based scanning.
As long as viruses exist, [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 3 of 5
Installing Antivirus Software
Viruses are the most well known of several catagories of maliciously targeted programs (generically called malware); most malware programs install themselves through vulnerabilities in the operating system, software, or through plain old social engineering. Characteristically, once installed they will deliver some sort of a payload (from simply spreading itself again to installing a [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 2 of 5
Antivirus software is a computer program that detects, prevents, and takes action to disarm or remove malicious software programs, such as viruses and worms. You can help protect your computer against viruses by using antivirus software.
Computer viruses are software programs that are deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or [...]
Windows XP Security Center Part 1 of 5
What is Windows® XP Security Center? And why should I know about. Well, the internet has opened many wondrous & exciting electronic doors to explore. Medicine, Science, the Arts, History, fun places to go, etc. And this is only the beginning. We are able to visit (digitally) many parts of this world, make new friends [...]
Public Domain Music
In todays modern age and music with its’ DRM, its a pleasure to come across public domain music that has, in my opinion, STYLE. But much of this music is in the form of very old and scratchy sound or of sheet music.
Enter pdmusic.org . This site belongs to Benjamin Robert Tubb. Here you will [...]
Windows® XP Disk Defragmemtation Utility
What is Disk Defrag?
Disk Defrag utility is a tool installed with Windows that will “defragment” your hard disk, thus making it run faster and perform more reliably. The reason this has to be done is that the nature of a hard disk is to store little fragments of a file on several diffierent places on [...]
Vista Menu
The Start menu is the main gateway to your computer’s programs, folders, and settings. It’s called a menu because it provides a list of choices, just as a restaurant menu does. And as “Start” implies, it’s often the place that you’ll go to start or open things.
Use the Start menu to do these common activities:
•Start [...]
Vista Taskbar
The taskbar is the long horizontal bar at the bottom of your screen. Unlike the desktop, which can get obscured by the windows on top of it, the taskbar is visible almost all the time. It has four main sections:
•The Start button, which opens the Start menu.
•The Quick Launch toolbar, which lets you start programs [...]
