Quick Tips #1
Quick web address
Type the name of a web site such as 'myspace' into your browser's address bar and press CTRL+Enter to automatically add http://www and .com and be taken to the site.
Save a web page picture
To copy a picture from a web site on to your computer, right-click the image and select Save Image As or Save Picture As.
Move between web links
Use Tab and Shift+Tab to move between links on a web page and press Enter to follow the selected link.
Change the clock
Double click on the clock on the Taskbar to change the time and date shown.
Save web video clips
To download video clips embedded on a web page, in Firefox right-click the page and select View Page Info then click the Media tab. Select the video file and click Save As.
Check hard disk space
Double click on the My Computer icon on your Desktop and right-click on your hard disk (usually drive C). Click Properties to see the amount of disk space left on your computer.
Create a web shortcut
Right-click on a web page in your browser and select Create Shortcut to place a shortcut link on your desktop.
Change how you view file lists
You can change how your files are shown in a folder by clicking on View then choosing between Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List or Details.
Create Taskbar shortcuts
Drag a file, folder or shortcut on to the Taskbar for quick access to programs, files or web sites.
Change Desktop background
Right click on your Desktop and select Properties. Click on the Desktop tab, pick a new Background and click Apply to change your wallpaper.
Take a screen snapshot
Press Print Screen to take a snapshot of the whole screen or ALT and Print Screen for just the current window, then paste it into an image editor such as Paint to save it as a picture file.
Make web pages easier to read
To make text on web pages easier to read, click on View (or Page in Internet Explorer 7) then Text Size and choose a larger size.
Use BCC
To send an e-mail to several people at once without showing all their addresses at the top of the e-mail, use the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) box in your e-mail client.
Burning CDs/DVDs
When writing a CD or DVD leave your PC alone, as using other programs at the same time could interfere with the burning process.
Alter music speed
In Windows Media Player, click the View menu then Enhancements and Play Speed Settings. Move the slider to speed up or slow down a song.
Picture slideshow
Open a folder of pictures and from the Explorer menu on the left click Picture Tasks and then View as a slideshow.
Change volume
Change your speaker volume by clicking on the Start menu and Control Panel, then click Sounds and Audio Devices to change your sound settings.
Open compressed files
In Windows XP, open compressed Zip files by double-clicking them. Click and drag the files inside out to another folder or the Desktop to extract them.
Tweaknow has a great free Registry Cleaner
http://www.tweaknow.com/
A computers registry can get full of what we call dead keys from installed and uninstalled programs as well as those cookies. A clunterd registry can slow a computers boot-time as well as preformance overall.
TweakNow PowerPack 2009 offers somewhat advanced users a few more tools to tweak your computer system.
TweakNow RegCleaner is just for cleaning the computers registry. Many users may kind of freak out the first run because of the volume of registry keys that the software detects as something that needs to go. After that intial run they will notice few registry keys needing to be removed. I run it once a week myself, but would recommend at least once a month at the least.
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Spybots Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
This is also a free product that has had some great reviews.
From general install it runs manually which means if you don't run it or update it your system will not be protected from nothing more than the orginal install. It does have a scheduler under the tools section once you activate the advanced option. You can schedule it to auto update and scan your system. I would recommend for the average computer user to do this manually and develope their own computer maintenance time.
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Diskeeper
http://www.diskeeper.com/
Every computer needs to be defraged and windows itself has never offered the best onboard program for complete maintenance of this device. Yes, they do put on your computer a defrag program and it does work to a degree.
While Diskeeper is not a free software for managing your hard drive it is one of the best on the market for home users.
Windows does not defrag your systems paging file by default and this is one of the most often used spaces on your hard drive as well as one that grows in size.
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I use all three of these programs myself and have no problems with the computers at my home. I have used them with both XP and Vista with great results and no computer down time. Even my children that don't reside at home all have this software on their systems.
If you have children as I do and they use MYSPACE on your system or theirs you'll be glad to have this software onboard your computer. MYSPACE dumps a ton of data into your cookies. While MYSPACE may be a great social network, but it is also a dump site looking to dump trash cookies into your system. Clean out your computer cookies after your time on this site. Your computer will thank you by not crashing and becoming a cookies landfill.
Getting Rid of WinSpywareProtect 7.3
Safe Site: http://www.prevx.com/filenames/2872354419686580922-0/FREE-SPYHUNTER-SCANNER-INSTALL.EXE.html
WinSpyware
7.3 is fake — or rouge. WinSpywareProtect 7.3 will popup fake security alerts or run system scans and tell you you’re infected with spyware that doesn’t exist.
WinSpywareProtect 7.3’s goal? To scare you into paying WinSpywareProtect 7.3.com $29.95-$79.99 to remove these non-existent threats. You might have downloaded WinSpywareProtect 7.3 from WinSpywareProtect 7.3.com, or maybe a Trojan left you WinSpywareProtect 7.3 as an early birthday present.
How to delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 files in Windows XP and Vista:
- Click your Windows Start menu, and from "Search," click "For Files and Folders…"
- A speech bubble will pop up asking you, "What do you want to search for?" Click "All files and folders."
- Type any file name in the search box, and select "Local Hard Drives."
- Click "Search." Once the file is found, delete it.
How to stop WinSpywareProtect 7.3 processes:
- Click the Start menu, select Run.
- Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click "OK." You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys ALT + CTRL + DELETE or CTRL + Shift + ESC.
- Click Processes tab, and find WinSpywareProtect 7.3 processes.
- Once you’ve found the WinSpywareProtect 7.3 processes, right-click them and select "End Process" to kill WinSpywareProtect 7.3.
How to remove WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry keys:
Your Windows registry is the core of your Windows operating system, storing information about user settings, system preferences, and software, including which applications automatically launch at start up. Because of this, spyware, malware, and adware will often bury their own files into your Windows registry so that they automatically launch every time your start up your PC.
Because your registry is such a key piece of your Windows system, you should always backup your registry before you make any changes to it. Editing your registry can be intimidating if you’re not a computer expert, and when you change or a delete a critical registry key or registry value, there’s a chance you may need to reinstall your entire Windows operating system. Make sure your backup your registry before editing it.
- Select your Windows menu "Start," and click "Run." An "Open" field will appear. Type "regedit" and click "OK" to open up your Registry Editor.
- Registry Editor
will open as a window with two panes. The left side Registry Editor’s window lets you select various registry keys, and the right side displays the registry values of the registry key you select.
- To find a registry key, such as any WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry keys, select "Edit," then select "Find," and in the search bar type any of WinSpywareProtect 7.3’s registry keys.
- As soon as WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry key appears, you can delete the WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry key by right-clicking it and selecting "Modify," then clicking "Delete."
Computer acting funny after you’ve edited your registry and deleted WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry keys? Just restore your registry with your backup.
How to remove WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL files:
Like most any software, spyware, adware, and malware may also use DLL files. DLL is short for "dynamically linked library," and WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL files, like other DLLs, carryout predetermined tasks. To manually delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL files, you’ll use Regsver32, a Windows tool designed to help you remove DLL and other files.
- First you’ll locate WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL files you want to delete. Open your Windows Start menu, then click "Run." Type "cmd" in Run, and click "OK."
- To change your current directory, type "cd" in the command box, press your "Space" key, and enter the full directory where the WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL file is located. If you’re not sure if the WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL file is located in a particular directory, enter "dir" in the command box to display a directory’s contents. To go one directory back, enter "cd .." in the command box and press "Enter."
- When you’ve located the WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL file you want to remove, type "regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll") and press your "Enter" key.
That’s it. If you want to restore WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLL file you removed, enter "regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 jl27script.dll") into your command box, and press your "Enter" key.
How Did I Get WinSpywareProtect 7.3?
Freeware or Shareware:
Did you download and install shareware or freeware? These low-cost or free software applications may come bundled with spyware, adware, or programs like WinSpywareProtect 7.3. Sometimes adware is attached to the free software to "pay" developers for the cost of creating the software, and more often spyware is secretly and maliciously attached to free software to harm your computer and steal your personal and financial information.
Peer-to-Peer Software:
Do you use a peer-to-peer (P2P) program or other application with a shared network? When you use these applications, you put your system at risk for unknowingly downloading an infected file, including applications like WinSpywareProtect 7.3.
Stop WinSpywareProtect 7.3 processes:
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\Uninstall.exe
%SystemRoot%\samples\WinSpywareProtectSetup.exe
WinSpywareProtect 7.3.exe
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect.exe
Delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 DLLs:
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect0.dll
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect1.dll
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect3.dll
Delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinSpywareProtect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinSpywareProtect
Delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 files:
WinSpywareProtect 7.3.url
%UserProfile%\Desktop\WinSpywareProtect.lnk
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect.lic
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect0.ap
%ProgramFiles%\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect1.ap
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinSpywareProtect\WinSpywareProtect.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinSpywareProtect\Uninstall.lnk
Delete WinSpywareProtect 7.3 folders:
Note: In any files I mention above, "%System%" is a variable referring to your PC’s System folder. Maybe you renamed it, but by default your System folder is "C:\Windows\System32″ on Windows XP, "C:\Winnt\System32″ on Windows NT/2000," or "C:\Windows\System" on Windows 95/98/Me.
Relatedly, "%UserProfile%" is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. If you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP, by default this is "C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]" (e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\JoeSmith").
WinSpywareProtect 7.3 changed your homepage?
Click Windows Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options. Next, under Home Page, select the General > Use Default. Type in the URL you want as your home page (e.g., "http://www.homepage.com"). Then select Apply > OK. You’ll want to open a fresh web page and make sure that your new default home page pops up.
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